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In the 45 seasons the Championship has been awarded, only 13 different manufacturers have won it; Lancia being the most successful, with 10 titles including 6 consecutive from 1987 to 1992. Only seven countries have produced winning manufacturers: France (3), Japan (3), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (2), Germany (2), South Korea (1), and United ...
Volkswagen Polo R WRC: 6 2022 Rally Finland: 125.32 km/h (77.87 mph) Ott Tänak: Hyundai i20 N Rally1: 7 2020 Rally Sweden: 124.28 km/h (77.22 mph) Elfyn Evans: Toyota Yaris WRC: 8 2023 Rally Sweden: 123.85 km/h (76.96 mph) Ott Tänak: Ford Puma Rally1: 9 2021 Rally Finland: 123.73 km/h (76.88 mph) Elfyn Evans: Toyota Yaris WRC: 10 2012 Rally ...
The Groups Rally consists of six rally car specifications eligible for WRC. Rally1 cars were introduced in 2022 and replaced the World Rally Car as the car permitted in the manufacturer's championship. Hybrid powertrains were introduced for the first time in rallying amongst cost-cutting initiatives such as centrally developed tubular safety ...
Xsara WRC: C4 WRC: DS3 WRC: C3 WRC: Ford: Ford Escort WRC: Focus WRC 99: Focus RS WRC 00: Focus RS WRC 01: Focus RS WRC 02: Focus RS WRC 03: Focus RS WRC 04: Focus RS WRC 06: Focus RS WRC 07: Focus RS WRC 08: Focus RS WRC 09: Fiesta RS WRC: Fiesta WRC: Hyundai: Accent WRC: Accent WRC2: Accent WRC3: i20 WRC: i20 Coupe WRC: Mini: John Cooper ...
In the current points system, points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten WRC (overall) drivers that qualify as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. In addition to those points, from 2011 each event holds 1 special stage, the Power Stage , in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five ...
Loeb holds the record for the most consecutive wins, having two six-win streaks (2005 Rally New Zealand–2005 Rally Argentina and 2008 Wales Rally GB–2009 Rally Argentina). [3] Kalle Rovanperä is the youngest winner of a World Rally Championship event; he was 20 years, 11 months and 17 days old when he won the 2021 Rally Estonia . [ 4 ]
Cars from 34 different manufacturers entered the first WRC event alone, the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally. [ 2 ] In this list the manufacturer is presented in the first column, this is the entity that would be responsible for car homologations (and approving any third party to act as competitor in its name).
A World Rally Car is a racing automobile built to the specific regulations set by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and designed for competition in the World Rally Championship (WRC). The cars were introduced in 1997 as a replacement for Group A regulations used in the manufacturers' championship, [1] and were replaced by ...