1994 World Rally Championship

1994 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Didier Auriol
Manufacturer:	Toyota
Season dates
Number of rallies:	10
<1993 season	1995 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1994 was in January 22, Monte Carlo started and ended on 23 November in the UK . A total of 10 world championship races were held on four continents. Didier Auriol became world champion for the first and only time in his career.

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	driver	Co-driver	rally
Toyota Team Europe Castrol Team ( Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD) ( Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205)	Toyota	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	All
		Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	All
		Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	2, 4, 9
		Ian Duncan	David Williamson	3
		Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	3, 5, 7, 10
		Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	8th
Subaru World Rally Team ( Subaru Impreza 555 )	Subaru	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1-2, 4-10
		Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	1-2, 4-10
		Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Tony Sircombe	7th
		Richard Burns	Robert Reid	7, 10
Subaru Rally Team Japan ( Subaru Impreza WRX )				3
		Patrick Njiru	Abdul Sidi	3
Ford Motor Company ( Ford Escort RS Cosworth)	ford	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	1-2, 4-7, 9-10
		François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1-2, 8-10
		Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1-2, 4, 6, 8-10
		Alex Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	2
		Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	4th
		Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	5, 10
		Ari Vatanen	Fabrizia Pons	5-8, 10th
		Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	8th
		Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	10
Jolly Club ( Ford Escort RS Cosworth)		Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	9
		Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	9
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe ( Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution RS) ( Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2)	Mitsubishi	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1, 5, 7, 9
		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	1, 5, 7
		Kenjirō Shinozuka	Pentti Kuukkala	3
		Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	9

Competitions

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

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 Monte Carlo 22-27 January 1994	1.	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:12:20	22nd	588.42 km	186	94
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 01:05
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 01:47
Rally Portugal 1st – 4th March 1994	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:20:59	36	571.82 km	89	34
	2.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 00:40
	3.	Miki biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 00:50
Rally Safari March 31 – March 3 April 1994	1.	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	20:49 min penalty	58 Time Controls	2393 km	43	14th
	2.	Kenjirō Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo2	21.14 min penalty
	3.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	21:59 min penalty
Rally Corsica 5th - 7th May 1994	1.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:57:46	23	545.48 km	84	43
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:56
	3.	Andrea Aghini	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 02:11
Acropolis Rally 29.-31. May 1994	1.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:36:38	33	503.53 km	88	36
	2.	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2	+ 04:01
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 05:53
Rally Argentina June 30th – 2nd July 1994	1.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:50:42	29	563.90 km	90	25th
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:06
	3.	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 06:40
Rally New Zealand 29–31 July 1994	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:39:56	29	502.70 km	78	46
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 02:14
	3.	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2	+ 05:31
Rally Finland 26.-28. August 1994	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4:33:44	35	522.76 km	85	41
	2.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 00:22
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 01:04
Rally Italy 9-12 October 1994	1.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:56:40	26 1 canceled	516.63 km	92	40
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:21
	3.	Miki biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 00:47
Rally Great Britain 20.-23. November 1994	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:17:25	29	520.66 km	178	97
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	+ 03:33
	3.	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 10:12

Overall rating

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

WRC drivers' championship

rank	driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
01	Didier Auriol	DNF	2	3	1	DNF	1	5	2	1	6th	116
02	Carlos Sainz	3	4th		2	1	2	DNF	3	2	DNF	99
03	Juha Kankkunen	2	1	DNF	4th	3	DNF	2	9	7th	2	93
04th	Colin McRae	10	DNF		DNF	EX	DNF	1		5	1	49
05	Bruno Thiry	6th	DNF		6th		4th		DNF	4th	3	44
06th	Miki biasion	4th	3		5	DNF	DNF	DNF		3	DNF	42
07th	Armin Schwarz	7th				2		3		DNF		31
08th	François Delecour	1	DNF						4th	DNF	EX	30th
09	Ari Vatanen					5	3	DNF	DNF		5	28
10	Tommi Mäkinen		DNF						1	DNF	9	22nd
11	Ian Duncan			1								20th
12	Kenneth Eriksson	5				DNF		4th				18th
13	Kenjirō Shinozuka			2								15th
14th	Andrea Aghini		DNF		3					DNF		12
15th	Patrick Njiru			4th								10
16	Alex Fiorio		DNF			4th						10
17th	Stig Blomqvist										4th	10
18th	Rudi Stohl			6th			7th					10
19th	Fernando Peres		5									8th
20th	Richard Burns			5				DNF			DNF	8th
21st	Jorge Recalde		DNF		17th		5	DNF	DNF	16		8th
22nd	Marcus Grönholm								5			8th
23	Malcolm Wilson					6th				9	DNF	8th
24	Yoshio Fujimoto			WD		7th		7th			DNF	8th
25th	José Carlos Macedo		6th									6th
26th	Jorge Bescham						6th					6th
27	Joe McAndrew							6th				6th
28	Leave Lampi								6th			6th
29	Gianfranco Cunico				DNF					6th		6th
30th	Jesus Puras	9	8th		12		DNF	DNF		17th	15th	5
31	Raphael Sperrer		7th									4th
32	Karim Hirji			7th								4th
33	Patrick Bernardini				7th							4th
34	Thomas Rådström								7th			4th
35	Gwyndaf Evans										7th	4th
36	Isolde Holderied	15th	11		16		8th		29	15th	16	3
37	Jean Ragnotti	13			8th							3
38	Pierre-Manuel Jenot	8th										3
39	Sammy Aslam			8th								3
40	Aris Vovos					8th						3
41	Brian Stokes							8th				3
42	Jarmo Kytölehto								8th			3
43	Piero Longhi									8th		3
44	Jan Habig										8th	3
45	Emil Triner		12			9			19th	18th	22nd	2
46	Rui Madeira		9									2
47	Rob Hellier			9								2
48	Serge Jordan	DNF			9							2
49	Gabriel Raies						9					2
50	Ed Ordynski							9				2
51	Pavel Sibera	20th	10			10			18th	DNF	19th	2
52	Grégoire De Mévius		DNF			DNF			14th	DNF	10	1
53	Azar Anwar			10								1
54	Marco Massarotto				10							1
55	Gustavo Ramonda						10					1
56	Kiyoshi Inoue							10				1
57	Olli Harkki								10			1
58	Jorge Bica		DNF							10		1
rank	driver	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	Team.	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points
1	Toyota	2	1	1	1	(3)	1	2	2	1	(2)	151
2	Subaru	3	(4)	(4)	2	1	2	1	3	2	1	140
3	ford	1	3		5	5	3	DNF	1	3	3	116
rank	team	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1994 , February 7, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com