1995 World Rally Championship

1995 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Colin McRae
Manufacturer:	Subaru
Season dates
Number of rallies:	8th
<1994 season	1996 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1995 was in January 22, Monte Carlo started and ended on November 22 in the UK . A total of 8 world championship races were held on two continents. Colin McRae became world champion for the first and only time in his career.

vehicles

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  Subaru Impreza WRC

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  Subaru Impreza WRC

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  Subaru Impreza WRC

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	Start No.	driver	rally
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	1	Didier Auriol	All
			2	Juha Kankkunen	All
			3	Armin Schwarz	All
			14th	Thomas Rådström	2
				Yoshio Fujimoto	5-6, 8th
			15th	Tomas Jansson	2
			16	Neal Bates	6th
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza 555	4th	Colin McRae	All
			5	Carlos Sainz	All
			6th	Piero Liatti	1, 4, 7
				Mats Jonsson	2
				Richard Burns	3, 8
				Peter 'Possum' Bourne	5-6
			14th	Richard Burns	5
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Escort (Europe) RS Cosworth	7th	François Delecour	All
			8th	Bruno Thiry	All
			9	Stig Blomqvist	2
				Alex Fiorio	3
				Patrick Bernardini	4th
				Neil Alleport	5
				Malcolm Wilson	8th
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Lancer Evo 3	10	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 5-6, 8
				Isolde Holderied	3-4
			11	Tommi Mäkinen	1-2, 4-8
				Jorge Recalde	3
			12	Andrea Aghini	1, 4, 7
				Kenneth Backlund	2
				Rui Madeira	3, 8
				Ed Ordynski	5-6
			14th	Rui Madeira	1, 4-7
			15th	Jorge Recalde	4-6
			26th	Isolde Holderied	1, 5-8

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.

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 22-26 January 1995	1.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:32:31	21st	546.80 km	199	83
	2.	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 02:25
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 03:57
Rally Sweden 10-12 February 1995	1.	Kenneth Eriksson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2	4:51:27	25th	501.12 km	95	49
	2.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2	+ 00:12
	3.	Thomas Rådström	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 01:07
Rally Portugal 8-10 March 1995	1.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:32:37	33 2 canceled	482.87 km	114	39
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 00:12
	3.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 03:14
Rally Corsica 3rd – 5th May 1995	1.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica GT-Four	5:14:49	22nd	481.17 km	91	44
	2.	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 00:15
	3.	Andrea Aghini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	+ 00:57
Rally New Zealand 27.-30. July 1995	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:33:06	33 3 canceled	56.89 km	86	56
	2.	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 00:44
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 01:09
Rally Australia 15-18 September 1995	1.	Kenneth Eriksson	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	4:52:59	30th	503.05 km	94	47
	2.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:19
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 01:55
Rally Catalonia 23-25 October 1995	1.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:05:58	23	473.35 km	81	42
	2.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:51
	3.	Piero Liatti	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 01:58
Rally Great Britain 19. – 22. November 1995	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:09:19	28	510.70 km	176	95
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:36
	3.	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 06:30

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

The Toyota drivers Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz all points in the championship were canceled because of illegal turbo engines in the Celica Turbo 4WD.

rank	driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Colin McRae	DNF	DNF	3	5	1	2	2	1	90
2	Carlos Sainz	1	DNF	1	4th	DNS	DNF	1	2	85
DSQ	Juha Kankkunen	3	4th	2	10	3	3	DNF	DNS	62
DSQ	Didier Auriol	DNF	5	5	1	2	DNF	DSQ	DNS	51
3	Kenneth Eriksson		1			5	1		DNF	48
4th	François Delecour	2	DNF	DNF	2	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	46
5	Tommi Mäkinen	4th	2		8th	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	38
6th	Bruno Thiry	5	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	5	34
DSQ	Armin Schwarz	DNF	9	4th	DNF	4th	5	DNF	DNS	30th
7th	Andrea Aghini	6th			3			5		21st
8th	Piero Liatti	8th			6th			3		26th
9	Richard Burns			7th		DNF			3	16
DSQ	Thomas Rådström		3							12
10	Alister McRae								4th	10
11	Rui Madeira	12		9	18th	10	DNF	11	7th	7th
12	Gustavo Trelles							6th		6th
	Gwyndaf Evans								6th	6th
	Jean Ragnotti	7th			11					4th
14th	Stig Blomqvist		7th						21st	4th
	Patrick Bernardini				7th					4th
	Peter 'Possum' Bourne					7th	DNF			4th
	Yoshio Fujimoto					27	7th		DNS	4th
	Oriol Gomez							7th		4th
20th	Jorge Recalde			10	20th	9	10			4th
21st	Tomas Jansson		8th							3
	Alex Fiorio			8th						3
	Neil Allport					8th				3
	Ed Ordynski					11	8th			3
	Andrea Navarre			17th	DNF	DNF	17th	8th	DNF	3
	Jarmo Kytölehto		14th						8th	3
27	Philippe Camandona	9		DNF						2
	Philippe Bugalski	DNF			9					2
	Neal Bates						9			2
	Josep Bassas							9		2
	Masao Kamioka			12			11		9	2
32	Isolde Holderied	10		11	19th	DNF	19th	DNF	14th	1
	Kenneth Backlund		10							1
	Yvan Postel	14th			DNF			10		1
	Alain Oreille								10	1
rank	driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

Toyota was excluded from the manufacturers' standings because of turbo engines that did not conform to the rules.

rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Subaru World Rally Team	4th	DNF	DNF	3	5	1	2	2	1	350
		5	1	DNF	1	4th		DNF	1	2
		6th	8th	DNF	7th	6th	7th	DNF	3	3
2	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	10		1	11	19th	5	1		DNF	307
		11	4th	2	10	8th	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF
		12	6th		9	3	11	8th	5	7th
		14th							11
DSQ	Toyota Castrol team	1	DNF	5	5	1	2	DNF	EX		260
		2	3	4th	2	10	3	3	DNF
		3	DNF		4th	DNF	4th	5	DNF
		14th		3			DNF
3	Ford Motor Co	7th	2	DNF	DNF	2	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	223
		8th	5	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	5
		9		7th	8th	7th	8th			DNF
rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1995 , February 8, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com/