22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship
The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship . The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD , ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen . The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota , ahead of Subaru and Ford .
Calendar [ edit ] In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup . This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974–76.
Teams and drivers [ edit ] Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Rounds Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 Celica GT-Four ST205 M Juha Kankkunen All Didier Auriol All Andrea Aghini 2, 4, 9 Ian Duncan 3 Yoshio Fujimoto 3, 5, 7, 10 Marcus Grönholm 8 Tomas Jansson 8 Gilberto Pianezzola 9 Piero Longhi 9 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P Carlos Sainz 1–2, 4–10 Colin McRae 1–2, 4–10 Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7 Richard Burns 7, 10 Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Escort RS Cosworth M Miki Biasion 1–2, 4–7, 9–10 François Delecour 1–2, 8–10 Bruno Thiry 1–2, 4, 6, 8–10 Alex Fiorio 2 Gianfranco Cunico 4 Malcolm Wilson 5, 10 Ari Vatanen 5–8, 10 Raimund Baumschlager 5, 8 Tommi Mäkinen 8 Stig Blomqvist 10 Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I Lancer Evo II M Armin Schwarz 1, 5, 7, 9 Kenneth Eriksson 1, 5, 7 Kenjiro Shinozuka 3 Tommi Mäkinen 9 Société Diac Renault Clio Williams M Jean Ragnotti 1, 4 Alain Oreille 1, 4 Serge Jordan 1, 4 Philippe Bugalski 4 Claude Balesi 4 Renato Travaglia 9 Diego Oldrati 9 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Favorit 136L M Pavel Sibera 1–2, 5, 8–10 Vladimír Berger 1 Emil Triner 2, 5, 8–10 Subaru Rally Team Japan Subaru Impreza WRX P Patrick Njiru 3 Richard Burns 3 Jolly Club Ford Escort RS Cosworth P Gianfranco Cunico 9 Malcolm Wilson 9 Source: [3]
Standing [ edit ] Drivers' Championship [ edit ] For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.[4] [5]
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
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)
Manufacturers' Championship [ edit ] Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points.[1] [4]
Overall position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Group position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Group N Cup [ edit ] 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)
Results [ edit ] Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]