1989 World Rally Championship

1989 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Miki biasion
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	13
<1988 season	1990 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1989 was on January 6, Sweden started and ended on 23 November in the UK . A total of 13 world championship races were held on four continents. The Italian Miki Biasion won the second world title.

vehicles

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  Lancia Delta Integrale 16V

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	Mazda 323 4WD	Timo Salonen	1-2, 9, 13
			Ingvar Carlsson	1, 7, 10, 13
			Hannu Mikkola	2, 9, 13
			Mikael Sundström	1, 9, 13
			Thorbjörn Edling	1, 9
			Ray Wilson	7, 10
			Rod Millen	7, 10
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Toyota Supra	Kenneth Eriksson	1, 6, 9-10, 13
			Juha Kankkunen	2-3, 5-6, 9-11, 13
			Björn Waldegård	2-4
			Carlos Sainz	2-3, 5-6, 9, 11, 13
			Leif Asterhag	1
			Ian Duncan	4th
			David Llewellin	13
GM Euro Sport	Vauxhall Motors Opel	Astra GTE Kadett GSi	Malcolm Wilson	1, 7, 10, 13
			Mats Jonsson	1, 7, 9, 13
			Sepp Haider	9-10, 13
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Bruno Saby	2, 5
			Miki biasion	2-4, 6, 9, 11
			Didier Auriol	2-3, 5-6, 9, 11
			Markku Alén	3, 9-10
			Jorge Recalde	4, 8
			Yves Loubet	5
			Mikael Ericsson	8th
Jolly Club	Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	Alex Fiorio	2-4, 6, 8, 10-11
			Dario Cerrato	2, 11
Bastos Toyota Team	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	Patrick Snijers	2, 5-6, 11
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	Ari Vatanen	2, 6, 9, 13
			Kenjirō Shinozuka	3, 6-7, 10
			Jimmy McRae	6th
			Mikael Ericsson	9
			Ross Dunkerton	10
			Pentti Airikkala	13
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi 90 Quattro	Paola de Martini	2-3, 5-6, 11-12
			Rudi Stohl	4, 6, 12
Bastos Motul BMW	BMW	BMW M3	Marc Duez	2-3, 5, 9, 11
			Bernard Béguin	5
			François Chatriot	5
Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan	200SX	Per Eklund	4th
			Mike Kirkland	4th
			Vic Preston Jr.	4th
			Alain Ambrosino	12
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Golf GTI 16V	Stig Blomqvist	4th
			Erwin Weber	4th
Subaru Technica International	Subaru	Subaru RX Turbo	Possum Bourne	4, 7-8, 10
			Jim Heather-Hayes	4th
			José Celsi	8th
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	Pirre-César Baroni	5
			Gianfranco Cunico	5, 13
			Mark Lovell	5

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
Rally Sweden 6-8 January 1989	1.	Ingvar Carlsson	Mazda 323 4WD	4:58:15	37	504.41 km	133	75
	2.	Per Eklund	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 01:03
	3.	Kenneth Eriksson	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 01:42
Rally Monte Carlo 21. – 26. January 1989	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:13:27	24	613.25 km	172	83
	2.	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 06:27
	3.	Bruno Saby	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 07:41
Rally Portugal February 28–4. March 1989	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	5:47:01	37	593.60 km	93	38
	2.	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 10:18
	3.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 23:18
Safari rally 23-27 March 1989	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:55:27	85 time controls	4538 km	57	13
	2.	Mike Kirkland	Nissan 200SX	+ 1:21:44
	3.	Stig Blomqvist	Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V	+ 2:22:12
Rally France 23–26 April 1989	1.	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:12:39	33	629.01 km	79	39
	2.	Francois Chatriot	BMW M3	+ 01:57
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 03:50
Rally Greece May 27–1. June 1989	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:31:43	42	588.51 km	97	40
	2.	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 01:58
	3.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 03:31
Rally New Zealand 15.-18. July 1989	1.	Ingvar Carlsson	Mazda 323 4WD	6:59:55	42	595.00 km	71	54
	2.	Rod Millen	Mazda 323 4WD	+ 02:42
	3.	Malcom Wilson	Vauxhall Motors Astra GTE	+ 03:29
Rally Argentina 1-5 August 1989	1.	Mikael Ericsson	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:06:00	30th	598.57 km	77	33
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 02:26
	3.	Jorge Recalde	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 13:42
Rally Finland 25-27 August 1989	1.	Mikael Ericsson	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:42:03	43	507.83 km	189	69
	2.	Timo Salonen	Mazda 323 4WD	+ 01:41
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 02:35
Rally Australia 14.-17. September 1989	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT Four	5:32:09	32	544.27 km	58	31
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 01:07
	3.	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 02:13
Rallye Sanremo 8th-12th October 1989	1.	Miki biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:48:30	34	544.20 km	107	34
	2.	Alex Fiorio	Lancia Delta Integrale	+ 00:05
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 00:25
Ivory Coast Rally October 29th - November 2nd 1989	1.	Alain Oreille	Renault 5 GT Turbo	8:32:54	87 Time Controls	3528 km	60	7th
	2.	Patrick Tauziac	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	+ 3:03:56
	3.	Adolphe Choteau	Toyota Corolla GT	+ 5:08:13
Rally Great Britain 19. – 23. November 1989	1.	Pentti air scale	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:19:22	55	603.75 km	187	84
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 01:28
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT Four	+ 03:49

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 SWE MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN OUT ITA CIV GBR Points 1 Miki biasion - 20th 20th 20th - 20th - - 6th - 20th - - 106 2 Alex Fiorio - - 12 1 - 12 - 15th - 10 15th - - 65 3 Juha Kankkunen - 8th - - 12 - - - - 20th 8th - 12 60 4th Mikael Ericsson 10 - - - - - - 20th 20th - - - - 50 5 Didier Auriol - 15th - - 20th 15th - - - - - - - 50 6th Kenneth Eriksson 12 - - - - - - - 10 15th - - 10 47 7th Ingvar Carlsson 20th - - - - - 20th - - - - - 3 43 8th Carlos Sainz - - - - - - - - 12 - 12 - 15th 39 9 Markku Alén - - 15th - - - - - - 12 - - - 27 10 Alain Oreille - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 2 20th - 26th 11 Rod Millen - - - - - - 15th - - 8th - - - 23 12 Timo Salonen - - - - - - - - 15th - - - 6th 21st 13 Marc Duez - 3 8th - 6th - - - - - 4th - - 21st 14th Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - - - - - 20th 20th 15th Stig Blomqvist 8th - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 20th Jorge Recalde - - - - - 8th - 12 - - - - - 20th 17th Georg Fischer - - 10 - - - - 10 - - - - - 20th 18th Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - 12 - - 6th - - 1 19th 19th Per Eklund 15th - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 16 20th Mike Kirkland - - - 15th - - - - - - - - - 15th François Chatriot - - - - 15th - - - - - - - - 15th Patrick Tauziac - - - - - - - - - - - 15th - 15th 23 Dario Cerrato - 4th - - - - - - - - 10 - - 14th 24 Kenjirō Shinozuka - - - - - 4th 6th - - 4th - - - 14th 25th Bruno Saby - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 Adolphe Choteau - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 12 27 Hannu Mikkola - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 2 12 28 Patrick Snijers - 6th - - - - - - - - 6th - - 12 29 Björn Waldegård - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 10 Yves Loubet - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10 Jimmy McRae - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 10 Mats Jonsson - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 10 André Segolen - - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 10 34 Ian Duncan - - - 8th - - - - - - - - - 8th Bernard Béguin - - - - 8th - - - - - - - - 8th Colin McRae - - - - - - 8th - - - - - - 8th Ernesto Soto - - - - - - - 8th - - - - - 8th Thorbjörn Edling - - - - - - - - 8th - - - - 8th Patrice Servant - - - - - - - - - - - 8th - 8th Ari Vatanen - - - - - - - - - - - - 8th 8th 41 Armin Schwarz - - - - - 3 - - 4th - - - - 7th 42 Sebastian Lindholm 6th - - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Carlos Bica - - 6th - - - - - - - - - - 6th Vic Preston Jr. - - - 6th - - - - - - - - - 6th Rudi Stohl - - - - - 6th - - - - - - - 6th Fernando Stella - - - - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th José Graziani - - - - - - - - - - - 6th - 6th 48 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 6th 49 Grégoire de Mévius - - 4th - - - - - - - 1 - - 5 Gustavo Trelles - - 1 - - - - 4th - - - - - 5 Possum Bourne - - - 4th - - - - - 1 - - - 5 52 Leif Asterhag 4th - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th Gianfranco Cunico - - - - 4th - - - - - - - - 4th Ray Wilson - - - - - - 4th - - - - - - 4th Benoît Antoine - - - - - - - - - - - 4th - 4th Mikael Sundström - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th 4th 57 Paola De Martini - 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 4th 58 Paolo Andreucci - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 Erwin Weber - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 Saeed Al-Hajri - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3 Juan Maria Traverso - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 Wayne Bell - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 Paolo Alessandrini - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 64 Bjorn Johansson 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Fredrik Skoghag - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 Jim Heather-Hayes - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 "Jigger" - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 Ross Dunkerton - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2 Jorge Bescham - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Risto Buri - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 Ed Ordynski - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 72 Hakån Eriksson 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Claude Balesi - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 Ken Adamson - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Edio Fuchter - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Esa Saarenpää - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 rank driver SWE MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN OUT ITA CIV 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 POR KEN FRA GRE ARG FIN OUT ITA GBR Points 01 Lancia 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th (8th) (14) 20th - 140 02 Toyota 10 - 12 14th - - 14th 20th 14th 17th 101 03 Mazda 12 12 - - - - 17th 10 8th 8th 67 04th Mitsubishi - - - - 12 - 20th 6th - 20th 58 05 Audi 2 12 - 3 8th 12 6th - - - 43 06th BMW 4th 10 - 17th - - - - 6th - 37 07th Renault 9 - - 11 - - - - 10 - 30th 08th Nissan - - 17th - 1 - - - - - 18th 09. Volkswagen - - 14th - - - - - - - 14th 10 Renault Argentina - - - - - 10 - - - - 15th 11 Vauxhall - - - - - - - 8th - 1 9 12 Subaru - - 6th - - - - 1 - - 7th 13 ford - - - 6th - - - - - - 6th 14th Fiat Argentina - - - - - 3 - - - - 3 15th Volkswagen Argentina - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 rank Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG FIN OUT ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1989 , February 8, 2015

Web links

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