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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.
| Driver | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sébastien Loeb | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Sébastien Ogier | 8 | 0 | 2 |
 Juha Kankkunen | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Tommi Mäkinen | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Carlos Sainz | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Marcus Grönholm | 2 | 2 | 1 |
 Walter Röhrl | 2 | 1 | 1 |
 Miki Biasion | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kalle Rovanperä | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Thierry Neuville | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Hannu Mikkola | 1 | 3 | 3 |
 Colin McRae | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Petter Solberg | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Markku Alén | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Richard Burns | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Didier Auriol | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Ott Tänak | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Björn Waldegård | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stig Blomqvist | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Timo Salonen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandro Munari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ari Vatanen | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Hirvonen | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Elfyn Evans | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jari-Matti Latvala | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Alex Fiorio | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre Nicolas | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy Fréquelin | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michèle Mouton | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| François Delecour | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andreas Mikkelsen | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dani Sordo | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bernard Darniche | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kenneth Eriksson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Markko Märtin | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The World Rally Championship is an international rallying series owned and governed by the FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the second oldest of the FIA's world championships after Formula One. Each season lasts one calendar year, and separate championship titles are awarded to drivers, co-drivers and manufacturers. There are also two support championships, WRC2 and WRC3, which are contested on the same events and stages as the WRC, but with progressively lower maximum performance and running costs of the cars permitted. Junior WRC is also contested on five events of the World Rally Championship calendar.
The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown. Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship.
The 2010 World Rally Championship was the 38th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 11 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 14 November.
The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship was the 44th season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and drivers competed in thirteen rounds—starting with the Rallye Monte Carlo in January and finishing with Rally Australia in November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers and Manufacturers.
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