1995 World Rally Championship

The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.^[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.^[2]

1995 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Colin McRae
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Subaru

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1994

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1996

Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."^[3]

Calendar

The 1995 championship was contested over Eight rounds in Europe and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	23 January	26 January	63rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	21	546.80 km
2	10 February	12 February	44th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	25	501.12 km
3	8 March	10 March	29th TAP Rallye de Portugal	Figueira da Foz, Coimbra	Gravel	33	476.56 km
4	3 May	5 May	39th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	22	481.17 km
5	27 July	30 July	26th Smokefree Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	33	560.89 km
6	15 September	18 September	8th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	30	503.88 km
7	23 October	25 October	31st Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	23	474.35 km
8	19 November	22 November	51st Network Q RAC Rally	Chester, Cheshire	Gravel	28	510.70 km
Sources:[4][5]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four (ST205)	M	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	1–3
						Denis Giraudet	4–7
				2	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	1–7
				3	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1–7
				14	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2
					Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	6
				15			5
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	4	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	All
				5	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–4, 6–8
				6	Piero Liatti	Alessandro Alessandrini	1, 4, 7
					Mats Jonsson	Johnny Johansson	2
					Richard Burns	Robert Reid	3, 8
					Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Tony Sircombe	5–6
				14	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	5
R.A.S. Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	All
				9	Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	2
					Alessandro Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	3
					Patrick Bernardini	Jean-Marc Andrié	4
					Neil Allport	Craig Vincent	5
					Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	8
		Escort RS Cosworth (Grp. N)		30	Jason Priestley	Kevin Caffrey	6
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II	M	10	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2
		Lancer Evo III					5–6, 8
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	P		Isolde Holderied	Tina Thörner	3–4
		Lancer Evo II	M	11	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	1–2
		Lancer Evo III					4–8
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	P		Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	3
		Lancer Evo II	M	12	Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	1
		Lancer Evo III					4, 7
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	P		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	3
		Lancer Evo III (Grp. N)					7–8
			?		Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	5–6

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Maxi	M	Jean Ragnotti	Gilles Thimonier	1, 4
				Philippe Bugalski	Renaud Thierry	1
					Jean-Paul Chiaroni	4
Renault Gest Galp				José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	3
				Pedro Azeredo	Fernando Prata	3
Renault Competicion				Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	7
Renault Dealer Rallying UK				Alain Oreille	Jack Boyère	8
				Robbie Head	Terry Harryman	8
Darko Peljhan	Volkswagen	Golf G60 Rallye	?	Darko Peljhan	Miran Kacin	1
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden		Golf III GTi 16V	?	Harry Joki	Per Carlsson	2
				Joakim Andersson	Göran Nyström	2
S.B.G. Sport		Golf III Kit Car	P	Tapio Laukkanen	Risto Mannisenmäki	8
Autostal Duindistel	Opel	Calibra Turbo 4x4	?	Henrik Lundgaard	Freddy Pedersen	1
Opel Team Sweden		Astra GSi 16V	?	Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
Opel Team Belgium			M	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	3–4
Remus Racing			?	Kris Rosenberger	Hans-Dieter Stock	7
Maurizio Verini	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale	P	Maurizio Verini	Enrico Roveda	1
Duriforte Construções			P	Jorge Bica	João Sena	3
Daniel Ducruet			?	Daniel Ducruet	Freddy Delorme	7
Gamace MC Competición			P	Pedro Javier Diego	Icíar Muguerza	7
V.I.P Motorsport	Peugeot	306 S16	?	Piergiorgio Deila	Pierangelo Scalvini	1, 3
Peugeot Sport			M	Fabien Doenlen	Hervé Sauvage	4
				Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	4
Peugeot Sport España			?	Borja Moratal	Alfredo Rodríguez	7
Nikolai Burkart	Nissan	Sunny GTi	P	Nikolai Burkart	Regine Rausch	1, 3
Nissan F2			P	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	3
			?	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	8
Argyle Autos		Pulsar GTi-R	?	Geoff Argyle	Raymond Bennett	5
Kremlyovskaya	Subaru	Impreza 555	?	Yvan Postel	Olivier Peyret	1, 4, 7
Indonesia Rally Team			?	Tony Hardianto	Anthony Sarwono	6
			?	Irvan Gading	Karel Harilatu	6
Joe McAndrew		Legacy RS	?	Joe McAndrew	Bob Haldane	5
Christian Jaquillard	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	?	Christian Jaquillard	Christiane Jaquillard	1
Totta Peres Competição			?	Fernando Peres	Ricardo Caldeira	3
Remus Racing			?	Kris Rosenberger	Siegfried Schwarz	3–4
Brian Stokes			M	Brian Stokes	Ian Latham	5
Bank Utama Rally Team			?	Pratikto Singgih	Phil Mills	6
Belgacom Rally Team			P	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	8
Jonny Milner			Y	Jonny Milner	Steve Turvey	8
Alister McRae			?	Alister McRae	David Senior	8
Ford Motorsport		Escort RS 2000 MKVI	M	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	8
Ford Team Finland			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Ilkka Riipinen	8
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	Toyota	Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	M	'Gullabo'	Ingemar Algerstedt	2
H.F. Grifone SRL			M	Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	2–3
					Timo Rautiainen	5
			P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	8
		Celica GT-Four (ST205)				7
Toyota Team Australia			?	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	6
Gustavo Trelles			P	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	7
Finnish Junior Rally Team	Vauxhall	Astra GSI 16V	?	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	2
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Felicia Kit Car	M	'Nalle'	Anders Olsson	2
				Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	2–4, 8
				Emil Triner	Pavel Štanc	2–4
				Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	8
Mazda Team Sweden	Mazda	323 GT-R	?	Dick Larsson	Raymond Wessman	2
				Tony Bergdahl	Kent Jansson	2
Autopower	Audi	Coupé S2	?	Peter Friberg	Benny Locander	2
Stohl Racing			M	Manfred Stohl	Jürgen Bertl	3
					Reinhard Kaufmann	8
				Rudolf Stohl	Jürgen Bertl	8
Bank Utama Rally Team			?	Ari Sigit Harjojudanto	Fredrik Thomas	6
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Ibiza GTi 16V	M	Erwin Weber	Manfred Hiemer	3
				Antonio Rius	Manuel Casanova	3, 7
				Jordi Ventura Manté	Joan Sureda	7
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo I	?	Mark Leonard	Garry Cowan	5
Michael Guest		Lancer Evo II	?	Michael Guest	Steve O'Brien-Pounde	6
David Officer			?	David Officer	Kate Officer	6
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Cultus GTI	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Ross Runnalls	5
		Swift GTi MK2				6
SanYang MIT Motorsport	Honda	Civic VTi	?	Leigh Hynes	Glenn Macneall	5–6
				Dai-wei Yein	Judy de Leeuwe	5
				Ching-jung Kao	Huan-shan Lai	6
Hyundai Rally Sport	Hyundai	Lantra	?	Wayne Bell	Iain Stewart	6
				Rod Turnbull	David Sinclair	6
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Robert Nicoli	Brian Harwood	6
				Ross Mackenzie	Tony Floyd	6
Kia Motorsport Korea	Kia	Sephia	?	Rob Herridge	David Hynes	6
				Park Jeong-Ryong	Duncan Jordan	6
Citroën Hispania	Citroën	ZX 16V	M	Jesús Puras	Carlos del Barrio	7
Escudería Baix Empordà	BMW	M3 E30	P	Josep Bassas	Antonio Rodríguez	7

Group N Cup Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II	P	Isolde Holderied	Christina Thörner	1, 3–6, 8
		Lancer Evo III				7
		Lancer Evo II		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1, 3–6
		Lancer Evo III				7–8
		Lancer Evo II		Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	3–6
		Lancer Evo III				7
Kathrein Renn- und Rallye Team		Lancer Evo II	?	Hermann Gaßner sen.	Siegfried Schrankl	1, 4
					Harald Brock	3
Jean-Paul Aymé			?	Jean-Paul Aymé	Brigitte Aymé	1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden			?	Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	2
				Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Gunnar Barth	2
Mitsubishi Ralliart		Lancer Evo III	?	Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	5–6
Kiyoshi Inoue			?	Kiyoshi Inoue	Yoshimasa Nakahara	5
Hikaru Teshigawara			?	Hikaru Teshigawara	Tadayoshi Sato	5
Katsuhiko Taguchi			?	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Fred Gocentas	5–6
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand			?	Andrew Grant	Brett Harvey	5
Marty Beckton		Lancer Evo II	?	Marty Beckton	Damien Long	5
					Craig Lee	6
Michael Lieu		Lancer Evo I	?	Michael Lieu	Hakaru Ichino	5–6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Zushi		Lancer Evo II	?	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	5, 8
David West			?	David West	Tony Best	6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Netherlands			?	Hans Stacey	Mark van den Brand	7–8
MK Ratten		Galant VR-4	?	Anders Rådström	Lars-Ove Larsson	2
Gullabo Däckfynd			?	Göran Fredriksson	Kjell Haglund	2
MSK Kvarnvingarna			?	Pierre Andersson	Sven-Erik Andersson	2
NAF Motorsport Romerike			?	Anders Hedström	Lasse Ekström	2
Philippe Camandona	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	?	Philippe Camandona	Georges Crausaz	1, 3
Rémi Samuel			?	Rémi Samuel	Martin Biju-Duval	1, 4
Franck Phillips			?	Franck Phillips	"Slo"	1
Uwe Nittel			M	Uwe Nittel	Monika Eckardt	1
Jacques Andreani			?	Jacques Andreani	Jean-Pierre Cani	4
Yves Loubet			?	Yves Loubet	Bruno Brissart	4
Jean-Marie Santoni			?	Jean-Marie Santoni	Jean-Marc Casamatta	4
Jeremy Easson			D	Jeremy Easson	Jim Kitson	8
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Celica GT-Four (ST205)	M	Mohammed Ben Sulayem	Ronan Morgan	2–6
Uwe Nittel			M	Uwe Nittel	Monika Eckardt	3–4, 7
					Dieter Schneppenheim	8
H.F. Grifone SRL			P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	5–6
		Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)				3–4
Richard Frau	Renault	Clio Williams	M	Richard Frau	Jean-Louis Biet	1
					Nicolas Saint-Martin	4, 7
Ange-Pierre Cordoliani			?	Ange-Pierre Cordoliani	Christophe Leonardi	4
Erick Antona			?	Erick Antona	Frédéric Andreucci	4
Escudería San Fermín			?	Javier Azcona	Inma Vittorini	7
Escudería Osona			?	Ferrán Urteu	Jordi Gomà	7
Gert Blomqvist	Nissan	Sunny GTi	?	Gert Blomqvist	Lena Lindberg	2
Impreza IPF Fujitsubo	Subaru	Impreza WRX	?	Masao Kamioka	Kevin Gormley	3, 5–6, 8
				Hideaki Miyoshi	Mike Corner	3, 5–6
					Mike Kidd	8
Guy Fiori	BMW	325i E30	?	Guy Fiori	Mario Bastelica	4
Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton	Wira 4WD	Y	Karamjit Singh	Ron Teoh	5–6, 8
Catalunya Motor	SEAT	Ibiza GTi 16V	M	Salvador Cañellas Jnr.	Xavier Lorza	7
Gamace MC Competición	Peugeot	106 Rallye	M	Manuel Muniente	Joan Ibáñez Sotos	7
Gavin Cox	Opel	Calibra Turbo 4x4	P	Gavin Cox	Stephen Griffiths	8

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Colin McRae	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	90
2	Carlos Sainz	1	Ret	1	4	WD	Ret	1	2	85
3	Kenneth Eriksson		1			5	1		Ret	48
4	François Delecour	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	46
5	Tommi Mäkinen	4	2		8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	38
6	Bruno Thiry	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	34
7	Andrea Aghini	6			3			5		26
8	Piero Liatti	8			6			3		21
9	Richard Burns			7		Ret			3	16
10	Alister McRae								4	10
11	Rui Madeira	12		9	18	10	Ret	11	7	7
12=	Gustavo Trelles							6		6
12=	Gwyndaf Evans								6	6
14=	Jean Ragnotti	7			11					4
14=	Stig Blomqvist		7						21	4
14=	Patrick Bernardini				7					4
14=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne					7	Ret			4
14=	Yoshio Fujimoto					27	7		WD	4
14=	Oriol Gómez							7		4
20	Jorge Recalde			10	20	9	10			4
21=	Tomas Jansson		8							3
21=	Alex Fiorio			8						3
21=	Neil Allport					8				3
21=	Ed Ordynski					11	8			3
21=	Andrea Navarra			17	Ret	Ret	17	8	Ret	3
21=	Jarmo Kytölehto		14						8	3
27=	Philippe Camandona	9		Ret						2
27=	Philippe Bugalski	Ret			9					2
27=	Neal Bates						9			2
27=	Josep Bassas							9		2
27=	Masao Kamioka			12			11		9	2
32=	Isolde Holderied	10		11	19	Ret	19	Ret	14	1
32=	Kenneth Bäcklund		10							1
32=	Yvan Postel	14			Ret			10		1
32=	Alain Oreille								10	1
DSQ	Juha Kankkunen	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret		62
DSQ	Didier Auriol	Ret	5	5	1	2	Ret	DSQ		51
DSQ	Armin Schwarz	Ret	9	4	Ret	4	5	Ret		30
DSQ	Thomas Rådström		3							12
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:[6][7]

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR Pts 1 555 Subaru World Rally Team 1 Ret 1 4 1 2 1 1 350 8 Ret 3 5 7 Ret 2 2 46 0 60 39 48 29 64 64 2 Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 4 1 9 3 5 1 5 7 307 6 2 10 8 11 4 11 Ret 36 64 32 36 31 56 33 19 3 R.A.S Ford 2 6 6 2 6 6 4 5 223 5 7 8 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 47 28 26 42 26 15 21 18 Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR Pts Sources:[4][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)

Group N Cup

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Rui Madeira	3		1	1	2	Ret	1	1	69
2	Jorge Recalde			2	3	1	2	Ret		40
3	Isolde Holderied	2		3	2		9	Ret	4	32
4	Masao Kamioka			4			3		2	22
5	Ed Ordynski					3	1			20
6	Philippe Camandona	1		Ret						13
	Kenneth Bäcklund		1							13
	Uwe Nittel	8		8	Ret			3	5	13
9	Stig-Olov Walfridsson		2							10
	Hans Stacey							2	Ret	10
	Karamjit Singh					6	5		6	10
12	Hermann Gaßner	5		7	7				6	8
13	Anders Rådström		3							7
	Yoshihiro Kataoka								3	7
	Mohammed Ben Sulayem		7	Ret	4	Ret	Ret			7
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:[6][7]

Events

Rally name	Dates run	Podium drivers (finishing time)	Podium cars
Rallye Monte Carlo	22 January–26 January	Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s) François Delecour (6h:34m:56s) Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Swedish Rally	10 February–12 February	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s) Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rallye de Portugal	8 March–10 March	Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s) Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Subaru Impreza 555
Tour de Corse	3 May–5 May	Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s) François Delecour (5h:15m:04s) Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s)	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
Rally New Zealand	27 July–30 July	Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s) Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Australia	15 September–18 September	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s) Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Catalunya	23 October–25 October	Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s) Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s) Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
RAC Rally	19 November–22 November	Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s) Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s) Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
Source:[4]