1997 World Rally Championship
World Champion | |
Driver: | Tommi Mäkinen |
Manufacturer: | Subaru |
Season dates | |
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Number of rallies: | 14th |
<1996 season |
The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1997 was in January 19, Monte Carlo started and ended on 24 November in the UK . A total of 14 world championship races were held on five continents. Tommi Mäkinen became world champion for the second time in a row.
Teams and drivers
team | Manufacturer | automobile | driver | rally |
---|---|---|---|---|
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III |
Tommi Mäkinen | All |
Uwe Nittel | 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12 | |||
Richard Burns | 3-4, 7-9, 11, 13-14 | |||
Uwe Nittel | 8th | |||
Ed Ordynski | 13 | |||
Kenjirō Shinozuka | 13 | |||
Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC 97 | Colin McRae | All |
Piero Liatti | 1, 5-6, 12 | |||
Kenneth Eriksson | 2-4, 7-11, 13-14 | |||
Piero Liatti | 14th | |||
Ford Motor Company | ford | Ford Escort WRC | Carlos Sainz | All |
Armin Schwarz | 1-6 | |||
Juha Kankkunen | 7-14 | |||
Angelo Medeghini | 14th | |||
Toyota Castrol team | Toyota | Toyota Corolla WRC | Didier Auriol | 10-14 |
Neal Bates | 11, 13 | |||
Marcus Grönholm | 10, 14 | |||
Freddy Loix | 12 | |||
Peugeot Sport | Peugeot | Peugeot 306 Maxi | Gilles Panizzi | 5-6 |
François Delecour | 5-6 | |||
Renault Sport Société Diac | Renault | Renault Mégane Maxi | Philippe Bugalski | 6th |
Serge Jordan | 6th | |||
Teams without notification of manufacturer points | ||||
RAS Sport | ford | Ford Escort (Europe) RS Cosworth | Didier Auriol | 1 |
Jean-Pierre Richelmi | 4, 8 | |||
Mobil Ford Motorsport | Stig Blomqvist | 2 | ||
Blue Rose team | Jarmo Kytölehto | 2 | ||
Mats Jonsson | Mats Jonsson | 2 | ||
Gazprom Rally Team | Alexander Zheludov | 14th | ||
Ford Escort WRC | Bruno Thiry | 14th | ||
Totta Peres Competicao | Fernando Peres | 4th | ||
Belgacom Turbo Team | Gregoire de Mevius | 4, 8, 12, 14 | ||
Leonídas Kyrkos | Leonídas Kyrkos | 8th | ||
Blue Rose team | Jarmo Kytölehto | 10 | ||
Ford Team Finland | Sebastian Lindholm | 10 | ||
Jolly Club | Gianfranco Cunico | 12 | ||
Motorsport Consultancy | Ari Vatanen | 14th | ||
Toyota Castrol team | Toyota | Toyota Celica GT-Four | Freddy Loix | 1, 4, 8, 10, 13 |
Isolde Holderied | 1 | |||
Thomas Rådström | 2, 8 | |||
Tomas Jansson | 2, 10 | |||
Marcus Grönholm | 2, 4 | |||
Mats Thorszelius | 2 | |||
Ian Duncan | 3 | |||
Neal Bates | 9 | |||
Fujimoto Yoshio | 11, 13 | |||
HF handles | Raúl Sufan | 4-5, 7-13 | ||
Didier Auriol | 6th | |||
Marcus Grönholm | 6th | |||
Andrea Aghini | 12 | |||
Pierlorenzo Zanchi | 12 |
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.
|
rally | rank | driver | vehicle | Total time h: min: sec |
Number of WP | length | Started | in the target |
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Rally Monte Carlo 19. – 22. January 1997 |
1. | Piero Liatti | Subaru Impreza 555 | 4:26:58 | 18th | 409.74 km | 23 | 17th |
2. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:55 | |||||
3. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | + 02:31 | |||||
Rally Sweden 7-10 February 1997 |
1. | Kenneth Eriksson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 3:51:49 | 24 | 413.45 km | 73 | 44 |
2. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:16 | |||||
3. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza WRC | + 00:31 | |||||
Rally Safari 1st – 3rd March 1997 |
1. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza WRC | 11:29:00 | 13 | 1367.3 km | 52 | 19th |
2. | Richard Burns | Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo 4 | + 07:04 | |||||
3. | Ian Duncan | Toyota Celica GT-Four | + 11:18 | |||||
Rally Portugal 23-26 March 1997 |
1. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | 4:53:01 | 31 | 419.78 km | 98 | 34 |
2. | Freddy Loix | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | + 04:05 | |||||
3. | Armin Schwarz | Ford Escort WRC | + 06:33 | |||||
Rally Catalonia 14.-16. April 1997 |
1. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | 4:08:46 | 18th | 387.72 km | 94 | 31 |
2. | Piero Liatti | Toyota Celica GT-Four | + 00:07 | |||||
3. | Gilles Panizzi | Peugeot 306 Maxi | + 03:09 | |||||
Rally Corsica 5th - 7th May 1997 |
1. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza WRC | 4:31:08 | 18th | 408.02 km | 60 | 39 |
2. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:08 | |||||
3. | Gilles Panizzi | Peugeot 306 Maxi | + 01:55 | |||||
Rally Argentina 22.-24. May 1997 |
1. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | 4:25:38 | 23 | 413.37 km | 50 | 24 |
2. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza 555 | + 01:01 | |||||
3. | Kenneth Eriksson | Subaru Impreza WRC | + 04:28 | |||||
Rally Greece 8-10 June 1997 |
1. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | 4:56:24 | 20th | 402.86 km | 101 | 57 |
2. | Juha Kankkunen | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:17 | |||||
3. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | + 05:03 | |||||
Rally New Zealand 2nd – 5th August 1997 |
1. | Kenneth Eriksson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 4:14:11 | 24 | 395.99 km | 83 | 51 |
2. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:13 | |||||
3. | Juha Kankkunen | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:19 | |||||
Rally Finland 29–31 August 1997 |
1. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | 3:16:18 | 22nd | 381.55 km | 103 | 50 |
2. | Juha Kankkunen | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:07 | |||||
3. | Jarmo Kytölehto | Ford Escort WRC | + 02:00 | |||||
Rally Indonesia 19. – 21. September 1997 |
1. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | 4:37:30 | 22nd | 402.47 km | 69 | 36 |
2. | Juha Kankkunen | Ford Escort WRC | + 00:16 | |||||
3. | Kenneth Eriksson | Subaru Impreza WRC | + 01:19 | |||||
Rally San Remo 12-15 . October 1997 |
1. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza 555 | 4:08:25 | 24 2 canceled |
394.12 km | 125 | 67 |
2. | Piero Liatti | Subaru Impreza 555 | + 00:06 | |||||
3. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | + 00:12 | |||||
Rally Australia October 30th – 2nd November 1997 |
1. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza 555 | 4:05:31 | 24 | 421.42 km | 87 | 49 |
2. | Tommi Mäkinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4 | + 00:06 | |||||
3. | Didier Auriol | Toyota Corolla WRC | + 00:21 | |||||
Rally Great Britain 23-25. November 1997 |
1. | Colin McRae | Subaru Impreza 555 | 3:54:31 | 26th | 389.76 km | 162 | 93 |
2. | Juha Kankkunen | Ford Escort WRC | + 02:47 | |||||
3. | Carlos Sainz | Ford Escort WRC | + 03:53 |
Overall rating
WRC drivers' championship
Distribution of points | ||||||||||
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rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | ||||
Points | 10 | 6th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
rank | driver |
MON |
SWE |
KEN |
POR |
ESP |
FRA |
ARG |
GRC |
NZL |
FIN |
IND |
ITA |
OUT |
GBR |
Points |
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1 | Tommi Mäkinen | 3 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 6th | 63 |
2 | Colin McRae | DNF | 4th | 1 | DNF | 4th | 1 | 2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
3 | Carlos Sainz | 2 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 10 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 4th | DNF | 3 | 51 |
4th | Juha Kankkunen | DNF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6th | DNF | 2 | 29 | ||||||
5 | Kenneth Eriksson | 1 | DNF | DNF | 3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | DNF | DNF | 28 | ||||
6th | Piero Liatti | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 24 | |||||||||
7th | Richard Burns | 2 | DNF | DNF | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 21st | ||||||
8th | Armin Schwarz | 4th | 6th | 4th | 3 | DNF | 9 | 11 | ||||||||
9 | Freddy Loix | 16 | 2 | DNF | 37 | 5 | 7th | 8th | ||||||||
10 | Gilles Panizzi | 3 | 3 | 8th | ||||||||||||
11 | Didier Auriol | DNF | 5 | 8th | DNF | 8th | 3 | DNF | 6th | |||||||
12 | Marcus Grönholm | 8th | DNF | 4th | DNF | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
13 | Ian Duncan | 3 | 4th | |||||||||||||
14th | Jarmo Kytölehto | DNF | 3 | 4th | ||||||||||||
15th | Thomas Rådström | 5 | 5 | 4th | ||||||||||||
16 | Possum Bourne | 5 | 5 | 4th | ||||||||||||
17th | Grégoire De Mévius | 4th | 7th | DNF | DNF | 3 | ||||||||||
18th | François Delecour | DSQ | 4th | 3 | ||||||||||||
19th | Sebastian Lindholm | 4th | 3 | |||||||||||||
20th | Uwe Nittel | 5 | DNF | 8th | 8th | 6th | 7th | DNF | 3 | |||||||
21st | Jonathan Toroitich | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
22nd | Jean-Pierre Richelmi | 5 | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||
23 | Angelo Medeghini | 5 | DNF | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||
24 | Tomas Jansson | 7th | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
25th | Yoshio Fujimoto | 5 | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||
26th | Henrik Lundgaard | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
27 | Frédéric Dor | 6th | 17th | 11 | 23 | 29 | 15th | 1 | ||||||||
28 | Masao Kamioka | 6th | DNF | 14th | 1 | |||||||||||
29 | Rui Madeira | 15th | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||
30th | Philippe Bugalski | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
31 | Gustavo Trelles | 9 | 16 | 7th | 13 | 6th | 13 | 7th | 17th | DNF | 1 | |||||
32 | Neal Bates | 6th | DNF | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
33 | Pasi Hagström | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
34 | Karamjit Singh | 11 | 6th | DNF | 17th | 1 | ||||||||||
35 | Ed Ordynski | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||
rank | driver |
MON |
SWE |
KEN |
POR |
ESP |
FRA |
ARG |
GRC |
NZL |
FIN |
IND |
ITA |
OUT |
GBR |
Points |
Legend
colour | abbreviation | meaning |
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gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Rally not finished (did not finish) |
black | DSQ | Disqualified during or after the rally |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
Without |
1 2 3 |
Numbers in superscripts are positions of the power stage that are eligible for points |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | Excluded from participating in the rally | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
† | deceased |
Manufacturers' championship WRC
rank | team | No. |
MON |
SWE |
KEN |
POR |
ESP |
FRA |
ARG |
GRC |
NZL |
FIN |
IND |
ITA |
OUT |
GBR |
Points |
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1 | Subaru World Rally Team | 3 | DNF | 4th | 1 | DNF | 4th | 1 | 2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 114 |
4th | 1 | 1 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 5 | 3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 2 | DNF | DNF | |||
2 | ford | 5 | 2 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 10 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 4th | DNF | 3 | 91 |
6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 3 | DNF | 9 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6th | DNF | 2 | |||
3 | Team Mitsubishi Ralliart | 1 | 3 | 3 | DNF | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 6th | 86 |
2 | 5 | DNF | 2 | DNF | 8th | 8th | DNF | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | DNF | 4th | 4th | |||
rank | team | No. |
MON |
SWE |
KEN |
POR |
ESP |
FRA |
ARG |
GRC |
NZL |
FIN |
IND |
ITA |
OUT |
GBR |
Points |
Individual evidence
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1997 , February 8, 2015