1996 World Rally Championship season

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The 1996 World Rally Championship season was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3, ahead of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.

Contents

Calendar

Round Dates Race
1 9–11 February Swedish Rally
2 5–7 April Safari Rally
3 10–12 May Rally Indonesia
4 2–4 June Acropolis Rally
5 4–6 July Rally Argentina
6 23–26 August 1000 Lakes Rally
7 13–16 September Rally Australia
8 13–16 October Rally Sanremo
9 4–6 November Rally Catalunya

Teams and drivers

Team Constructor Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 1 Colin McRae All
2 Kenneth Eriksson All
3 Didier Auriol 1
Piero Liatti 2–9
10 Piero Liatti 1
Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 4 Carlos Sainz All
5 François Delecour 1
Stig Blomqvist 2
Gwyndaf Evans 3
Bruno Thiry 4–9
6 Stig Blomqvist 1
Dandy Rukmana 3
14 Ari Vatanen 1
16 Ari Mokkonen 5
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 M 7 Tommi Mäkinen All
8 Kenneth Bäcklund 1
Kenjiro Shinozuka 2
Richard Burns 3, 5, 7, 9
Uwe Nittel 4
Lasse Lampi 6
Didier Auriol 8
9 Uwe Nittel 1, 5, 8
Yoshihiro Kataoka 3
Pascal Smets 4
Jouko Puhakka 6
Ed Ordynski 7
18 Uwe Nittel 4, 6–7, 9
29 Yoshihiro Kataoka 7
41 Pascal Smets 8
Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four M 10 Thomas Rådström 1, 4, 6, 9
Ian Duncan 2
11 Juha Kankkunen 1, 3, 6
12 Neal Bates 7
15 Tomas Jansson 1
16 Freddy Loix 4, 8–9
Marcus Grönholm 6

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 123
2 Colin McRae 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 92
3 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 89
4 Kenneth Eriksson 5 2 Ret 5 3 5 2 5 7 78
5 Piero Liatti 12 5 2 4 7 DNS 7 Ret 2 56
6 Bruno Thiry 6 5 11 6 3 3 44
7 Juha Kankkunen 4 3 2 37
8 Freddy Loix 7 4 4 24
9 Richard Burns Ret 4 5 Ret 18
10 Marcus Grönholm 7 4 14
11 Gilberto Pianezzola 8 6 7 13
12= Ian Duncan 3 12
12= Jarmo Kytölehto 3 Ret Ret 12
14 Yoshio Fujimoto 4 9 12
15 Thomas Rådström 6 Ret 6 Ret 12
16 Patrick Bernardini 9 9 10 6 11
17 Reza Pribadi 5 8
18 Stig Blomqvist 8 7 Ret 7
19 Rui Madeira Ret 8 9 Ret 9 7
20= Kenjiro Shinozuka 6 6
20= Michael Lieu 6 Ret 6
20= Franco Cunico 6 6
23= Shigeyuki Konishi 7 25 4
23= Sebastian Lindholm Ret 7 4
25 Didier Auriol 10 8 4
26 Angelo Medeghini Ret 12 10 9 10 4
27= Hideaki Miyoshi 8 29 3
27= Irvan Gading 8 3
27= Lasse Lampi 8 3
27= Peter 'Possum' Bourne 8 3
27= Oriol Gómez 8 3
32= Tomas Jansson 9 2
32= Patrick Njiru 9 2
32= Chandra Alim 9 2
35= Jonathan Toroitich 10 1
35= Bambang Hartono 10 1
35= Jean-Pierre Richelmi 10 1
35= Uwe Nittel 16 14 10 16 DSQ Ret 16 1
35= Ed Ordynski 10 1
Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Injured or ill (Inj)
Excluded (EX)
Suspended (SUS)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Subaru 43 50 29 56 38 18 50 53 64 401
2 Mitsubishi 47 50 0 41 56 46 53 11 18 322
3 Ford 40 13 35 40 47 5 40 54 25 299
Pos Manufacturer SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 

Events

1996 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)		 Podium Cars
45th International Swedish Rally 9-11 February
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
44th Safari Rally Kenya 5-7 April
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s)
  3. Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four
21st Bank Utama Rally Indonesia 10-12 May
  1. Carlos Sainz (5h:30m:00s)
  2. Piero Liatti (5h:30m:23s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:31m:02s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four
43rd Acropolis Rally of Greece 2-4 June
  1. Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s)
  2. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
16º Rally Argentina 4-6 July
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s)
  3. Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
46th Neste 1000 Lakes Rally 23-26 August
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s)
  3. Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
9th API Rally Australia 13-16 September
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
38º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia 13-16 October
  1. Colin McRae (4h:26m:57s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:19s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:29m:06s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
32º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 4-6 November
  1. Colin McRae (4h:14m:20s)
  2. Piero Liatti (4h:14m:27s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:15m:38s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth

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