1996 World Rally Championship Explained
The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. As a result of their disqualification, Toyota Team Europe were not allowed to compete in this year's championship, so only three works teams contested the championship. The drivers' world championship was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3, ahead of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.
Calendar
Teams and drivers
Major Entries
Privateer Entries
| Major privateer entries |
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| Manufacturer | Car | Team | Drivers | Tyre | Rounds |
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| Toyota | Celica GT-Four ST205
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 |  Toyota Castrol Team |  Thomas Rådström | | 1, 6, 9 |
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 Juha Kankkunen | 1, 3, 6 |
| Tomas Jansson | 1 |
| Marcus Grönholm | | 1, 6 |
 Ian Duncan | | 2 |
 Reza Pribadli | | 3 |
 Freddy Loix | 4, 8–9 |
| Teppo Leino | 6 |
 Neal Bates | 7 |
| Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 |  Toyotoshi | Marco Galanti | 1–2, 4 |
| Tein Sport | Yoshio Fujimoto | 3, 7 |
| Celica GT-Four ST205 |  H.F. Grifone | Thomas Rådström | 4 |
 Rui Madeira | 4–6, 8–9 |
| Gilberto Pianezzola | 4–5, 8 |
| Andrea Dallavilla | 6, 8 |
 Jánoth Tóth | 8 |
| Matteo Luise | 8 |
| Ford | Escort RS Cosworth | Ford Team Finland | Sebastian Lindholm | | 1, 6 |
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| Ford Motorsport Indonesia | Dolly Indra Nasution | | 3 |
| Yacco RAS Ford |  Patrick Bernardini | 4–5, 8–9 |
| Blue Rose Team | Jarmo Kytölehto | 6, 8–9 |
| Promoracing Finland | Harri Rovanperä | 6 |
| Jolly Club | Gianfranco Cunico | 8 |
| Mitsubishi | Lancer Evo III | Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany |  Richie Holfeld | 1 |
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| Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden | Stig-Olov Walfridsson | 1 |
| Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland | Mika Korhonen | 1, 6 |
| Minna Sillankorva | 6 |
 Race-Rent Motorsport |  Gustavo Trelles | 3–9 |
| Mitsubishi Ralliart Indonesia | Bambang Hartono | 3 |
| Oky Harwanto | 3 |
| Arief Indiarto | 3 |
| Top Run SRL |  Jorge Recalde | 4–9 |
| Jolly Club | Piergiorgio Bedini | 6, 8 |
| Audi | Coupe S2 | Stohl Racing | Rudi Stohl | 2, 4 |
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| Manfred Stohl | 2, 9 |
| Subaru | Impreza Wagon | Subaru Rally Team Japan | Patrick Njiru | 2 |
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| Hideaki Miyoshi | 2 |
| Impreza 555 | Tanveer Alam | 2 |
| A.R.T. Engineering | Angelo Medeghini | 4–6, 8–9 |
| Andrea Navarra | 6, 8 |
| F.Dor Rally Team | Frédéic Dor | 4, 6, 8 |
| Renault | Mégane Maxi | Renault Team Sweden | Jonas Kruse | 6 |
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| Husky Team | Diego Oldrati | 8 |
| Piero Longhi | 8 |
| Italian Promotor Sport | Paolo Andreucci | 8 |
 Renault Sport España | Oriol Gómez | 9 |
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Results and standings
Drivers' championship
Manufacturers' championship
Each works team had to nominate up to three drivers 30 days before each event; only two best placed nominated drivers were eligible to score points for the manufacturers' championship.
| Manufacturer | | SWE
| KEN
| INA
| GRE
| ARG
| FIN
| AUS
| ITA
| ESP
| Points |
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| 1 | Subaru | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 401 |
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| 2 | 5 | 2 | Ret | (5) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | (7) | | 3 | (10) | (5) | 2 | 4 | 7 | | (7) | Ret | 2 | | 2 | Mitsubishi | 7 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 322 |
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| 8 | 14 | 6 | Ret | 14 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | Ret | | 9 | | | Ret | | (10) | Ret | (10) | Ret | | | 3 |  Ford | 4 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 2 | Ret | 299 |
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| 5 | (11) | 7 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | 6 | 8 | | Ret | | | | | | | | Manufacturer | | SWE
| KEN
| INA
| GRE
| ARG
| FIN
| AUS
| ITA
| ESP
| Points |
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Group N Cup
| Pos | Driver | SWE
| KEN
| INA
| GRE
| ARG
| FIN
| AUS
| ITA
| ESP
| Pts |
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| 1 | Gustavo Trelles | Ret | | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
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| 2 |  Uwe Nittel | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 50 |
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| 3 | Pascal Smets | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 17 |
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| 4 | Kenneth Bäcklund | 1 | | | | | | | | | 13 |
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| Hideaki Miyoshi | | 1 | | | | | 14 | | | 13 | | Michael Lieu | | | 1 | | | | Ret | | | 13 | | Pasi Hagström | | | | | | 1 | | | | 13 | | Ed Ordynski | | | | | | | 1 | | | 13 | | 9 | Stig-Olov Walfridsson | 2 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
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| Patrick Njiru | | 2 | | | | | | | | 10 | | Shigeyuki Konishi | | | 2 | | | | 11 | | | 10 | | Olli Harkki | | | | | | 2 | | | | 10 | | Yoshihiro Kataoka | | | | | | | 2 | | | 10 | | 14 | Jorge Recalde | | | | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 |
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| 15 | Jim Heather-Hayes | | 3 | | | | | | | | 7 |
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| Chandra Alim | | | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | | Daniel Alejandro Preto | | | | | 3 | | | | | 7 |  Karamjit Singh | | | Ret | | | | 3 | | | 7 | | Giovanni Manfrinato | | | | | | | | 3 | | 7 | | Jacques Andreani | | | | | | | | | 3 | 7 | | Pos | Driver | SWE
| KEN
| INA
| GRE
| ARG
| FIN
| AUS
| ITA
| ESP
| Pts | |
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Events
| + align=center style="background:#BFD7FF" | 1996 World Rally Championship event map | align=center colspan=4 | |
| width=25% | Black = Tarmac | width=25% | Brown = Gravel | width=25% | Blue = Snow/Ice | width=25% | Red = Mixed Surface | |
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FIA 2 Litre World Cup For Manufacturers
| Pos | Manufacturer | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
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| 1 | SEAT | (25) | 60 | (13) | 36 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 274 |
| 2 | Renault | 36 | 39 | 53 | 64 | - | - | 48 | 25 | 265 |
| 3 | Skoda | 39 | 44 | - | 46 | 35 | 60 | (16) | 40 | 264 |
| 4 | Peugeot | 46 | 9 | 54 | - | 9 | - | 40 | 10 | 168 |
| 5 | General Motors Europe | 43 | 31 | 11 | - | - | - | 18 | - | 103 |
| 6 | Suzuki | - | - | - | 16 | 36 | - | - | - | 52 |
| = | Hyundai | - | - | - | - | 21 | 31 | - | - | 52 |
| 8 | Daihatsu | - | - | - | - | 15 | 35 | - | - | 50 |
| 9 | Honda | 9 | 6 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 20 | 43 |
| 10 | Nissan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 42 |
| 11 | Kia | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | 32 |
| = | Toyota | - | 1 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | 32 |
| 13 | Renault Argentina | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 14 | Citroën | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 27 |
| 15 | Daewoo | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| 16 | Toyota Australia | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | 21 |
| 17 | Volkswagen | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 18 |
| 18 | Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| 19 | Mitsubishi | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | 14 |
| 20 | Fiat | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
Denotes dropped score
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1996. Motorsport Stats. 9 April 2024.
- Web site: 1996 WRC calendar. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 9 April 2024.
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