1988 World Rally Championship

1988 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Miki biasion
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	13
<1987 season	1989 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1988 was on January 16, Monte Carlo started and ended on 24 November in the UK . A total of 13 world championship races were held on four continents. The Italian Miki Biasion won the first world title.

vehicles

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  Mazda 323 4WD

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  Nissan 200SX

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Miki biasion	1, 3-4, 6-7, 9, 12
			Bruno Saby	1, 5
			Yves Loubet	1, 5
			Mikael Ericsson	2-3, 6, 10, 13
			Markku Alén	2-3, 6, 10, 12-13
			Vic Preston Jr.	4th
			Franz Wittmann	9
			Jorge Recalde	9
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	Mazda 323 4WD	Timo Salonen	1-2, 6, 10, 13
			Hannu Mikkola	1-3, 6, 10, 13
			Ingvar Carlsson	1, 3
			Pascal Gaban	3, 6, 10-13
			Rod Millen	7th
			Ray Wilson	8th
Jolly Club	Lancia	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Alex Fiorio	1-3, 6-7, 10, 12
			Yves Loubet	3, 6, 12
			Dario Cerrato	12
Simon Racing	Renault	Renault 11 Turbo	Alain Oreille	1
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	Stig Blomqvist	2-3, 10, 12-13
			Didier Auriol	3, 5, 10, 12
			Carlos Sainz	3, 5, 10, 12-13
			Mark Lovell	13
GM Euro Sport	Opel	Cadet GSi	Mats Jonsson	2, 10, 13
			Hannu Mikkola	4th
			Sepp Haider	4, 8
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V	Erwin Weber	3-4
			Lars-Erik Torph	4th
Audi Sport	Audi	200 Quattro 90 Quattro	David Llewellin	3
			Paola de Martini	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Supra Turbo Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	Juha Kankkunen	4-6, 10, 12-13
			Kenneth Eriksson	4-5, 10, 12-13
			Björn Waldegård	4, 6, 13
			Jimmy McRae	13
Fuji Heavy Industries	Subaru	Subaru RX Turbo	Possum Bourne	4, 8
			Ian Duncan	4th
			José Celsi	9
Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan	Nissan 200SX	Per Eklund	4th
			Alain Ambrosino	4, 11
			Mike Kirkland	4th
			Stratis Hatzipanayiotou	6th
Bastos Motul BMW	BMW	BMW M3	Bernard Béguin	5
			François Chatriot	5
			Marc Duez	5
			Ari Vatanen	10
			Andrea Zanussi	12
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	Kenjiro Shinozuka	8, 13
			Ari Vatanen	13

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance of the connecting routes between the individual special stages is not included (except for the Ivory Coast Rally and Safari).

colour Underground gold gravel silver asphalt blue Ice / snow bronze Mixed

rally	rank	driver	vehicle	Total time h: min: sec	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Monte Carlo Rally 16. – 21. January 1988	1.	Bruno Saby	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7:19:11	26th	624.16 km	169	87
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta HF 4 WD	+ 10:50
	3.	Jean-Pierre Ballet	Peugeot 205 GTI	+ 23:35
Rally Sweden 4th-6th February 1988	1.	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta HF 4 WD	5:02:31	35	491.96 km	158	67
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Ford Sierra XR 4x4	+ 01:37
	3.	Lars-Erik Torph	Audi Quattro Coupé	+ 07:32
Rally Portugal 1-6 March 1988	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:44:01	37	589.89 km	99	35
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta HF 4 WD	+ 08:46
	3.	Yves Loubet	Lancia Delta HF 4 WD	+ 09:22
Safari Rally March 31–4. April 1988	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	2:51:04 penalty time	85 time controls	4205 km	54	14th
	2.	Mike Kirkland	Nissan 200SX	3:03:57 penalty time
	3.	Per Eklund	Nissan 200SX	3:38:26 penalty time
Rally France 3rd – 6th May 1988	1.	Didier Auriol	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	7:12:04	30th	623.82 km	93	42
	2.	Yves Loubet	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 03:05
	3.	Bruno Saby	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 04:49
Acropolis Rally May 29th – 1st June 1988	1.	Miki biasion	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	7:03: 0	32	526.15 km	102	45
	2.	Mikael Ericsson	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 01:43
	3.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 07:40
Rally USA 23.-26. June 1988	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	5:28:44	36	502.96 km	29	21st
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 05:23
	3.	John Buffum	Audi Quattro Coupé	+ 16:15
Rally New Zealand 9-12 July 1988	1.	Sepp Haider	Opel Kadett GSI	7:38:39	39	611.16 km	51	24
	2.	Ray Wilson	Mazda 323 4WD	+ 18:37
	3.	Malcolm Stewart	Audi Quattro Coupé	+ 23:46
Rally Argentina 2nd - 6th August 1988	1.	Jorge Recalde	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:05:16	29	588.36 km	81	21st
	2.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 03:35
	3.	Franz Wittmann	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 23:46
Rally Finland 26.-28. August 1988	1.	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta Integrale	4:35:29	39	496.32 km	195	84
	2.	Mikael Ericsson	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 02:55
	3.	Didier Auriol	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	+ 09:46
Rally Ivory Coast 20.-24. September 1988	1.	Alain Ambrosino	Nissan 200SX	3:34:51 penalty time	80 time controls	3421.81 km	38	10
	2.	Pascal Gaban	Mazda 323 4WD	5:06:33 penalty time
	3.	Patrick Tauziac	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	7:20:20 penalty time
Rally Sanremo 10-14 October 1988	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:06:41	39	531.86 km	124	55
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 00:53
	3.	Dario Cerrato	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 01:54
Rally Great Britain 20.-24. November 1988	1.	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:15:37	52	602.6 km	178	87
	2.	Timo Salonen	Mazda 323 4WD	+ 04:06
	3.	Björn Waldegård	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 06:39

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

rank	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

rank	driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	Points
1	Miki biasion	-	-	20th	20th	-	20th	20th	-	15th	-	-	20th	-	115
2	Markku Alén	-	20th	6th	-	-	10	-	-	-	20th	-	10	20th	86
3	Alex Fiorio	15th	-	15th	-	-	12	15th	-	-	4th	-	15th	-	76
4th	Stig Blomqvist	-	15th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	4th	6th	41
5	Timo Salonen	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	15th	33
6th	Bruno Saby	20th	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
	Didier Auriol	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	32
8th	Mikael Ericsson	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	30th
9	Jorge Recalde	-	-	1	-	-	-	6th	-	20th	-	-	-	-	27
10	Yves Loubet	-	-	12	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
11	Carlos Sainz	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	6th	-	8th	4th	26th
12	Kenneth Eriksson	-	-	-	10	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	22nd
13	Rudi Stohl	-	-	-	3	-	8th	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	21st
14th	Sepp Haider	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	-	20th
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	20th
16	Pascal Gaban	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	16
17th	Björn Waldegård	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	16
18th	Mike Kirkland	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th
	Ray Wilson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	-	15th
20th	Jean-Pierre Ballet	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Lars-Erik Torph	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Per Eklund	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	John Buffum	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Malcolm Stewart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Franz Wittmann	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
	Patrick Tauziac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
	Dario Cerrato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12
28	Alain Oreille	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
29	Giovanni Del Zoppo	3	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
30th	Erik Johansson	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Hannu Mikkola	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	François Chatriot	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Georg Fischer	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	David Officer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Alain Oudit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Pentti Airikkala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
37	Håkan Eriksson	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
	Juha Kankkunen	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th
	Ross Meekings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	8th
	José Celsi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	8th
	Adolphe Choteau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	8th
	Armin Schwarz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	8th
43	François Chauche	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	Bjorn Johansson	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	Ian Duncan	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	Jigger	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	Marty Roestenburg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	6th
	Juan Maria Traverso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	6th
	Didier Monin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	6th
50	Christophe Spiliotis	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Bror Danielsson	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Erwin Weber	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Bernard Béguin	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Stratissino	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Nobuhiro Tajima	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Joe McAndrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	4th
	Marcelo Raies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	4th
	Roberto Ambrosoli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	4th
59	Malcolm Wilson	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Inverno Amaral	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Paul Rouby	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Kóstas Apostolou	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Rod Millen	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Tetsuo Sano	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Claudio Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Harry Joki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Soumare Mafell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Raimund Baumschlager	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Stig-Olov Walfridsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
70	Tomas Jansson	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3
	Mats Jonsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3
72	Pierre Bos	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Sebastian Lindholm	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Carlos Bica	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Possum Bourne	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	César Baroni	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Flory Roothaert	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Alan Carter	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Dave Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	José Luis Grasso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Michel Molinie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Paola De Martini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
83	Richard Ms.	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jim Heather-Hayes	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Michael Lieu	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Murray Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Fernando Urrutia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Smir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Paolo Alessandrini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Kalle goby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
rank	driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

The number of world championship runs in the driver’s world championship does not correspond to the number of world championship runs in the manufacturers' championship.

rank	Manufacturer
		MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
01	Lancia	(20)	(20)	(20)	20th	(17)	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	140
02	ford	-	17th	10	-	20th	-	-	-	14th	10	8th	79
03	Audi	7th	14th	-	4th	-	10	14th	12	(2)	(2)	10	71
04th	Mazda	10	-	12	-	-	9	6th	-	12	-	17th	66
05	Toyota	-	-	-	12	8th	-	-	4th	-	8th	14th	46
06th	Renault	12	-	4th	-	8th	-	-	8th	-	-	-	32
07th	BMW	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th
08th	Nissan	-	-	-	17th	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	23
09	Subaru	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	18th
10	Peugeot	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	15th
11	Volkswagen	-	-	6th	-	-	4th	-	-	-	4th	-	14th
12	Opel	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	13
13	Suzuki	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	1	-	-	-	9
14th	Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	7th
15th	Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
16	Fiat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1988 , February 8, 2015

Web links

• www.wrc.com