1994 World Rally Championship

1994 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Didier Auriol
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Toyota

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The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Ford.

Calendar

In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974–76.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	24 January	27 January	62nd Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	22	588.43 km
2	1 March	4 March	28th TAP Rallye de Portugal	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	36	571.82 km
3	31 March	3 April	42nd Trust Bank Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	??	2393 km
4	5 May	7 May	38th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	23	545.48 km
5	29 May	31 May	41st Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	33	503.53 km
6	30 June	2 July	14th Rally YPF Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	29	563.90 km
7	29 July	31 July	25th Rothmans Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	30	519.31 km
8	26 August	28 August	44th Neste 1000 Lakes Rally	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	35	522.76 km
9	10 October	12 October	36th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	26	526.03 km
10	20 November	23 November	50th Network Q RAC Rally	Chester, Cheshire	Gravel	29	520.66 km
Sources: [1] [2]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	M	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	1–8
		Celica GT-Four (ST205)				9–10
		Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)		Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	All
				Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	2, 4
				Ian Duncan	David Williamson	3
				Yoshio Fujimoto	Hakaru Ichino	3
					Arne Hertz	5, 7, 10
				Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	8
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–2, 4–10
				Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	1–2, 4–7, 9–10
				Richard Burns	Robert Reid	7, 10
				Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Tony Sircombe	7
		Impreza WRX (Grp. N)	B	Patrick Njiru	Abdul Sidi	3
				Richard Burns	Robert Reid	3
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	1–2, 4–7, 9–10
				François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1–2, 8–10
				Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–2, 4, 6, 8–10
				Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	4
				Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	5, 10
			P	Ari Vatanen	Fabrizia Pons	5, 8
			M			6–7
				Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	8
				Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	10
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo I	M	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1
		Lancer Evo II				5, 7, 9
		Lancer Evo I		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	1
		Lancer Evo II				5, 7
		Lancer Evo I		Kenjiro Shinozuka	Pentti Kuukkala	3
		Lancer Evo II		Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	9

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Williams	M	Jean Ragnotti	Gilles Thimonier	1, 4
				Alain Oreille	Jean-Marc Andrié	1, 4
				Philippe Bugalski	Thierry Renaud	4
				Serge Jordan	Jack Boyère	4
				Claude Balesi	Jean-Paul Cirindini	4
Renault Portugal				José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	2
Renault Rally Team				Renato Travaglia	Alessandro Mari	9
				Diego Oldrati	Paolo Vinzioli	9
Italian Promotor Sport				Paolo Andreucci	Simona Fedeli	9
Gabriel Raies		18 GTX	?	Gabriel Raies	Jose Maria Volta	6
Juan Pablo Raies			?	Juan Pablo Raies	Rodolfo Amelio Ortiz	6
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Favorit 136 L	M	Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	1–2, 5, 8–10
				Vladimír Berger	Pavel Štanc	1
				Emil Triner	Jiří Klíma	2, 5, 8–10
Mauro Rally Tuning	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale	P	Maurizio Verini	Baldovino Dassu	1
Michele Gregis				Michele Gregis	Massimo Chiapponi	1
Duriforte Construções				Jorge Bica	João Sena	2, 9
Astra Racing				Alessandro Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	5
				"Artemio"	Aleandro Dal Monte	9
Armodios Vovos			M	Armodios Vovos	Kóstas Fertakis	5
Nikolai Burkart	Opel	Astra GSi 16V	?	Nikolai Burkart	Regine Rausch	1
Opel Team Belgium			M	Grégoire de Mevius	Willy Lux	2, 5, 8–10
				Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	8–9
Grenoble Sport Auto			P	Yves Loubet	Dominique Savignoni	4
Nissan F2	Nissan	Sunny GTi	P	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	2, 10
				"Stratissino"	Tonia Pavli	5
				Alister McRae	David Senior	8–10
				Ari Mökkönen	Risto Virtanen	8
Alessandro Fiorio	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	Alessandro Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	2
Totta Peres Competição			M	Fernando Peres	Ricardo Caldeira	2
Rodamsport			M	José Miguel	António Manuel	2
Yacco			M	Patrick Bernardini	Rocky Demedardi	4
SMS AG Revo Ingenieure			P	Raimund Baumschlager	Manfred Hiemer	5, 8
				Ari Vatanen	Fabrizia Pons	10
Leonídas Kirkos			M	Leonídas Kirkos	Ioánnis Stavropoulos	5
Brian Stokes			M	Brian Stokes	Jeff Judd	7
Ford Team Finland			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	8
Mika Sohlberg			M	Mika Sohlberg	Risto Mannisenmäki	8
Jolly Club			P	Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	9
				Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	9
Jan Habig			?	Jan Habig	Douglas Judd	10
Ford Motorsport		Escort RS 2000 MKVI	M	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	10
Remus Racing	Audi	Coupé S2	M	Raphael Sperrer	Ernest Loidl	2
Stohl Racing			M	Rudolf Stohl	Jürgen Bertl	3
					Peter Diekmann	6
				Manfred Stohl		5
					Kay Gerlach	7
Karim Hirji	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)	?	Karim Hirji	Frank Nekusa	3
Jonathan Toroitich		Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	?	Jonathan Toroitich	Ibrahim Choge	3
Satwant Singh			?	Satwant Singh	Surinder Thatthi	3
Vännäs MK			M	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	8
Pasi Hagström			M	Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	8
H.F. Grifone SRL			M	Gilberto Pianezzola	Loris Roggia	9
				Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	9
				Piero Longhi	Flavio Zanella	9
Rob Hellier	Mitsubishi	Galant VR-4	?	Rob Hellier	Philip Valentine	3
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland			Y	Lasse Lampi	Pentti Kuukkala	8
Azar Anwar	Subaru	Legacy Estate	?	Azar Anwar	Shailen Shah	3
Joe McAndrew		Legacy RS	P	Joe McAndrew	Bob Haldane	7
A.R.T. Engineering		Impreza 555	P	Piero Liatti	Luigi Pirollo	9
Chemigas Limited	Volkswagen	Golf II GTi 16V	?	Sammy Aslam	Joey Ghose	3
Marco Massarotto	BMW	M3 E30	P	Marco Massarotto	Jean-Pierre Gordon	4
Peugeot Sport	Peugeot	106 Rallye	M	Fabien Doenlen	Hervé Sauvage	4
Peugeot Sport Great Britain		306 S16	M	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	10
Russian Automobile Federation	Lada	Samara 21083	?	Aleksandr Nikonenko	Sergey Talantsev	5, 8
				Sergey Alyasov	Vladlen Ishimov	5, 8
Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Swift GTi MK2	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Ross Runnalls	7
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra GSI 16V	M	David Llewellin	Ian Grindrod	10

Standing

Drivers' Championship

For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Didier Auriol Ret 2 3 1 Ret 1 5 2 1 6 116 2 Carlos Sainz 3 4 2 1 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 99 3 Juha Kankkunen 2 1 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 9 7 2 93 4 Colin McRae 10 Ret Ret EX Ret 1 5 1 49 5 Bruno Thiry 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 4 3 44 6 Miki Biasion 4 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 42 7 Armin Schwarz 7 2 3 Ret 31 8 François Delecour 1 Ret 4 Ret EX 30 9 Ari Vatanen 5 3 Ret Ret 5 28 10 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 1 Ret 9 22 11 Ian Duncan 1 20 12 Kenneth Eriksson 5 Ret 4 18 13 Kenjiro Shinozuka 2 15 14 Andrea Aghini Ret 3 Ret 12 15 Patrick Njiru 4 10 16 Alex Fiorio Ret 4 10 17 Stig Blomqvist 4 10 18 Rudi Stohl 6 7 10 19 Fernando Peres 5 8 20 Richard Burns 5 Ret Ret 8 21 Jorge Recalde Ret 17 5 Ret Ret 16 8 22 Marcus Grönholm 5 8 23 Malcolm Wilson 6 9 Ret 8 24 Yoshio Fujimoto WD 7 7 Ret 8 25 José Carlos Macedo 6 6 26 Jorge Bescham 6 6 27 Joe McAndrew 6 6 28 Lasse Lampi 6 6 29 Gianfranco Cunico Ret 6 6 30 Jesús Puras 9 8 12 Ret Ret 17 15 5 31 Raphael Sperrer 7 4 32 Karim Hirji 7 4 33 Patrick Bernardini 7 4 34 Thomas Rådström 7 4 35 Gwyndaf Evans 7 4 36 Isolde Holderied 15 11 16 8 29 15 16 3 37 Jean Ragnotti 13 8 3 38 Pierre-Manuel Jenot 8 3 39 Sammy Aslam 8 3 40 Aris Vovos 8 3 41 Brian Stokes 8 3 42 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 3 43 Piero Longhi 8 3 44 Jan Habig 8 3 45 Emil Triner 12 9 19 18 22 2 46 Rui Madeira 9 2 47 Rob Hellier 9 2 48 Serge Jordan Ret 9 2 49 Gabriel Raies 9 2 50 Ed Ordynski 9 2 51 Pavel Sibera 20 10 10 18 Ret 19 2 52 Grégoire De Mévius Ret Ret 14 Ret 10 1 53 Azar Anwar 10 1 54 Marco Massarotto 10 1 55 Gustavo Ramonda 10 1 56 Kiyoshi Inoue 10 1 57 Olli Harkki 10 1 58 Jorge Bica Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points Sources: [3] [4]

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

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points. ^{[5] [3]}

Overall position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Group position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Toyota 2 1 1 1 (3) 1 2 2 1 (2) 151 2 Subaru 3 (4) (4) 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 140 3 Ford 1 3 5 5 3 (Ret) 1 3 3 116 NC Mitsubishi 5 2 3 Ret 41 Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points Sources: [5] [3]

Group N Cup

Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Jesús Puras 2 1 1 Ret Ret 3 3 50 2 Isolde Holderied 4 3 4 3 9 1 4 42 3 Jorge Recalde Ret 5 1 Ret Ret 2 27 4 Pierre-Manuel Jenot 1 13 Patrick Njiru 1 13 Carlos Menem jr. Ret Ret 1 Ret 13 Ed Ordynski 1 13 Jarmo Kytölehto 1 13 Jonny Milner 1 13 Masao Kamioka 6 2 13 11 Rui Madeira 2 10 Richard Burns 2 10 Gabriel Padovani 2 10 "Maverick" 2 10 Jorge Bescham 2 10 Kiyoshi Inoue 2 10 Olli Harkki 2 10 Stefan Reininger 8 4 Ret 5 Ret 10 19 Franck Phillips 3 7 Mark Tilbury 3 7 Guy Fiori 3 7 Manolis Panagiotopoulos 3 7 Reece Jones 3 7 Harri Rovanperä 3 7 Eddie Mercier 5 6 7 Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points Sources: [3] [4]

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)

Results

Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Monte Carlo Rally (22–27 January) – Results and report	1	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:12:20	22	588.43 km	186	94
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:13:25
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:14:07
2	Rallye de Portugal (1–4 March) – Results and report	1	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:20:59	36	571,82 km	89	34
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:21:39
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:21:49
3	Safari Rally (31 March–3 April) – Results and report	1	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	20:49	¿?	2,393.10 km	43	14
		2	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	21:14
		3	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	21:59
4	Tour de Corse (5–7 May) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:57:46	23	545,48 km	84	43
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:58:47
		3	Andrea Aghini	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:59:57
5	Acropolis Rally (29–31 May) – Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:36:38	33	503,53 km	88	36
		2	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	6:40:39
		3	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:42:31
6	Rally Argentina (30 June–2 July) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:50:42	29	563,90 km	90	25
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:50:48
		3	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:22
7	Rally New Zealand (29–31 July) – Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:39:56	30	502,70 km	78	46
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:42:10
		3	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:45:27
8	1000 Lakes Rally (26–28 August) – Results and report	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4:33:44	35	522,76 km	85	41
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4:34:06
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	4:34:48
9	Rallye Sanremo (09–12 October) – Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:56:40	26	516,63 km	92	40
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:57:01
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:27
10	RAC Rally (20–23 November) – Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:17:25	29	520,66 km	178	97
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	5:20:58
		3	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:27:37
Sources: [5] [6]

References

1. "WRC 1994". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. "1994 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
3. "Season 1994 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1994". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
5. "WRC 1994". eWRC-results.com . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
6. "Season 1994 – Season statistics – Event statistics". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 1994 at ewrc-results.com