1996 World Rally Championship

The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. Following the 1995 disqualification Toyota Team Europe had been banned for one year, 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.

1996 FIA World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Tommi Mäkinen
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Subaru
Previous: 1995 Next: 1997
World Rally
Championship
 
Current season
Classes of competition
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Calendar
Round Dates Race
1 9–11 February Swedish Rally
2 5–7 April Safari Rally
3 10–12 May Rally Indonesia
4 2–4 June Acropolis Rally
5 4–6 July Rally Argentina
6 23–26 August 1000 Lakes Rally
7 13–16 September Rally Australia
8 13–16 October Rallye Sanremo
9 4–6 November Rally Catalunya

Teams and drivers
Registered works teams
Team Constructor Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 1 Colin McRae All
2 Kenneth Eriksson All
3 Didier Auriol 1
Piero Liatti 2–9
10 Piero Liatti 1
Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 4 Carlos Sainz All
5 François Delecour 1
Stig Blomqvist 2
Gwyndaf Evans 3
Bruno Thiry 4–9
6 Stig Blomqvist 1
Dandy Rukmana 3
14 Ari Vatanen 1
16 Ari Mökkonen 4
28 Per Svan 1
Mitsubishi Ralliart
Petronas/Winfield Mitsubishi Ralliart		 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III M 7 Tommi Mäkinen All
8 Kenneth Bäcklund 1
Kenjiro Shinozuka 2
Richard Burns 3, 5, 7, 9
Uwe Nittel 4
Lasse Lampi 6
Didier Auriol 8
9 Uwe Nittel 1, 5, 8
Yoshihiro Kataoka 3
Pascal Smets 4
Jouko Puhakka 6
Ed Ordynski 7
18 Uwe Nittel 6–7, 9
29 Yoshihiro Kataoka 7
41 Pascal Smets 8
Major privateer entries
Team Constructor Car Drivers Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185		 Thomas Rådström 1, 6, 9
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
Toyotoshi Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 Marco Galanti 1–2, 4
Tein Sport Yoshio Fujimoto 3, 7
H.F. Grifone Celica GT-Four ST205 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 Team Finland Ford Escort RS Cosworth Sebastian Lindholm 1, 6
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 Ralliart Germany Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III Richie Holfeld 1
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
Stohl Racing Audi Coupe S2 Rudi Stohl 2, 4
Manfred Stohl 2, 9
Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza Wagon Patrick Njiru 2
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 Team Sweden Renault Mégane Maxi Jonas Kruse 6
Husky Team Diego Oldrati 8
Piero Longhi 8
Italian Promotor Sport Paolo Andreucci 8
Renault Sport España Oriol Gómez 9

Results and standings

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 123
2 Colin McRae 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 92
3 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 89
4 Kenneth Eriksson 5 2 Ret 5 3 5 2 5 7 78
5 Piero Liatti 12 5 2 4 7 DNS 7 Ret 2 56
6 Bruno Thiry 6 5 11 6 3 3 44
7 Juha Kankkunen 4 3 2 37
8 Freddy Loix 7 4 4 24
9 Richard Burns Ret 4 5 Ret 18
10 Marcus Grönholm 7 4 14
11 Gilberto Pianezzola 8 6 7 13
12= Ian Duncan 3 12
12= Jarmo Kytölehto 3 Ret Ret 12
14 Yoshio Fujimoto 4 9 12
15 Thomas Rådström 6 Ret 6 Ret 12
16 Patrick Bernardini 9 9 10 6 11
17 Reza Pribadi 5 8
18 Stig Blomqvist 8 7 Ret 7
19 Rui Madeira Ret 8 9 Ret 9 7
20= Kenjiro Shinozuka 6 6
20= Michael Lieu 6 Ret 6
20= Franco Cunico 6 6
23= Shigeyuki Konishi 7 25 4
23= Sebastian Lindholm Ret 7 4
25 Didier Auriol 10 8 4
26 Angelo Medeghini Ret 12 10 9 10 4
27= Hideaki Miyoshi 8 29 3
27= Irvan Gading 8 3
27= Lasse Lampi 8 3
27= Peter 'Possum' Bourne 8 3
27= Oriol Gómez 8 3
32= Tomas Jansson 9 2
32= Patrick Njiru 9 2
32= Chandra Alim 9 2
35= Jonathan Toroitich 10 1
35= Bambang Hartono 10 1
35= Jean-Pierre Richelmi 10 1
35= Uwe Nittel 16 14 10 16 DSQ Ret 16 1
35= Ed Ordynski 10 1
Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

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.

Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
 Points
1 Subaru 1 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 401
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
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
5 11 7 Ret 6 5 11 6 3 3
6 8 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Events
1996 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)		 Podium Cars
Swedish Rally9–11 February
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
Safari Rally5–7 April
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s)
  3. Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Indonesia10–12 May
  1. Carlos Sainz (5h:30m:00s)
  2. Piero Liatti (5h:30m:23s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:31m:02s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Acropolis Rally2–4 June
  1. Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s)
  2. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Argentina4–6 July
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s)
  3. Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
1000 Lakes Rally23–26 August
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s)
  3. Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Australia13–16 September
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rallye Sanremo13–16 October
  1. Colin McRae (4h:26m:57s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:19s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:29m:06s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Catalunya4–6 November
  1. Colin McRae (4h:14m:20s)
  2. Piero Liatti (4h:14m:27s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:15m:38s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth

FIA 2 Litre World Cup For Manufacturers
PosManufacturerR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Pts
1SEAT(25)60(13)3646474639274
2Renault36395364--4825265
3Skoda3944-463560(16)40264
4Peugeot46954-9-4010168
5General Motors Europe433111---18-103
6Suzuki---1636---52
=Hyundai----2131--52
8Daihatsu----1535--50
9Honda96--8--2043
10Nissan-------4242
11Kia-----32--32
=Toyota-1--31---32
13Renault Argentina---28----28
14Citroën20-----7-27
15Daewoo---26----26
16Toyota Australia-----21--21
17Volkswagen--3----1518
18Ford------15-15
19Mitsubishi----14---14
20Fiat10-------10

() Denotes dropped score

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