World rally championship

The World rally championship, internationally known as the FIA World Rally Championship, is an annual rallyin the Championship, organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), which now stretches over three different continents. In this Championship the best rally drivers in the world compete with each other for the world title. There is a Championship for drivers and one for constructors. Both are separate Championships, but both use the same points system. The current season includes 13 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Any rally consists of roughly 15 to 25 special stages in which against the clock on closed roads. The commercial rights are owned by the International Sportsworld Communicators, which daily highlights of a rally in 186 countries.

The World Cup was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been the series European rally championship and theInternational Championship for manufacturers (IMC), and was first held in 1973. The current category in the Championship is the World Rally Car, which grew out ofGroup A, Group B, which in turn replaced after that class got a competition ban imposed. The current World Rally Cars are based on 1.6-liter 4-cylinder production cars, but use a turbo, IF, four wheel drive, a sequential gearbox and aerodynamic AIDS.

The current series also supports three separate Championships, internationally known as the WRC-2 for Group R5 and Super 2000's, the WRC-3 for Group R3's and for the Junior World Rally Championship cars Group R2 . All three Championships common separate regulations vis-à-vis the World Rally Cars.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == ===1973-1981: early years[ Edit] === The combination Alpine-Renault were the first winners of the world title at the constructors in 1973; with driver Jean-Luc Thérier active here during the Rally of San Remo in 1973The World rally championship rally eventsknew her origin in established, nine of which were part of the International Championship for manufacturers that was organized from 1970 to 1972. The FIA then decided the automotive umbrella organization converts into a World Championship. The season 1973 was the inaugural year of the World Championship rally in Monte Carloand started in January, in a season that a total of 13 rounds counted. The Championship was at that time still only open for manufacturers, in which cars in the class Group 1 to 4 were active.
 * 1.1 1973-1981: early years
 * 1.2 1982-1986: Group B
 * 1.3 1987-1996: Group A
 * 1.4 1997-2010: World Rally Car (2-liter)
 * 1.5 2011-present: World Rally Car (1.6-liter)
 * Structure 2
 * 3 Media
 * 3.1 Tv
 * 3.2 Radio
 * 4 list of winners
 * 5 Statistics
 * 5.1 Drivers titles
 * 5.2 Riders victories
 * 5.3 Constructors titles
 * 5.4 Constructors victories
 * 6 Other classes
 * 7 external link

The Lancia Stratos HF is seen as the first car that pure was meant for the rally sport; This helped Lancia in addition to three world titlesThe French combination Alpine-Renault Alpine A110 won with their first constructors title in the Championship, she received no less than six wins that season. In the 1974 season, that was ravaged by the global oil crisis (including canceling several rallies), the Lancia Stratos introduced in the Championship, a car that had little market value, but instead was intended purely for competitive participation in rallying. The car was revolutionary and helped Lancia to three consecutive world titles at the manufacturers, despite the increasing competition from Ford and parent company Fiat. In the 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers was introduced; a prestigious award presented by the FIA to the individual rider with the most points scored in a selection of preferred rallies (including rallies that were part of the World Cup calendar). Sandro Munari won the prize in the first year, while Markku Alén this received in 1978. Fiat handle in both of those years to the title at the constructors. Fiat had by now with the Fiat 131 Abarth dominance retrieved from Lancia. In the season 1979the FIA Cup for Drivers was put to the side for an official riders Championship, in addition to the existing Championship to the constructors. Ford driver Björn Waldegård became the first rider to that year was crowned with an official world title, while the constructors title Ford, after which Fiat came also by name the lost title originated in 1980 and also with one of his riders, Walter Röhrl, became world champion. The season 1981 saw remarkable winners; the relatively small Talbot won the constructors ' Championship and grip as private driver Ari Vatanen in a Ford Escort RS1800 the title at the riders, since Ford at that time had discontinued its activities as an official factory team.

In addition to a complete revision of the regulations, the FIA legalized in 1979 Championship four wheel drive, a technology that in the following years would get a huge impact on the sport. ===1982-1986: Group B[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The original Audi quattro S1 new from 1980 Group B classGroup B have led to a variety of interpretations between the manufacturers, such as the Lancia Rally 037 that are technologically in contrast with his opponent, the Audi quattro<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The early eighties in the World Championship rally characterized by a shift within the established order. The previously unknown for rallying Audi went into the adoption of four wheel drive and introduced the revolutionary Audi quattroin 1980, after which the competitive debut in the World Cup then took place in 1981. At that time largely ruled the rear wheel drive Group 2-and 4-cars still the Championship, and although the quattro then still was officially classified as Group 4-car, he possessed for many technologies that were part of the future Group B-class, which along with Group A and Group N was introduced in 1982 (the FIA so went over to an alphabetical classification of various classes). The prominent class became Group B, in which the constructors of great freedom enjoyed in terms of technical input, and therefore different interpretations of the rules came to light. The quattro, which by the competition was received with a lot of skepticism at first, because of the complexity of the technology, had been proven with multiple WINS and a final constructors ' title in 1982. Although they also came close to the riders title that year, it was Walter Röhrl in an Opel Ascona 400 still conventional to hold its second World Cup title and with it the first of its kind.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the season 1983 Group B A and N were officially the replacements for the earlier numbered classes, which no longer were entitled to score points for the Championship.Audi was by now an established name and the team to beat in the Championship, while Fiat had transferred its duties to Lancia Lancia Rally 037, arriving for a completely different interpretation had gone for his Group B-car (so enjoyed this car under more still of rear wheel drive), but turned out to be a big competitor of Audi. The power struggle was eventually divided, with Lancia which are mainly by the better reliability of the material to the get went with the constructors title, while Hannu Mikkola, which from the very beginning was involved in the Audi project, the drivers title to his name wrote. In 1984 it proved Audi collective too strong, and seized it for the first time the double, with the drivers title this time on name came from Stig Blomqvist. Nevertheless, Audi that year though rocked by the arrival of Peugeot, the team led by Jean Todt, that halfway through the season the innovative Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 introduced in the Championship. Again it was a contrasting with this interpretation of the Group B-rules-although also four wheel drive, placing the motor, the light weight and drivetrain were striking details in the design. Behind the wheel with Ari Vatanen won the WORLD CUP in his debut year three-car rallies. Afterwards, rees was the interest of the manufacturers and the interpretation of Peugeot considered a new direction within the class. Peugeot knew the good line by pulling in 1985, when it with Timo Salonen to a dominant riders title grip and also the champion at the constructors. The rapid development that the group experienced B-class, the cars were also getting more powerful, faster and changed in fact show, also began to call for the sake of his questions on what lax safety aspects that came above water. Lancia driver Attilio Bettega died in an unexplained accident in Corsica 1985 and Ari Vatanen barely escaped a fatal outcome after an accident at high speed inArgentina, that same year.

Lineup of cars in the heyday of Group B, here in Monte Carlo in 1986<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The 1986 season saw the interest of the manufacturers and the public's attention peaking, where it rose to a level of about Formula 1-popularity. In addition to a number of newcomers, it also saw the return of Ford as a factory team, all with four-wheel drive and the many aerodynamic AIDS were a standard now. The lack of control of the FIA, however, came to light during the World Cup round in Portugal, where the massive spectator number for large problems and what eventually culminated in a dramatic expiration by an accident of Ford driver Joaquim Santos, in which four spectators lost their lives (three on the ground) and injuring dozens. The riders laid the blame on the organizers of the rally, who did too little to the taming of the spectators, and also, indirectly, the FIA, which in turn gave too little accountability to the organizers on the safety aspects. The FIA however, somewhat turned to, and gave a large part of the debt to the high speeds that the Group B cars reached. Just a few months later, in Corsica, Henri Toivonen and his navigator killed Sergio Cresto deadly in their Lancia Delta S4, after they were left after a missed turn of the road and an abyss in fell, and the car exploded at standstill prompt. This the question arose whether manufacturers had gone too far not to what extent performance top safety were raised, while the FIA to abrupt than normal conclusions came, and in a communication from president Jean-Marie Balestreannounced just hours after the accident that the Group B class a competition ban imposed, got input from the 1987 season. Apart from the tragedies, the riders title was initially won by Markku Alén, Lancia's until the results of the controversial World Cup round in San Remo by the FIA were cancelled and Peugeot driver Juha Kankkunen, while Peugeot also got the title for the second time successively the constructors title grip, though after which they left the Championship. ===1987-1996: Group A<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The first version of the successful Group A Lancia Delta HF 4WD in 1987: The<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the disappearance of Group B, and also suggestions successor Group S, Group A was put forward as the replacement class. These were less technologically developed cars that were much closer to the original production cars. In 1986, there was already a separate Championship for riders with Group A-cars, which then was won by Kenneth Eriksson in a Volkswagen Golf. It was therefore the first supporting Championship in the World Cup, and in 1987 this was followed by a separate Championship for drivers in Group N cars (later Production World Rally Championship). Lancia proved itself with the Group A Lancia Delta to have best prepared for this great shift, and dominated the Championship largely in the early years of Group A as the main class. In 1987, the title fight fought by three Lancia drivers, and it was Juha Kankkunen who was the first rider to defend his title successfully. The Lancia collective was also that year champion by the manufacturers, and this was the start of a successful period for the Italian automaker, by the title to win another five rounds below (with a total of ten world titles is Lancia to date the most successful). In 1988 it was to Miki Biasion in order for Lancia to be world champion and he also knew in 1989 to defend his title successfully. Nevertheless, took the competition at that time though, which in the form of Toyota, Mitsubishiand Subaru also later mainly from the Asian corner came, and so gradually the European hierarchy in terms of manufacturers managed to tilt in the Championship. Although Lancia still was working on their triumph at the manufacturers, was the Toyota driver Carlos Sainz in the season 1990 the riders title grip. In 1991 he was close, but had to leave the title this time Lancia's Juha Kankkunen, who with his third championship record holder was. Sainz grabbed his lost title back in 1992, while Lancia are dynasty that year ended with a final constructors title.

Group A Championship dominated until far into the 1990s, including this Ford Escort RS Cosworth<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the Championship after Group B as declining in the 1990s, made it again seemed a revival, both in constructors and public attention. Lancia had, however, for the most part withdrawn, leaving mainly the Japanese car brands took over the Director with Toyota in the season 1993 grabbed his first world title, while Toyota driver Juha Kankkunen now as world champion for the fourth time. Toyota grabbed the double in 1994again, but this time it was Frenchman Didier Auriol the first riders title received. Subaru continued this line then on in 1995 with the constructors title and Colin McRae that the drivers Championship to his name wrote. Toyota found that year, however, the down side, it was caught using an illegal turbo system in its cars and was then by the FIA from all standings and in addition for a year banned from participation in the Championship. In 1996 it was again Subaru that the title at the constructors ' grip, while Mitsubishi's Tommi Mäkinen title to his name for the first time the riders wrote and he made a start of an impressive series.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Between 1994 and 1996, the FIA made use of a calendar in which rallies to the year floor with each other, where they were one year a fully-fledged World rally championship and the other year just part of the calendar of the World Championship for formula 2cars, which formed a separate class in group a. this rotation system, which had to give a more prominent face especially the FIA Formula two championship, proved to be unpopular and was again abandoned, and after three years. ===1997-2010: World Rally Car (2-liter)<span class="mw-editsection" len="368" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although the formula two class in the mid-1990s, 1958 as a potential replacement for Group A, introduced in the 1997 season the FIA World Rally Carcategory in the place. Which was more in line with the predecessor. This class took out some aspects from the former Group S, who along with Group B underwent. Mitsubishi was the only one kept with A group A full-auto, already had the car (mainly technologically) characteristics of a World Rally Car. This category gave a new boost to the Championship, which led to more manufacturers began to sign in at the turn of the century. Also the commercial interests got more grip on the Championship and rallies were ripe for a part made for television, including by making them more compact (and therefore shorter in distance) and the so-called Super Special Stages (short tests intended for the public and television) in almost every rally to come back. In 2000, the World Championships rally in the form of the International Sportsworld Communicators for the first time an official promoter at his side.

Citroën has largely dominated the Championship in recent years; first with the Xsara WRC and later with this C4 WRCFord is one of the most loyal in the constructors ' Championship, though it left the sport as a factory team after 2012<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Sports was the Tommi Mäkinen who managed to defend his title successfully in 1997 (while Subaru that year his third and final fourth constructors title), then narrowly this also did in 1998 and completed it for a fourth consecutive time in 1999 (and hence Kankkunen equaled). Mitsubishi and Toyota respectively in these two years were champion by the constructors. Peugeot In 2000 made her return in the Championship a success, by writing both titles by name, with Marcus Grönholm in the Peugeot 206 WRC as the winner of the drivers Championship. The French team then knew a changeable season 2001, but by the largest number of individual successes did successfully defend his title at the manufacturers, while Subaru's Richard Burns at the riders after an intense battle was world champion.In 2002 made Peugeot on dominant mode showing a double battle with it, and it was once again took the riders title Grönholm. This dominance ended in 2003, when sister company Citroën first undertook a full program with his Citroën Xsara WRC, and with it the most was consistent in its results and its first constructors title grip. Although Citroëns leader Sébastien Loeb also close to the riders title came, it was Subaru driver Petter Solberg took the title. He was the last world champion for entrance to a dominant series that Loeb would drop from the 2004 season . Loeb has won the Championship at the drivers continuously since then (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2010 and 2011) and is therefore described as the Michael Schumacher of the World Championship rally. In addition, he has a large number of records broken in the Championship; In addition to the number of titles (9 in total) also most British rally championship WINS (that today on 78 State). In addition to individual success, knew to prolong his Citroën constructors title in 2004 and 2005, the 2006 and 2007 after the two seasons to regain lost to Ford in 2008, and then to defend successfully until 2012.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After 2005 the interest of manufacturers began to stagnate and left several of them the Championship, eventually causing only Citroën and Ford survived as full constructors.The FIA introduced from 2006 that large private teams (provided it's on had recorded in advance) also could score points for the constructors ' Championship. ===2011-present: World Rally Car (1.6-liter)<span class="mw-editsection" len="371" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">To renew the interest of the manufacturers, it was decided the costs and the State-of-the-art 2-liter World Rally Cars after 2010 of the British Rally Championship scene, to be replaced by 1.6-liter variants that had less technology on Board (which in some aspects are based on Super 2000cars). The introduction took place during that season in 2011, in which it welcomed as new Mini constructor, while Volkswagen entered the Championship with a World Rally Car version of their Polo in 2013. Hyundai will follow In 2014 with a WRC version of the i20. Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier in 2013 was the first new world champion since Loebs dominant series. ==Structure<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The team of Ford located during a rally in 2011<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Every season counts normally, say, 13 events, in which rallies driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. The points that were made during each event are summed in the drivers and constructors ' Championship. These are two separate Championships, but share the same composition in the current points system. This means that a rider can be for brand A brand B at the same time, while riders champion constructors champion. The current points system assigns to the top ten, according to the distribution points a match 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. Regardless of the number of different riders within a team, only the first two nominated riders for the brand score points for the constructors ' Championship. This means that also outside the top eight riders to the finish (and private drivers for have to tolerate) still score points for the manufacturer.

A show trial took place in an open air Stadium<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A rally is usually held about 15 to 25 special stages, with a length per kp which can differ from 2 km (a show trial, Super Special Stage) until 50 km. on average, a whole race about a competitive distance of 350 km. This road be driven, which, however, for the rally have been closed to public access. A British rally championship knows his starts with the reconnaissance (reconnaissance or recce) on Tuesday and Wednesday, where the riders to explore the access to the special stages and thus the necessary annotations (pacenotes) of the navigator to make ready.Shakedown on Thursday there is a special place, where the teams can run with full speed on the race course, intended as a preventive test work for an ideal adjustment of the car. The competition starts on Friday and ends on Sunday. Start the cars separately, normally every 1 to 2 minutes, and at the end of a special stage held a certain amount of time is added after each, put down that kp to an official end time, from which the standings can put up be. During one day, there is between the special stages a service park, where the cars come back and the teams-within a strict time limit-maintenance or repairs can commit. In addition a service park gives the opportunity to public and media to come close to happening. After each race day after a service of three quarters of an hour the cars are parked in the so-called parc-farmé, a fenced area. ==Media<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Tv<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === A cameraman in the inner bend during a World Cup rally in 2007<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Organization of the games more and more as a function of increasing the public eye, for the Championship in terms of popularity at the level of the to bring formula one . The role of television broadcasts is crucial and this has among other things led to the more compact making the matches (less special stages and shorter in distance), introducing short show tasting, Super Special Stages (short special stages especially in open-air stadiums), the disappearance of nocturnal chrono rides. When the lovers are very divided opinions on these interventions, and quite a few of them believe that the sporting quality has suffered under there.

Official logo of the ' ' World Rally Championship (WRC) is used since 2001<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">ISC TV, International Sportsworld Communicators, brings daily highlights of a rally in image in, say, a program of half an hour, in which images of both inside and outside the car was held on that day on the special stages, but also images from the service park where the mechanics work on the cars and interviews with riders or other relationships. These are broadcast in 186 different countries, in most cases in their own language, after each race day of the rally. Also are there any programs that give a forward or looking back on the event.

<p lang="en" len="342" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Red Bull Media House since 2013 is the official promoter of the World Championship rally. ===Radio<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On the radio there are to follow during each event live broadcasts in English, under the name World Rally Radio that falls download over the internet. This daily look back to bid and are there on the special stages the riders to question reporters to directly after the finish of a special stage. ==List of winners<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Note: 1977 and 1978: winner of the FIA Cup for Drivers, no official drivers Championship.

==Statistics<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Bold text indicates active drivers and constructors.

==Other classes<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Citroën C2 Super 1600<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to the main World Rally Car class, there are also three subcategories: The Championship in the contemporary World Rally Championship-2 (former Super 2000 World Rally Championship), the World Rally Championship-3 (former Production World Rally Championship) and the Junior World Rally Championship. These championships are supported by the FIA and give (young) riders the chance for a good entry level class and to prove himself for the factory teams. These series are about the same events and special stages took place as the official World Cup, but limits usually 6 to 8 to a calendar of events each year. We also used the same puntenscorings's system, however, there is just a drivers Championship in both.