The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.[2]

Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."[3]

Calendar

Round Dates Race
1 22–26 JanuaryMonaco Rallye Monte Carlo
2 10–12 FebruarySweden Swedish Rally
3 8–10 MarchPortugal Rallye de Portugal
4 3–5 MayFrance Rallye de France
5 27–30 JulyNew Zealand Rally New Zealand
6 15–18 SeptemberAustralia Rally Australia
7 23–25 OctoberSpain Rally Catalunya
8 19–22 NovemberUnited Kingdom RAC Rally

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
Japan Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Celica Turbo 4WD		 M 1 France Didier Auriol 1–7
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1–7
3 Germany Armin Schwarz 1–7
14 Sweden Thomas Rådström 2
Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 6
15 Sweden Tomas Jansson 2
Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 5
16 Australia Neal Bates 6
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 4 United Kingdom Colin McRae All
5 Spain Carlos Sainz 1–4, 6–8
6 Italy Piero Liatti 1, 4, 7
Sweden Mats Jonsson 2
United Kingdom Richard Burns 3, 8
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 5–6
14 United Kingdom Richard Burns 5
United Kingdom R.A.S. Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 7 France François Delecour All
8 Belgium Bruno Thiry All
9 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2
Italy Alex Fiorio 3
France Patrick Bernardini 4
New Zealand Neil Allport 5
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 8
30 Canada Jason Priestley 6
44 United Kingdom Alister McRae 8
Japan Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II
Lancer Evo III		 M 10 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 2, 5–6, 8
Germany Isolde Holderied 3–4
11 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1–2, 4–8
Argentina Jorge Recalde 3
12 Italy Andrea Aghini 4, 7
Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 2
Portugal Rui Madeira 3, 8
Australia Ed Ordynski 5–6
14 Portugal Rui Madeira 1, 4–7
15 Argentina Jorge Recalde 4–6
26 Germany Isolde Holderied 1, 5–8
France Société Diac Renault Clio Maxi M 17 France Jean Ragnotti 1, 4
18 Portugal José Carlos Macedo 3
19 France Alain Oreille 8
21 France Philippe Bugalski 1, 4
25 United Kingdom Robbie Head 8
30 Portugal Pedro Azeredo 3
51 Italy Angelo Medeghini 4

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 POR
Portugal		 FRA
France		 NZL
New Zealand		 AUS
Australia		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Points
1 United Kingdom Colin McRae Ret Ret 3 5 1 2 2 1 90
2 Spain Carlos Sainz 1 Ret 1 4 WD Ret 1 2 85
3 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 1 5 1 Ret 48
4 France François Delecour 2 Ret Ret 2 6 Ret 4 Ret 46
5 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 4 2 8 Ret 4 Ret Ret 38
6 Belgium Bruno Thiry 5 6 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 34
7 Italy Andrea Aghini 6 3 5 26
8 Italy Piero Liatti 8 6 3 21
9 United Kingdom Richard Burns 7 Ret 3 16
10 United Kingdom Alister McRae 4 10
11 Portugal Rui Madeira 12 9 18 10 Ret 11 7 7
12= Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 6 6
12= United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans 6 6
14= France Jean Ragnotti 7 11 4
14= Sweden Stig Blomqvist 7 21 4
14= France Patrick Bernardini 7 4
14= New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7 Ret 4
14= Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 27 7 WD 4
14= Spain Oriol Gómez 7 4
20 Argentina Jorge Recalde 10 20 9 10 4
21= Sweden Tomas Jansson 8 3
21= Italy Alex Fiorio 8 3
21= New Zealand Neil Allport 8 3
21= Australia Ed Ordynski 11 8 3
21= Italy Andrea Navarra 17 Ret Ret 17 8 Ret 3
21= Finland Jarmo Kytölehto 14 8 3
27= Switzerland Philippe Camandona 9 Ret 2
27= France Philippe Bugalski Ret 9 2
27= Australia Neal Bates 9 2
27= Spain Josep Bassas 9 2
27= Japan Masao Kamioka 12 11 9 2
32= Germany Isolde Holderied 10 11 19 Ret 19 Ret 14 1
32= Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 10 1
32= France Yvan Postel 14 Ret 10 1
32= France Alain Oreille 10 1
DQ Finland Juha Kankkunen 3 4 2 10 3 3 Ret WD 62
DQ France Didier Auriol Ret 5 5 1 2 Ret DSQ WD 51
DQ Germany Armin Schwarz Ret 9 4 Ret 4 5 Ret WD 30
DQ Sweden Thomas Rådström 3 12
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 POR
Portugal		 FRA
France		 NZL
New Zealand		 AUS
Australia		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 POR
Portugal		 FRA
France		 NZL
New Zealand		 AUS
Australia		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Points
1 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 4 Ret Ret 3 5 1 2 2 1 350
5 1 Ret 1 4 Ret 1 2
6 8 Ret (7) (6) 7 Ret (3) (3)
2 Japan Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 10 1 (11) (19) 5 1 Ret 307
11 4 2 10 8 Ret 4 Ret Ret
12 6 9 3 11 (8) 5 7
14 11
3 United Kingdom R.A.S. Ford 7 2 Ret Ret 2 6 Ret 4 Ret 223
8 5 6 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5
9 7 8 7 8 Ret
EX Japan Toyota Castrol Team 1 Ret (5) (5) 1 2 Ret EX 260
2 3 4 2 10 3 3 Ret
3 Ret 4 Ret (4) 5 Ret
14 3 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco		 SWE
Sweden		 POR
Portugal		 FRA
France		 NZL
New Zealand		 AUS
Australia		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 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

Rally name Dates run Podium drivers (finishing time) Podium cars
Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo22 January–26 January
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s)
  2. France François Delecour (6h:34m:56s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Sweden Swedish Rally10 February–12 February
  1. Sweden Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s)
  2. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s)
  3. Sweden Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Portugal Rallye de Portugal8 March–10 March
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s)
  3. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
France Tour de Corse3 May–5 May
  1. France Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s)
  2. France François Delecour (5h:15m:04s)
  3. Italy Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s)
  1. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
New Zealand Rally New Zealand27 July–30 July
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s)
  2. France Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Australia Rally Australia15 September–18 September
  1. Sweden Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Spain Rally Catalunya23 October–25 October
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s)
  3. Italy Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
United Kingdom RAC Rally19 November–22 November
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s)
  3. United Kingdom Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Subaru Impreza 555

References

  1. ↑ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - Final classification". RallyBase. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Toyota team pick up a one-year ban". The Independent. London. 4 November 1995. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
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