22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship
The 1994 World Rally Championship was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship . The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD , ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen . The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota , ahead of Subaru and Ford .
Calendar [ edit ]
In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as part of 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup . This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974–76.
Teams and drivers [ edit ]
Team
Manufacturer
Car
Tyre
Drivers
Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team
Toyota
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 Celica GT-Four ST205
M
Juha Kankkunen
All
Didier Auriol
All
Andrea Aghini
2, 4, 9
Ian Duncan
3
Yoshio Fujimoto
3, 5, 7, 10
Marcus Grönholm
8
Tomas Jansson
8
Gilberto Pianezzola
9
Piero Longhi
9
555 Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru
Impreza 555
P
Carlos Sainz
1–2, 4–10
Colin McRae
1–2, 4–10
Peter 'Possum' Bourne
7
Richard Burns
7, 10
Ford Motor Co Ltd
Ford
Escort RS Cosworth
M
Miki Biasion
1–2, 4–7, 9–10
François Delecour
1–2, 8–10
Bruno Thiry
1–2, 4, 6, 8–10
Alex Fiorio
2
Gianfranco Cunico
4
Malcolm Wilson
5, 10
Ari Vatanen
5–8, 10
Raimund Baumschlager
5, 8
Tommi Mäkinen
8
Stig Blomqvist
10
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo I Lancer Evo II
M
Armin Schwarz
1, 5, 7, 9
Kenneth Eriksson
1, 5, 7
Kenjiro Shinozuka
3
Tommi Mäkinen
9
Société Diac
Renault
Clio Williams
M
Jean Ragnotti
1, 4
Alain Oreille
1, 4
Serge Jordan
1, 4
Philippe Bugalski
4
Claude Balesi
4
Renato Travaglia
9
Diego Oldrati
9
Škoda Motorsport
Škoda
Favorit 136L
M
Pavel Sibera
1–2, 5, 8–10
Vladimír Berger
1
Emil Triner
2, 5, 8–10
Subaru Rally Team Japan
Subaru
Impreza WRX
P
Patrick Njiru
3
Richard Burns
3
Jolly Club
Ford
Escort RS Cosworth
P
Gianfranco Cunico
9
Malcolm Wilson
9
Source: [3]
Standing [ edit ]
Drivers' Championship [ edit ]
For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.[4] [5]
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
Manufacturers' Championship [ edit ]
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best placed car of each registered manufacturer obtained points.[1] [4]
Overall position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
12
10
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Group position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Points
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Group N Cup [ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
Results [ edit ]
Colour
Rally Surface
Gold
Gravel
Silver
Tarmac
Blue
Snow/Ice
Bronze
Mixed Surface
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]