List of World Rally Championship people

The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

FIA WRC Commission (2022-2023)


FIA WRC Commission (2022-2023)^[1]
President	Roger Engstrom
Vice President	Timo Rautiainen
President of the Rally Commission	Jarmo Mahonen
Representatives of the rally organisers (approved by the WMSC)	Aman Barfull
	Anita Passalis
	Antonio Turitto
	Christian Tornatore
	Phineas Kimathi
	Silver Kütt
Manufacturers' representatives	M. Ichikawa (Toyota)
	M. Norton (Ford)
	P. Marcos (Hyundai)
Promoter's representatives	Jona Siebel
Promoter's representatives	Peter Thul
(non-voting FIA representatives)
FIA technical representative	Xavier Mestelan-Pinon
FIA safety representative	Michèle Mouton
FIA Rally Director	Andrew Wheatley
FIA WRC category manager	Andrew Wheatley

Administration

Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the president of the FIA (1986–1993)
Alfredo César Torres – vice-president of the FISA (1979–1993) and the vice-president of the FIA (1988–1993) and the sport deputy president of the FIA (1993–1997) and the president of the ACP (1980–1997)
Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006 and left 2010^[2]^[3]
Oliver Ciesla - Former WRC Promoter Managing Director
Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
Yves Matton - former FIA Rally Director
Max Mosley – president of the FIA (1993–2009)
Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[4]
Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006
Jona Siebel - WRC Promoter CEO (2021–)
Mohammed bin Sulayem - president of the FIA (2021–), fourteen times champion of Middle East Rally Championship
Jean Todt – president of the FIA (2009–2021)
Andrew Wheatley - FIA Rally Director (2021–), former Sporting Delegate

Team management

Andrea Adamo – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2019–2021)
Cyril Abiteboul – team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2023–)
Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
Peter Ashcroft – former team manager of the Ford Motorsport (1986–1991)
Marc van Dalen – former team principal of the Kronos Citroën (2006)
Raimund Baumschlager – former driver, former team principal of the Red Bull Škoda (2006)
Jacky Bozian – former director of the Bozian Racing
Pierre Budar – former team principal of the Citroën Racing (2018–2019) ^[5]
Jost Capito – former director of the Ford Motorsport (2003–2007) and the Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016)
Xavier Carlotti – former team manager of the Peugeot Sport (1999–2002)
Aime Chatard – rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
François Chatriot – former driver, former team manager for Citroën (2003–2004) and Peugeot (2002–2003)
Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
Derek Dauncey – former team manager of Mitsubishi
George Donaldson – former team manager at Mitsubishi and Toyota, and former sporting director at Subaru
Pierre Dupasquier – former head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
Tony Fall – former driver, former team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team (1982)
Guy Fréquelin – former driver, former director of the Citroën Sport (1989–2007)
Pavel Janeba – former team manager of the Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
David Lapworth – former team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–2008) of the Subaru World Rally Team^[6]
Jari-Matti Latvala – former driver and team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2021–)
Yves Matton – former team principal of the Citroën Racing (2012–2017)
Rich Millener – team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (2019–)
Tommi Mäkinen – former driver and former team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2016–2020)
Michel Nandan – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2013–2018)
Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, former sporting director of the Peugeot Sport
Corrado Provera – former director of the Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport, former director of the Citroën Sport (2008–2012)
Cesare Fiorio - Team Principal,Fiat Alitalia rally Team, and Martini Lancia rally team.
David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, former team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
Phil Short – former team manager of the Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
Sven Smeets – former co-driver, former team manager of the Citroën Sport (2008–2011) and Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016), director of the Volkswagen Motorsport
Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, former team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport
David Whitehead – former team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
Malcolm Wilson – former driver, former team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (and defunct Ford World Rally Team)

Engineers

Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2009)
Didier Clement – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2015–2019)
Nick Clipson – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team
Philip Dunabin – chief engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1995–1996), engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1989–1994)
Mario Fornaris – chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
Lasse Lampi – former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
Christian Loriaux – chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2005–2014)
Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005), engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (1998–2000)
Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2008)
Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–2007)
Guenther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
Jean-Claude Vaucard – chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)

Rally officials

Ian Campbell - FIA Steward
Garry Connelly – clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
René Isoart – clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
Silver Kütt - FIA Steward
Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland
Michèle Mouton - FIA Safety Delegate
Timo Rautiainen - Former co-driver and FIA Sporting Delegate

Commentators and journalists

Trevor Agnew - Absolute Rally podcast
Jim Bamber – cartoonist
Luke Barry - Journalist, Dirtfish Media, Autosport and Motorsport News
Jack Benyon - Absolute Rally podcast
Kiri Bloore - WRC TV/All Live presenter
Ryan Champion - Absolute Rally podcast
Mike Chen - Red Bull Rally TV presenter
Colin Clark - Former WRC TV reporter and Dirtfish Media reporter
Ben Constanduros - WRC TV/All Live reporter
John Davenport – former co-driver and author
Jon Desborough - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Hayley Edmonds - WRC TV/All Live reporter
David Evans - Dirtfish Media journalist, formerly of Autosport and Motorsport News
Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
Martin Holmes – former co-driver, journalist and author
Paul King - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Sebastian Marshall - Co-driver and WRC TV/All Live reporter and commentator
Luis Moya - Former Co-driver and frequent Red Bull Rally pundit
Molly Pettit - WRC TV/All Live reporter
Julian Porter - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Tony Simpson - Absolute Rally podcast host
Becs Williams - WRC TV/All Live commentator, reporter, podcast and 'Meet the Crews' host
Matthew Wilson - Frequent Red Bull Rally Pundit

Drivers

Markku Alén – 1978 FIA Cup champion
Didier Auriol – 1994 world champion
Miki Biasion – 1988 and 1989 world champion
Stig Blomqvist – 1984 world champion
Richard Burns – 2001 world champion
Marcus Grönholm – 2000 and 2002 world champion
Juha Kankkunen – four-time world champion
Sébastien Loeb – nine-time world champion, most successful rally driver
Colin McRae – 1995 world champion
Michèle Mouton – most successful female rally driver
Tommi Mäkinen – four-time world champion
Hannu Mikkola – 1983 world champion
Sandro Munari – 1977 FIA Cup champion
Thierry Neuville – Most successful non world champion and five times runner-up
Sébastien Ogier – eight-time world champion
Walter Röhrl – 1980 and 1982 world champion
Kalle Rovanperä – 2022 and 2023 world champion and youngest world rally champion and rally winner
Carlos Sainz – 1990 and 1992 world champion
Timo Salonen – 1985 world champion
Petter Solberg – 2003 world champion
Ott Tänak – 2019 world champion
Ari Vatanen – 1981 world champion
Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion

Co-drivers

Björn Cederberg – co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
Daniel Elena – co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
Fred Gallagher – co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
Christian Geistdörfer – co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
Denis Giraudet – co-driver to Didier Auriol
Nicky Grist – co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
Jonne Halttunen – co-driver to Kalle Rovanperä
Seppo Harjanne – co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
Arne Hertz – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
Julien Ingrassia – co-driver to Sébastien Ogier
Martin Järveoja – co-driver to Ott Tänak
Ilkka Kivimäki – co-driver to Markku Alén
Risto Mannisenmäki – co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
Phil Mills – co-driver to Petter Solberg
Luís Moya – co-driver to Carlos Sainz
Michael Park – co-driver to Markko Märtin
Juha Piironen – co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
Timo Rautiainen – co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
Robert Reid – co-driver to Richard Burns
Derek Ringer – co-driver to Colin McRae
David Richards – co-driver to Ari Vatanen
Tiziano Siviero – co-driver to Miki Biasion
Hans Thorszelius – co-driver to Björn Waldegård
Jean Todt – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin

References

WRC people at juwra.com

^ "Sporting Commissions Composition". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release". 5 July 2006.
^ "Morrie Chandler". 13 March 2015.
^ "Rally mourns death of president". Archived from the original on April 14, 2006.
^ "Budar named at Citroën".
^ "Managers - David Lapworth". Juwra.com. 1956-04-09. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

[1] "Sporting Commissions Composition". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[2] "World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release". 5 July 2006.

[3] "Morrie Chandler". 13 March 2015.

[4] "Rally mourns death of president". Archived from the original on April 14, 2006.

[5] "Budar named at Citroën".

[6] "Managers - David Lapworth". Juwra.com. 1956-04-09. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

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