List of World Rally Championship seasons

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The list of World Rally Championship seasons includes all seasons of the FIA World Rally Championship, from the inaugural 1973 season.

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WRC seasons

SeasonEvents International Championship for Manufacturers
1st2nd3rd
19707 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Flag of France.svg Alpine-Renault Flag of Italy.svg Lancia
19719 Flag of France.svg Alpine-Renault Flag of Sweden.svg Saab Flag of Germany.svg Porsche
19729 Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of Germany.svg Porsche
Drivers' championshipManufacturers' championship
1st2nd3rd1st2nd3rd
1973 13No drivers' championship [1] Flag of France.svg Alpine-Renault Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1974 8 [2] Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1975 10 Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of France.svg Alpine-Renault
1976 10 Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Germany.svg Opel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1977 11 Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Munari Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Waldegård Flag of France.svg Bernard Darniche Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Toyota
1978 11 Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Nicolas Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Germany.svg Opel
1979 12 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Waldegård Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Datsun Flag of Italy.svg Fiat
1980 12 Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Waldegård Flag of Italy.svg Fiat Flag of Japan.svg Datsun Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1981 12 Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen Flag of France.svg Guy Fréquelin Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Talbot Flag of Japan.svg Datsun Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1982 12 [3] Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl Flag of France.svg Michèle Mouton Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Germany.svg Audi Flag of Germany.svg Opel Flag of Japan.svg Nissan
1983 12 Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Germany.svg Audi Flag of Germany.svg Opel
1984 12 Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of Germany.svg Audi Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of France.svg Peugeot
1985 12 Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of Germany.svg Audi Flag of Italy.svg Lancia
1986 12 [4] Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen
1987 13 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Italy.svg Miki Biasion Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Germany.svg Audi Flag of France.svg Renault
1988 13 Flag of Italy.svg Miki Biasion Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén Flag of Italy.svg Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Germany.svg Audi
1989 13 Flag of Italy.svg Miki Biasion Flag of Italy.svg Alex Fiorio Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Mazda
1990 12 [5] Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi
1991 14 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi
1992 14 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Italy.svg Lancia Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1993 13 Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of France.svg François Delecour Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
1994 10 Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Subaru Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1995 8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of Sweden.svg Kenneth Eriksson Flag of Japan.svg Subaru Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1996 9 Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of Japan.svg Subaru Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
1997 14 Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of Japan.svg Subaru Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi
1998 13 [6] Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
1999 14 Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Burns Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of Japan.svg Subaru Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi
2000 14 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Burns Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2001 14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Burns Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Mitsubishi
2002 14 Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2003 14 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2004 16 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Estonia.svg Markko Märtin Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2005 16 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of France.svg Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford
2006 16 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of France.svg Kronos Citroën Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2007 16 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2008 15 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of Japan.svg Subaru
2009 12 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stobart Ford
2010 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of France.svg Citroën Junior
2011 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stobart Ford
2012 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2013 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport
2014 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport
2015 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen Flag of France.svg Citroën Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai
2016 13 [7] Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of Germany.svg Volkswagen II
2017 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of Japan.svg Toyota
2018 13 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2019 13 [8] Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of France.svg Citroën
2020 7 [9] Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2021 12 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2022 13 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Rovanperä Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2023 13 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Rovanperä Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Flag of South Korea.svg Hyundai Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M-Sport Ford
2024 13

Statistics

By driver

Driver1st2nd3rd
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 910
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier 802
Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kankkunen 413
Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen 401
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz 245
Flag of Finland.svg Marcus Grönholm 221
Flag of Germany.svg Walter Röhrl 211
Flag of Italy.svg Miki Biasion 210
Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Rovanperä 200
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Mikkola 133
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae 131
Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 131
Flag of Finland.svg Markku Alén 124
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Burns 120
Flag of France.svg Didier Auriol 114
Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak 113
Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Waldegård 111
Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist 110
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen 101
Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Munari 100
Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen 100
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville 053
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 042
Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 032
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elfyn Evans 030
Flag of Italy.svg Alex Fiorio 011
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Nicolas 010
Flag of France.svg Guy Fréquelin 010
Flag of France.svg Michèle Mouton 010
Flag of France.svg François Delecour 010
Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen 003
Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 002
Flag of France.svg Bernard Darniche 001
Flag of Sweden.svg Kenneth Eriksson 001
Flag of Estonia.svg Markko Märtin 001

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References

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  2. In 1974, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Acropolis Rally were cancelled due to the oil crisis.
  3. In 1982, Rally Argentina was cancelled due to Falklands War.
  4. In 1986, Rallye Sanremo results was annulled by FISA.
  5. In 1990, the Swedish Rally was cancelled due to mild weather.
  6. In 1998, the Rally Indonesia was cancelled due to political instability in the country.
  7. In 2016, the Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding.
  8. In 2019, the Rally Australia was cancelled due to bushfires in the region.
  9. In 2020, there was originally scheduled to be 13 rounds but the calendar was reduced to 7 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.