Production World Rally Championship

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Nasser Al-Attiyah driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally. Nasser Al-Attiyah - 2006 Acropolis Rally.jpg
Nasser Al-Attiyah driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally.

The FIA Production car World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, contested mainly by Group N rally cars.

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History

The series started in 1987 as FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers and obtained the world championship status in 2002. [1] [2] The eligible cars were still Group N modified road cars such as the Subaru Impreza WRX and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Between 2007 and 2009 the PWRC allowed Super 2000 cars alongside regular Group N entries. In 2010 the S2000 cars were moved to a dedicated championship named SWRC (Super 2000 World Championship). With the introduction of Group R cars since 2008, the PWRC was cancelled at the end of 2012 and was replaced by the World Rally Championship-3 open exclusively to 2WD based cars homologated in R1, R2 and R3 classes. The 4WD Group N cars were moved to the new World Rally Championship-2 alongside S2000, RRC, R4 and R5 cars. [3] [4]

Results

Drivers' Championship

SeasonChampion2nd place3rd place
DriverCarDriverCarDriverCar
PWRC
2012 Flag of Mexico.svg Benito Guerra Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Flag of Argentina.svg Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Gorban Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Flodin Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kościuszko Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
2010 Flag of Portugal.svg Armindo Araújo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Flodin Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
2009 Flag of Portugal.svg Armindo Araújo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2008 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of Finland.svg Juho Hänninen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of Finland.svg Jari Ketomaa Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2007 Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2006 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Japan.svg Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Flag of San Marino.svg Mirco Baldacci Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Argentina.svg Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Niall McShea Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Finland.svg Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Rowe Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Sweden.svg Stig Blomqvist Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2002 Flag of Malaysia.svg Karamjit Singh Proton Pert Flag of Finland.svg Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII Flag of Peru.svg Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII
FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers
2001 Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI
2000 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI
1999 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V / Evo VI Flag of Oman.svg Hamed Al-Wahaibi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V / Evo VI Flag of Japan.svg Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza WRX
1998 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV / Evo V Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo V Flag of Spain.svg Luís Climent Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV /
Proton Wira 4WD
1997 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III Flag of Spain.svg Luís Climent Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III / Evo IV
1996 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III /
Subaru Impreza WRX
Flag of Germany.svg Uwe Nittel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pascal Smets Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
1995 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Madeira Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Recalde Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II Flag of Germany.svg Isolde Holderied Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II
1994 Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Puras Ford Escort RS Cosworth Flag of Germany.svg Isolde Holderied Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I / Evo II Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Recalde Mitsubishi Lancer RS / Evo II
1993 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Fassina Mazda 323 GTR Flag of Portugal.svg António Coutinho Ford Escort RS Cosworth Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Kytölehto Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1992 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Grégoire De Mévius Nissan Sunny GTI-R Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Nishiyama Nissan Sunny GTI-R Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menem, Jr. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1991 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Grégoire De Mévius Mazda 323 GTX Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Capdevila Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menem, Jr. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
Flag of Italy.svg Piergiorgio Bedini Lancia Delta Integrale 16V /
Volkswagen Golf GTi 16V
1990 Flag of France.svg Alain Oreille Renault 5 GT Turbo Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Lancia Delta Integrale 16V Flag of Finland.svg Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1989 Flag of France.svg Alain Oreille Renault 5 GT Turbo Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Grégoire De Mévius Mazda 323 4WD Flag of Uruguay.svg Gustavo Trelles Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1988 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pascal Gaban Mazda 323 4WD Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Recalde Lancia Delta Integrale Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Del Zoppo Lancia Delta Integrale
1987 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Fiorio Lancia Delta HF Integrale Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Olofsson Lancia Delta HF 4WD /
Audi Coupé Quattro
Flag of France.svg Bertrand Balas Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Flag of Sweden.svg Sören Nilsson Audi Coupé Quattro
Flag of France.svg Claude Balesi Renault 5 GT Turbo
Flag of Greece.svg Evangelos Gallo Toyota Corolla GT
Flag of Finland.svg Fredrik Donner Subaru RX Turbo
Flag of Italy.svg Franco Cunico Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Donaldson Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Source: [5] [6]

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References

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