1990 World Rally Championship

The 1990 World Rally Championship was the 18th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi.

1990 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Carlos Sainz
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Lancia

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1989

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1991

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Points
1	21 January	25 January	58th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	28	604.63 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
C	10 February	12 February	International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	??	523.12 km	Drivers only
2	6 March	10 March	24th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	39	556.10 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
3	11 April	16 April	38th Marlboro Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	N/A	4131.40 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
4	6 May	9 May	34th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	30	602.25 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
5	3 June	6 June	37th Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	48	622.98 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
6	30 June	3 July	21st Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	43	599.49 km	Drivers only
7	24 July	28 July	10th Rally Argentina	Buenos Aires	Gravel	30	599.42 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
8	23 August	26 August	40th 1000 Lakes Rally	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	42	527.61 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
9	20 September	23 September	3rd Commonwealth Bank Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	35	570.28 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
10	14 October	18 October	32nd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	35	614.95 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
11	28 October	1 November	22nd Rallye Cote d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Gravel	N/A	3088 km	Drivers only
12	25 November	28 November	46th Lombard RAC Rally	Harrogate, North Yorkshire	Gravel	41	566.27 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:[1][2]

Swedish Rally was cancelled due to warm weather and lack of snow.

Teams and drivers

Group A major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Martini Lancia	Lancia	Delta Integrale 16V	M	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	1–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
				Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	1–3, 5, 7–10, 12
				Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
				Alessandro Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	3, 9
				Yves Loubet	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	4
Jolly Club			M	Dario Cerrato	Giuseppe Cerri	1–2, 10
				Alessandro Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	5, 8, 10
				Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	12
				Robert Droogmans	Ronny Joosten	12
Lancia Fina			M	Bruno Saby	Daniel Grataloup	1, 4
Duriforte SG Gigante			M	Carlos Bica	Fernando Prata	2
Lancia Deutschland			M	Ronald Holzer	Klaus Wendel	2, 5
Michele Rayneri			D	Michele Rayneri	Loris Roggia	5–6, 9
"Jigger"			B	"Jigger"	Konstantinos Stefanis	5
Paola De Martini			?	Paola De Martini	Umberta Gibellini	7
Clarion Team Europe			M	Per Eklund	Jan-Olof Bohlin	8, 12
Team Michelin Finland			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	8
H.F. Grifone SRL			M	Piero Liatti	Luciano Tedeschini	10
Astra Racing			?	Piergiorgio Deila	Pierangelo Scalvini	10
Città di Castelfranco			?	Pucci Giuseppe Grossi	Alessandro Mari	10
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Celica GT-4 (ST165)	P	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–10, 12
				Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	1, 3, 5, 8–10
				Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1–2, 4, 10, 12
Toyota Team Kenya			P	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	3
Toyota Team Middle East			P	Mohammed Ben Sulayem	Ronan Morgan	5
Recalde Alpitour			P	Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	7
Jean-Michel Dionneau			?	Jean-Michel Dionneau	Thierry Brion	11
Toyota Team Sweden			P	Mats Jonsson	Anders Olsson	12
Toyota Team Great Britain			P	David Llewellin	Phil Short	12
Patrice Servant		Corolla 16V	?	Patrice Servant	David Charbonnel	11
Michel Molinié			?	Michel Molinié	Patrice Lemarie	11
Jean-Philippe Bernier			?	Jean-Philippe Bernier	Yves Malus	11
Adolphe Choteau			?	Adolphe Choteau	Jean-Pierre Claverie	11
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	323 4WD	M	Timo Salonen	Voitto Silander	1–2
		323 GTX				8, 12
		323 4WD		Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	1–2
		323 GTX				8, 12
		323 4WD		Grégoire de Mevius	Luc Manset	2
					Arne Hertz	9
		323 GTX		Mikael Sundström	Juha Repo	8, 12
		323 4WD		Ingvar Carlsson	Per Carlsson	6, 9
Mazda Rally Team Asia Pacific			?	Rod Millen	Tony Sircombe	6, 9
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Galant VR-4	M	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	1–2, 5, 8–9, 12
				Ari Vatanen	Bruno Berglund	1–2, 5, 8, 12
Mitsubishi Oil Citizen			Y	Kenjiro Shinozuka	John Meadows	3, 11
				Ross Dunkerton	Fred Gocentas	6
					Steve McKimmie	9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland			M	Lasse Lampi	Pentti Kuukkala	8
Patrick Tauziac			?	Patrick Tauziac	Claude Papin	11
Audi Sport Europa Team	Audi	90 Quattro	M	Paola De Martini	Umberta Gibellini	1–2, 4–5, 8–10
Stohl Racing			M	Rudolf Stohl	Reinhard Kaufmann	3, 7
					Ernst Rohringer	5, 11
VV-Auto			?	Esa Saarenpää	Olli Männistö	8
		200 Quattro	?	Risto Buri	Jyrki Stenroos	8
GM Euro Sport	GM	Kadett GSI 16V	M	Louise Aitken-Walker	Christina Thörner	1, 10, 12
		Astra GTE				2, 4, 6, 9
Vauxhall Dealer Sport		Nova GTE	M	David Metcalfe	Ian Grindrod	12
Concessionnaires Peugeot France	Peugeot	309 GTI	M	François Delecour	"Tilber"	1, 4
		205 Rallye		Fabien Doenlen	Evelyne Merciol	4
Peugeot Talbot Sport		205 GTI 1.6	M	Paul Frankland	Keith Chipcase	12
		309 GTI		Richard Burns	Wayne Goble	12
Diabolique Motorsport	Ford	Sierra RS Cosworth	M	Joaquim Santos	Miguel Oliveira	2
Ford Fina Rally Team			D	Marc Duez	Alain Lopes	2, 4
		Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4				10, 12
Q8 Team Ford			P	Pentti Airikkala	Ronan McNamee	8, 10, 12
				Malcolm Wilson	Nicky Grist	8, 10, 12
				Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	8, 10
				Alessandro Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	12
Shell Oil UK			P	Jimmy McRae	David Senior	12
				Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	12
Subaru Technica International	Subaru	Legacy RS	M	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	3, 5, 8, 10, 12
				Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Rodger Freeth	3, 6, 9
				Mike Kirkland	Surinder Thatthi	3, 6
				Jim Heather-Hayes	Anton Levitan	3
				Ian Duncan	Ian Munro	3
				François Chatriot	Michel Périn	10
				Derek Warwick	Ronan Morgan	12
Vredestein Rally Team	Volkswagen	Golf II GTi 16V	M	Raimund Baumschlager	Ruben Zeltner	2, 4
Volkswagen Motorsport		Golf G60 Rallye	P	Erwin Weber	Matthias Feltz	5–6, 9
Ryce Motors Ltd.	Daihatsu	Charade	D	Ashok Pattni	Bob Khan	3
				Steve Anthony	Philip Valentine	3
				Takeshi Hirabayashi	Thee Soin	3
				Guy Jack	Dave Smith	3
Bastos Motul BMW	BMW	M3 E30	P	François Chatriot	Michel Périn	4
Citroën Sport	Citroën	AX Sport	M	Christine Driano	Marie-Christine Lallement	4
				Laurent Poggi	Edouard Buresi	4
N.I. Theocharakis	Nissan	200SX	?	Pavlos Moschoutis	Efthimios Sassalos	5
Alain Ambrosino		March Super Turbo	?	Alain Ambrosino	Daniel Le Saux	11
RSFSR	Lada	Samara 21083	?	Vladislav Shtykov	Yuriy Baykov	5, 8
				Sergey Alyasov	Aleksandr Levitan	5
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Favorit 136 L	M	Ladislav Křeček	Bořivoj Motl	5, 10
				Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	5, 8, 12
				Kalevi Aho	Timo Hakala	8, 10
Škoda GB			?	John Haugland	Petter Vegel	12
Marcelo Raies	Renault	18 GTX	?	Marcelo Raies	Jorge Gonzalez	7
Oscar Maccari				Oscar Maccari	Carlos Ostaschinsky	7
Gabriel Martin	Fiat	Regatta 85	?	Gabriel Martin	José Maria Volta	7
Fernando Marino				Fernando Marino	Rodolfo Ghilini	7

FIA Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Simon Racing	Renault	5 GT Turbo	M	Alain Oreille	Michel Roissard	1–2, 4–7, 9–11
Team Diac			M	Jean Ragnotti	Gilles Thimonier	4
				Claude Balesi	Jean-Paul Cirindini	4
				Sylvain Polo	Hervé Sauvage	4
Bertrand Balas	Lancia	Delta Integrale 16V	M	Bertrand Balas	Eric Lainé	1
Top Run			M	Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	2, 5–6, 8–9
Astra Racing			M	Gustavo Trelles	Daniel Muzio	2, 5–12
				Ernesto Soto	Jorge del Buono	2, 5–9
Walkers Radiators			?	Steve Smith	Brian Hughes	12
Pierre-Manuel Jenot	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	?	Pierre-Manuel Jenot	"Slo"	1
Alfa Romeo France			P	Laurent Albertini	Ange Pasquali	4
Serena Hotels	Subaru	Legacy RS	B	Patrick Njiru	David Williamson	3
Ian Duncan			M	Ian Duncan	Yvonne Mehta	5
Toyota Team Italia	Toyota	Celica GT-4 (ST165)	P	Gilberto Pianezzola	Lucio Baggio	3, 5–6, 9–10
Viviane Evina		Corolla FX-16V	?	Viviane Evina	Nathalie Chastagnol	11
Pro Sport Rally Team	Mitsubishi	Galant VR-4	M	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	6, 8–10, 12
Team Mitsubishi-Ralliart			?	Kiyoshi Inoue	Satoshi Hayashi	6, 9
Pedders Suspension			B	Ed Ordynski	Jeremy Browne	9
Q8 Team Ford	Ford	Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	P	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	8, 10, 12
Ford Italia			?	Alessandro Fassina	Massimo Chiapponi	10
Rally Team Italia	Mazda	323 GTX	M	Grégoire de Mevius	Willy Lux	10
Team Daihatsu	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	D	Terry Kaby	Kevin Gormley	12

Events

1990 World Rally Championship event map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

1990 World Rally Championship schedule and results

Round	Rally name		Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Co Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Rallye Monte Carlo (19–25 January)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:56:52
		2	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	5:57:44
		3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:00:31
2	Rallye de Portugal (6–10 March)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:17:57
		2	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:20:33
		3	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:23:08
3	Safari Rally (11–16 April)	1	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	8:39:11
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	9:17:23
		3	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	11:26:58
4	Tour de Corse (6–9 May)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:45:16
		2	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:45:52
		3	François Chatriot	Michel Périn	Bastos Motul BMW	BMW M3	6:49:05
5	Acropolis Rally (3–6 June)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	7:34:44
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:35:30
		3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:37:42
6	Rally New Zealand (30 June – 3 July)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:48:26
		2	Ingvar Carlsson	Per Carlsson	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	6:49:57
		3	Erwin Weber	Matthias Feltz	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf Rallye G60	6:56:24
7	Rally Argentina (24–28 July)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6:51:27
		2	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	6:59:29
		3	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:26:22
8	1000 Lakes Rally (23–26 August)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	4:40:55
		2	Ari Vatanen	Bruno Berglund	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:41:14
		3	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:45:53
9	Rally Australia (20–23 September)	1	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:43:48
		2	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	5:45:28
		3	Alex Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:49:28
10	Rallye Sanremo (14–18 October)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:30:38
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7:31:23
		3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	7:32:23
11	Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (28 October – 1 November)	1	Patrick Tauziac	Claude Papin	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4:54:00
		2	Rudi Stohl	Ernst Röhringer	Audi Sport	Audi 90 Quattro	5:56:00
		3	Alain Oreille	Michel Roissard	Simon Racing	Renault 5 GT Turbo	6:52:00
12	Rally GB (25–28 November)	1	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	5:43:16
		2	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	5:44:58
		3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5:47:22
Sources:[3][4]

Results

Driver championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	IVC	GBR	Points
1	Carlos Sainz	2	Ret	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	3		1	140
2	Didier Auriol	1	2		1	Ret		3	Ret	Ret	1		5	95
3	Juha Kankkunen	Ret	3	2		2		Ret	5	1	2		Ret	85
4	Miki Biasion	3	1	Ret		3		1			Ret		3	76
5	Mikael Ericsson	7		3		4			Ret	Ret	6			32
6	Dario Cerrato	4	4								4			30
7	Rudi Stohl			7		Ret		4				2		29
8	Kenneth Eriksson	Ret	Ret			Ret			3	Ret			2	27
9	Alex Fiorio			Ret		5			Ret	3	8		9	25
10	Ingvar Carlsson						2			5				23
11	Alain Oreille	13	14		8	13	10	6		Ret	17	3		22
12	Björn Waldegård			1										20
13	Patrick Tauziac											1		20
14	Peter 'Possum' Bourne			Ret			5			4				18
15	Bruno Saby	6			4									16
16	Ari Vatanen	Ret	Ret			Ret			2				Ret	15
17	François Chatriot				3						Ret			12
18	Erwin Weber					Ret	3			DSQ				12
19	Armin Schwarz	5	Ret		Ret						Ret		7	12
20	Ross Dunkerton						4			Ret				10
21	Markku Alén			Ret		Ret			4		Ret		Ret	10
22	Alain Ambrosino											4		10
23	Mats Jonsson												4	10
24	Tommi Mäkinen						6		11	7	13		Ret	10
25	Timo Salonen	8	Ret						6				Ret	9
26	Gustavo Trelles		11			9	7	Ret	15	8	15	Ret	Ret	9
27	Carlos Bica		5											8
28	Kenjiro Shinozuka			5								Ret		8
29	Raimund Baumschlager				5									8
30	Ernesto Soto		12				Ret	5	16					8
31	Piero Liatti										5			8
32	Patrice Servant											5		8
33	Jorge Recalde		7			Ret	8	Ret	22	11				7
34	Hannu Mikkola	Ret	6						Ret				Ret	6
35	Jim Heather-Hayes			6										6
36	Laurent Poggi				6									6
37	Michele Rayneri					6	Ret							6
38	Grégoire de Mevius		Ret							6	Ret			6
39	Michel Molinie											6		6
40	Colin McRae												6	6
41	Claude Balesi				7									4
42	Giannis Vardinogiannis					7								4
43	Marcelo Raies							7						4
44	Lasse Lampi								7					4
45	Piergiorgio Deila										7			4
46	Jean-Philippe Bernier											7		4
47	Marc Duez		8		Ret									3
48	Patrick Njiru			8										3
49	Ian Duncan			Ret		8								3
50	Gabriel Martin							8						3
51	Sebastian Lindholm								8					3
52	Viviane Evina											8		3
53	David Llewellin												8	3
54	Paola de Martini	Ret	16		9	Ret		WD	32	Ret	Ret			2
55	François Delecour	9			Ret									2
56	Joaquim Santos		9											2
57	Ashok Pattni			9										2
58	Gilberto Pianezzola		13				9							2
59	Oscar Maccari							9						2
60	Esa Saarenpää								9					2
61	Kiyoshi Inoue									9				2
62	Giuseppe Grossi										9			2
63	Jean-Michel Dionneau											9		2
64	Bertrand Balas	10												1
65	Ronald Holzer		10											1
66	Steve Anthony			10										1
67	Sylvain Polo				10									1
68	Pavlos Moschoutis					10								1
69	Fernando Marino							10						1
70	Risto Buri								10					1
71	Ed Ordynski									10				1
72	Alessandro Fassina										10			1
73	Adolphe Choteau											10		1
74	Robert Droogmans												10	1
Pos.	Driver	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	IVC	GBR	Points
Sources:[5][6]

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)

Manufacturer championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	GBR	Points
1	Lancia	1	1	2	1	2	1	5	1	1	3	137
2	Toyota	2		1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	131
3	Mitsubishi			5				2	7		2	56
4	Subaru			6		8		4	4			43
5	Mazda	8	6					6	5			30
6	Renault				7		6					24
7	Audi			7	9		4	9				24
8	Ford		8							9	6	22
9	BMW				3							14
10	Volkswagen				5							10
11	Citroën				6							8
12	Renault Argentina						7					8
13	Fiat Argentina						8					6
14	Daihatsu			9								3
15	Peugeot	9										2
16	Nissan					10						2
Pos.	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN	COR	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	SRM	GBR	Points
Sources:[3][6]