1990 World Rally Championship Explained

The 1990 World Rally Championship was the 18th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds
Martini Lancia	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale 16V		Miki Biasion	1–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
				Juha Kankkunen	1–3, 5, 7–10, 12
				Didier Auriol	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
				Bruno Saby	1, 4, 12
				Alex Fiorio	3, 9
				Yves Loubet	4
				Paola de Martini	7
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST165		Carlos Sainz	1–10, 12
				Mikael Ericsson	1, 3, 5, 8–10
				Armin Schwarz	1–2, 4, 10, 12
				Björn Waldegård	3
				Mohammed Ben Sulayem	5
				Jorge Recalde	7
				David Llewellin	12
				Mats Jonsson	12
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	323 4WD 323 GT-X		Timo Salonen	1–2, 8, 12
				Hannu Mikkola	1–2, 8, 12
				Grégoire de Mévius	2, 9–10
				Ingver Carlsson	6, 9
				Rod Millen	6, 9
				Mikael Sundström	8, 12
				Minna Sillankorva	8
				Peter Geitel	8
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi	Galant VR-4		Kenneth Eriksson	1–2, 5, 8–9, 12
				Ari Vatanen	1–2, 5, 8, 12
				Kenjiro Shinozuka	3, 11
				Ross Dunkerton	6, 9
				Lasse Lampi	8
				Arto Kumpumäki	8
				Patrick Tauziac	11
Jolly Club	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale 16V		Dario Cerrato	1–2, 10
				Alex Fiorio	5, 8, 10
				Didier Auriol	12
				Robert Droogmans	12
Simon Racing	Renault	5 GT Turbo		Alain Oreille	1–2, 4–7, 9–11
				Richard Frau	1, 4
				Paul Rodet	1
				Bernard Gil	1, 4
Audi Sport	Audi	90 Quattro		Paola de Martini	1–2, 4–5, 8–10
				Rudi Stohl	3, 5, 7, 11
				Pascal Gaban	5
GM Euro Sport	Vauxhall Opel	Astra GTE Kadett GSI 16V		Louise Aitken-Walker	1–2, 4, 6, 9, 12
				Chris Birkbeck	12
				Brian Wiggins	12
Top Run SRL	Lancia	Delta Integrale 16V		Jorge Recalde	2, 5–6, 8–9
				Carlos Menem	7
Subaru Technica International	Subaru	Legacy RS		Markku Alén	3, 5, 8, 10, 12
				Mike Kirkland	3, 6
				Peter 'Possum' Bourne	3, 6, 9
				Ian Duncan	3, 5
				Jim Heather-Hayes	3
				Patrick Njiru	3
				François Chatriot	10
				Derek Warwick	12
Nissan Motorsports International	Nissan	200SX		Vic Preston Jr	3
				Jayant Shah	3
				Pavlos Moschoutis	5
Bastos Motul BMW	BMW	M3		François Chatriot	4
				Frédéric Dor	4
Société Diac	Renault	5 GT Turbo		Jean Ragnotti	4
				Sylvain Polo	4
Citroën Sport	Citroën	AX Sport		Christine Driano	4
				Laurent Poggi	4
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Golf Rallye G60		Erwin Weber	5–6, 9
				Ercan Kazaz	5
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4		Pentti Airikkala	8, 10, 12
				Malcolm Wilson	8, 10, 12
				Gianfranco Cunico	8, 10
				Gwyndaf Evans	8, 10, 12
				Alex Fiorio	12
Source:^[1]

Events

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"	1990 World Rally Championship event map	align=center colspan=4
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+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"	1990 World Rally Championship schedule and results
width=5% rowspan=2	Round	width=20% rowspan=2	Rally name	Stages (re-insert this column only if info is added to table -->!	width=70% colspan=5	Podium finishers
Rank	Driver	Co Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Rallye Monte Carlo (19–25 January)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:56:52
2		Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe		5:57:44
3		Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:00:31
2	Rallye de Portugal (6–10 March)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:17:57
2		Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:20:33
3		Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:23:08
3	Safari Rally (11–16 April)	1	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	8:39:11
2		Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	9:17:23
3		Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	11:26:58
4	Tour de Corse (6–9 May)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:45:16
2		Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:45:52
3		François Chatriot	Michel Périn	Bastos Motul BMW	BMW M3	6:49:05
5	Acropolis Rally (3–6 June)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	7:34:44
2		Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:35:30
3		Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:37:42
6	Rally New Zealand (30 June – 3 July)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:48:26
2		Ingvar Carlsson	Per Carlsson	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	6:49:57
3		Erwin Weber	Matthias Feltz	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf Rallye G60	6:56:24
7	Rally Argentina (24–28 July)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:51:27
2		Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:59:29
3		Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:26:22
8	1000 Lakes Rally (23–26 August)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	4:40:55
2		Ari Vatanen	Bruno Berglund	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:41:14
3		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:45:53
9	Rally Australia (20–23 September)	1	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:43:48
2		Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	5:45:28
3		Alex Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:49:28
10	Rallye Sanremo (14–18 October)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:30:38
2		Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:31:23
3		Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	7:32:23
11	Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (28 October – 1 November)	1	Patrick Tauziac	Claude Papin	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:54:00
2		Rudi Stohl	Ernst Röhringer	Audi Sport	Audi 90 Quattro	5:56:00
3		Alain Oreille	Michel Roissard	Simon Racing	Renault 5 GT Turbo	6:52:00
12	Rally GB (25–28 November)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	5:43:16
2		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	5:44:58
3		Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:47:22
Sources:^[2] ^[3]

Results

Driver championship

	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	IVC	GBR	Points
1	Carlos Sainz	2	Ret	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	3		1	140
2	Didier Auriol	1	2		1	Ret		3	Ret	Ret	1		5	95
3	Juha Kankkunen	Ret	3	2		2		Ret	5	1	2		Ret	85
4	Miki Biasion	3	1	Ret		3		1			Ret		3	76
5	Mikael Ericsson	7		3		4			Ret	Ret	6			32
6	Dario Cerrato	4	4								4			30
7	Rudi Stohl			7		Ret		4				2		29
8	Kenneth Eriksson	Ret	Ret			Ret			3	Ret			2	27
9	Alex Fiorio			Ret		5			Ret	3	8		9	25
10	Ingvar Carlsson						2			5				23
11	Alain Oreille	13	14		8	13	10	6		Ret	17	3		22
12	Björn Waldegård			1										20
13	Patrick Tauziac											1		20
14	Peter 'Possum' Bourne			Ret			5			4				18
15	Bruno Saby	6			4									16
16	Ari Vatanen	Ret	Ret			Ret			2				Ret	15
17	François Chatriot				3						Ret			12
18	Erwin Weber					Ret	3			DSQ				12
19	Armin Schwarz	5	Ret		Ret						Ret		7	12
20	Ross Dunkerton						4			Ret				10
21	Markku Alén			Ret		Ret			4		Ret		Ret	10
22	Alain Ambrosino											4		10
23	Mats Jonsson												4	10
24	Tommi Mäkinen						6		11	7	13		Ret	10
25	Timo Salonen	8	Ret						6				Ret	9
26	Gustavo Trelles		11			9	7	Ret	15	8	15	Ret	Ret	9
27	Carlos Bica		5											8
28	Kenjiro Shinozuka			5								Ret		8
29	Raimund Baumschlager				5									8
30	Ernesto Soto		12				Ret	5	16					8
31	Piero Liatti										5			8
32	Patrice Servant											5		8
33	Jorge Recalde		7			Ret	8	Ret	22	11				7
34	Hannu Mikkola	Ret	6						Ret				Ret	6
35	Jim Heather-Hayes			6										6
36	Laurent Poggi				6									6
37	Michele Rayneri					6	Ret							6
38	Grégoire de Mevius		Ret							6	Ret			6
39	Michel Molinie											6		6
40	Colin McRae												6	6
41	Claude Balesi				7									4
42	Giannis Vardinogiannis					7								4
43	Marcelo Raies							7						4
44	Lasse Lampi								7					4
45	Piergiorgio Deila										7			4
46	Jean-Philippe Bernier											7		4
47	Marc Duez		8		Ret									3
48	Patrick Njiru			8										3
49	Ian Duncan			Ret		8								3
50	Gabriel Martin							8						3
51	Sebastian Lindholm								8					3
52	Viviane Evina											8		3
53	David Llewellin												8	3
54	Paola de Martini	Ret	16		9	Ret		WD	32	Ret	Ret			2
55	François Delecour	9			Ret									2
56	Joaquim Santos		9											2
57	Ashok Pattni			9										2
58	Gilberto Pianezzola		13				9							2
59	Oscar Maccari							9						2
60	Esa Saarenpää								9					2
61	Kiyoshi Inoue									9				2
62	Giuseppe Grossi										9			2
63	Jean-Michel Dionneau											9		2
64	Bertrand Balas	10												1
65	Ronald Holzer		10											1
66	Steve Anthony			10										1
67	Sylvain Polo				10									1
68	Pavlos Moschoutis					10								1
69	Fernando Marino							10						1
70	Risto Buri								10					1
71	Ed Ordynski									10				1
72	Alessandro Fassina										10			1
73	Adolphe Choteau											10		1
74	Robert Droogmans												10	1
	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	IVC	GBR	Points
Sources:^[4] ^[5]

Manufacturer championship

	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	GBR	Points
1	Lancia	1	1	2	1	2	1	5	1	1	3	137
2	Toyota	2		1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	131
3	Mitsubishi			5				2	7		2	56
4	Subaru			6		8		4	4			43
5	Mazda	8	6					6	5			30
6	Renault				7		6					24
7	Audi			7	9		4	9				24
8	Ford		8							9	6	22
9	BMW				3							14
10	Volkswagen				5							10
11	Citroën				6							8
12	Renault Argentina						7					8
13	Fiat Argentina						8					6
14	Daihatsu			9								3
15	Peugeot	9										2
16	Nissan					10						2
	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	GBR	Points
Sources:

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 1990 at ewrc-results.com
• FIA World Rally Championship 1990 at World Rally Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1990. Motorsport Stats. 15 January 2024.
2. Web site: WRC 1990. eWRC-results.com. 15 January 2024.
3. Web site: 1990 WRC calendar. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 15 January 2024.
4. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1990. Motorsport Stats. 15 January 2024.
5. Web site: Season 1990 – Championship standings. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 15 January 2024.