Rally Australia

Daniel Sordo in the Citroën Xsara at the 2006 Rally Australia

Marcus Grönholm at the 2006 Rally Australia

The Rally Australia is a round of the FIA World Rally Championship . It was held from 1988 to 2006 near Perth in Western Australia . In 2009, the rally took place in the region Northern Rivers in NSW instead and 2011 in Coffs Harbor .

The rally takes place on fast gravel roads mainly through forests and the outback .

The Rally Australia was named Rally of the Year three times (1995, 1999 and 2000) by the FIA .

Overall winner

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	vehicle
1988 1	01st Rally Australia	Ingvar Carlsson	Per Carlsson	Mazda 323 4WD
1989	02nd Rally Australia	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1990	03rd Rally Australia	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991	04th Rally Australia	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992	05th Rally Australia	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993	06th Rally Australia	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1994	07th Rally Australia	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
1995	08th Rally Australia	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
1996	09th Rally Australia	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
1997	10th Rally Australia	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
1998	11th Rally Australia	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5
1999	12th Rally Australia	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru Impreza WRC
2000	13th Rally Australia	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2001	14th Rally Australia	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2002	15th Rally Australia	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2003	16th Rally Australia	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC
2004	17th Rally Australia	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2005	18th Rally Australia	François Duval	Sven Smeets	Citroën Xsara WRC
2006	19th Rally Australia	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus WRC
2009	20th Rally Australia	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC
2011	21st Rally Australia	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC
2013	22nd Rally Australia	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2014	23rd Rally Australia	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2015	24th Rally Australia	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2016	25th Rally Australia	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2017	26th Rally Australia	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
2018	27th Rally Australia	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC
2019	Cancellation of the rally due to the bushfires

¹ no World Cup status

Web links

Commons : Rally Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Evans: eWorld Rally Championship finale canceled amide Australia bushfires. In: autosport.com. November 12, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019 .