List of World Rally Championship seasons

The list of World Rally Championship seasons includes all seasons of the FIA World Rally Championship, from the inaugural 1973 season.

WRC seasons

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Season Events International Championship for Manufacturers
1st 2nd 3rd
1970 7   Porsche   Alpine-Renault   Lancia
1971 9   Alpine-Renault   Saab   Porsche
1972 9   Lancia   Fiat   Porsche
Drivers' championship Manufacturers' championship
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1973 13 No drivers' championship[1]   Alpine-Renault   Fiat   Ford
1974 8[2]   Lancia   Fiat   Ford
1975 10   Lancia   Fiat   Alpine-Renault
1976 10   Lancia   Opel   Ford
1977 11   Sandro Munari   Björn Waldegård   Bernard Darniche   Fiat   Ford   Toyota
1978 11   Markku Alén   Jean-Pierre Nicolas   Hannu Mikkola   Fiat   Ford   Opel
1979 12   Björn Waldegård   Hannu Mikkola   Markku Alén   Ford   Datsun   Fiat
1980 12   Walter Röhrl   Hannu Mikkola   Björn Waldegård   Fiat   Datsun   Ford
1981 12   Ari Vatanen   Guy Fréquelin   Hannu Mikkola   Talbot   Datsun   Ford
1982 12[3]   Walter Röhrl   Michèle Mouton   Hannu Mikkola   Audi   Opel   Nissan
1983 12   Hannu Mikkola   Walter Röhrl   Markku Alén   Lancia   Audi   Opel
1984 12   Stig Blomqvist   Hannu Mikkola   Markku Alén   Audi   Lancia   Peugeot
1985 12   Timo Salonen   Stig Blomqvist   Walter Röhrl   Peugeot   Audi   Lancia
1986 12[4]   Juha Kankkunen   Markku Alén   Timo Salonen   Peugeot   Lancia   Volkswagen
1987 13   Juha Kankkunen   Miki Biasion   Markku Alén   Lancia   Audi   Renault
1988 13   Miki Biasion   Markku Alén   Alex Fiorio   Lancia   Ford   Audi
1989 13   Miki Biasion   Alex Fiorio   Juha Kankkunen   Lancia   Toyota   Mazda
1990 12[5]   Carlos Sainz   Didier Auriol   Juha Kankkunen   Lancia   Toyota   Mitsubishi
1991 14   Juha Kankkunen   Carlos Sainz   Didier Auriol   Lancia   Toyota   Mitsubishi
1992 14   Carlos Sainz   Juha Kankkunen   Didier Auriol   Lancia   Toyota   Ford
1993 13   Juha Kankkunen   François Delecour   Didier Auriol   Toyota   Ford   Subaru
1994 10   Didier Auriol   Carlos Sainz   Juha Kankkunen   Toyota   Subaru   Ford
1995 8   Colin McRae   Carlos Sainz   Kenneth Eriksson   Subaru   Mitsubishi   Ford
1996 9   Tommi Mäkinen   Colin McRae   Carlos Sainz   Subaru   Mitsubishi   Ford
1997 14   Tommi Mäkinen   Colin McRae   Carlos Sainz   Subaru   Ford   Mitsubishi
1998 13[6]   Tommi Mäkinen   Carlos Sainz   Colin McRae   Mitsubishi   Toyota   Subaru
1999 14   Tommi Mäkinen   Richard Burns   Didier Auriol   Toyota   Subaru   Mitsubishi
2000 14   Marcus Grönholm   Richard Burns   Carlos Sainz   Peugeot   Ford   Subaru
2001 14   Richard Burns   Colin McRae   Tommi Mäkinen   Peugeot   Ford   Mitsubishi
2002 14   Marcus Grönholm   Petter Solberg   Carlos Sainz   Peugeot   Ford   Subaru
2003 14   Petter Solberg   Sébastien Loeb   Carlos Sainz   Citroën   Peugeot   Subaru
2004 16   Sébastien Loeb   Petter Solberg   Markko Märtin   Citroën   Ford   Subaru
2005 16   Sébastien Loeb   Petter Solberg   Marcus Grönholm   Citroën   Peugeot   Ford
2006 16   Sébastien Loeb   Marcus Grönholm   Mikko Hirvonen   Ford   Kronos Citroën   Subaru
2007 16   Sébastien Loeb   Marcus Grönholm   Mikko Hirvonen   Ford   Citroën   Subaru
2008 15   Sébastien Loeb   Mikko Hirvonen   Dani Sordo   Citroën   Ford   Subaru
2009 12   Sébastien Loeb   Mikko Hirvonen   Dani Sordo   Citroën   Ford   Stobart Ford
2010 13   Sébastien Loeb   Jari-Matti Latvala   Petter Solberg   Citroën   Ford   Citroën Junior
2011 13   Sébastien Loeb   Mikko Hirvonen   Sébastien Ogier   Citroën   Ford   Stobart Ford
2012 13   Sébastien Loeb   Mikko Hirvonen   Jari-Matti Latvala   Citroën   Ford   M-Sport Ford
2013 13   Sébastien Ogier   Thierry Neuville   Jari-Matti Latvala   Volkswagen   Citroën   M-Sport
2014 13   Sébastien Ogier   Jari-Matti Latvala   Andreas Mikkelsen   Volkswagen   Citroën   M-Sport
2015 13   Sébastien Ogier   Jari-Matti Latvala   Andreas Mikkelsen   Volkswagen   Citroën   Hyundai
2016 13[7]   Sébastien Ogier   Thierry Neuville   Andreas Mikkelsen   Volkswagen   Hyundai   Volkswagen II
2017 13   Sébastien Ogier   Thierry Neuville   Ott Tänak   M-Sport   Hyundai   Toyota
2018 13   Sébastien Ogier   Thierry Neuville   Ott Tänak   Toyota   Hyundai   M-Sport Ford
2019 13[8]   Ott Tänak   Thierry Neuville   Sébastien Ogier   Hyundai   Toyota   Citroën
2020 7[9]   Sébastien Ogier   Elfyn Evans   Ott Tänak   Hyundai   Toyota   M-Sport Ford
2021 12   Sébastien Ogier   Elfyn Evans   Thierry Neuville   Toyota   Hyundai   M-Sport Ford
2022 13   Kalle Rovanperä   Ott Tänak   Thierry Neuville   Toyota   Hyundai   M-Sport Ford
2023 13   Kalle Rovanperä   Elfyn Evans   Thierry Neuville   Toyota   Hyundai   M-Sport Ford
2024 13

Statistics

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By driver

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Driver 1st 2nd 3rd
  Sébastien Loeb 9 1 0
  Sébastien Ogier 8 0 2
  Juha Kankkunen 4 1 3
  Tommi Mäkinen 4 0 1
  Carlos Sainz 2 4 5
  Marcus Grönholm 2 2 1
  Walter Röhrl 2 1 1
  Miki Biasion 2 1 0
  Kalle Rovanperä 2 0 0
  Hannu Mikkola 1 3 3
  Colin McRae 1 3 1
  Petter Solberg 1 3 1
  Markku Alén 1 2 4
  Richard Burns 1 2 0
  Didier Auriol 1 1 4
  Ott Tänak 1 1 3
  Björn Waldegård 1 1 1
  Stig Blomqvist 1 1 0
  Timo Salonen 1 0 1
  Sandro Munari 1 0 0
  Ari Vatanen 1 0 0
  Thierry Neuville 0 5 3
  Mikko Hirvonen 0 4 2
  Jari-Matti Latvala 0 3 2
  Elfyn Evans 0 3 0
  Alex Fiorio 0 1 1
  Jean-Pierre Nicolas 0 1 0
  Guy Fréquelin 0 1 0
  Michèle Mouton 0 1 0
  François Delecour 0 1 0
  Andreas Mikkelsen 0 0 3
  Dani Sordo 0 0 2
  Bernard Darniche 0 0 1
  Kenneth Eriksson 0 0 1
  Markko Märtin 0 0 1

WRC support categories

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References

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  1. ^ From 1973 to 1976, no drivers' championship was contested. In 1977 and 1978, there was still no official drivers' world championship but an FIA Cup for Drivers.
  2. ^ In 1974, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Acropolis Rally were cancelled due to the oil crisis.
  3. ^ In 1982, Rally Argentina was cancelled due to Falklands War.
  4. ^ In 1986, Rallye Sanremo results was annulled by FISA.
  5. ^ In 1990, the Swedish Rally was cancelled due to mild weather.
  6. ^ In 1998, the Rally Indonesia was cancelled due to political instability in the country.
  7. ^ In 2016, the Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding.
  8. ^ In 2019, the Rally Australia was cancelled due to bushfires in the region.
  9. ^ In 2020, there was originally scheduled to be 13 rounds but the calendar was reduced to 7 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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