Rally History Archive

Alister McRae won the 1995 British Rally Championship in a Nissan Sunny GTI-R before building an international career through selected WRC starts.

Already a 1981 world champion, Ari Vatanen remained active in the 1990s through rally raid victories and selected WRC drives for Subaru and Ford.

Armin Schwarz scored his only WRC victory at the 1991 Rally Catalunya and won the 1996 European Rally Championship.

Bruno Saby moved from WRC success into rally raid competition and won the 1993 Dakar Rally for Mitsubishi.

Bruno Thiry earned several WRC podiums in the 1990s and came closest to victory while leading the 1995 Tour de Corse before a mechanical failure.

Carlos Sainz won the 1990 and 1992 world titles with Toyota and remained a championship contender throughout the decade.

Colin McRae became the first British World Rally Champion in 1995 and helped make Subaru one of the defining WRC teams of the decade.

Didier Auriol won six WRC rounds in 1992 and became France's first World Rally Champion in 1994 with Toyota.

François Delecour finished runner-up in the 1993 World Rally Championship and collected four WRC victories with Ford.

Freddy Loix earned three WRC podiums with Toyota in 1997 and 1998 before joining Mitsubishi for the 1999 season.

Gianfranco Cunico won the 1993 Rally Sanremo as a privateer and claimed three consecutive Italian titles from 1994 through 1996.

Grégoire De Mévius built a long WRC privateer career in the 1990s, competing in Group N and top-class cars across a wide range of events.

Harri Rovanperä joined SEAT's World Rally Car program and earned his first WRC podium with third place at the 1999 Rally GB.

Jean-Pierre Fontenay won the 1998 Dakar Rally in a Mitsubishi Pajero after years as a leading member of the manufacturer's rally raid team.

Juha Kankkunen added world titles in 1991 with Lancia and 1993 with Toyota, becoming the first four-time WRC drivers' champion.

Kenjiro Shinozuka became the first Japanese driver to win a WRC round and later won the 1997 Dakar Rally for Mitsubishi.

Kenneth Eriksson won four WRC rounds during the 1990s and finished third in the 1995 drivers' championship.

Luis Climent won the 1996 Spanish Rally Championship and became a leading Group N competitor in the WRC.

Manfred Stohl developed into a leading Group N driver during the late 1990s, setting up his production-car world title in 2000.

Marcus Grönholm dominated Finnish national rallying in the 1990s and joined Peugeot's returning WRC program before his later world titles.

Markko Märtin won his Estonian class championship in 1997 and began his WRC career before becoming a works star in the following decade.

Mats Jonsson won the Swedish Rally in both 1992 and 1993, scoring the only two WRC victories of his career.

Paolo Andreucci won Italian two-wheel-drive titles from 1996 through 1998 and finished third in the overall Italian championship in 1999.

Philippe Bugalski won the 1999 Catalunya and Tour de Corse WRC rounds in a front-wheel-drive Citroën Xsara Kit Car.

Richard Burns won the 1993 and 1994 British titles, scored his first WRC victory on the 1998 Safari Rally, and finished runner-up in the 1999 world championship.

Tommi Mäkinen won four consecutive World Rally Championships from 1996 through 1999 and led Mitsubishi's defining period in the WRC.

Toshihiro Arai won the Japanese championship in 1992 and 1997 before moving into Subaru-backed WRC competition in 1998.

Bertie Fisher won the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1996.