1988 World Rally Championship season

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The 1988 World Rally Championship season was the 15th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 13 rallies, following the same schedule as the previous season.

Martini Lancia followed their successful previous season with an even more dominant performance in 1988, winning ten of the eleven rallies in which manufacturer points were awarded. The Lancia Delta HF 4WD proved fast and reliable in the hands of returning drivers Finn Markku Alén and Italian Miki Biasion. During the season, the car was replaced by the Delta Integrale, which was an immediate success. Biaison would take the drivers' title, with his Finnish teammate placing second behind him. Third driver Frenchman Bruno Saby also contributed to the effort with a rally win, though was not a major contender for the title. Jolly Club driver, Italian Alex Fiorio, would take third place in the driver championship at the wheel of a Lancia Delta as well.

Ford Motor Company struggled to compete, though it was the only other manufacturer besides Lancia to win a rally, with primary driver Didier Auriol winning the Tour de Corse in his Sierra RS Cosworth. Auriol would only reach 6th in the drivers' competition, while Spanish teammate Carlos Sainz would struggle to reach 11th in the standings. Stig Blomqvist, racing for Rallysport Sweden in a Sierra, would finish best amongst Ford drivers, taking 4th in the championship standings.

1988 marked the withdrawal of Audi Sport from the WRC, although a number of small teams and privateers were successful enough using Audi Quattro versions for the manufacturer to place 3rd amongst manufacturers despite the lack of a works effort. Mazda Rally Team Europe made a significant effort to compete with Finn Timo Salonen as their primary driver for the Mazda 323 4WD. Timo would garner 5th place in the driver standings while the manufacturer gained 4th place.

In addition to the primary driver and manufacturer championships, WRC also awarded the FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars for a second season. Belgian Pascal Gaban won the hotly contested condest in a Mazda 323 against Argentine Jorge Recalde in his Lancia Delta while Italian Giovanni Del Zoppo, another Delta pilot, finished well behind in third place.

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[edit] Events

1988 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1988 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Rally name Stages Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co-driver Team Car Time
1 Flag of Monaco
56ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
(January 1621)
26 stages
624 km
Tarmac
1 Flag of France Bruno Saby Flag of France Jean-François Fauchille Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD 7:19.11
2 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy Luigi Pirollo Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 7:30.01
3 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Ballet Flag of France Marie-Christine Lallement Peugeot 205 GTI 7:42.46
2 Flag of Sweden
38th International Swedish Rally
(February 46)
35 stages
491 km
Snow/Ice
1 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD 5:02.31
2 Flag of Sweden Stig Blomqvist Flag of Sweden Benny Melander Flag of Sweden Rallysport Sweden Ford Sierra XR 4x4 5:04.08
3 Flag of Sweden Lars-Erik Torph Flag of Sweden Tina Thörner Audi Coupe Quattro 5:10.03
3 Flag of Portugal
22º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(March 16)
37 stages
589 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Carlo Cassina Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 6:44.01
2 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy Luigi Pirollo Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 6:52.47
3 Flag of France Yves Loubet Flag of France Jean-Bernard Vieu Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 6:53.23
4 Flag of Kenya
36th Marlboro Safari Rally
(March 31April 4)
82 controls
4205 km
Gravel
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Tiziano Siviero Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 2:51.04
2 Flag of Kenya Mike Kirkland Flag of Kenya Robin Nixon Flag of Japan Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX 3:03.57
3 Flag of Sweden Per Eklund Flag of the United Kingdom Dave Whittock Flag of Japan Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX 3:38.26
5 Flag of France
32ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
(May 36)
30 stages
623 km
Tarmac
1 Flag of France Didier Auriol Flag of France Bernard Occelli Flag of the United States Ford Motor Company Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 7:12.04
2 Flag of France Yves Loubet Flag of France Jean-Bernard Vieu Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:15.09
3 Flag of France Bruno Saby Flag of France Jean-François Fauchille Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale
6 Flag of Greece
35th Acropolis Rally
(May 29June 1)
36 stages
526 km
Gravel
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Tiziano Siviero Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:03.00
2 Flag of Sweden Mikael Ericsson Flag of Sweden Claes Billstam Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:04.43
3 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy Luigi Pirollo Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale 7:10.40
7 Flag of the United States
23rd Olympus Rally
(June 2326)
36 stages
502 km
Gravel
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Tiziano Siviero Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 5:28.44
2 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy Luigi Pirollo Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale 5:34.07
3 Flag of the United States John Buffum Flag of Canada John Bellefleur Audi Coupe Quattro 5:44.59
8 Flag of New Zealand
18th Rothman's Rally New Zealand[1]
(July 912)
39 stages
611 km
Gravel
1 Flag of Austria Sepp Haider Flag of Austria Ferdi Hinterleitner Flag of Germany GM Euro Sport Opel Kadett GSI 16V 7:38.39
2 Flag of New Zealand Ray Wilson Flag of New Zealand Stuart Lewis Mazda 323 4WD 7:57.16
3 Flag of New Zealand Malcolm Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom John Kennard Audi Coupe Quattro 8:02.25
9 Flag of Argentina
8º Marlboro Rally Argentina
(August 26)
29 stages
588 km
Gtavel
1 Flag of Argentina Jorge Recalde Flag of Argentina Jorge del Buono Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:05.16
2 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Tiziano Siviero Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:08.51
3 Flag of Austria Franz Wittmann Flag of Austria Jörg Pattermann Flag of Austria Lancia Rally Team Austria Lancia Delta Integrale 7:34.13
10 Flag of Finland
38th 1000 Lakes Rally
(August 2628)
39 stages
496 km
Gravel
1 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 4:35.29
2 Flag of Sweden Mikael Ericsson Flag of Sweden Claes Billstam Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 4:38.24
3 Flag of France Didier Auriol Flag of France Bernard Occelli Flag of the United States Ford Motor Company Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4:45.15
11 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
20ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[1]
(September 2024)
80 controls
3421 km
Gravel
1 Flag of France Alain Ambrosino Flag of France Daniel Le Saux Nissan 200SX +3:34.51 pen
2 Flag of Belgium Pascal Gaban Flag of Belgium Willy Lux Mazda 323 4WD +5:06.33 pen
3 Flag of France Patrick Tauziac Flag of France Claude Papin Mitsubishi Starion Turbo +7:20.20 pen
12 Flag of Italy
30º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia
(October 1014)
39 stages
531 km
Tarmac/Gravel
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion Flag of Italy Tiziano Siviero Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 6:06.41
2 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio Flag of Italy Luigi Pirollo Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale 6:07.34
3 Flag of Italy Dario Cerrato Flag of Italy Giuseppe Cerri Flag of Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta Integrale 6:08.35
13 Flag of the United Kingdom
37th Lombard RAC Rally
(November 2024)
52 stages
602 km
Tarmac/Gravel
1 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Flag of Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 7:15.37
2 Flag of Finland Timo Salonen Flag of Finland Voitto Silander Flag of Europe Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD 7:19.43
3 Flag of Sweden Björn Waldegard Flag of the United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Flag of the United Kingdom Toyota Team Great Britain Toyota Celica GT-Four 7:22.16
  1. ^ a b Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship

[edit] Championship for manufacturers

1988 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points
Flag of Monaco
MON
Flag of Sweden
SWE
Flag of Portugal
POR
Flag of Kenya
KEN
Flag of France
FRA
Flag of Greece
GRC
Flag of the United States
USA
Flag of Argentina
ARG
Flag of Finland
FIN
Flag of Italy
ITA
Flag of the United Kingdom
GBR
1 Flag of Italy Lancia (20) (20) (20) 20 (17) 20 20 20 20 20 20 140
2 Flag of the United States Ford - 17 10 - 20 - - - 14 10 8 79
3 Flag of Germany Audi 7 14 - 4 - 10 14 12 (2) (2) 10 71
4 Flag of Japan Mazda 10 - 12 - - 9 6 - 12 - 17 66
5 Flag of Japan Toyota - - - 12 8 - - 4 - 8 14 46
6 Flag of France Renault 12 - 4 - 8 - - 8 - - - 32
7 Flag of Germany BMW 13 - - - 12 - - - - - - 25
8 Flag of Japan Nissan - - - 17 - 6 - - - - - 23
9 Flag of Japan Subaru - - - 8 - - - 10 - - - 18
10 Flag of France Peugeot 14 - - - - - - - - - 1 15
11 Flag of Germany Volkswagen - - 6 - - 4 - - - 4 - 14
12 Flag of Germany Opel - 10 - - - - - - 1 - 2 13
13 Flag of Japan Suzuki - - - - - - 8 1 - - - 9
14 Flag of Japan Mitsubishi - - - - - - 7 - - - - 7
15 Flag of Italy Alfa Romeo - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
16 Flag of Italy Fiat - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2

[edit] Championship for drivers

1988 World Rally Championship for Drivers
Rank Driver Event Total
points
Flag of Monaco
MON
Flag of Sweden
SWE
Flag of Portugal
POR
Flag of Kenya
KEN
Flag of France
FRA
Flag of Greece
GRC
Flag of the United States
USA
Flag of New Zealand
NZL
Flag of Argentina
ARG
Flag of Finland
FIN
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
CIV
Flag of Italy
ITA
Flag of the United Kingdom
GBR
1 Flag of Italy Miki Biasion - - 20 20 - 20 20 - 15 - - 20 - 115
2 Flag of Finland Markku Alén - 20 6 - - 10 - - - 20 - 10 20 86
3 Flag of Italy Alex Fiorio 15 - 15 - - 12 15 - - 4 - 15 - 76
4 Flag of Sweden Stig Blomqvist - 15 8 - - - - - - 8 - 4 6 41
5 Flag of Finland Timo Salonen 8 - - - - - - - - 10 - - 15 33
6 Flag of France Bruno Saby 20 - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 32
Flag of France Didier Auriol - - - - 20 - - - - 12 - - - 32
8 Flag of Sweden Mikael Ericsson - - - - - 15 - - - 15 - - - 30
9 Flag of Argentina Jorge Recalde - - 1 - - - 6 - 20 - - - - 27
10 Flag of France Yves Loubet - - 12 - 15 - - - - - - - - 27
11 Flag of Spain Carlos Sainz - - - - 8 - - - - 6 - 8 4 26
12 Flag of Sweden Kenneth Eriksson - - - 10 6 - - - - - - 6 - 22
13 Flag of Austria Rudi Stohl - - - 3 - 8 - - 10 - - - - 21
14 Flag of Austria Sepp Haider - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - 20
Flag of Austria Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - 20
16 Flag of Belgium Pascal Gaban - - - - - 1 - - - - 15 - - 16
17 Flag of Sweden Björn Waldegård - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 12 16
18 Flag of Kenya Mike Kirkland - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - 15
Flag of New Zealand Ray Wilson - - - - - - - 15 - - - - - 15
20 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Ballet 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Flag of Sweden Lars-Erik Torph - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Flag of Sweden Per Eklund - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 12
Flag of the United States John Buffum - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - 12
Flag of New Zealand Malcolm Stewart - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - 12
Flag of Austria Franz Wittmann - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
Flag of France Patrick Tauziac - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
Flag of Italy Dario Cerrato - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 12
28 Flag of France Alain Oreille 10 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 11
29 Flag of Italy Giovanni Del Zoppo 3 - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 11
30 Flag of Sweden Erik Johansson - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
Flag of Finland Hannu Mikkola - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10
Flag of France François Chatriot - - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10
Flag of Austria Georg Fischer - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - 10
Flag of Australia David Officer - - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 10
Flag of France Alain Oudit - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 10
Flag of Finland Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 10
37 Flag of Sweden Håkan Eriksson - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 8
Flag of Finland Juha Kankkunen - - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 8
Flag of New Zealand Ross Meekings - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 8
Flag of Chile José Celsi - - - - - - - - 8 - - - - 8
Flag of France Adolphe Choteau - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
Flag of Germany Armin Schwarz - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 8
43 Flag of France François Chauche 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Flag of Sweden Björn Johansson - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Flag of Kenya Ian Duncan - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 6
Flag of Greece Jigger - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 6
Flag of New Zealand Marty Roestenburg - - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Flag of Argentina Juan Maria Traverso - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6
Flag of Belgium Didier Monin - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
50 Flag of Monaco Christophe Spiliotis 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Sweden Bror Danielsson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of West Germany Erwin Weber - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of France Bernard Béguin - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Greece Stratissino - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Japan Nobuhiro Tajima - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
Flag of New Zealand Joe McAndrew - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
Flag of Argentina Marcelo Raies - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - 4
Flag of Italy Roberto Ambrosoli - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
59 Flag of the United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of Portugal Inverno Amaral - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of France Paul Rouby - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of Greece Kóstas Apostolou - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
Flag of New Zealand Rod Millen - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
Flag of Japan Tetsuo Sano - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Flag of Chile Claudio Israel - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
Flag of Sweden Harry Joki - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Soumare Mafell - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
Flag of Austria Raimund Baumschlager - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
Flag of Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3
70 Flag of Sweden Tomas Jansson - 1 - - - - - - - 2 - - - 3
Flag of Sweden Mats Jonsson - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 3
72 Flag of France Pierre Bos 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of Finland Sebastian Lindholm - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of Portugal Carlos Bica - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of New Zealand 'Possum' Bourne - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of France César Baroni - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of Belgium Flory Roothaert - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
Flag of New Zealand Alan Carter - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
Flag of New Zealand Dave Strong - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2
Flag of Argentina José Luis Grasso - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Michel Molinie - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
Flag of Italy Paola De Martini - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
83 Flag of France Richard Frau 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Flag of Kenya Jim Heather-Hayes - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Flag of Hong Kong Michael Lieu - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Flag of New Zealand Murray Walker - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Flag of Chile Fernando Urrutia - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Flag of Liberia Smir Assef - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Flag of Italy Paolo Alessandrini - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Flag of Sweden Kalle Grundel - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
1988 World Rally Championship point awards for drivers
Points awarded by finish 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

[edit] Cup for production car drivers

1988 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
Rank Driver Event Total
points
Flag of Monaco
MON
Flag of Sweden
SWE
Flag of Portugal
POR
Flag of Kenya
KEN
Flag of France
FRA
Flag of Greece
GRC
Flag of the United States
USA
Flag of New Zealand
NZL
Flag of Argentina
ARG
Flag of Finland
FIN
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
CIV
Flag of Italy
ITA
Flag of the United Kingdom
GBR
1 Flag of Belgium Pascal Gaban - - 10 - - 13 - - - - 13 7 2 45
2 Flag of Argentina Jorge Recalde - - 13 - - - 10 - - 13 - - 7 43
3 Flag of Italy Giovanni Del Zoppo 10 - - - - - 13 - - 7 - - - 30
4 Flag of Belgium Grégoire De Mévius - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 13 16
5 Flag of San Marino Massimo Ercolani - 5 - - - - - - - 5 - - 5 15
6 Flag of France François Chauche 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 13
Flag of Sweden Sören Nilsson - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - 13
Flag of France César Baroni - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - 13
Flag of New Zealand Dave Strong - - - - - - - 13 - - - - - 13
Flag of Italy Andrea Aghini - - - - - - - - - - - 13 - 13
11 Flag of France Richard Frau 7 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - 12

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