1991 World Rally Championship

1991 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Juha Kankkunen
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	14th
<1990 season	1992 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1991 was in January 24, Monte Carlo started and ended on 27 November in the UK . A total of 14 world championship races were held on four continents. The Finn Juha Kankkunen won the third world title.

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Jolly Club	Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Didier Auriol	1-3, 5-11, 14th
			Dario Cerrato	11
			Andrea Aghini	11, 13
			Gustavo Trelles	13
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	Carlos Sainz	1, 3-11, 13-14
			Armin Schwarz	1, 3, 5-6, 9-11, 13
			Marc Duez	1, 3, 5, 14
			Mats Jonsson	2, 9, 14
			Leif Asterhag	2
			Björn Waldegård	4th
			Mikael Ericsson	4, 6, 8, 14
			Mohammed bin Sulayem	8th
			Neal Bates	10
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	Miki biasion	1, 3-4, 6, 8, 11, 14
			Juha Kankkunen	1, 3-4, 6-11, 13-14
			Jorge Recalde	4, 8, 10
			Yves Loubet	5
			Bruno Saby	5
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	Timo Salonen	1-2, 6, 9-10, 14
			Kenneth Eriksson	1-2, 6, 9-10, 14
			Kenjirō Shinozuka	4, 12
			Ross Dunkerton	7, 10
			Patrick Tauziac	12
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Alex Fiorio	1, 3, 6, 11
			François Delecour	1, 3, 5-6, 11, 13-14
			Malcolm Wilson	1, 3, 5-6, 11, 14
			Gwyndaf Evans	2, 14
			Ari Vatanen	9
			Mía Bardolet	13
Mazda Rally Team	Mazda	Mazda 323 GT-X	Hannu Mikkola	1-3, 6, 9, 14
			Jesus Puras	1, 3
			Ingvar Carlsson	2, 7, 10
			Rod Millen	7, 10
			Tommi Mäkinen	9, 14
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Legacy RS	Markku Alén	2-3, 6-7, 9, 14
			François Chatriot	2-3, 5
			Ian Duncan	4th
			Patrick Njiru	4, 10
			Peter 'Possum' Bourne	7, 10
			Ari Vatanen	14th
			Colin McRae	14th
Nissan Motorsports Europe	Nissan	Nissan Sunny GTi-R	Stig Blomqvist	4, 6, 9, 14
			Mike Kirkland	4th
			David Llewellin	4, 6, 9, 14
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi 90 Quattro	Rudi Stohl	4, 8, 12
RAS Ford	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Bernard Béguin	5
Ford Italia	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	Gianfranco Cunico	5, 11
Rothman's BMW	BMW	BMW M3	Patrick Bernardini	5
Société Diac	Renault	Renault Clio 16S	Jean Ragnotti	5
			Philippe Bugalski	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	Co-driver	vehicle	Total time h: min: sec	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rallye Monte Carlo 24-30. January 1991	1.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:57:21	27	628.64 km	165	75
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 04:59
	3.	François Delecour	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	+ 05:12
Rally Sweden 16.-18. February 1991	1.	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:56:16	29	519.90 km	108	71
	2.	Mats Jonsson	Lars Backman	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 00:20
	3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Subaru Legacy RS	+ 01:04
Rally Portugal 5-9 March 1991	1.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	6:06:36	36	564.20 km	95	28
	2.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 00:47
	3.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	02:05
Safari Rally March 27th - April 1st 1991	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	2:07:10 hours penalty time	79 Time Controls	4520 km	57	27
	2.	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Toyota Celica GT-Four	2:33:34 hours penalty time
	3.	Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	2:46:13 hours penalty time
Rally Corsica April 28th - May 1st 1991	1.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	7:05:29	27	625.91 km	100	43
	2.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 01:05
	3.	Franco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	+ 06:10
Rally Greece 2nd – 5th June 1991	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	7:20:05	47	597.35 km	94	37
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 01:01
	3.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 03:30
Rally New Zealand 26.-30. June 1991	1.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	6:57:18	40	630.66 km	61	31
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 01:15
	3.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 02:18
Rally Argentina 23-27 July 1991	1.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	6:37:31	29	597.35 km	87	34
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 00:08
	3.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 01:05
Rally Finland 22-25 August 1991	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	4:36:52	42	524.26 km	148	89
	2.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 00:56
	3.	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	+ 02:24
Rally Australia 20.-24. September 1991	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	5:48:48	39	593.26 km	59	36
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	+ 01:13
	3.	Armin Schwarz	Arne Hertz	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 05:54
Rally San Remo 13th-17th October 1991	1.	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	6:34:26	31	572.57 km	87	40
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 02:50
	3.	Dario Cerrato	Giuseppe Cerri	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 06:41
Rally Ivory Coast 27.-31. October 1991	1.	Kenjirō Shinozuka	John Meadows	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	3:30:16 hours penalty time	87 Time Controls	3273 km	37	9
	2.	Patrick Tauziac	Claude Papin	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	5:39:04 hours penalty time
	3.	Rudi Stohl	Reinhard Kaufmann	Audi 90 Quattro	8:08:01 hour penalty time
Rally Spain 10-13 November 1991	1.	Armin Schwarz	Arne Hertz	Toyota Celica GT-Four	6:44:42	33	594.01 km	76	33
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	+ 01:33
	3.	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	+ 01:38
Rally Great Britain 24.-27. November 1991	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V	5:46:43	37	565.51 km	151	82
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	+ 02:52
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 06:00

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

Distribution of points
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 NZL ARG FIN OUT ITA CIV ESP GBR Points 1 Juha Kankkunen (5) 4th 1 1 2 4th 1 1 DNF 2 1 150 2 Carlos Sainz 1 1 DNF 1 2 1 1 4th DNF 6th DNF 3 143 3 Didier Auriol DNF 9 2 2 4th 3 3 2 DNF 1 12 101 4th Miki biasion 2 3 DNF 3 2 2 DNF 69 5 Kenneth Eriksson 1 7th 3 2 2 66 6th Armin Schwarz 4th DNF DNF 5 9 3 8th 1 55 7th François Delecour 3 DNF DNF DNF 4th 3 6th 40 8th Markku Alén 3 5 DNF 4th DNF 4th DNF 40 9 Jorge Recalde 3 DNF 5 8th 6th 29 10 Mikael Ericsson 2 6th 6th 27 11 Kenjirō Shinozuka 8th 1 23 12 Mats Jonsson 2 6th 21st 13 Timo Salonen 8th DNF DNF DSQ 5 4th 21st 14th Andrea Aghini 5 5 16 15th Patrick Tauziac 2 15th 16 Ingvar Carlsson 4th 8th DNF 13 17th Marc Duez 11 DNF 4th 8th 13 18th Malcolm Wilson 7th DNF 5 DNF 10 DNF 13 19th Gianfranco Cunico 3 DNF 12 20th Dario Cerrato 3 12 21st Rudi Stohl DNF DNF 3 12 22nd Ari Vatanen 7th 5 12 23 Rod Millen 6th 6th 12 24 Stig Blomqvist 5 DNF 8th DNF 11 25th Hannu Mikkola DNF 7th DNF 8th DNF 7th 11 26th Björn Waldegård 4th 10 27 Patrice Servant 4th 10 28 Mía Bardolet 4th 10 29 Tommi Mäkinen 13 DNF DNF 5 DNF 8th 30th Leave Lampi 5 DNF DNF 8th 31 Neil Allport 5 8th 32 Adolphe Choteau 5 8th 33 François Chatriot 19th 6th 9 8th 34 Bruno Saby 6th DNF 9 8th 35 Yves Loubet 9 6th 8th 36 Bjorn Johansson 6th 6th 37 Ian Duncan 6th 6th 38 Philippe Doue 6th 6th 39 Grégoire de Mévius DNF 8th 9 22nd 5 40 Jesus Puras DNF 7th DNF 4th 41 Mike Kirkland 7th 4th 42 Patrick Bernardini 7th 4th 43 Brian Stokes 7th 4th 44 Mohammed bin Sulayem 7th 4th 45 Ross Dunkerton DNF 7th 4th 46 Piero Liatti 7th 4th 47 Damien Chaballe 7th 4th 48 Luis Monzon 7th 4th 49 Per Eklund 8th DNF 3 50 Philippe Bugalski 8th 3 51 Gustavo Trelles 8th DNF DNF 3 52 Nicolas Min 8th 3 53 Fernando Capdevila 13 DNF DNF 26th 8th DNF 3 54 David Llewellin DNF 9 10 3 55 Alex Fiorio 10 DNF DNF 9 3 56 Ernst Harrach 9 2 57 Guy Jack 9 2 58 Ross Meekings 9 2 59 Neal Bates 9 2 60 Jean-Claude Dupuis 9 2 61 Joaquim Casasayas 9 2 62 Minna Sillankorva 18th DNF 10 22nd 1 63 Leif Asterhag 10 1 64 Carlos Bica 10 1 65 Steve Anthony 10 1 66 Jean-Pierre Manzagol 10 1 67 Giannis Vardinogiannis 10 1 68 Brian Watkin 10 1 69 Ed Ordynski DNF 25th 10 1 70 Jose-Maria Ponce 10 1 71 Louise Aitken-Walker 10 1 rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN OUT ITA CIV ESP 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 team MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG FIN OUT ITA GBR Points 01 Lancia (2) (2) 1 (2) 1 2 1 1 1 1 137 02 Toyota 1 1 2 1 2 1 (4) 3 (6) (3) 128 03 Mitsubishi 8th 8th 7th 3 2 2 62 04th ford 3 3 7th 4th 6th 54 05 Mazda 7th 8th 9 5 6th 7th 44 06th Subaru 5 6th 9 4th 5 42 07th Nissan 5 9 8th 16 08th BMW 7th 6th 09 Renault 8th 4th 10 Daihatsu 9 2 rank team MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG FIN OUT ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1991 , February 8, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com