1994 World Rally Championship season

The 1994 World Rally Championship season 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

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 F2-only. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974-76.

Round	Rally name	Surface	Dates
1	62ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	Mixed (Tarmac - Snow)	22–27 January
2	28º TAP Rallye de Portugal	Mixed (Gravel - Tarmac)	1–4 March
3	42nd Trustbank Safari Rally	Gravel	31 March–3 April
4	38ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Tarmac	5–7 May
5	41st Acropolis Rally	Gravel	29–31 May
6	14º Rally Argentina	Gravel	30 June–2 July
7	24th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	Gravel	29–31 July
8	44th 1000 Lakes Rally	Gravel	26–28 August
9	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel)	9–12 October
10	50th Network Q Rally	Gravel	20–23 November

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	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 Company	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 1 Lancer Evo 2	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
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

Standing

Drivers' Championship

For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.

Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Didier Auriol Ret 2 3 1 Ret 1 5 2 1 6 116 2 Carlos Sainz 3 4 2 1 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 99 3 Juha Kankkunen 2 1 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 9 7 2 93 4 Colin McRae 10 Ret Ret ex Ret 1 5 1 49 5 Bruno Thiry 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 4 3 44 6 Miki Biasion 4 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 42 7 Armin Schwarz 7 2 3 Ret 31 8 François Delecour 1 Ret 4 Ret EX 30 9 Ari Vatanen 5 3 Ret Ret 5 28 10 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 1 Ret 9 22 11 Ian Duncan 1 20 12 Kenneth Eriksson 5 Ret 4 18 13 Kenjiro Shinozuka 2 15 14 Andrea Aghini Ret 3 Ret 12 15 Patrick Njiru 4 10 16 Alex Fiorio Ret 4 10 17 Stig Blomqvist 4 10 18 Rudi Stohl 6 7 10 19 Fernando Peres 5 8 20 Richard Burns 5 Ret Ret 8 21 Jorge Recalde Ret 17 5 Ret Ret 16 8 22 Marcus Grönholm 5 8 23 Malcolm Wilson 6 9 Ret 8 24 Yoshio Fujimoto WD 7 7 Ret 8 25 José Carlos Macedo 6 6 26 Jorge Bescham 6 6 27 Joe McAndrew 6 6 28 Lasse Lampi 6 6 29 Gianfranco Cunico Ret 6 6 30 Jesús Puras 9 8 12 Ret Ret 17 15 5 31 Raphael Sperrer 7 4 32 Karim Hirji 7 4 33 Patrick Bernardini 7 4 34 Thomas Rådström 7 4 35 Gwyndaf Evans 7 4 36 Isolde Holderied 15 11 16 8 29 15 16 3 37 Jean Ragnotti 13 8 3 38 Pierre-Manuel Jenot 8 3 39 Sammy Aslam 8 3 40 Aris Vovos 8 3 41 Brian Stokes 8 3 42 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 3 43 Piero Longhi 8 3 44 Jan Habig 8 3 45 Emil Triner 12 9 19 18 22 2 46 Rui Madeira 9 2 47 Rob Hellier 9 2 48 Serge Jordan Ret 9 2 49 Gabriel Raies 9 2 50 Ed Ordynski 9 2 51 Pavel Sibera 20 10 10 18 Ret 19 2 52 Grégoire De Mévius Ret Ret 14 Ret 10 1 53 Azar Anwar 10 1 54 Marco Massarotto 10 1 55 Gustavo Ramonda 10 1 56 Kiyoshi Inoue 10 1 57 Olli Harkki 10 1 58 Jorge Bica Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturer's Championship

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best finisher of the manufacture obtain points.

Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Toyota 2 1 1 1 (3) 1 2 2 1 (2) 151 2 Subaru 3 (4) (4) 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 140 3 Ford 1 3 5 5 3 (Ret) 1 3 3 116 Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	62ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (22–27 January) — Results and report	1	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:12:20	22	588.43 km	186	94
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:13:25
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:14:07
2	28º TAP Rallye de Portugal (1–4 March) — Results and report	1	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:20:59	36	571,82 km	89	34
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:21:39
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:21:49
3	42nd Trustbank Safari Rally (31 March–3 April) — Results and report	1	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	20:49	¿?	2,393.10 km	43	14
		2	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	21:14
		3	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	21:59
4	38ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (5–7 May) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:57:46	23	545,48 km	84	43
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:58:47
		3	Andrea Aghini	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:59:57
5	41st Acropolis Rally (29–31 May) — Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:36:38	33	503,53 km	88	36
		2	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	6:40:39
		3	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:42:31
6	14º Rally Argentina (30 June–2 July) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:50:42	29	563,90 km	90	25
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:50:48
		3	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:22
7	24th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand (29–31 July) — Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:39:56	30	502,70 km	78	46
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:42:10
		3	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:45:27
8	44th 1000 Lakes Rally (26–28 August) — Results and report	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4:33:44	35	522,76 km	85	41
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4:34:06
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	4:34:48
9	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia (09–12 October) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:56:40	26	516,63 km	92	40
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:57:01
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:27
10	50th Network Q Rally (20–23 November) — Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:17:25	29	520,66 km	178	97
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	5:20:58
		3	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:27:37

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 1994 at rallybase.nl