1996 World Rally Championship

The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. Following the 1995 disqualification Toyota Team Europe had been banned for one year, so only three works teams contested the championship. 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.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	9–11 February	45th International Swedish Rally
2	5–7 April	44th Safari Rally Kenya
3	10–12 May	21st Bank Utama Rally Indonesia
4	2–4 June	43rd Acropolis Rally
5	4–6 July	16th Rally Argentina
6	23–26 August	46th Neste 1000 Lakes Rally Finland
7	13–16 September	9th Rally Australia
8	13–16 October	38th Rallye Sanremo - Rally d'Italia
9	4–6 November	32nd Rally Catalunya Costa Brava - Rallye de España

Teams and drivers

Registered works teams
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
Mitsubishi Ralliart Winfield 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

Major privateer entries
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Yacco RAS Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	Patrick Bernardini	4–5, 8–9
Blue Rose Team			Jarmo Kytölehto	6, 8–9
			Ari Mökkonen	4
			Dolly Indra Nasution	3
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 3 Gr.N	Uwe Nittel	6–7, 9
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Team Toyota Castrol Finland Toyota Australia	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	Thomas Rådström	1, 4, 6, 9
			Ian Duncan	2
			Juha Kankkunen	1, 3, 6
			Neal Bates	7
			Tomas Jansson	1
			Marcus Grönholm	1, 6
		Celica GT-Four ST205 Gr.N	Teppo Leino	6
Toyota Indonesia		Celica GT-Four ST205	Reza Pribadli	3
Toyota Belgium		Celica GT-Four ST205	Freddy Loix	4, 8–9
H.F. Grifone		Celica GT-Four ST205	Rui Madeira	4–6, 8–9
			Andrea Dallavilla	6, 8
			Gilberto Pianezzola	4–5, 8
			Matteo Luise	8
Tein Sport		Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	Yoshio Fujimoto	3, 7

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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Each works team had to nominate up to three drivers 30 days before each event; only two best placed nominated drivers were eligible to score points for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE KEN INA GRE ARG FIN AUS ITA ESP Points 1 Subaru 1 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 401 2 5 2 Ret 5 3 5 2 5 7 3 10 5 2 4 7 7 Ret 2 2 Mitsubishi 7 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 322 8 14 6 Ret 14 4 8 5 8 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 3 Ford 4 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 299 5 11 7 Ret 6 5 11 6 3 3 6 8 Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE KEN INA GRE ARG FIN AUS ITA ESP Points

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

Events

1996 World Rally Championship event map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

FIA 2 Litre World Cup For Manufacturers

() Denotes dropped score

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 1996 at rallybase.nl