List of World Rally Championship seasons

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The list of World Rally Championship seasons includes all seasons of the FIA World Rally Championship, from the inaugural 1973 season.

## WRC seasons

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Season  | Events  |  | Drivers' championship  |  | Manufacturers' championship

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1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd
1973 | 13  | No drivers' championship[1] |  Alpine-Renault |  Fiat |  Ford
1974 | 8[2] |  Lancia |  Fiat |  Ford
1975 | 10  |  Lancia |  Fiat |  Alpine-Renault
1976 | 10  |  Lancia |  Opel |  Ford
1977 | 11  |  Sandro Munari |  Björn Waldegård |  Bernard Darniche |  Fiat |  Ford |  Toyota
1978 | 11  |  Markku Alén |  Jean-Pierre Nicolas |  Hannu Mikkola |  Fiat |  Ford |  Opel
1979 | 12  |  Björn Waldegård |  Hannu Mikkola |  Markku Alén |  Ford |  Datsun |  Fiat
1980 | 12  |  Walter Röhrl |  Hannu Mikkola |  Björn Waldegård |  Fiat |  Datsun |  Ford
1981 | 12  |  Ari Vatanen |  Guy Fréquelin |  Hannu Mikkola |  Talbot |  Datsun |  Ford
1982 | 12[3] |  Walter Röhrl |  Michèle Mouton |  Hannu Mikkola |  Audi |  Opel |  Nissan
1983 | 12  |  Hannu Mikkola |  Walter Röhrl |  Markku Alén |  Lancia |  Audi |  Opel
1984 | 12  |  Stig Blomqvist |  Hannu Mikkola |  Markku Alén |  Audi |  Lancia |  Peugeot
1985 | 12  |  Timo Salonen |  Stig Blomqvist |  Walter Röhrl |  Peugeot |  Audi |  Lancia
1986 | 12[4] |  Juha Kankkunen |  Markku Alén |  Timo Salonen |  Peugeot |  Lancia |  Volkswagen
1987 | 13  |  Juha Kankkunen |  Miki Biasion |  Markku Alén |  Lancia |  Audi |  Renault
1988 | 13  |  Miki Biasion |  Markku Alén |  Alex Fiorio |  Lancia |  Ford |  Audi
1989 | 13  |  Miki Biasion |  Alex Fiorio |  Juha Kankkunen |  Lancia |  Toyota |  Mazda
1990 | 12[5] |  Carlos Sainz |  Didier Auriol |  Juha Kankkunen |  Lancia |  Toyota |  Mitsubishi
1991 | 14  |  Juha Kankkunen |  Carlos Sainz |  Didier Auriol |  Lancia |  Toyota |  Mitsubishi
1992 | 14  |  Carlos Sainz |  Juha Kankkunen |  Didier Auriol |  Lancia |  Toyota |  Ford
1993 | 13  |  Juha Kankkunen |  François Delecour |  Didier Auriol |  Toyota |  Ford |  Subaru
1994 | 10  |  Didier Auriol |  Carlos Sainz |  Juha Kankkunen |  Toyota |  Subaru |  Ford
1995 | 8  |  Colin McRae |  Carlos Sainz |  Kenneth Eriksson |  Subaru |  Mitsubishi |  Ford
1996 | 9  |  Tommi Mäkinen |  Colin McRae |  Carlos Sainz |  Subaru |  Mitsubishi |  Ford
1997 | 14  |  Tommi Mäkinen |  Colin McRae |  Carlos Sainz |  Subaru |  Ford |  Mitsubishi
1998 | 13[6] |  Tommi Mäkinen |  Carlos Sainz |  Colin McRae |  Mitsubishi |  Toyota |  Subaru
1999 | 14  |  Tommi Mäkinen |  Richard Burns |  Didier Auriol |  Toyota |  Subaru |  Mitsubishi
2000 | 14  |  Marcus Grönholm |  Richard Burns |  Carlos Sainz |  Peugeot |  Ford |  Subaru
2001 | 14  |  Richard Burns |  Colin McRae |  Tommi Mäkinen |  Peugeot |  Ford |  Mitsubishi
2002 | 14  |  Marcus Grönholm |  Petter Solberg |  Carlos Sainz |  Peugeot |  Ford |  Subaru
2003 | 14  |  Petter Solberg |  Sébastien Loeb |  Carlos Sainz |  Citroën |  Peugeot |  Subaru
2004 | 16  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Petter Solberg |  Markko Märtin |  Citroën |  Ford |  Subaru
2005 | 16  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Petter Solberg |  Marcus Grönholm |  Citroën |  Peugeot |  Ford
2006 | 16  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Marcus Grönholm |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Ford |  Kronos Citroën |  Subaru
2007 | 16  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Marcus Grönholm |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Ford |  Citroën |  Subaru
2008 | 15  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Dani Sordo |  Citroën |  Ford |  Subaru
2009 | 12  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Dani Sordo |  Citroën |  Ford |  Stobart Ford
2010 | 13  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Petter Solberg |  Citroën |  Ford |  Citroën Junior
2011 | 13  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Sébastien Ogier |  Citroën |  Ford |  Stobart Ford
2012 | 13  |  Sébastien Loeb |  Mikko Hirvonen |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Citroën |  Ford |  M-Sport Ford
2013 | 13  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Thierry Neuville |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Volkswagen |  Citroën |  M-Sport
2014 | 13  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Volkswagen |  Citroën |  M-Sport
2015 | 13  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Volkswagen |  Citroën |  Hyundai
2016 | 13[7] |  Sébastien Ogier |  Thierry Neuville |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Volkswagen |  Hyundai |  Volkswagen II
2017 | 13  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Thierry Neuville |  Ott Tänak |  M-Sport |  Hyundai |  Toyota
2018 | 13  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Thierry Neuville |  Ott Tänak |  Toyota |  Hyundai |  M-Sport Ford
2019 | 13[8] |  Ott Tänak |  Thierry Neuville |  Sébastien Ogier |  Hyundai |  Toyota |  Citroën
2020 | 7[9] |  Sébastien Ogier |  Elfyn Evans |  Ott Tänak |  Hyundai |  Toyota |  M-Sport Ford
2021 | 12  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Elfyn Evans |  Thierry Neuville |  Toyota |  Hyundai |  M-Sport Ford
2022 | 13  |  Kalle Rovanperä |  Ott Tänak |  Thierry Neuville |  Toyota |  Hyundai |  M-Sport Ford
2023 | 13  |  Kalle Rovanperä |  Elfyn Evans |  Thierry Neuville |  Toyota |  Hyundai |  M-Sport Ford
2024 | 13  |  Thierry Neuville |  Elfyn Evans |  Ott Tänak |  Toyota |  Hyundai |  M-Sport Ford

## Statistics

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### By driver

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Driver  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd

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Sébastien Loeb | 9  | 1  | 0
Sébastien Ogier | 8  | 0  | 2
Juha Kankkunen | 4  | 1  | 3
Tommi Mäkinen | 4  | 0  | 1
Carlos Sainz | 2  | 4  | 5
Marcus Grönholm | 2  | 2  | 1
Walter Röhrl | 2  | 1  | 1
Miki Biasion | 2  | 1  | 0
Kalle Rovanperä | 2  | 0  | 0
Thierry Neuville | 1  | 5  | 3
Hannu Mikkola | 1  | 3  | 3
Colin McRae | 1  | 3  | 1
Petter Solberg | 1  | 3  | 1
Markku Alén | 1  | 2  | 4
Richard Burns | 1  | 2  | 0
Didier Auriol | 1  | 1  | 4
Ott Tänak | 1  | 1  | 4
Björn Waldegård | 1  | 1  | 1
Stig Blomqvist | 1  | 1  | 0
Timo Salonen | 1  | 0  | 1
Sandro Munari | 1  | 0  | 0
Ari Vatanen | 1  | 0  | 0
Mikko Hirvonen | 0  | 4  | 2
Elfyn Evans | 0  | 4  | 0
Jari-Matti Latvala | 0  | 3  | 2
Alex Fiorio | 0  | 1  | 1
Jean-Pierre Nicolas | 0  | 1  | 0
Guy Fréquelin | 0  | 1  | 0
Michèle Mouton | 0  | 1  | 0
François Delecour | 0  | 1  | 0
Andreas Mikkelsen | 0  | 0  | 3
Dani Sordo | 0  | 0  | 2
Bernard Darniche | 0  | 0  | 1
Kenneth Eriksson | 0  | 0  | 1
Markko Märtin | 0  | 0  | 1

## WRC support categories

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Main article: World Rally Championship support categories

## References

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1. ^ From 1973 to 1976, no drivers' championship was contested. In 1977 and 1978, there was still no official drivers' world championship but an FIA Cup for Drivers.
2. ^ In 1974, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Acropolis Rally were cancelled due to the oil crisis.
3. ^ In 1982, Rally Argentina was cancelled due to Falklands War.
4. ^ In 1986, Rallye Sanremo results was annulled by FISA.
5. ^ In 1990, the Swedish Rally was cancelled due to mild weather.
6. ^ In 1998, the Rally Indonesia was cancelled due to political instability in the country.
7. ^ In 2016, the Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding.
8. ^ In 2019, the Rally Australia was cancelled due to bushfires in the region.
9. ^ In 2020, there was originally scheduled to be 13 rounds but the calendar was reduced to 7 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Rally Championship by year.

* Seasons at World Rally Archive
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World Rally Championship

WRC
seasons|

| Group 4|

* ICM (1970–72)
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981

|

Group B|

* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986

Group A|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996

World Rally Car (2.0 L)|

* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010

World Rally Car (1.6 L)|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Group Rally1|

* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Support
categories|

| WRC2|

* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019 (WRC2 Pro)
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

|

WRC3|

* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Junior WRC|

* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022 (WRC3 Junior)
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Production WRC|

* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* Defunct

Super 2000 WRC|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* Defunct

2-Litre Cup|

* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* Defunct

R-GT Cup|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* Defunct

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