List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions
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Each season normally consists of 12 to 16 rallies driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Points from these events are calculated towards the drivers', co-drivers' and
manufacturers' world championships. The driver's championship and manufacturer's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. In the current points system, points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten WRC (overall) drivers that qualify as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. In addition to those points, from 2011 each event holds 1 special stage, the Power Stage, in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five fastest drivers (5, 4, 3, 2, 1). [4]
2012.[6] Sébastien Ogier is second with eight. Kalle Rovanperä is the youngest world champion; he was 22 years old when he won the 2022 World Rally Championship.[7] French drivers have won the most titles with 18 championships between 3 drivers. Finland are second with 15 championships between 8 different drivers. Citroën
cars have won the most drivers' championships with nine titles, all of them with Loeb.
Key
Podiums | The number of times the champion finished in the top three in a rally |
Margin | The margin of points by which the champion defeated the runner-up(s) |
Winners
By season
* Season still in progress.
By driver
Driver | Total | Seasons |
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Sébastien Loeb | 9 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Sébastien Ogier | 8 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 |
Juha Kankkunen | 4 | 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993 |
Tommi Mäkinen | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
Walter Röhrl | 2 | 1980, 1982 |
Miki Biasion | 2 | 1988, 1989 |
Carlos Sainz | 2 | 1990, 1992 |
Marcus Grönholm | 2 | 2000, 2002 |
Kalle Rovanperä | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
Sandro Munari | 1 | 1977 |
Markku Alén | 1 | 1978 |
Björn Waldegård | 1 | 1979 |
Ari Vatanen | 1 | 1981 |
Hannu Mikkola | 1 | 1983 |
Stig Blomqvist | 1 | 1984 |
Timo Salonen | 1 | 1985 |
Didier Auriol | 1 | 1994 |
Colin McRae | 1 | 1995 |
Richard Burns | 1 | 2001 |
Petter Solberg | 1 | 2003 |
Ott Tänak | 1 | 2019 |
By nationality
Country | Drivers | Total wins |
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France | 3 | 18 |
Finland | 8 | 16 |
Italy | 2 | 3 |
United Kingdom | 2 | 2 |
Sweden | 2 | 2 |
West Germany | 1 | 2 |
Spain | 1 | 2 |
Norway | 1 | 1 |
Estonia | 1 | 1 |
By manufacturer
Privateers counted as manufacturers.
Manufacturer | Total |
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Citroën
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9 |
Toyota
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9 |
Lancia | 5 |
Ford | 4 |
Mitsubishi | 4 |
Peugeot | 4 |
Volkswagen | 4 |
Subaru | 3 |
Audi | 2 |
Fiat | 2 |
Opel | 1 |
Notes
References
General
- WRC.com WRC History
- FIA World Rally Championship FIA Results and Statistics
- eWRC-Results.com Top Stats
Specific
- ^ "About FIA". FIA. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ^ "What is WRC?". World Rally Championship. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "The WRC's greatest drivers". World Rally Championship. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ Rule changes summary juwra.com
- ^ "Loeb clinches eighth title". Sky Sports. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Hirvonen's exit hands eighth straight world title to Loeb". CNN. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ Howard, Tom (2 October 2022). "WRC New Zealand: Rovanpera clinches history making world title with victory". Autosport. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "1997 – Subaru". Subaru. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ISBN 0-7603-1954-5.
- ^ Hope-Frost & Davenport 2004, pp. 13–14
- ^ "Björn Waldegård". Rally Base. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
See also
- List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions
- List of World Rally Championship Manufacturers' champions
- List of World Rally Championship records
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