1994 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
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 F2-only. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974-76.
Teams and drivers
Team |
Constructor |
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 Company |
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 1 Lancer Evo 2 |
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 |
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 |
Standing
Drivers' Championship
For the Drivers' Championship, points were awarded to the top 10 finishers.
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Points |
20 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Colour |
Result |
Gold |
Winner |
Silver |
2nd place |
Bronze |
3rd place |
Green |
Points finish |
Blue |
Non-points finish |
Non-classified finish (NC) |
Purple |
Retired (Ret) |
Black |
Excluded (EX) |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
White |
Did not start (DNS) |
Blank |
Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
Manufacturer's Championship
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best finisher of the manufacture obtain points.
Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Points |
12 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Pos. |
Manufacturer |
MON
|
POR
|
KEN
|
FRA
|
GRE
|
ARG
|
NZL
|
FIN
|
ITA
|
GBR
|
Points |
1 |
Toyota |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
(3) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
(2) |
151 |
2 |
Subaru |
3 |
(4) |
(4) |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
140 |
3 |
Ford |
1 |
3 |
|
5 |
5 |
3 |
(Ret) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
116 |
Pos. |
Manufacturer |
MON
|
POR
|
KEN
|
FRA
|
GRE
|
ARG
|
NZL
|
FIN
|
ITA
|
GBR
|
Points |
|
Results
Colour |
Rally Surface |
Gold |
Gravel |
Silver |
Tarmac |
Blue |
Snow/Ice |
Bronze |
Mixed Surface |
|
See also