1995 World Rally Championship

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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]

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

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Round Dates Race Surface
1 22–26 January Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo asphalt & snow
2 10–12 February Sweden Swedish Rally snow
3 8–10 March Portugal Rallye de Portugal gravel
4 3–5 May France Rallye de France asphalt
5 27–30 July New Zealand Rally New Zealand gravel
6 15–18 September Australia Rally Australia gravel
7 23–25 October Spain Rally Catalunya asphalt
8 19–22 November United Kingdom RAC Rally gravel
Sources:[4][5]

Teams and drivers

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Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
Japan Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Celica Turbo 4WD 		M 1 France Didier Auriol 1–7
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1–7
3 Germany Armin Schwarz 1–7
14 Sweden Thomas Rådström 2
Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 6
15 Sweden Tomas Jansson 2
Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 5
16 Australia Neal Bates 6
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 4 United Kingdom Colin McRae All
5 Spain Carlos Sainz 1–4, 6–8
6 Italy Piero Liatti 1, 4, 7
Sweden Mats Jonsson 2
United Kingdom Richard Burns 3, 8
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 5–6
14 United Kingdom Richard Burns 5
United Kingdom R.A.S. Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 7 France François Delecour All
8 Belgium Bruno Thiry All
9 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2
Italy Alex Fiorio 3
France Patrick Bernardini 4
New Zealand Neil Allport 5
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 8
30 Canada Jason Priestley 6
44 United Kingdom Alister McRae 8
Japan Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II
Lancer Evo III 		M 10 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 2, 5–6, 8
Germany Isolde Holderied 3–4
11 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1–2, 4–8
Argentina Jorge Recalde 3
12 Italy Andrea Aghini 4, 7
Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 2
Portugal Rui Madeira 3, 8
Australia Ed Ordynski 5–6
14 Portugal Rui Madeira 1, 4–7
15 Argentina Jorge Recalde 4–6
26 Germany Isolde Holderied 1, 5–8
France Société Diac Renault Clio Maxi M 17 France Jean Ragnotti 1, 4
18 Portugal José Carlos Macedo 3
19 France Alain Oreille 8
21 France Philippe Bugalski 1, 4
25 United Kingdom Robbie Head 8
30 Portugal Pedro Azeredo 3
51 Italy Angelo Medeghini 4
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Standings

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Drivers' championship

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

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		FRA
France 		NZL
New Zealand 		AUS
Australia 		ESP
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		Points
1 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 4 Ret Ret 3 5 1 2 2 1 350
5 1 Ret 1 4 Ret 1 2
6 8 Ret (7) (6) 7 Ret (3) (3)
2 Japan Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 10 1 (11) (19) 5 1 Ret 307
11 4 2 10 8 Ret 4 Ret Ret
12 6 9 3 11 (8) 5 7
14 11
3 United Kingdom R.A.S. Ford 7 2 Ret Ret 2 6 Ret 4 Ret 223
8 5 6 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5
9 7 8 7 8 Ret
DSQ Japan Toyota Castrol Team 1 Ret (5) (5) 1 2 Ret DSQ 260
2 3 4 2 10 3 3 Ret
3 Ret 4 Ret (4) 5 Ret
14 3 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		FRA
France 		NZL
New Zealand 		AUS
Australia 		ESP
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		Points
Sources:[4][7]
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

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		FRA
France 		NZL
New Zealand 		AUS
Australia 		ESP
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		Points
1 Portugal Rui Madeira 3 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 69
2 Argentina Jorge Recalde 2 3 1 2 Ret 40
3 Germany Isolde Holderied 2 3 2 9 Ret 4 32
4 Japan Masao Kamioka 4 3 2 22
5 Australia Ed Ordynski 3 1 20
6 Switzerland Philippe Camandona 1 Ret 13
Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 1 13
Germany Uwe Nittel 8 8 Ret 3 5 13
9 Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson 2 10
Netherlands Hans Stacey 2 Ret 10
Malaysia Karamjit Singh 6 5 6 10
12 Germany Hermann Gaßner 5 7 7 6 8
13 Sweden Anders Rådström 3 7
Japan Yoshihiro Kataoka 3 7
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Ben Sulayem 7 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		FRA
France 		NZL
New Zealand 		AUS
Australia 		ESP
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		Points
Sources:[7][8]

Events

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

References

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  1. ^ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  2. ^ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - Final classification". RallyBase. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Toyota team pick up a one-year ban". The Independent. London. 4 November 1995. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "WRC 1995". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  5. ^ "1995 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship Entry List 1995". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Season 1995 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1995". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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