1995 World Rally Championship Explained

The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.^[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.^[2]

Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."^[3]

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race	Surface
1	22–26 January	Rallye Monte Carlo	asphalt & snow
2	10–12 February	Swedish Rally	snow
3	8–10 March	Rallye de Portugal	gravel
4	3–5 May	Rallye de France	asphalt
5	27–30 July	Rally New Zealand	gravel
6	15–18 September	Rally Australia	gravel
7	23–25 October	Rally Catalunya	asphalt
8	19–22 November	RAC Rally	gravel
Sources:^[4] ^[5]

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD		1	Didier Auriol	1–7
				2	Juha Kankkunen	1–7
				3	Armin Schwarz	1–7
				14	Thomas Rådström	2
					Yoshio Fujimoto	6
				15	Tomas Jansson	2
					Yoshio Fujimoto	5
				16	Neal Bates	6
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555		4	Colin McRae	All
				5	Carlos Sainz	1–4, 6–8
				6	Piero Liatti	1, 4, 7
					Mats Jonsson	2
					Richard Burns	3, 8
					Peter 'Possum' Bourne	5–6
				14	Richard Burns	5
R.A.S. Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth		7	François Delecour	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	All
				9	Stig Blomqvist	2
					Alex Fiorio	3
					Patrick Bernardini	4
					Neil Allport	5
					Malcolm Wilson	8
				30	Jason Priestley	6
				44	Alister McRae	8
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II Lancer Evo III		10	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 5–6, 8
					Isolde Holderied	3–4
				11	Tommi Mäkinen	1–2, 4–8
					Jorge Recalde	3
				12	Andrea Aghini	4, 7
					Kenneth Bäcklund	2
					Rui Madeira	3, 8
					Ed Ordynski	5–6
				14	Rui Madeira	1, 4–7
				15	Jorge Recalde	4–6
				26	Isolde Holderied	1, 5–8
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Maxi			Jean Ragnotti	1, 4
				18	José Carlos Macedo	3
				19	Alain Oreille	8
					Philippe Bugalski	1, 4
				25	Robbie Head	8
				30	Pedro Azeredo	3
				51	Angelo Medeghini	4
Source:^[6]

Standings

Drivers' championship

	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Colin McRae	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	90
2	Carlos Sainz	1	Ret	1	4	WD	Ret	1	2	85
3	Kenneth Eriksson		1			5	1		Ret	48
4	François Delecour	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	46
5	Tommi Mäkinen	4	2		8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	38
6	Bruno Thiry	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	34
7	Andrea Aghini	6			3			5		26
8	Piero Liatti	8			6			3		21
9	Richard Burns			7		Ret			3	16
10	Alister McRae								4	10
11	Rui Madeira	12		9	18	10	Ret	11	7	7
12=	Gustavo Trelles							6		6
12=	Gwyndaf Evans								6	6
14=	Jean Ragnotti	7			11					4
14=	Stig Blomqvist		7						21	4
14=	Patrick Bernardini				7					4
14=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne					7	Ret			4
14=	Yoshio Fujimoto					27	7		WD	4
14=	Oriol Gómez							7		4
20	Jorge Recalde			10	20	9	10			4
21=	Tomas Jansson		8							3
21=	Alex Fiorio			8						3
21=	Neil Allport					8				3
21=	Ed Ordynski					11	8			3
21=	Andrea Navarra			17	Ret	Ret	17	8	Ret	3
21=	Jarmo Kytölehto		14						8	3
27=	Philippe Camandona	9		Ret						2
27=	Philippe Bugalski	Ret			9					2
27=	Neal Bates						9			2
27=	Josep Bassas							9		2
27=	Masao Kamioka			12			11		9	2
32=	Isolde Holderied	10		11	19	Ret	19	Ret	14	1
32=	Kenneth Bäcklund		10							1
32=	Yvan Postel	14			Ret			10		1
32=	Alain Oreille								10	1
DSQ	Juha Kankkunen	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret		62
DSQ	Didier Auriol	Ret	5	5	1	2	Ret	DSQ		51
DSQ	Armin Schwarz	Ret	9	4	Ret	4	5	Ret		30
DSQ	Thomas Rådström		3							12
	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:^[7] ^[8]

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	350
		5	1	Ret	1	4		Ret	1	2
		6	8	Ret	(7)	(6)	7	Ret	(3)	(3)
2	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	10		1	(11)	(19)	5	1		Ret	307
		11	4	2	10	8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret
		12	6		9	3	11	(8)	5	7
		14							11
3	R.A.S. Ford	7	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	223
		8	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5
		9		7	8	7	8			Ret
DSQ	Toyota Castrol Team	1	Ret	(5)	(5)	1	2	Ret	DSQ		260
		2	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret
		3	Ret		4	Ret	(4)	5	Ret
		14		3			Ret
	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:

Group N Cup

	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Rui Madeira	3		1	1	2	Ret	1	1	69
2	Jorge Recalde			2	3	1	2	Ret		40
3	Isolde Holderied	2		3	2		9	Ret	4	32
4	Masao Kamioka			4			3		2	22
5	Ed Ordynski					3	1			20
6	Philippe Camandona	1		Ret						13
	Kenneth Bäcklund		1							13
	Uwe Nittel	8		8	Ret			3	5	13
9	Stig-Olov Walfridsson		2							10
	Hans Stacey							2	Ret	10
	Karamjit Singh					6	5		6	10
12	Hermann Gaßner	5		7	7				6	8
13	Anders Rådström		3							7
	Yoshihiro Kataoka								3	7
	Mohammed Ben Sulayem		7	Ret	4	Ret	Ret			7
	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:^[9] ^[10]

Events

Rally name	Dates run	Podium drivers (finishing time)	Podium cars
	22 January–26 January	Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s) François Delecour (6h:34m:56s) Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
	10 February–12 February	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s) Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
	8 March–10 March	Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s) Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Subaru Impreza 555
	3 May–5 May	Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s) François Delecour (5h:15m:04s) Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s)	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
	27 July–30 July	Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s) Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
	15 September–18 September	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s) Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
	23 October–25 October	Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s) Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s) Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
	19 November–22 November	Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s) Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s) Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
Source:

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 1995 at ewrc-results.com
• 1995 season at World Rally Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification . RallyBase . 8 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527205041/http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1995 . 27 May 2011 .
2. Web site: 1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - Final classification . RallyBase . 8 June 2009.
3. News: Toyota team pick up a one-year ban . . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/toyota-team-pick-up-a-oneyear-ban-1537474.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live . 8 June 2009 . London . 4 November 1995.
4. Web site: WRC 1995. eWRC-results.com. 16 January 2024.
5. Web site: 1995 WRC calendar. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 16 January 2024.
6. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1995. Motorsport Stats. 16 January 2024.
7. Web site: Season 1995 – Championship standings. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 16 January 2024.
8. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1995. Motorsport Stats. 16 January 2024.
9. Web site: Season 1995 – Championship standings. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 16 January 2024.
10. Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1995. Motorsport Stats. 16 January 2024.