1992 World Rally Championship season

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The 1992 World Rally Championship season was the 20th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Carlos Sainz won his second drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica GT-Four, ahead of Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Ford.

Contents

Teams and drivers

Team Constructor Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale M Juha Kankkunen 1, 3–4, 6, 9–11, 13–14
Didier Auriol 1, 3, 5–6, 8–11, 13–14
Philippe Bugalski 1, 5, 9
Andrea Aghini 3, 5, 11, 13–14
Björn Waldegård 4
Jorge Recalde 4, 8
Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Celica GT-Four		 P Carlos Sainz 1, 3–8, 10, 13–14
Armin Schwarz 1, 3, 5–6, 13
Markku Alén 1–4, 6, 9, 14
Mats Jonsson 2
Leif Asterhag 2
Mikael Ericsson 4
Ian Duncan 4
Ford Motor Company Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 M Miki Biasion 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 14
François Delecour 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13
Mía Bardolet 13
Malcolm Wilson 14
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Kenneth Eriksson 1, 3, 6, 14
Timo Salonen 1, 3
Lasse Lampi 2, 9, 14
Kenjiro Shinozuka 4, 12
Ross Dunkerton 7, 10
Patrick Tauziac 12
Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Sunny GTi-R D François Chatriot 1, 3
Tommi Mäkinen 1, 3, 9, 14
Stig Blomqvist 2, 9, 14
Grégoire De Mévius 3, 6, 8–9, 12, 14
Mikael Sundström 9
Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS M
P		 Ari Vatanen 2, 6–7, 9–10, 14
Colin McRae 2, 6–7, 9, 14
Per Eklund 2, 4
Patrick Njiru 4
Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7, 10
Rob Herridge 10
Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro M Rudi Stohl 4, 6, 8, 12
Siciété Diac Renault Clio 16S M Alain Oreille 5
Jean Ragnotti 5
Opel Team Belgium Opel Calibra 16V
Kadett GSi		 M Bruno Thiry 5, 11–12
Alain Lopes 12

Points

1992 Manufacturers Championship Points
No Events Total
1 Lancia 20 20 (17) 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (14) 140
2 Toyota 17 14 20 (12) (4) 17 14 14 - 20 116
3 Ford 12 17 - 17 14 - 10 - 14 10 94
4 Subaru - - 11 - 12 - 12 8 - 17 60
5 Mitsubishi 8 10 2 - - - 8 10 - 6 44
6 Nissan 6 8 - - 10 9 - - - 4 37
7 Audi - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
8 Renault - - - 2 - 7 - - - - 9
9 Opel - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
1992 World Rally Car Championship Points
No Events Total
1 Carlos Sainz 15 - 12 20 10 - 20 15 - 12 - - 20 20 144
2 Juha Kankkunen 12 - 20 15 - 15 - - 15 15 15 - 15 12 134
3 Didier Auriol 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 1 - 121
4 Miki Biasion 3 - 15 - 4 12 - - 8 - 10 - - 8 60
5 Markku Alén - 10 10 8 - - - - 12 - - - - 10 50
6 François Delecour 10 - - - 15 8 - - - - 12 - - - 45
7 Andrea Aghini - - - - 6 - - - - - 20 - 12 1 39
8 Colin McRae - 15 - - - 10 - - 3 - - - - 6 34
9 Alex Fiorio - - - - - 4 - 10 - - 8 - 10 - 32
10 Jorge Recalde - - - 12 - 6 - - - 10 - - - - 28
11 Ari Vatanen - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 15 25
12 Piero Liatti - - - - 3 - 15 - - - 4 - - - 22
13 Philippe Bugalski 8 - - - 12 - - - 2 - - - - - 22
14 Kenjiro Shinozuka - - - 1 - - - - - - - 20 - - 21
15 Mats Jonsson - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
16 Ross Dunkerton - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - - - 20
17 Bruno Thiry - - - - - - - - - - 2 15 - - 17
18 Gustavo Trelles - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 4 - 16
19 Armin Schwarz - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 8 - 16
20 Timo Salonen 6 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 14
21= Stig Blomqvist - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
21= Patrice Servant - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
23 Hiroshi Nishiyama - - - - - - - 2 - - - 10 - - 12
24 Ed Ordynski - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - - - 12
25= Mikael Ericsson - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10
25= Mikael Sundström - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
27 François Chatriot 4 - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
28 Lasse Lampi - 3 - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 9
29= Leif Asterhag - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
29= Rudi Stohl - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
29= Samir Assef - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
32= Per Eklund - 6 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 8
32= Carlos Menem, Jr. - - 2 - - - - 6 - - - - - - 8
34= Ian Duncan - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
34= Yoshio Fujimoto - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 6
34= Peter 'Possum' Bourne - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6
34= Gilberto Pianezzola - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - 6
34= Alain Oudit - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
34= Jesús Puras - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
40 Tommi Mäkinen 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 5
41= Björn Johansson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Mía Bardolet - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Sarbi Rai - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Will Orr - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
41= Gabriel Raies - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
41= Sebastian Lindholm - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
41= Manfred Stohl - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
41= Kenneth Eriksson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4
49= Joaquim Santos - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= Patrick Njiru - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= 'Jigger' Vardinoyiannis - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
49= Seiichiro Taguchi - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
49= Miguel Torrás - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
49= Tolley Challis - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
49= César Baroni - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
49= Denis Occelli - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
49= Pedro Diego - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
58= Sören Nilsson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
58= Jean Ragnotti - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
58= Grégoire De Mévius - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
58= Barry Sexton - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
58= Kiyoshi Inoue - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
58= Jean-Claude Dupuis - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
58= Mohammed bin Sulayem - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
58= Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
66= Jarmo Kytölehto - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2
66= Craig Stallard - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 2
68= Christophe Spiliotis 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= José Miguel - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Alain Oreille - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Fernando Capdevila - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
68= Walter d'Agostini - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
68= Giovanni Manfrinato - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
68= Guy Colsoul - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1

Events

1992 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1992 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally Name Dates run Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars
60ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 23 January-28 January
  1. Didier Auriol (6h:54m:20s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (6h:56m:25s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (6h:57m:17s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
41st International Swedish Rally 13 February-16 February
  1. Mats Jonsson (5h:24m:37s)
  2. Colin McRae (5h:25m:16s)
  3. Stig Blomqvist (5h:26m:09s)
  1. Toyota Celica GT-Four
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Nissan Sunny GTi-R
26º Rallye de Portugal 3 March-7 March
  1. Juha Kankkunen (6h:24m:37s)
  2. Miki Biasion (6h:26m:10s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (6h:29m:36s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
40th Martini Safari Rally Kenya 27 March-1 April
  1. Carlos Sainz (+2m:35s penalties)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (+3m:27s penalties)
  3. Jorge Recalde (+3m:34s penalties)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
36ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 3 May-6 May
  1. Didier Auriol (5h:34m:49s)
  2. François Delecour (5h:36m:15s)
  3. Philippe Bugalski (5h:38m:04s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
39th Acropolis Rally 31 May-3 June
  1. Didier Auriol (7h:12m:08s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (7h:13m:37s)
  3. Miki Biasion (7h:14m:33s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
22nd Rothmans Rally of New Zealand 25 June-29 June
  1. Carlos Sainz (6h:36m:10s)
  2. Piero Liatti (6h:40m:40s)
  3. Ross Dunkerton (6h:46m:22s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
12º Rally Argentina 22 July-25 July
  1. Didier Auriol (4h:47m:26s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:49m:44s)
  3. Gustavo Trelles (5h:01m:31s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
42nd 1000 Lakes Rally 27 August-30 August
  1. Didier Auriol (4h:32m:45s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:33m:25s)
  3. Markku Alén (4h:34m:44s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
5th Telecom Rally Australia 19 September-22 September
  1. Didier Auriol (5h:13m:12s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (5h:14m:53s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (5h:15m:16s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
34º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia 12 October-14 October
  1. Andrea Aghini (5h:52m:11s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (5h:52m:51s)
  3. François Delecour (5h:53m:53s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
24ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama 31 October-2 November
  1. Kenjiro Shinozuka (+4h:09m:41s penalties)
  2. Bruno Thiry (+5h:32m:59s penalties)
  3. Patrice Servant (+5h:38m:02s penalties)
  1. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
  2. Opel Kadett GSI 16V
  3. Audi 90 Quattro
28º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 9 November-11 November
  1. Carlos Sainz (6h:21m:13s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (6h:21m:49s)
  3. Andrea Aghini (6h:22m:45s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
48th Lombard RAC Rally 22 November-25 November
  1. Carlos Sainz (5h:23m:06s)
  2. Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:22s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:25m:51s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale

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