World Rally Championship 1996

1996 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Tommi Mäkinen
Manufacturer:	Subaru
Season dates
Number of rallies:	9
<1995 season	1997 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1996 was on February 9, Sweden started and ended on November 6 in Catalonia . A total of 9 world championship races were held on five continents. Tommi Mäkinen became world champion for the first time.

vehicles

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  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III

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  Subaru Impreza WRC

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  Ford Escort RS Cosworth

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	Start No.	driver	rally
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555	1	Colin McRae	All
			2	Kenneth Eriksson	All
			3	Didier Auriol	1
				Piero Liatti	2-9
			10	Piero Liatti	1
Ford Motor Company	ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4th	Carlos Sainz	All
			5	François Delecour	1
				Stig Blomqvist	2
				Gwyndaf Evans	3
				Bruno Thiry	4-9
			6th	Stig Blomqvist	1
				Dandy Rukmana	3
			14th	Ari Vatanen	1
			16	Ari mocha	5
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	7th	Tommi Mäkinen	All
			8th	Kenneth Backlund	1
				Kenjirō Shinozuka	2
				Richard Burns	3, 5, 7, 9
				Uwe Nittel	4th
				Leave Lampi	6th
				Didier Auriol	8th
			9	Uwe Nittel	1, 5, 8
				Yoshihiro Kataoka	3
				Pascal Smets	4th
				Jouko Puhakka	6th
				Ed Ordynski	7th
			18th	Uwe Nittel	4, 6-7, 9
			29	Yoshihiro Kataoka	7th
			41	Pascal Smets	8th
Toyota Castrol team	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	10	Thomas Rådström	1, 4, 6, 9
				Ian Duncan	2
			11	Juha Kankkunen	1, 3, 6
			12	Neal Bates	7th
			15th	Tomas Jansson	1
			16	Freddy Loix	4, 8-9
				Marcus Grönholm	6th
			27	Reza Pribadi	3
			42	Teppo Leino	6th

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 Sweden 9-11 February 1996	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	4:37:10	27	490.64 km	95	55
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 00:23
	3.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 01:05
Rally safari 5-7 April 1996	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	12:41:24	12	1493.15 km	56	18th
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 14:16
	3.	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 42:00
Rally Indonesia 10.-12. May 1996	1.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:30:00	127	460.81 km	61	29
	2.	Piero Liatti	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 00:23
	3.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 01:02
Acropolis Rally 2nd – 4th June 1996	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:33:12	21 1 canceled	453.34 km	94	42
	2.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	+ 00:50
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 03:21
Rally Argentina 4th-6th July 1996	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	5:48:42	28	526.15 km	66	28
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 01:35
	3.	Kenneth Eriksson	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 04:39
Rally Finland 23-26 August 1996	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	4:04:13	29 1 canceled	476.41 km	116	60
	2.	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	+ 00:46
	3.	Jarmo Kytölehto	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 02:37
Rally Australia 13-16 September 1996	1.	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3	4:08:50	27 1 canceled	484.4 km	103	51
	2.	Kenneth Eriksson	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 01:17
	3.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 01:21
Rally San Remo 13th-16th October 1996	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	4:26:57	18 1 canceled	381.15 km	93	47
	2.	Carlos Sainz	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 00:22
	3.	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 02:09
Rally Catalonia 4th-6th November 1996	1.	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	4:14:20	18th	393.26 km	88	58
	2.	Piero Liatti	Subaru Impreza 555	+ 07.00
	3.	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	+ 01:18

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	SWE	KEN	INA	GRC	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Tommi Mäkinen	1	1	DNF	2	1	1	1	DNF	5	123
2	Colin McRae	3	4th	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	4th	1	1	92
3	Carlos Sainz	2	DNF	1	3	2	DNF	3	2	DNF	89
4th	Kenneth Eriksson	5	2	DNF	5	3	5	2	5	7th	78
5	Piero Liatti	12	5	2	4th	7th	DNS	7th	DNF	2	56
6th	Bruno Thiry				6th	5	11	6th	3	3	44
7th	Juha Kankkunen	4th		3			2				37
8th	Freddy Loix				7th				4th	4th	24
9	Richard Burns			DNF		4th		5		DNF	18th
10	Marcus Grönholm	7th					4th				14th
11	Gilberto Pianezzola				8th	6th			7th		13
12	Ian Duncan		3								12
	Jarmo Kytölehto						3		DNF	DNF	12
14th	Yoshio Fujimoto			4th				9			12
15th	Thomas Rådström	6th			DNF		6th			DNF	12
16	Patrick Bernardini				9	9			10	6th	11
17th	Reza Pribadi			5							8th
18th	Stig Blomqvist	8th	7th					DNF			7th
19th	Rui Madeira				DNF	8th	9		DNF	9	7th
20th	Kenjirō Shinozuka		6th								6th
	Michael Lieu			6th				DNF			6th
	Franco Cunico								6th		6th
23	Shigeyuki Konishi			7th				25th			4th
	Sebastian Lindholm	DNF					7th				4th
25th	Didier Auriol	10							8th		4th
26th	Angelo Medeghini				DNF	12	10		9	10	4th
27	Hideaki Miyoshi		8th					29			3
	Irvan Gading			8th							3
	Leave Lampi						8th				3
	Peter 'Possum' Bourne							8th			3
	Oriol Gomez									8th	3
32	Tomas Jansson	9									2
	Patrick Njiru		9								2
	Chandra Alim			9							2
35	Jonathan Toroitich		10								1
	Bambang Hartono			10							1
	Jean-Pierre Richelmi				10						1
	Uwe Nittel	16			14th	10	16	DSQ	DNF	16	1
	Ed Ordynski							10			1
rank	driver	SWE	KEN	INA	GRC	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	team	No.	SWE	KEN	INA	GRC	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Subaru World Rally Team	1	3	4th	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	4th	1	1	401
		2	5	2	DNF	5	3	5	2	5	7th
		3	10	5	2	4th	7th		7th	DNF	2
2	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	7th	1	1	DNF	2	1	1	1	DNF	5	322
		8th	14th	6th	DNF	14th	4th	8th	5	8th	DNF
		9			DNF		10	DNF	10	DNF
3	Ford Motor Co Ltd	4th	2	DNF	1	3	2	DNF	3	2	DNF	299
		5	11	7th	DNF	6th	5	11	6th	3	3
		6th	8th		DNF
rank	team	No.	SWE	KEN	INA	GRC	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1996 , February 7, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com/