1994 World Rally Championship Explained

The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Ford.

Calendar

In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974–76.

RoundRally nameSurfaceDates
1 Monte Carlo RallyMixed (Tarmac – Snow)22–27 January
2 Rallye de PortugalMixed (Gravel – Tarmac)1–4 March
3 Safari RallyGravel31 March–3 April
4 Tour de CorseTarmac5–7 May
5 Acropolis RallyGravel29–31 May
6 Rally ArgentinaGravel30 June–2 July
7 Rally New ZealandGravel29–31 July
8 Rally FinlandGravel26–28 August
9 Rallye SanremoMixed (Tarmac – Gravel)9–12 October
10 RAC RallyGravel20–23 November
Sources:[1] [2]

Teams and drivers

TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversRounds
Toyota Castrol TeamToyotaCelica Turbo 4WD ST185
Celica GT-Four ST205		 Juha KankkunenAll
Didier AuriolAll
Andrea Aghini2, 4, 9
Ian Duncan3
Yoshio Fujimoto3, 5, 7, 10
Marcus Grönholm8
Tomas Jansson8
Gilberto Pianezzola9
Piero Longhi9
555 Subaru World Rally TeamSubaruImpreza 555 Carlos Sainz1–2, 4–10
Colin McRae1–2, 4–10
Peter 'Possum' Bourne7
Richard Burns7, 10
Ford Motor Co LtdFordEscort RS Cosworth Miki Biasion1–2, 4–7, 9–10
François Delecour1–2, 8–10
Bruno Thiry1–2, 4, 6, 8–10
Alex Fiorio2
Gianfranco Cunico4
Malcolm Wilson5, 10
Ari Vatanen5–8, 10
Raimund Baumschlager5, 8
Tommi Mäkinen8
Stig Blomqvist10
Mitsubishi Ralliart EuropeMitsubishiLancer Evo I
Lancer Evo II		 Armin Schwarz1, 5, 7, 9
Kenneth Eriksson1, 5, 7
Kenjiro Shinozuka3
Tommi Mäkinen9
Société DiacRenaultClio Williams Jean Ragnotti1, 4
Alain Oreille1, 4
Serge Jordan1, 4
Philippe Bugalski4
Claude Balesi4
Renato Travaglia9
Diego Oldrati9
Škoda MotorsportŠkodaFavorit 136L Pavel Sibera1–2, 5, 8–10
Vladimír Berger1
Emil Triner2, 5, 8–10
Subaru Rally Team JapanSubaruImpreza WRX Patrick Njiru3
Richard Burns3
Jolly ClubFordEscort RS Cosworth Gianfranco Cunico9
Malcolm Wilson9
Source:[3]

Standing

Drivers' Championship

For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.[4] [5]

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points20151210864321
DriverMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
1 Didier AuriolRet231Ret15216116
2 Carlos Sainz34212Ret32Ret99
3 Juha Kankkunen21Ret43Ret297293
4 Colin McRae10RetRetEXRet15149
5 Bruno Thiry6Ret64Ret4344
6 Miki Biasion435RetRetRet3Ret42
7 Armin Schwarz723Ret31
8 François Delecour1Ret4RetEX30
9 Ari Vatanen53RetRet528
10 Tommi MäkinenRet1Ret922
11 Ian Duncan120
12 Kenneth Eriksson5Ret418
13 Kenjiro Shinozuka215
14 Andrea AghiniRet3Ret12
15 Patrick Njiru410
16 Alex FiorioRet410
17 Stig Blomqvist410
18 Rudi Stohl6710
19 Fernando Peres58
20 Richard Burns5RetRet8
21 Jorge RecaldeRet175RetRet168
22 Marcus Grönholm58
23 Malcolm Wilson69Ret8
24 Yoshio FujimotoWD77Ret8
25 José Carlos Macedo66
26 Jorge Bescham66
27 Joe McAndrew66
28 Lasse Lampi66
29 Gianfranco CunicoRet66
30 Jesús Puras9812RetRet17155
31 Raphael Sperrer74
32 Karim Hirji74
33 Patrick Bernardini74
34 Thomas Rådström74
35 Gwyndaf Evans74
36 Isolde Holderied15111682915163
37 Jean Ragnotti1383
38 Pierre-Manuel Jenot83
39 Sammy Aslam83
40 Aris Vovos83
41 Brian Stokes83
42 Jarmo Kytölehto83
43 Piero Longhi83
44 Jan Habig83
45 Emil Triner1291918222
46 Rui Madeira92
47 Rob Hellier92
48 Serge JordanRet92
49 Gabriel Raies92
50 Ed Ordynski92
51 Pavel Sibera20101018Ret192
52 Grégoire De MéviusRetRet14Ret101
53 Azar Anwar101
54 Marco Massarotto101
55 Gustavo Ramonda101
56 Kiyoshi Inoue101
57 Olli Harkki101
58 Jorge BicaRet101
DriverMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
Sources:

Manufacturers' Championship

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points.[1] [4]

Overall position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points121087654321
Group position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
Points87654321
ManufacturerMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
1 Toyota2111(3)1221(2)151
2 Subaru3(4)(4)2121321140
3 Ford13553(Ret)133116
NC Mitsubishi523Ret41
ManufacturerMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
Sources:

Group N Cup

DriverMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
1 Jesús Puras211RetRet3350
2 Isolde Holderied434391442
3 Jorge RecaldeRet51RetRet227
4 Pierre-Manuel Jenot113
Patrick Njiru113
Carlos Menem jr.RetRet1Ret13
Ed Ordynski113
Jarmo Kytölehto113
Jonny Milner113
Masao Kamioka6213
11 Rui Madeira210
Richard Burns210
Gabriel Padovani210
"Maverick"210
Jorge Bescham210
Kiyoshi Inoue210
Olli Harkki210
Stefan Reininger84Ret5Ret10
19 Franck Phillips37
Mark Tilbury37
Guy Fiori37
Manolis Panagiotopoulos37
Reece Jones37
Harri Rovanperä37
Eddie Mercier567
DriverMON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRE
ARG
NZL
FIN
ITA
GBR
Points
Sources:

Results

ColourRally Surface
GoldGravel
SilverTarmac
BlueSnow/Ice
BronzeMixed Surface
RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 Monte Carlo Rally
(22–27 January) – Results and report		align=center 1 François DelecourFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 6:12:2022588.43 km18694
align=center 2 Juha KankkunenToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 6:13:25
align=center 3 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 6:14:07
2 Rallye de Portugal
(1–4 March) – Results and report		align=center 1 Juha KankkunenToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 6:20:5936571,82 km8934
align=center 2 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 6:21:39
align=center 3 Miki BiasionFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 6:21:49
3 Safari Rally
(31 March–3 April) – Results and report		align=center 1 Ian DuncanToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 20:49¿?2,393.10 km4314
align=center 2 Kenjiro ShinozukaMitsubishi Lancer Evo IIalign=center 21:14
align=center 3 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 21:59
4 Tour de Corse
(5–7 May) – Results and report		align=center 1 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 5:57:4623545,48 km8443
align=center 2 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 5:58:47
align=center 3 Andrea AghiniToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 5:59:57
5 Acropolis Rally
(29–31 May) – Results and report		align=center 1 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 6:36:3833503,53 km8836
align=center 2 Armin SchwarzMitsubishi Lancer Evo IIalign=center 6:40:39
align=center 3 Juha KankkunenToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 6:42:31
6 Rally Argentina
(30 June–2 July) – Results and report		align=center 1 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 5:50:4229563,90 km9025
align=center 2 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 5:50:48
align=center 3 Ari VatanenFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 5:57:22
7 Rally New Zealand
(29–31 July) – Results and report		align=center 1 Colin McRaeSubaru Impreza 555align=center 5:39:5630502,70 km7846
align=center 2 Juha KankkunenToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 5:42:10
align=center 3 Armin SchwarzMitsubishi Lancer Evo IIalign=center 5:45:27
8 1000 Lakes Rally
(26–28 August) – Results and report		align=center 1 Tommi MäkinenFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 4:33:4435522,76 km8541
align=center 2 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 4:34:06
align=center 3 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 4:34:48
9 Rallye Sanremo
(09–12 October) – Results and report		align=center 1 Didier AuriolToyota Celica Turbo 4WDalign=center 5:56:4026516,63 km9240
align=center 2 Carlos SainzSubaru Impreza 555align=center 5:57:01
align=center 3 Miki BiasionFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 5:57:27
10 RAC Rally
(20–23 November) – Results and report		align=center 1 Colin McRaeSubaru Impreza 555align=center 5:17:2529520,66 km17897
align=center 2 Juha KankkunenToyota Celica GT-Four ST205align=center 5:20:58
align=center 3 Bruno ThiryFord Escort RS Cosworthalign=center 5:27:37
Sources:[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WRC 1994. eWRC-results.com. 16 January 2024.
  2. Web site: 1994 WRC calendar. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 16 January 2024.
  3. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1994. Motorsport Stats. 16 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Season 1994 – Championship standings. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 16 January 2024.
  5. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1994. Motorsport Stats. 16 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Season 1994 – Season statistics – Event statistics. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 15 January 2024.

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