2002 World Rally Championship Explained

The 2002 World Rally Championship was the 30th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Marcus Grönholm won his second drivers' world championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

The 2002 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Round	Dates	Rally	Support class
1	19–21 January	Monte Carlo Rally	JWRC
2	1–3 February	Swedish Rally	PWRC
3	8–10 March	Tour de Corse	PWRC
4	22–24 March	Rally Catalunya	JWRC
5	19–21 April	Cyprus Rally	PWRC
6	16–19 May	Rally Argentina	PWRC
7	13–16 June	Acropolis Rally	JWRC
8	12–14 July	Safari Rally	PWRC
9	8–11 August	Rally Finland	PWRC
10	22–25 August	Rallye Deutschland	JWRC
11	19–22 September	Rallye Sanremo	JWRC
12	4–6 October	nowrap	Rally New Zealand	PWRC
13	nowrap	31 October-3 November	Rally Australia	PWRC
14	14–17 November	nowrap	Rally of Great Britain	JWRC

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	No	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
			2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
			3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1, 3–4, 11
				Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	2, 5–8, 14
				Harri Rovanperä	Voitto Silander	9–10, 12-13
			23	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	2, 5–8, 12–14
			25	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	1, 3–4
			25	Harri Rovanperä	Voitto Silander	11
			28	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	11
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 02	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–3, 5–14
			4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Marti	4
			5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	1–12
			5	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	13–14
			6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	All
			24	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	2–3, 5, 9, 13
			24	Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	14
			26	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	1
			26	Armin Kremer	nowrap	Dieter Schneppenheim	4, 7, 9–10, 14
			28	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	2, 5, 9
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC Lancer Evo WRC2	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1–13
			7	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	14
			8	Alister McRae	David Senior	1–11
			8	Justin Dale	Andrew Bargery	14
			9	Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	2, 5, 9, 12–14
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001/2	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	All
			11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
			12	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	7
			12	Achim Mörtl	Klaus Wicha	10–11
			26	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	10
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2/3	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	All
			15	nowrap	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	All
			16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14
				Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	2, 4, 7
				Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	6
				Matthias Kahle	Peter Göbel	10
			32	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	4–5, 7
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC2/3	17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	All
			18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	All
			19	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	2, 5–9, 12–14
			19	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Szczepaniak	3–4
			27	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciek Szczepaniak	5
			101	Kristian Kolberg	Kjell Peterssen	2
			104	Thomas Kolberg	Ola Fløene	2
			113	Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	4, 7, 12–14
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	20	Thomas Rådström	Dennis Giraudet	1–2, 4, 7–9, 14
			20	Jesús Puras	Marc Marti	10
			21	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	nowrap	1–2, 4, 7–10, 13–14
			22	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	1, 4, 10
			24	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	3, 11
			27	Jesús Puras	Carlos del Barrio	4, 11

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Didier Auriol	Jacques Boyere	1
H.F. Grifone SRL			Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	2, 5
Top Run SRL			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	1
Top Run SRL			Marco Menegatto	Massimiliano Cerrai	1
Toyota Castrol Finland			Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	2, 7, 9
Shell Norway Motorsport			Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 9
Polsat Dialog Rally Team			Tomasz Kuchar	nowrap	Maciek Szczepaniak	2, 7, 12–14
nowrap			Marlboro Rally Team Saudi Arabia	nowrap	Abdullah Bakhashab	Bobby Willis	7
Peugeot Bastos Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1, 3–5, 7, 10–11
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	2, 9
Powerhorse World Rally Team			Achim Mörtl	Klaus Wicha	2–5
H.F. Grifone SRL			Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	9, 14
H.F. Grifone SRL			Valentino Rossi	Carlo Cassina	14
Bozian Racing			Timo Salonen	Launo Heinonen	9
Jolly Club	Ford	Focus RS WRC	Emanuele Dati	Massimo Chiapponi	1
Stohl Racing			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	5, 14
Ford Motor Hellas			nowrap	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	7, 14
Errepi Racing			Armodios Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	7
Ford España			Txus Jaio	Lucas Cruz	14
Styllex Tuning Prosport	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Tomáš Hrdinka	Petr Gross	2
World Rally HIRE			Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	7–8
World Rally HIRE			David Higgins	Daniel Barritt	14
F.Dor Rally Team			Frédéric Dor	Didier Breton	8
22 Motorsport			Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	14
Papadimitriou Team		Impreza 555	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	2, 5

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	Vieffe Corse Srl	Andrea Dallavilla	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
66	Vieffe Corse Srl	Mirco Baldacci	Maurizio Barone	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
52	Opel Motorsport	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54		Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins		7, 10
70		Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach		11, 14
53	Top Run SRL	Giandomenico Basso	Luigi Pirollo	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
64	Top Run SRL	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54	ST Motors	Martin Stenshorne	Jakke Honkanen	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
55	Ford Motor Co Ltd	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
76		Alexander Foss	Claire Mole		1
76		Alexander Foss	Cato Menkerud		4, 7, 10–11, 14
56	Citroën Sport	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
62		Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen		1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
65		Daniel Solà	David Moreno		1
65		Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní		4, 7, 10–11, 14
70		Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach		1, 4, 7, 10
57	Astra Racing	Alejandro Galanti	Xavier Amigó	Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
63		Martin Rowe	Chris Wood		1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
67		Daniel Carlsson	Per Karlsson		1
67		Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson		4, 7, 10–11, 14
72		Marc Blázquez	Oriol Julià		1, 4
78		Roger Feghali	Nicola Arena		1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
58	Hawk Racing Club	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
59	Suzuki Sport	Juha Kangas	Mika Ovaskainen	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1
59		Juha Kangas	Jani Laaksonen		4, 7, 10–11, 14
68		Niki Schelle	Gerhard Weiss		1, 4, 7
68		Niki Schelle	Tanja Geilhausen		10–11, 14
75		Kazuhiko Niwa	Kohei Kusaka		1, 4
75		Kazuhiko Niwa	Tatsuya Ideue		7, 10–11, 14
60	Procar Rally Team	Nicola Caldani	Sauro Farnocchia	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
60	Procar Rally Team	Nicola Caldani	Dario D'Esposito	Fiat Punto S1600	7, 10–11, 14
61	MG Sport & Racing	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG ZR S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
69	Volkswagen Racing	Kosti Katajamäki	Lasse Hirvijärvi	Volkswagen Polo S1600	1, 4
69	Volkswagen Racing	Kosti Katajamäki	Jakke Honkanen	Volkswagen Polo S1600	7, 10–11, 14
71	Schmidt Racing	David Doppelreiter	Thomas Lettner	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4, 7
71	Schmidt Racing	David Doppelreiter	Ola Fløene	Peugeot 206 S1600	10–11, 14
73	Pronto Racing	Albert Llovera	Marc Corral	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
77	Fiat Auto España	Paco Roig	Joan Sureda	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4
77	Fiat Auto España	Paco Roig	Ezequiel Nazabal	Fiat Punto S1600	7

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	Mauro Rally Tuning	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
51		Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5–6
54		Ramón Ferreyros	Diego Vallejo		3, 5–6, 9
54		Ramón Ferreyros	Jorge Del Buono		12–13
66		Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov		2–3, 5, 9, 12–13
52	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5–6, 9, 12–13
52		Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
58		Luca Baldini	Marco Muzzarelli		3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
62		Norberto Cangani	Eros di Prima		2–3
70		Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta		3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
71		Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni		5
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 6, 12–13
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	8
53	Ralliart Italy	Alex Fiorio	Enrico Cantoni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 5, 12–13
			Vittorio Bramvilla	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9
			Vittorio Bramvilla	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
77		Alfredo De Dominicis	Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
			Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12
			Nicola Arena	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	13
55	TDS Racing	Saulius Girdauskas	Žilvinas Sakalauskas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5, 9
56	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Michael Orr	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5
57	Spike Subaru Team	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 5–6, 8, 12–13
59	Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 5–6
60	Mitsubishi Ralliart UK	Ben Briant	Jayson Brown	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5
60	Petronas EON Racing Team	Ben Briant	Jayson Brown	Proton Pert	2–3
74	Petronas EON Racing Team	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert	5–6, 8–9, 12–13
61	Hawk Racing Club	Marta Candian	Mara Biotti	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
63	Ateneo	Cristoforo Di Miceli	Pasquale Riggio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
64	Elsmore Rallying Team	Nik Elsmore	Huw Lewis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
65	Stohl Racing	Beppo Harrach	Jutta Gebert	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3, 5–6
65	Stohl Racing	Beppo Harrach	Peter Müller	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	9, 12–13
67	Rally Rent Europe	Marko Ipatti	Kari Kajula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 9
68	Subaru France	Simon Jean-Joseph	Jacques Boyere	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
69	Kollevold Rally Team	Bernt Kollevold	Olav Bodilsen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
			Ola Fløene	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5, 9
			Ola Fløene	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12–13
72	Millbrooks World Rally Team	Joakim Roman	Tina Mitakidou	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	2, 9
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5
73	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
73	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12–13
75	Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Kristian Sohlberg	Jukka Aho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5
75	Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Kristian Sohlberg	Jakke Honkanen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9, 12–13
76	Jolly Club	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 6
76	Jolly Club	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

	Driver	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Marcus Grönholm	5	1	2	4	1	DSQ	2	Ret	1	3	2	1	1	Ret	77
2	Petter Solberg	6	Ret	5	5	5	2	5	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	37
3	Carlos Sainz	3	3	6	Ret	11	1	3	Ret	4	8	Ret	4	4	3	36
4	Colin McRae	4	6	Ret	6	6	3	1	1	Ret	4	8	Ret	Ret	5	35
5	Richard Burns	8	4	3	2	2	DSQ	Ret	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	34
6	Gilles Panizzi	7	16	1	1	10	Ret	Ret	6			1	7	DNS	11	31
7	Harri Rovanperä	Ret	2	11	7	4	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	9	2	2	7	30
8	Tommi Mäkinen	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	7	Ret	3	DSQ	4	22
9	Markko Märtin	12	DNS	8	8	8	4	6	4	5	6	5	Ret	5	2	20
10	Sébastien Loeb	2	17		Ret			7	5	10	1			7	Ret	18
11	Philippe Bugalski	Ret		4	3						Ret	Ret				7
12	align=left nowrap	Thomas Rådström	Ret	37		Ret			8	3	Ret					Ret	4
13	align=left nowrap	Toni Gardemeister	10	Ret	12	11	15	5	10	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	6	10	3
14	Alister McRae	14	5	10	13	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret				2
15	Bruno Thiry	11		Ret	Ret	Ret		12			5	13				2
16	Juha Kankkunen		8			Ret	7	Ret	8	Ret			5	Ret	9	2
17	Kenneth Eriksson	13	Ret	Ret	17	9	6	14	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	8	13	1
18	Jesús Puras				12						Ret	6				1
19	Freddy Loix	Ret	Ret	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	28	6	Ret	8	1
20	Mark Higgins														6	1
	Driver	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR	Pts
Sources:^[1] ^[2]

Manufacturers' championship

	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR	Points
1	Peugeot Total	1	(7)	(4)	(3)	2	2	EX	Ret	Ret	2	1	(4)	Ret	Ret	Ret	165
		2	4	1	2	(3)	1	EX	2	Ret	1	2	2	1	1	Ret
		3	6	2	1	1	(4)	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	5
2	Ford Motor Co	4	2	3	4	Ret	(9)	1	3	Ret	4	(6)	Ret	4	4	3	104
		5	3	5	Ret	4	5	3	1	1	Ret	3	5	Ret	Ret	(5)
		6	(9)		6	5	7	(4)	(6)	3	5	4	4	Ret	5	2
3	555 Subaru World Rally Team	10	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	3	EX	4	67
		11	5	Ret	3	3	4	2	5	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	1
		12							9			Ret	Ret
4	Hyundai World Rally Team	17	Ret	Ret	10	10	6	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	(9)	Ret	Ret	10
		18	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	9	6	Ret	6
		19		6	Ret		Ret	6	Ret	5	Ret			5	Ret	7
5	Škoda Motorsport	14	9	Ret	Ret	11	8	5	10	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	7	9	9
		15	8	Ret	9	8	10	4	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	7	6	8
		16	Ret	8	11	Ret	Ret	(8)	(11)	4		Ret	8			(10)
6	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	7	7	(9)	5	6	9	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	6	8	Ret	Ret	9
		8	10	4	8	9	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret
		9		7			Ret				7			Ret	8	Ret
	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	AUS	GBR	Points
Sources:

JWRC Drivers' championship

	Driver	MON	ESP	GRE	GER	ITA	GBR	Pts
1	Dani Solà	Ret	1	4	1	3	1	37
2	Andrea Dallavilla	Ret	2	2	2	1	6	29
3	Janne Tuohino	Ret	5	1	Ret	10	4	15
4	align=left nowrap	Giandomenico Basso	Ret	3	Ret	7	2	3	14
5	Nicola Caldani	2	Ret	3	Ret	4		13
6	François Duval	1	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	12
7	Niall McShea	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2	6
8	Niki Schelle	6	8	Ret	3	7	Ret	5
9	Gianluigi Galli		4	Ret	Ret	5		5
10	Roger Feghali	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	8		4
11	Martin Rowe	Ret	10	5	5	Ret	Ret	4
12	Daniel Carlsson	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
13	Mirco Baldacci	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	13	Ret	3
14	David Doppelreiter	5	9		Ret	Ret		2
15	Jussi Välimäki	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	2
16	Alexander Foss	7	Ret	6	Ret		Ret	1
17	Kosti Katajamäki	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	1
	Driver	MON	ESP	GRE	GER	ITA	GBR	Pts

PWRC Drivers' championship

	Driver	SWE	FRA	CYP	ARG	KEN	FIN	NZL	AUS	Pts
1	Karamjit Singh			1	3	1	3	Ret	3	32
2	Kristian Sohlberg	1	Ret	Ret			2	1	Ret	26
3	Ramón Ferreyros		1	Ret	1		Ret	Ret	3	23
4	align=left nowrap	Toshihiro Arai	2		Ret	2	Ret		Ret	1	22
5	Alex Fiorio	4		Ret		Ret	1	4	2	22
6	Martin Rowe	6	3	Ret			Ret	2	5	13
7	Gustavo Trelles	Ret	4	2	4					12
8	Dimitar Iliev	7	2	4			Ret	Ret		9
9	Bernt Kollevold	8	8	6			5	6	6	5
10	Marko Ipatti	3					Ret			4
11	Luca Baldini		9	3	Ret			Ret		4
12	Giovanni Manfrinato		Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	3	Ret	4
13	Saulius Girdauskas	5		5						4
14	Marcos Ligato			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4
15	Alfredo De Dominicis		Ret	Ret			4	Ret	7	3
16	Beppo Harrach		5	8	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	2
17	Stefano Marrini		6	Ret	6	Ret		Ret	8	1
	Driver	SWE	FRA	CYP	ARG	KEN	FIN	NZL	AUS	Pts

Events

Round	Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
1	Monte Carlo Rally	18 January–20 January	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:59m:30.7s) Sébastien Loeb (4h:00m:44.8s) Carlos Sainz (4h:00m:46.4s)	Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
2	Swedish Rally	1 February–3 February	Marcus Grönholm (3h:07m:28.6s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:08m:53.1s) Carlos Sainz (3h:09m:54.4s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
3	Tour de Corse	8 March–10 March	Gilles Panizzi (3h:54m:40.3s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:55m:20.8s) Richard Burns (3h:55m:32.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
4	Rally Catalunya	22 March–24 March	Gilles Panizzi (3h:34m:09.0s) Richard Burns (3h:34m:46.3s) Philippe Bugalski (3h:35m:22.5s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
5	Cyprus Rally	19 April–21 April	Marcus Grönholm (4h:21m:25.7s) Richard Burns (4h:22m:22.5s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:24.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
6	Rally Argentina	17 May–19 May	Carlos Sainz (4h:08m:12.1s) Petter Solberg (4h:08m:16.1s) Colin McRae (4h:10m:31.2s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02
7	Acropolis Rally	14 June–16 June	Colin McRae (4h:27m:43.8s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:28m:08.3s) Carlos Sainz (4h:29m:29.4s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
8	Safari Rally	12 July–14 July	Colin McRae (7h:58m:28.0s) Harri Rovanperä (8h:01m:18.9s) Thomas Rådström (8h:17m:06.6s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
9	Rally Finland	8 August–11 August	Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:52.5s) Richard Burns (3h:19m:19.8s) Petter Solberg (3h:20m:42.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
10	Rallye Deutschland	23 August–25 August	Sébastien Loeb (3h:47m:17.3s) Richard Burns (3h:47m:31.6s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:48m:36.4s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
11	Rallye Sanremo	nowrap	20 September–22 September	Gilles Panizzi (4h:10m:15.6s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:10m:36.5s) Petter Solberg (4h:11m:22.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
12	Rally New Zealand	4 October–6 October	Marcus Grönholm (3h:58m:45.4s) Harri Rovanperä (4h:02m:33.0s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:03m:11.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
13	Rally Australia	31 October–3 November	Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:56.5s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:36m:53.8s) Petter Solberg (3h:37m:25.2s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
14	Rally of Great Britain	14 November–17 November	Petter Solberg (3h:30m:36.4s) Markko Märtin (3h:31m:00.8s) Carlos Sainz (3h:32m:12.1s)	Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Focus RS WRC 02

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2002 at ewrc-results.com

Notes and References

Web site: Season 2002 – Championship standings. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. 8 April 2024.
Web site: FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2002. Motorsport Stats. 8 April 2024.