List of WRC world champions

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The first official rally driver world championship was held in 1979 . In the years from 1973 a world championship for manufacturers was announced. The distribution of points has changed again and again in the history of the World Rally Championship .

Currently applies (2020):

Distribution of points
rank 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
Points 25th 18th 15th 12 10 8th 6th 4th 2 1

According to season

List of world championship drivers

year World Champion Nat. Points Vehicles) World Cup second Nat. Points Vehicles) World Cup third Nat. Points Vehicles)
1977 Sandro Munari ItalyItaly 31 Lancia Björn Waldegård SwedenSweden 30th ford Bernard Darniche FranceFrance 27 Fiat
1978 Markku Alén FinlandFinland 52 Fiat / Lancia Jean-Pierre Nicolas FranceFrance 31 Porsche / Peugeot Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 30th ford
1979 Björn Waldegård SwedenSweden 112 Ford / Mercedes Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 111 Ford / Mercedes Markku Alén FinlandFinland 68 Fiat / Lancia
1980 Walter Röhrl GermanyGermany 118 Fiat Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 64 Porsche / Ford / Mercedes Björn Waldegård SwedenSweden 63 Fiat / Mercedes / Toyota
1981 Ari Vatanen FinlandFinland 96 ford Guy Fréquelin FranceFrance 89 Talbot / Peugeot Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 62 Audi
1982 Walter Röhrl GermanyGermany 109 Opel Michele Mouton FranceFrance 97 Audi Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 70 Audi
1983 Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 125 Audi Walter Röhrl GermanyGermany 102 Lancia Markku Alén FinlandFinland 100 Lancia
1984 Stig Blomqvist SwedenSweden 125 Audi Hannu Mikkola FinlandFinland 104 Lancia Markku Alén FinlandFinland 90 Lancia
1985 Timo Salonen FinlandFinland 127 Peugeot Stig Blomqvist SwedenSweden 75 Audi Walter Röhrl GermanyGermany 59 Audi
1986 Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 118 Peugeot Markku Alén FinlandFinland 104 Lancia Timo Salonen FinlandFinland 63 Peugeot
1987 Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 100 Lancia Miki biasion ItalyItaly 94 Lancia Markku Alén FinlandFinland 88 Lancia
1988 Miki biasion ItalyItaly 115 Lancia Markku Alén FinlandFinland 86 Lancia Alessandro Fiorio ItalyItaly 76 Lancia
1989 Miki biasion ItalyItaly 106 Lancia Alessandro Fiorio ItalyItaly 65 Lancia Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 60 Toyota
1990 Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 140 Toyota Didier Auriol FranceFrance 95 Lancia Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 85 Toyota
1991 Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 150 Lancia Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 143 Toyota Didier Auriol FranceFrance 101 Lancia
1992 Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 144 Toyota Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 134 Lancia Didier Auriol FranceFrance 121 Lancia
1993 Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 135 Toyota François Delecour FranceFrance 112 ford Didier Auriol FranceFrance 92 Toyota
1994 Didier Auriol FranceFrance 116 Toyota Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 99 Subaru Juha Kankkunen FinlandFinland 93 Toyota
1995 Colin McRae United KingdomUnited Kingdom 90 Subaru Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 85 Subaru Kenneth Eriksson SwedenSweden 48 Mitsubishi
1996 Tommi Mäkinen FinlandFinland 123 Mitsubishi Colin McRae United KingdomUnited Kingdom 92 Subaru Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 89 ford
1997 Tommi Mäkinen FinlandFinland 63 Mitsubishi Colin McRae United KingdomUnited Kingdom 62 Subaru Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 51 ford
1998 Tommi Mäkinen FinlandFinland 58 Mitsubishi Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 56 Toyota Colin McRae United KingdomUnited Kingdom 45 Subaru
1999 Tommi Mäkinen FinlandFinland 62 Mitsubishi Richard Burns United KingdomUnited Kingdom 55 Subaru Didier Auriol FranceFrance 52 Toyota
2000 Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland 62 Peugeot Richard Burns United KingdomUnited Kingdom 55 Subaru Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 52 ford
2001 Richard Burns United KingdomUnited Kingdom 44 Subaru Colin McRae United KingdomUnited Kingdom 42 ford Tommi Mäkinen FinlandFinland 41 Mitsubishi
2002 Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland 77 Peugeot Petter Solberg NorwayNorway 37 Subaru Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 36 ford
2003 Petter Solberg NorwayNorway 72 Subaru Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 71 Citroën Carlos Sainz SpainSpain 63 Citroën
2004 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 118 Citroën Petter Solberg NorwayNorway 82 Subaru Markko Märtin EstoniaEstonia 79 ford
2005 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 127 Citroën Petter Solberg NorwayNorway 71 Subaru Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland 71 Peugeot
2006 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 112 Citroën Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland 111 ford Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 65 ford
2007 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 116 Citroën Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland 112 ford Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 99 ford
2008 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 122 Citroën Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 103 ford Daniel Sordo SpainSpain 65 Citroën
2009 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 93 Citroën Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 92 ford Daniel Sordo SpainSpain 64 Citroën
2010 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 276 Citroën Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland 171 ford Petter Solberg NorwayNorway 169 Citroën
2011 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 222 Citroën Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 214 ford Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 196 Citroën
2012 Sébastien Loeb FranceFrance 270 Citroën Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland 213 Citroën Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland 154 ford
2013 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 290 Volkswagen Thierry Neuville BelgiumBelgium 276 ford Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland 162 Volkswagen
2014 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 267 Volkswagen Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland 218 Volkswagen Andreas Mikkelsen NorwayNorway 150 Volkswagen
2015 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 263 Volkswagen Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland 183 Volkswagen Andreas Mikkelsen NorwayNorway 171 Volkswagen
2016 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 268 Volkswagen Thierry Neuville BelgiumBelgium 160 Hyundai Andreas Mikkelsen NorwayNorway 154 Volkswagen
2017 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 232 ford Thierry Neuville BelgiumBelgium 208 Hyundai Ott Tanak EstoniaEstonia 191 ford
2018 Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 219 ford Thierry Neuville BelgiumBelgium 201 Hyundai Ott Tanak EstoniaEstonia 181 Toyota
2019 Ott Tanak EstoniaEstonia 263 Toyota Thierry Neuville BelgiumBelgium 227 Hyundai Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance 217 Citroën

List of world champion manufacturers

year World Champion Nat. Points World Cup second Nat. Points World Cup third Nat. Points
1973 Alpine Renault FranceFrance 147 Fiat ItalyItaly 84 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 76
1974 Lancia ItalyItaly 74 Fiat ItalyItaly 69 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 54
1975 Lancia ItalyItaly 74 Fiat ItalyItaly 69 Alpine Renault FranceFrance 54
1976 Lancia ItalyItaly 112 Opel GermanyGermany 57 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 47
1977 Fiat ItalyItaly 136 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 132 Toyota JapanJapan 68
1978 Fiat ItalyItaly 134 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 100 Opel GermanyGermany 100
1979 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 122 Datsun JapanJapan 108 Fiat ItalyItaly 92
1980 Fiat ItalyItaly 120 Datsun JapanJapan 93 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 90
1981 Talbot FranceFrance 117 Datsun JapanJapan 106 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 90
1982 Audi GermanyGermany 116 Opel GermanyGermany 104 Nissan JapanJapan 57
1983 Lancia ItalyItaly 118 Audi GermanyGermany 116 Opel GermanyGermany 87
1984 Audi GermanyGermany 120 Lancia ItalyItaly 108 Peugeot FranceFrance 74
1985 Peugeot FranceFrance 142 Audi GermanyGermany 126 Lancia ItalyItaly 70
1986 Peugeot FranceFrance 137 Lancia ItalyItaly 122 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 65
1987 Lancia ItalyItaly 140 Audi GermanyGermany 82 Renault FranceFrance 71
1988 Lancia ItalyItaly 140 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 79 Audi GermanyGermany 71
1989 Lancia ItalyItaly 140 Toyota JapanJapan 101 Mazda JapanJapan 67
1990 Lancia ItalyItaly 137 Toyota JapanJapan 131 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 56
1991 Lancia ItalyItaly 137 Toyota JapanJapan 128 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 62
1992 Lancia ItalyItaly 140 Toyota JapanJapan 116 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 94
1993 Toyota JapanJapan 157 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 145 Subaru JapanJapan 112
1994 Toyota JapanJapan 151 Subaru JapanJapan 140 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 116
1995 Subaru JapanJapan 350 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 307 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 223
1996 Subaru JapanJapan 401 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 322 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 299
1997 Subaru JapanJapan 114 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 91 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 86
1998 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 91 Toyota JapanJapan 85 Subaru JapanJapan 65
1999 Toyota JapanJapan 109 Subaru JapanJapan 105 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 83
2000 Peugeot FranceFrance 111 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 91 Subaru JapanJapan 88
2001 Peugeot FranceFrance 106 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 86 Mitsubishi JapanJapan 69
2002 Peugeot FranceFrance 165 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 104 Subaru JapanJapan 67
2003 Citroën FranceFrance 160 Peugeot FranceFrance 145 Subaru JapanJapan 109
2004 Citroën FranceFrance 194 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 143 Subaru JapanJapan 122
2005 Citroën FranceFrance 188 Peugeot FranceFrance 135 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 104
2006 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 195 Citroën FranceFrance 166 Subaru JapanJapan 106
2007 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 212 Citroën FranceFrance 183 Subaru JapanJapan 87
2008 Citroën FranceFrance 191 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 173 Subaru JapanJapan 98
2009 Citroën FranceFrance 167 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 140 Ford ( M-Sport ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 80
2010 Citroën FranceFrance 456 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 337 Citroën (Junior) FranceFrance 217
2011 Citroën FranceFrance 403 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 376 Ford (M-Sport) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 217
2012 Citroën FranceFrance 453 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 309 Ford (M-Sport) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 170
2013 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 425 Citroën FranceFrance 280 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 190
2014 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 447 Citroën FranceFrance 210 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 208
2015 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 414 Citroën FranceFrance 230 Hyundai GermanyGermany 224
2016 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 377 Hyundai Korea SouthSouth Korea 312 Volkswagen GermanyGermany 163
2017 ford United KingdomUnited Kingdom 428 Hyundai Korea SouthSouth Korea 345 Toyota JapanJapan 257
2018 Toyota JapanJapan 368 Hyundai Korea SouthSouth Korea 341 Toyota United KingdomUnited Kingdom 324
2019 Hyundai Korea SouthSouth Korea 380 Toyota JapanJapan 362 Citroën FranceFrance 284

Note: The list corresponds to the car brand, the most points accumulated during the season according to FIA - entry .
Source:

World champion by driver

title driver year
9 FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 2004–2012
6th FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier 2013-2018
4th FinlandFinland Tommi Mäkinen 1996-1999
4th FinlandFinland Juha Kankkunen 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993
2 GermanyGermany Walter Röhrl 1980, 1982
2 ItalyItaly Miki biasion 1988-1989
2 SpainSpain Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
2 FinlandFinland Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
1 EstoniaEstonia Ott Tanak 2019
1 SwedenSweden Björn Waldegård 1979
1 FinlandFinland Ari Vatanen 1981
1 FinlandFinland Hannu Mikkola 1983
1 SwedenSweden Stig Blomqvist 1984
1 FinlandFinland Timo Salonen 1985
1 FranceFrance Didier Auriol 1994
1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Colin McRae 1995
1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Burns 2001
1 NorwayNorway Petter Solberg 2003

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ewrc-results.com: Season , January 18, 2016