1998 World Rally Championship Explained

The 1998 World Rally Championship was the 26th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his third consecutive drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. The manufacturers' title was won by Mitsubishi (who still operated under Group A regulations), ahead of Toyota and Subaru. This year also marked the Ford Escort's last full-season works outing before being replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The season ended in dramatic fashion when Carlos Sainz's Corolla WRC stopped approximately 300 metres from the finishing line in the final stage at Margam due to mechanical failure, thus surrendering his fourth place on the rally and handing the title to Mäkinen.^[1] ^[2]

Calendar

The 1998 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	18 January	21 January	66th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	18	359.19 km
2	6 February	8 February	47th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	381.34 km
3	28 February	2 March	46th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	16	1063.49 km
4	22 March	25 March	32nd TAP Rallye de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	28	380.18 km
5	20 April	22 April	34th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	19	400.71 km
6	4 May	6 May	42nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	18	399.18 km
7	20 May	23 May	18th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	23	400.62 km
8	7 June	9 June	45th Acropolis Rally	Itea, Phocis	Gravel	17	388.76 km
9	24 July	27 July	29th Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	25	388.39 km
10	21 August	23 August	48th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	24	384.10 km
C	September	September	Rally of Indonesia	Medan, North Sumatra	Gravel	??	???
11	12 October	14 October	40th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	24	400.30 km
12	5 November	8 November	11th API Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	404.69 km
13	22 November	24 November	54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Gravel	28	383.85 km
Sources:^[3] ^[4]

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo V	1	Tommi Mäkinen	nowrap	Risto Mannisenmäki	All
		Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo V	2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
		Lancer Evo IV		Uwe Nittel	Christina Thörner	1–2, 4–5
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Impreza S5 WRC '98	3	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	All
			4	Piero Liatti	Fabrizia Pons	1, 3–9, 11–12
				Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2
				Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	10
				Alister McRae	David Senior	13
			10	Piero Liatti	Fabrizia Pons	2
			12	Ari Vatanen	Fabrizia Pons	13
			15	Juha Kangas	Pentti Kuukkala	9
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	5	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	All
			6	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	1, 3–4, 6–13
				Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2
				Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	5
			9	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	2, 5
			11	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	13
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford	Ford Escort WRC	7	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	All
			8	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–2, 5–13
			8	Ari Vatanen	Fred Gallagher	3–4
			11	Ari Vatanen	Fred Gallagher	10
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	10–13
			10	Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	10
				Marc Duez	Luc Manset	11–12
				Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	14

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota	Celica WRC		Henrik Lundgaard	Freddy Pedersen	1
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark		Corolla WRC		Henrik Lundgaard	Henrik Vestergaard	13
Shell Helix Motor Oils		Celica WRC		Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2, 10
Shell Norge				Henning Solberg	Runar Pedersen	2
				Petter Solberg	Egil Solstad	2
				Petter Solberg	Cato Menkerud	13
E.O.S. Team Toyota				Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	4, 11, 13
Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium		Corolla WRC		Freddy Loix	Toomas Kitsing	4–5, 8, 12
Telecel Castrol Team				Pedro Chaves	Sérgio Paiva	4
Toyota Castrol Team Germany				Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	12
Toyota Hellas				Angelos Zivas	Stelios Fakalis	8
Tein Sport				Yoshio Fujimoto	Tony Sircombe	9, 12
Toyota Castrol Finland				Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	10
Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland	Subaru	Impreza WRC		Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	1
Procar Rally Team		Impreza 555		Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Thierry Barjou	4
				Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Freddy Delorme	8
				Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	5, 11
				Diego Oldrati	Paolo Lizzi	11
A.R.T Engineering		Impreza WRC		Andrea Dallavilla	Danilo Fappani	4–5, 11
Belgacom Turbo Team				Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	4, 11, 13
Ecurie Le Perron				Renaud Verreydt	Jean-François Elst	5, 11
Subaru Allstars Endless Sport				Yukihiko Sakurai	Ronan Morgan	8, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia		Impreza 555		Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	9, 12
Bo-Be Plastindustri AB	Ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth		Mats Jonsson	Johnny Johansson	2
Bastos Ford Rally Team		Escort WRC		Patrick Snijers	Danny De Canck	10, 14
Leonídas Kirkos				Leonídas Kirkos	Ioánnis Stavropoulos	8
Ioannis Papadimitriou			?	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Nikolaos Petropoulos	8
Ford Team Finland				Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	10
Jolly Club				Gianfranco Cunico	Luigi Pirollo	11
Jolly Club				Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	11
R.E.D World Rally Team			?	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	13
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo V		Uwe Nittel	Christina Thörner	8, 10
Advan-Piaa Rally Team		Lancer Evo III		Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	9, 12
Ralliart Australia		Lancer Evo III		Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	9, 12
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand		Lancer Evo IV	?	Geoff Argyle	Raymond Bennett	9
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand		Lancer Evo IV	?	Lewis Scott	Jane Black	9

FIA Teams Cup

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Uruguay en Carrera	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	1–2
		Lancer Evo V (Grp. N)	Gustavo Trelles	Martin Christie	4–12
		Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)	Gabriel Méndez	Daniel Muzio	5
		Lancer Evo III (Grp. N)	Gabriel Méndez	Carlos Villete	9, 12
Team Mitsubishi Oman		Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	2, 4–5, 9
			Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	5, 8, 10–11
			Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	6, 8
			Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	9
			Andrea Aghini	Loris Roggia	11
			János jun. Tóth	Ferenc Gergely	11
		Celica WRC	Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	4
		Celica WRC	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	10
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden		Corolla WRC	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2, 4
			Thomas Rådström	Gunnar Barth	5, 7, 10
			Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	12
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia		Celica WRC	Abdullah Bakhashab	Arne Hertz	4–5
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab	Bobby Willis	6, 8, 10–13
Toyota Mobil Team Turkey			Volkan Isik	Ilham Dökümcü	4–6, 8, 10–13
Gazprom Rally Team	Ford	Ford Escort WRC	Aleksandr Nikonenko	Viktor Timkovskiy	2, 4–5, 8
			Aleksandr Potapov	Yevgeniy Zhivoglazov	9
			Aleksandr Potapov	Viktor Timkovskiy	10
			Sebastian Lindholm	Jukka Aho	12–13
			Alexander Zheludov	Aleksandr Alibekov	13
F.Dor Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Frédéric Dor	Kevin Gormley	3, 7, 9
F.Dor Rally Team			Frédéric Dor	Didier Breton	4, 8, 10, 13
Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn			Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Jean-Marc Fortin	4–5, 7, 11, 13

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup major Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Sport	Peugeot	306 Maxi		Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 5–6, 12
Peugeot Sport				François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1, 5–6, 12
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG				Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	1, 4–5
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro				Cyril Henny	Aurore Maëder-Brand	1
F.P.F. Sport				Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	12
Federico Villagra		405 Mi16	?	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	7
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Ibiza Kit Car Evo2		Harri Rovanperä	Voitto Silander	1–3
				Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	4–5, 7–9
				Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	1–5, 7–8
				Marc Duez	Luc Manset	4
				Salvador Cañellas	Xavier Lorza	5, 10, 12–13
				Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	9–13
				Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	10, 12
Seat Dealer Team Sweden				Jörgen Jonasson	Pecka Svensson	2
Andorra Auto Club				Ferran Font	Joan Sureda	3, 10
Paul Saly	Renault	Clio Williams	?	Paul Saly	Guy Pujol	1
"Dim"		Clio Williams	?	"Dim"	Konstantinos Stefanis	8
Renault Team Sweden		Mégane Maxi	?	Jonas Kruse	Bruno Berglund	2, 4, 10
Renault Gest Galp				José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	4
Renault Gest Galp				Pedro Azeredo	Carlos Magalhães	4
Renault Sport España				Luis Climent	José Antonio Muñoz	5
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying				Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	6, 11, 13
				Tapio Laukkanen	Tapio Järvi	6, 10
				Tapio Laukkanen	Kaj Lindström	11, 13
Renault Türkiye				Nejat Avci	Erkan Bodur	9, 12
Luca Pedersoli				Luca Pedersoli	Giovanni Bernacchini	11
Treviso Rally Team				Paolo Andreucci	Simona Fedeli	11
Ricardo Bissio		18 GTX	?	Ricardo Bissio	Alberto Descotte	7
Hector Guillermo Silva		18 GTX	?	Hector Guillermo Silva	Jorge Minoli	7
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Volkswagen	Golf III Kit Car	?	Harry Joki	Ingemar Karlsson	2
S.B.G. Sport				Alister McRae	David Senior	2, 7, 10–12
Sawfish Racing				Raimund Baumschlager	Klaus Wicha	3–4, 13
				Kris Rosenberger	Per Carlsson	3–4, 7, 9, 12
				Janne Tuohino	Ilkka Riipinen	10
Jorma Laakso			?	Jorma Laakso	Jari Jyrkiäinen	10
Jimmy Wahome	Hyundai	Coupé	?	Jimmy Wahome	Tom Muriuki	3
Gregory Kibiti		Coupé	?	Gregory Kibiti	George Mwangi	3
Hyundai Motorsport		Coupé		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	4–5, 7–8
		Coupé Evo 2		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	9–13
		Coupé		Wayne Bell	Iain Stewart	4, 8
		Coupé Evo 2		Wayne Bell	Iain Stewart	9–13
		Coupé		Alister McRae	David Senior	5–6
Dean Herridge		Coupé		Dean Herridge	Jim Carlton	12

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Non Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Wolf-Dieter Ihle	Opel	Astra GSi 16V	?	Wolf-Dieter Ihle	Reinhard Kessemeier	1, 5
Opel Team Sweden			?	Patric Carlsson	Peter Johansson	2
Opel Team Sweden			?	Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
Promoracing Finland	Nissan	Sunny GTi	?	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	2
Nissan Motorsports Europe		Almera Kit Car		Mark Higgins	Phil Mills	4, 8, 10–11, 13
Nissan Motorsports Europe				José Araújo	Octávio Araújo	4
Nissan Motorsports Turkey				Ercan Kazaz	Cengiz Yıldız	13
Team Åkes Bageri AB	Ford	Escort RS2000		Anders Nilsson	Markku Kangas	2
Ford España		Escort Maxi Kit Car		Daniel Alonso Villarón	Salvador Belzunces	5
Olli Harkki			?	Olli Harkki	Kari Mustalahti	10
Stuart Egglestone			?	Stuart Egglestone	Steve Egglestone	13
Ford Motor Co			?	Will Hoy	Sean Kelly	13
Marko Ipatti			?	Marko Ipatti	Kari Kajula	13
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara F2		Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	5–6, 11
				Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	5, 11
				Patrick Magaud	Michel Périn	6, 11
				Fabien Doenlen	Jean-Marc Andrié	6
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia Kit Car		Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	5–6, 8, 10–11, 13
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia Kit Car		Fabio Danti	Marcello Olivari	11
Norberto Penelo	Daewoo	Cielo	?	Norberto Penelo	Gustavo Topalian	7
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Baleno Wagon Kit Car	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Glenn Macneall	9, 12
Yutaka Kuritsuhara	Suzuki	Baleno Wagon Kit Car	?	Yutaka Kuritsuhara	Akihiko Takahashi	12
Avto VAZ Rally Team	Lada	110	?	Viktor Shkolnyy	Sergey Talantsev	10
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Ross Mackenzie	Paul van der Mey	12
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Rick Bates	Jenny Brittan	12
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra Kit Car		Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	13
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra Kit Car		Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	13
Proton Motorsport	Proton	Satria Kit Car		Mats Andersson	Lisa Addy	13
Proton Motorsport	Proton	Satria Kit Car		Jenny Davies	Claire Mole	13

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd.	Rally	Overall Winners	Group N Cup Winners	Teams cup Winners	2.0 L WC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	nowrap	No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 28 Race-Rent Motorsport	No finishers	No. 16 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	No finishers	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
2	Sweden	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 25 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	No. 11 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 27 Seat Dealer Team Sweden	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Stig-Olov Walfridsson Benny Melander	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Jörgen Jonasson Pecka Svensson
3	Kenya	No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar	No finishers	No. 11 Seat Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	No finishers	Harri Rovanperä Voitto Silander
4	Portugal	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 21 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 19 Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Adruzilo Lopes Luís Lisboa
5	Spain	No. 9 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 30 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 15 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
6	France	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 24 Race-Rent Motorsport	No. 18 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	No. 14 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	Abdullah Bakhashab Arne Hertz	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup
7	Argentina	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 18 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 9 Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	No. 16 Seat Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Maciej Wisławski	Oriol Gómez Marc Martí
8	Greece	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 25 Seat Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen
9	New Zealand	No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 19 Seat Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Subaru Impreza WRX	Toyota Corolla WRC	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Michael Guest David Green	Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen
10	Finland	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 15 Toyota Mobil Team Sweden	No. 25 S.B.G. Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Thomas Rådström Gunnar Barth	Alister McRae David Senior
11	Italy	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 58 Ralliart Italia	No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 14 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore	Andrea Aghini Loris Roggia	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
12	Australia	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	No. 14 Gazprom Rally Team	No. 20 S.B.G. Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Subaru Impreza WRX		Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Michael Guest David Green	Sebastian Lindholm Jukka Aho	Alister McRae David Senior
13	Britain	No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 53 Race-Rent Motorsport	No. 24 Gazprom Rally Team	No. 25 Renault Dealer Rallying UK	Report
		Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V		Renault Mégane Maxi
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	Sebastian Lindholm Jukka Aho	Tapio Laukkanen Kaj Lindström
Source:^[5]

Drivers' championship

	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Tommi Mäkinen	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret	58
2	Carlos Sainz	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret	56
3	Colin McRae	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	45
4	Juha Kankkunen	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	39
5	Didier Auriol	14	6	4	Ret	1	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	34
6	Richard Burns	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1	33
7	Piero Liatti	4	9	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6		2	Ret		17
8	Freddy Loix				3	2			5				6		13
9	Bruno Thiry	6	8			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3	8
10	François Delecour	10				8	2					Ret			6
11	Ari Vatanen			3	5						Ret			Ret	6
12	Gilles Panizzi	9				6	4				35	5		Ret	6
13	Kenneth Eriksson		4		Ret	21		Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	3
14	Grégoire De Mévius				8							12		4	3
15	Harri Rovanperä	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	15	13	11	Ret	11	6	3
16	Marcus Grönholm		5		Ret	Ret				Ret	7			Ret	2
17	Philippe Bugalski					5	Ret					Ret			2
18	Sebastian Lindholm										Ret		9	5	2
19	align=left nowrap	Raimund Baumschlager			6	Ret									Ret	1
20	Thomas Rådström		Ret		Ret	12			Ret	7	6				1
	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Co-drivers' championship

	Co-driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	align=left nowrap	Risto Mannisenmäki	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret	58
2	Luis Moya	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret	56
3	Nicky Grist	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	45
4	Juha Repo	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	39
5	Denis Giraudet	14	6	4	Ret	1	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	34
6	Robert Reid	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1	33
7	Fabrizia Pons	4	9	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6		2	Ret	Ret	17
8	Sven Smeets				3	2			5				6		13
9	Stéphane Prévot	6	8			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3	8
10	Daniel Grataloup	10				8	2					Ret			6
11	Fred Gallagher			3	5						Ret				6
12	Hervé Panizzi	9				6	4				35	5		Ret	6
13	Staffan Parmander		4		Ret	21		Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	3
14	Jean-Marc Fortin				8							12		4	3
15	Risto Pietiläinen	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	15	13	11	Ret	11	6	3
16	Timo Rautiainen		5		Ret	Ret				Ret	7			Ret	2
17	Jean-Paul Chiaroni					5	Ret					Ret			2
18	Jukka Aho										Ret		9	5	2
19	Klaus Wicha	8		6	Ret									Ret	1
20	Gunnar Barth		Ret		Ret	12			Ret	7	6				1
	Co-driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points
1	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret	91
1	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	2	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1	91
2	Toyota Castrol Team	5	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret	85
2	Toyota Castrol Team	6	14	Ret	4	Ret	2	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	85
3	555 Subaru World Rally Team	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	65
3	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4	4	4	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6	8	2	Ret	Ret	65
4	Ford Motor Co	7	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	53
4	Ford Motor Co	8	6	8	3	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3	53
5	SEAT Sport	9										11	Ret	11	6	1
5	SEAT Sport	10										Ret	16		Ret	1
	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points

FIA Teams' Cup

	Team	Event													Points
	Team	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points
1	H.F. Grifone	0	10	0	10	10	0	0	10	10	7	16	0	0	73
2	Uruguay en Carrera	0	0	0	2	5	4	6	2	8	4	4	4	0	39
3	Gazprom Rally Team	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	10	27
4	Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	0	0	0	6	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	26
5	Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	10	0	6	0	22
6	Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	20
7	Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	17
8	Frederic Dor	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	12
9	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	10

Group N Cup

	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Gustavo Trelles	Ret	Ret		1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	2		94
2	Manfred Stohl	1		2	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	4	1	71
3	Luís Climent	2	Ret	1	4		Ret		3		2				37
4	Michael Guest									1			1		26
5	Hamed Al-Wahaibi				6			2	2	5			Ret	3	24
6	Stig-Olov Walfridsson		1												13
6	Gianluigi Galli											1			13
8	Kenneth Bäcklund		2												8
	Mario Stagni											2			8
	David Higgins													2	8
	Pernilla Solberg		8								3			4	8
12	Juha Kangas		3								Ret			5	7
13	Gabriel Méndez					3				7			Ret		5
	Pierre-César Baroni	3													5
	Paul Bailey			3											5
	Miguel Campos				3										5
	Jean-Marie Santoni						3								5
	Marcos Ligato							3							5
	align=left nowrap	Jorge Recalde							Ret					3		5
	Roberto Sanchez				5	4		Ret							5
	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Events

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"	1998 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

Rally Name	Dates run	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"	1998 World Rally Championship schedule and results
	19 January–21 January	Carlos Sainz (4h:28m:00.5s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:28m:41.3s) Colin McRae (4h:29m:01.5s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 98
	6 February–8 February	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:32m:51.6s) Carlos Sainz (3h:33m:43.2s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:33m:50.4s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
	28 February–2 March	Richard Burns (8h:57m:34s) Juha Kankkunen (9h:07m:01s) Ari Vatanen (9h:07m:26s)	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution IV Ford Escort WRC Ford Escort WRC
	22 March–25 March	Colin McRae (4h:20m:58.1s) Carlos Sainz (4h:21m:00.2s) Freddy Loix (4h:21m:43.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC
	20 April–22 April	Didier Auriol (4h:18m:36.9s) Freddy Loix (4h:19m:30.3s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:19m:46.3s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
	4 May–6 May	Colin McRae (4h:02m:46.9s) François Delecour (4h:03m:14.1s) Piero Liatti (4h:03m:16.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Peugeot 306 Maxi Subaru Impreza WRC 98
	20 May–23 May	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:07.4s) Carlos Sainz (4h:22m:34.2s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:22m:34.9s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
	7 June–9 June	Colin McRae (4h:26m:31.6s) Didier Auriol (4h:26m:51.6s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:27m:15.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
	24 July–27 July	Carlos Sainz (3h:54m:57.1s) Didier Auriol (3h:55m:01.2s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:56m:40.8s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
	21 August–23 August	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:16m:56.1s) Carlos Sainz (3h:17m:31.7s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:17m:41.3s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
	12 October–14 October	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:34m:34.5s) Piero Liatti (4h:34m:50.3s) Colin McRae (4h:36m:04.7s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Subaru Impreza WRC 98
	5 November–8 November	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:52m:48.7s) Carlos Sainz (3h:53m:05.2s) Didier Auriol (3h:53m:13.7s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC
	22 November–24 November	Richard Burns (3h:50m:30.6s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:54m:17.1s) Bruno Thiry (3h:55m:58.1s)	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution V Ford Escort WRC Ford Escort WRC

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 1998 at ewrc-results.com

Notes and References

Web site: Hope-Frost. Henry. On this day in... 1998. Goodwood Road & Racing. 24 November 2017. 9 April 2024.
Web site: Ingram. Anthony. Freeze Frame: Burns shines as sparks fly in ‘98 Rally GB. Hagerty. 24 November 2021. 9 April 2024.
Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1998 . 9 April 2024 . Motorsport Stats.
Web site: 1998 WRC calendar . 9 April 2024 . Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
Web site: Season 1998 rally - eWRC-results . www.ewrc-results.com.