1993 World Rally Championship Explained

The 1993 World Rally Championship was the 21st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Juha Kankkunen won his fourth drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of François Delecour and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Lancia dropped the Martini Racing works team, while the Lancia Delta continued through privateers Jolly Club and Astra Racing.

Regulation changes

Teams and drivers

TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversRounds
Jolly ClubLanciaDelta HF Integrale
Carlos Sainz1, 3, 5–8, 10–12
Andrea Aghini1, 3, 5–6, 11
Gustavo Trelles6–8, 12
Dario Cerrato11
Ford Motor Co LtdFordEscort RS Cosworth Miki Biasion1, 3, 5–8, 10–12
François Delecour1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10–13
Mikael Ericsson2
Sebastian Lindholm2, 9, 13
Malcolm Wilson2, 9, 13
Mohammed Bin Sulayem2–3, 6–7, 11–12
Fernando Peres3
Carlos Menem7
Gianfranco Cunico11
Patrick Snijers11
Robbie Head13
Toyota Castrol TeamToyotaCelica Turbo 4WD
Celica GT-Four ST185
Didier Auriol1–2, 5–10, 12–13
Juha Kankkunen1–2, 4, 6–10, 12–13
Mats Jonsson2, 13
Tomas Jansson2
Markku Alén4
Ian Duncan4
Yasuhiro Iwase4
François Chatriot5
Yves Loubet5
Hannu Mikkola9
Neal Bates10
Mitsubishi Ralliart EuropeMitsubishiLancer Evo I
Galant VR-4
Armin Schwarz1, 3, 6, 9, 13
Kenneth Eriksson1, 3, 6, 9, 13
Jarmo Kytölehto2, 9
Kenneth Bäcklund2
Kenjiro Shinozuka4
Ross Dunkerton8, 10
555 Subaru World Rally TeamSubaruLegacy RS
Impreza 555
Vivio Sedan 4WD

Colin McRae2–6, 8, 10, 13
Hannu Mikkola2
Per Eklund2
Markku Alén3, 9
Patrick Njiru4
Masashi Ishida4
Ari Vatanen6, 8–10, 13
Peter 'Possum' Bourne8, 10
Piero Liatti11
Richard Burns13
Alister McRae13
Motor Sport DevelopmentsOpelCalibra Turbo 4x4
Stig Blomqvist2
Erwin Doctor12
Gavin Cox13
Astra RacingLanciaDelta HF Integrale Tommi Makinen2, 6, 9
Alex Fiorio3, 6, 11–12
Jorge Recalde3
Jorge Bica3
Audi SportAudiAudi Coupé S2
Sepp Haider2, 8, 10
Rudi Stohl4, 6–7
Société DiacRenaultClio Williams Alain Oreille5
Jean Ragnotti5
Serge Jordan5
Claude Balesi5

Results and standings

Manufacturers' championship

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1993 Manufacturers Championship PointsNoEventsTotal
1 Toyota20 20 20 17 20 (14) 20 20 20157
2 Ford17 20 20 20 17 17 14 20 145
3 Subaru14 12 10 20 17 17 10 10110
4 Lancia14 12 17 12 12 17 8 92
5 Mitsubishi12 11 10 14 10 12 1786

Drivers' championship

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1993 World Rally Car Championship PointsNoEventsTotal
1 Juha Kankkunen(8) 15 20 20 8 20 20 12 20135
2 François Delecour15 20 20 15 12 20 10112
3 Didier Auriol20 15 12 12 12 15 692
4 Miki Biasion12 15 4 20 15 10 76
5 Colin McRae12 4 8 20 6 50
6 Kenneth Eriksson10 8 8 1541
7 Ari Vatanen15 15 838
8 Carlos Sainz10 15 10 - 35
9 Gustavo Trelles8 10 4 6 28
10 Tommi Mäkinen10 6 10 26
11 Markku Alén10 15 25
12 Armin Schwarz6 12 2 323
13 Mats Jonsson20 222
14 Andrea Aghini12 10 22
15 Gianfranco Cunico20 20
16 Alex Fiorio6 4 8 18
17 Bruno Thiry3 1 8 4 16
18 Patrick Snijers15 15
19= Ian Duncan12 12
19= François Chatriot12 12
19= Gilberto Pianezzola12 12
19= Malcolm Wilson1212
23 Sepp Haider4 8 12
24= Yasuhiro Iwase10 10
24= Ross Dunkerton10 10
24= Piero Liatti10 10
27= Björn Johansson8 8
27= Guy Jack8 8
27= Carlos Menem, Jr.8 8
30 Rudi Stohl3 4 7
31= Per Eklund6 6
31= Ashok Pattni6 6
31= Bernard Béguin6 6
31= Mohammed Bin Sulayem6 6
31= Peter 'Possum' Bourne6 6
31= Sebastian Lindholm6 6
31= Renato Travaglia6 6
38= Olivier Burri4 4
38= Marco Brighetti4 4
38= Hannu Mikkola4 4
38= Ed Ordynski4 4
38= Andrea Dallavilla4 4
38= Richard Burns44
44 Alex Fassina2 1 1 4
45= Kenneth Bäcklund3 3
45= Jorge Bica3 3
45= Jean Ragnotti3 3
45= Kóstas Apostolou3 3
45= António Coutinho3 3
45= Neil Allport3 3
45= Lasse Lampi3 3
45= Neal Bates3 3
45= Angelo Medeghini3 3
45= Luís Climent3 3
55= Christophe Spiliotis2 2
55= Jarmo Kytölehto2 2
55= Basmat Shamji2 2
55= Alain Oreille2 2
55= Níkos Tsadaris2 2
55= Gabriel Raies2 2
55= Joe McAndrew2 2
55= Kiyoshi Inoue2 2
55= Freddy Loix2 2
55= Mía Bardolet2 2
65= Jean-Baptiste Serpaggi1 1
65= Per Svan1 1
65= Manfred Stohl1 1
65= Giovanni Manfrinato1 1
65= José Ceccheto1 1
65= Yoshio Fujimoto1 1
65= Marcus Grönholm1 1
65= David Officer1 1
65= Oriol Gómez1 1
65= Alister McRae11

Events

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1993 World Rally Championship event mapalign=center colspan=4
width=25% Black = Tarmacwidth=25% Brown = Gravelwidth=25% Blue = Ice/Snowwidth=25% Red = Mixed Surface
+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"1993 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally NameDates runPodium Drivers (Finishing Time)Podium Cars
21 January–27 January
  1. Didier Auriol (6h:13m:43s)
  2. François Delecour (6h:13m:58s)
  3. Miki Biasion (6h:16m:59s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
12 February–14 February
  1. Mats Jonsson (4h:49m:05s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:49m:18s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:49m:33s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Subaru Legacy RS
3 March–6 March
  1. François Delecour (6h:20m:37s)
  2. Miki Biasion (6h:21m:32s)
  3. Andrea Aghini (6h:23m:17s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
8 April–12 April
  1. Juha Kankkunen (+3m:54s penalties)
  2. Markku Alén (+4m:03s penalties)
  3. Ian Duncan (+5m:24s penalties)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
2 May–4 May
  1. François Delecour (6h:14m:41s)
  2. Didier Auriol (6h:15m:43s)
  3. François Chatriot (6h:17m:23s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
30 May–1 June
  1. Miki Biasion (6h:54m:35s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (6h:55m:48s)
  3. Armin Schwarz (6h:57m:19s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer RS
14 July–17 July
  1. Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:31s)
  2. Miki Biasion (5h:34m:25s)
  3. Didier Auriol (5h:49m:29s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
5 August–8 August
  1. Colin McRae (6h:12m:31s)
  2. François Delecour (6h:12m:58s)
  3. Didier Auriol (6h:13m:00s)
  1. Subaru Legacy RS
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
27 August–29 August
  1. Juha Kankkunen (4h:23m:51s)
  2. Ari Vatanen (4h:24m:38s)
  3. Didier Auriol (4h:26m:01s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
18 September–21 September
  1. Juha Kankkunen (5h:19m:58s)
  2. Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:50s)
  3. François Delecour (5h:43m:42s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
11 October–13 October
  1. Gianfranco Cunico (6h:19m:40s)
  2. Patrick Snijers (6h:21m:18s)
  3. Gilberto Pianezzola (6h:30m:08s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
2 November–4 November
  1. François Delecour (5h:36m:19s)
  2. Didier Auriol (5h:37m:19s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:40m:28s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
21 November–24 November
  1. Juha Kankkunen (6h:25m:48s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (6h:27m:32s)
  3. Malcolm Wilson (6h:30m:51s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer RS
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth

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