1995 World Rally Championship

The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.^[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.^[2]

Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."^[3]

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Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	23 January	26 January	63rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	21	546.80 km
2	10 February	12 February	44th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	25	501.12 km
3	8 March	10 March	29th TAP Rallye de Portugal	Figueira da Foz, Coimbra	Gravel	33	476.56 km
4	3 May	5 May	39th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	22	481.17 km
5	27 July	30 July	26th Smokefree Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	33	560.89 km
6	15 September	18 September	8th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	30	503.88 km
7	23 October	25 October	31st Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	23	474.35 km
8	19 November	22 November	51st Network Q RAC Rally	Chester, Cheshire	Gravel	28	510.70 km
Sources:^[4]^[5]

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four (ST205)	‹See TfM›M	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	1–3
				1	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	4–7
				2	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	1–7
				3	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1–7
				14	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2
				14	Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	6
				15	Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	5
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Impreza 555	‹See TfM›P	4	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	All
				5	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–4, 6–8
				6	Piero Liatti	Alessandro Alessandrini	1, 4, 7
					Mats Jonsson	Johnny Johansson	2
					Richard Burns	Robert Reid	3, 8
					Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Tony Sircombe	5–6
				14	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	5
R.A.S. Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	‹See TfM›M	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	All
				9	Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	2
					Alessandro Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	3
					Patrick Bernardini	Jean-Marc Andrié	4
					Neil Allport	Craig Vincent	5
					Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	8
		Escort RS Cosworth (Grp. N)		30	Jason Priestley	Kevin Caffrey	6
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II	‹See TfM›M	10	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2
		Lancer Evo III	‹See TfM›M		Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	5–6, 8
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	‹See TfM›P		Isolde Holderied	Tina Thörner	3–4
		Lancer Evo II	‹See TfM›M	11	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	1–2
		Lancer Evo III	‹See TfM›M		Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	4–8
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	‹See TfM›P		Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	3
		Lancer Evo II	‹See TfM›M	12	Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	1
		Lancer Evo III	‹See TfM›M		Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	4, 7
		Lancer Evo II (Grp. N)	‹See TfM›P		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	3
		Lancer Evo III (Grp. N)	‹See TfM›P		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	7–8
		Lancer Evo III (Grp. N)	?		Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	5–6

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Maxi	‹See TfM›M	Jean Ragnotti	Gilles Thimonier	1, 4
				Philippe Bugalski	Renaud Thierry	1
				Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	4
Renault Gest Galp				José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	3
Renault Gest Galp				Pedro Azeredo	Fernando Prata	3
Renault Competicion				Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	7
Renault Dealer Rallying UK				Alain Oreille	Jack Boyère	8
Renault Dealer Rallying UK				Robbie Head	Terry Harryman	8
Darko Peljhan	Volkswagen	Golf G60 Rallye	?	Darko Peljhan	Miran Kacin	1
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden		Golf III GTi 16V	?	Harry Joki	Per Carlsson	2
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden		Golf III GTi 16V	?	Joakim Andersson	Göran Nyström	2
S.B.G. Sport		Golf III Kit Car	‹See TfM›P	Tapio Laukkanen	Risto Mannisenmäki	8
Autostal Duindistel	Opel	Calibra Turbo 4x4	?	Henrik Lundgaard	Freddy Pedersen	1
Opel Team Sweden		Astra GSi 16V	?	Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
Opel Team Belgium			‹See TfM›M	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	3–4
Remus Racing			?	Kris Rosenberger	Hans-Dieter Stock	7
Maurizio Verini	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale	‹See TfM›P	Maurizio Verini	Enrico Roveda	1
Duriforte Construções			‹See TfM›P	Jorge Bica	João Sena	3
Daniel Ducruet			?	Daniel Ducruet	Freddy Delorme	7
Gamace MC Competición			‹See TfM›P	Pedro Javier Diego	Icíar Muguerza	7
V.I.P Motorsport	Peugeot	306 S16	?	Piergiorgio Deila	Pierangelo Scalvini	1, 3
Peugeot Sport			‹See TfM›M	Fabien Doenlen	Hervé Sauvage	4
Peugeot Sport			‹See TfM›M	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	4
Peugeot Sport España			?	Borja Moratal	Alfredo Rodríguez	7
Nikolai Burkart	Nissan	Sunny GTi	‹See TfM›P	Nikolai Burkart	Regine Rausch	1, 3
Nissan F2			‹See TfM›P	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	3
Nissan F2			?	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	8
Argyle Autos		Pulsar GTi-R	?	Geoff Argyle	Raymond Bennett	5
Kremlyovskaya	Subaru	Impreza 555	?	Yvan Postel	Olivier Peyret	1, 4, 7
Indonesia Rally Team			?	Tony Hardianto	Anthony Sarwono	6
Indonesia Rally Team			?	Irvan Gading	Karel Harilatu	6
Joe McAndrew		Legacy RS	?	Joe McAndrew	Bob Haldane	5
Christian Jaquillard	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	?	Christian Jaquillard	Christiane Jaquillard	1
Totta Peres Competição			?	Fernando Peres	Ricardo Caldeira	3
Remus Racing			?	Kris Rosenberger	Siegfried Schwarz	3–4
Brian Stokes			‹See TfM›M	Brian Stokes	Ian Latham	5
Bank Utama Rally Team			?	Pratikto Singgih	Phil Mills	6
Belgacom Rally Team			‹See TfM›P	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	8
Jonny Milner			‹See TfM›Y	Jonny Milner	Steve Turvey	8
Alister McRae			?	Alister McRae	David Senior	8
Ford Motorsport		Escort RS 2000 MKVI	‹See TfM›M	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	8
Ford Team Finland		Escort RS 2000 MKVI	‹See TfM›M	Sebastian Lindholm	Ilkka Riipinen	8
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	Toyota	Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	‹See TfM›M	'Gullabo'	Ingemar Algerstedt	2
H.F. Grifone SRL			‹See TfM›M	Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	2–3
			‹See TfM›M	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	5
			‹See TfM›P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	8
		Celica GT-Four (ST205)	‹See TfM›P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	7
Toyota Team Australia			?	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	6
Gustavo Trelles			‹See TfM›P	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	7
Finnish Junior Rally Team	Vauxhall	Astra GSI 16V	?	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	2
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Felicia Kit Car	‹See TfM›M	'Nalle'	Anders Olsson	2
				Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	2–4, 8
				Emil Triner	Pavel Štanc	2–4
				Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	8
Mazda Team Sweden	Mazda	323 GT-R	?	Dick Larsson	Raymond Wessman	2
Mazda Team Sweden	Mazda	323 GT-R	?	Tony Bergdahl	Kent Jansson	2
Autopower	Audi	Coupé S2	?	Peter Friberg	Benny Locander	2
Stohl Racing			‹See TfM›M	Manfred Stohl	Jürgen Bertl	3
				Manfred Stohl	Reinhard Kaufmann	8
				Rudolf Stohl	Jürgen Bertl	8
Bank Utama Rally Team			?	Ari Sigit Harjojudanto	Fredrik Thomas	6
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Ibiza GTi 16V	‹See TfM›M	Erwin Weber	Manfred Hiemer	3
				Antonio Rius	Manuel Casanova	3, 7
				Jordi Ventura Manté	Joan Sureda	7
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo I	?	Mark Leonard	Garry Cowan	5
Michael Guest		Lancer Evo II	?	Michael Guest	Steve O'Brien-Pounde	6
David Officer		Lancer Evo II	?	David Officer	Kate Officer	6
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Cultus GTI	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Ross Runnalls	5
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Swift GTi MK2	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Ross Runnalls	6
SanYang MIT Motorsport	Honda	Civic VTi	?	Leigh Hynes	Glenn Macneall	5–6
				Dai-wei Yein	Judy de Leeuwe	5
				Ching-jung Kao	Huan-shan Lai	6
Hyundai Rally Sport	Hyundai	Lantra	?	Wayne Bell	Iain Stewart	6
Hyundai Rally Sport	Hyundai	Lantra	?	Rod Turnbull	David Sinclair	6
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Robert Nicoli	Brian Harwood	6
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Ross Mackenzie	Tony Floyd	6
Kia Motorsport Korea	Kia	Sephia	?	Rob Herridge	David Hynes	6
Kia Motorsport Korea	Kia	Sephia	?	Park Jeong-Ryong	Duncan Jordan	6
Citroën Hispania	Citroën	ZX 16V	‹See TfM›M	Jesús Puras	Carlos del Barrio	7
Escudería Baix Empordà	BMW	M3 E30	‹See TfM›P	Josep Bassas	Antonio Rodríguez	7

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II	‹See TfM›P	Isolde Holderied	Christina Thörner	1, 3–6, 8
		Lancer Evo III		Isolde Holderied	Christina Thörner	7
		Lancer Evo II		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	1, 3–6
		Lancer Evo III		Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	7–8
		Lancer Evo II		Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	3–6
		Lancer Evo III		Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	7
Kathrein Renn- und Rallye Team		Lancer Evo II	?	Hermann Gaßner sen.	Siegfried Schrankl	1, 4
Kathrein Renn- und Rallye Team			?	Hermann Gaßner sen.	Harald Brock	3
Jean-Paul Aymé			?	Jean-Paul Aymé	Brigitte Aymé	1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden			?	Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	2
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden			?	Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Gunnar Barth	2
Mitsubishi Ralliart		Lancer Evo III	?	Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	5–6
Kiyoshi Inoue			?	Kiyoshi Inoue	Yoshimasa Nakahara	5
Hikaru Teshigawara			?	Hikaru Teshigawara	Tadayoshi Sato	5
Katsuhiko Taguchi			?	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Fred Gocentas	5–6
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand			?	Andrew Grant	Brett Harvey	5
Marty Beckton		Lancer Evo II	?	Marty Beckton	Damien Long	5
Marty Beckton		Lancer Evo II	?	Marty Beckton	Craig Lee	6
Michael Lieu		Lancer Evo I	?	Michael Lieu	Hakaru Ichino	5–6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Zushi		Lancer Evo II	?	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	5, 8
David West			?	David West	Tony Best	6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Netherlands			?	Hans Stacey	Mark van den Brand	7–8
MK Ratten		Galant VR-4	?	Anders Rådström	Lars-Ove Larsson	2
Gullabo Däckfynd			?	Göran Fredriksson	Kjell Haglund	2
MSK Kvarnvingarna			?	Pierre Andersson	Sven-Erik Andersson	2
NAF Motorsport Romerike			?	Anders Hedström	Lasse Ekström	2
Philippe Camandona	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	?	Philippe Camandona	Georges Crausaz	1, 3
Rémi Samuel			?	Rémi Samuel	Martin Biju-Duval	1, 4
Franck Phillips			?	Franck Phillips	"Slo"	1
Uwe Nittel			‹See TfM›M	Uwe Nittel	Monika Eckardt	1
Jacques Andreani			?	Jacques Andreani	Jean-Pierre Cani	4
Yves Loubet			?	Yves Loubet	Bruno Brissart	4
Jean-Marie Santoni			?	Jean-Marie Santoni	Jean-Marc Casamatta	4
Jeremy Easson			‹See TfM›D	Jeremy Easson	Jim Kitson	8
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Celica GT-Four (ST205)	‹See TfM›M	Mohammed Ben Sulayem	Ronan Morgan	2–6
Uwe Nittel			‹See TfM›M	Uwe Nittel	Monika Eckardt	3–4, 7
Uwe Nittel			‹See TfM›M	Uwe Nittel	Dieter Schneppenheim	8
H.F. Grifone SRL			‹See TfM›P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	5–6
H.F. Grifone SRL		Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	‹See TfM›P	Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	3–4
Richard Frau	Renault	Clio Williams	‹See TfM›M	Richard Frau	Jean-Louis Biet	1
Richard Frau			‹See TfM›M	Richard Frau	Nicolas Saint-Martin	4, 7
Ange-Pierre Cordoliani			?	Ange-Pierre Cordoliani	Christophe Leonardi	4
Erick Antona			?	Erick Antona	Frédéric Andreucci	4
Escudería San Fermín			?	Javier Azcona	Inma Vittorini	7
Escudería Osona			?	Ferrán Urteu	Jordi Gomà	7
Gert Blomqvist	Nissan	Sunny GTi	?	Gert Blomqvist	Lena Lindberg	2
Impreza IPF Fujitsubo	Subaru	Impreza WRX	?	Masao Kamioka	Kevin Gormley	3, 5–6, 8
				Hideaki Miyoshi	Mike Corner	3, 5–6
				Hideaki Miyoshi	Mike Kidd	8
Guy Fiori	BMW	325i E30	?	Guy Fiori	Mario Bastelica	4
Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton	Wira 4WD	‹See TfM›Y	Karamjit Singh	Ron Teoh	5–6, 8
Catalunya Motor	SEAT	Ibiza GTi 16V	‹See TfM›M	Salvador Cañellas Jnr.	Xavier Lorza	7
Gamace MC Competición	Peugeot	106 Rallye	‹See TfM›M	Manuel Muniente	Joan Ibáñez Sotos	7
Gavin Cox	Opel	Calibra Turbo 4x4	‹See TfM›P	Gavin Cox	Stephen Griffiths	8

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Colin McRae	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	90
2	Carlos Sainz	1	Ret	1	4	WD	Ret	1	2	85
3	Kenneth Eriksson		1			5	1		Ret	48
4	François Delecour	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	46
5	Tommi Mäkinen	4	2		8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	38
6	Bruno Thiry	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	34
7	Andrea Aghini	6			3			5		26
8	Piero Liatti	8			6			3		21
9	Richard Burns			7		Ret			3	16
10	Alister McRae								4	10
11	Rui Madeira	12		9	18	10	Ret	11	7	7
12=	Gustavo Trelles							6		6
12=	Gwyndaf Evans								6	6
14=	Jean Ragnotti	7			11					4
14=	Stig Blomqvist		7						21	4
14=	Patrick Bernardini				7					4
14=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne					7	Ret			4
14=	Yoshio Fujimoto					27	7		WD	4
14=	Oriol Gómez							7		4
20	Jorge Recalde			10	20	9	10			4
21=	Tomas Jansson		8							3
21=	Alex Fiorio			8						3
21=	Neil Allport					8				3
21=	Ed Ordynski					11	8			3
21=	Andrea Navarra			17	Ret	Ret	17	8	Ret	3
21=	Jarmo Kytölehto		14						8	3
27=	Philippe Camandona	9		Ret						2
27=	Philippe Bugalski	Ret			9					2
27=	Neal Bates						9			2
27=	Josep Bassas							9		2
27=	Masao Kamioka			12			11		9	2
32=	Isolde Holderied	10		11	19	Ret	19	Ret	14	1
32=	Kenneth Bäcklund		10							1
32=	Yvan Postel	14			Ret			10		1
32=	Alain Oreille								10	1
DSQ	Juha Kankkunen	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret		62
DSQ	Didier Auriol	Ret	5	5	1	2	Ret	DSQ		51
DSQ	Armin Schwarz	Ret	9	4	Ret	4	5	Ret		30
DSQ	Thomas Rådström		3							12
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
Sources:^[6]^[7]

1995 World Rally Championship

Calendar

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer entries

Non Manufacturer Entries

Group N Cup Entries

Standings

Drivers' championship

Manufacturers' championship

Group N Cup

Events

References

External links

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

Rally name	Dates run	Podium drivers (finishing time)	Podium cars
Rallye Monte Carlo	22 January–26 January	Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s) François Delecour (6h:34m:56s) Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Swedish Rally	10 February–12 February	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s) Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rallye de Portugal	8 March–10 March	Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s) Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Subaru Impreza 555
Tour de Corse	3 May–5 May	Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s) François Delecour (5h:15m:04s) Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s)	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
Rally New Zealand	27 July–30 July	Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s) Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Australia	15 September–18 September	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s) Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Catalunya	23 October–25 October	Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s) Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s) Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
RAC Rally	19 November–22 November	Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s) Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s) Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
Source:^[4]