1992 World Rally Championship

1992 World Rally Championship
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The 1992 World Rally Championship was the 20th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Carlos Sainz won his second drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185, ahead of Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Ford.

Teams and drivers

Team Constructor Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Italy Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale M Finland Juha Kankkunen 1, 3–4, 6, 9–11, 13–14
France Didier Auriol 1, 3, 5–6, 8–11, 13–14
France Philippe Bugalski 1, 5, 9
Italy Andrea Aghini 3, 5, 11, 13–14
Sweden Björn Waldegård 4
Argentina Jorge Recalde 4, 8
Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 8
Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185
Celica GT-Four ST165		 P Spain Carlos Sainz 1, 3–8, 10, 13–14
Germany Armin Schwarz 1, 3, 5–6, 13
Finland Markku Alén 1–4, 6, 9, 14
Sweden Mats Jonsson 2
Sweden Leif Asterhag 2
Sweden Mikael Ericsson 4
Kenya Ian Duncan 4
Finland Marcus Grönholm 9
United Kingdom Ford Motor Company Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 M Italy Miki Biasion 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 14
France François Delecour 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13
Italy Gianfranco Cunico 11
Spain Mía Bardolet 13
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 14
Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 1, 3, 6, 14
Finland Timo Salonen 1, 3
Finland Lasse Lampi 2, 9, 14
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 4, 12
Australia Ross Dunkerton 7, 10
France Patrick Tauziac 12
Japan Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Sunny GTi-R D France François Chatriot 1, 3
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1, 3, 9, 14
Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2, 9, 14
Belgium Grégoire De Mévius 3, 6, 8–9, 12, 14
Greece Stratis Hatzipanayiotou 6
Finland Mikael Sundström 9
Japan Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Impreza 555 M
P 		Finland Ari Vatanen 2, 6–7, 9–10, 14
United Kingdom Colin McRae 2, 6–7, 9, 14
Sweden Per Eklund 2, 4, 14
Kenya Patrick Njiru 4
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7, 10
Australia Rob Herridge 10
Japan Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda Mazda 323 GT-X M Italy Alex Fassina 3, 6, 11, 14
New Zealand Rod Millen 7, 10
Germany Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro M Austria Rudi Stohl 4, 6, 8, 12
France Patrice Servant 12
France Société Diac Renault Clio 16S M France Alain Oreille 5
France Jean Ragnotti 5
France Claude Balesi 5
France Serge Jordan 5
Belgium Opel Team Belgium Opel Calibra 16V
Kadett GSI 16V		 M Belgium Bruno Thiry 5, 11–12
Belgium Alain Lopes 12
Italy Astra Racing Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale P Italy Alex Fiorio 6, 8, 11, 13
France Pierre-César Baroni 11

Points

 1992 Manufacturers Championship Points
No Events Monaco Portugal Kenya France Greece Argentina Finland Australia Italy United Kingdom Total
1 Italy Lancia 20 20 (17) 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (14) 140
2 Japan Toyota 17 14 20 (12) (4) 17 14 14 - 20 116
3 United Kingdom Ford 12 17 - 17 14 - 10 - 14 10 94
4 Japan Subaru - - 11 - 12 - 12 8 - 17 60
5 Japan Mitsubishi 8 10 2 - - - 8 10 - 6 44
6 Japan Nissan 6 8 - - 10 9 - - - 4 37
7 Germany Audi - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
8 France Renault - - - 2 - 7 - - - - 9
9 Germany Opel - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
 1992 World Rally Car Championship Points
No Events Monaco Sweden Portugal Kenya France Greece New Zealand Argentina Finland Australia Italy Ivory Coast Spain United Kingdom Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 15 - 12 20 10 - 20 15 - 12 - - 20 20 144
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 12 - 20 15 - 15 - - 15 15 15 - 15 12 134
3 France Didier Auriol 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 1 - 121
4 Italy Miki Biasion 3 - 15 - 4 12 - - 8 - 10 - - 8 60
5 Finland Markku Alén - 10 10 8 - - - - 12 - - - - 10 50
6 France François Delecour 10 - - - 15 8 - - - - 12 - - - 45
7 Italy Andrea Aghini - - - - 6 - - - - - 20 - 12 1 39
8 United Kingdom Colin McRae - 15 - - - 10 - - 3 - - - - 6 34
9 Italy Alex Fiorio - - - - - 4 - 10 - - 8 - 10 - 32
10 Argentina Jorge Recalde - - - 12 - 6 - - - 10 - - - - 28
11 Finland Ari Vatanen - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 15 25
12 Italy Piero Liatti - - - - 3 - 15 - - - 4 - - - 22
13 France Philippe Bugalski 8 - - - 12 - - - 2 - - - - - 22
14 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka - - - 1 - - - - - - - 20 - - 21
15 Sweden Mats Jonsson - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
16 Australia Ross Dunkerton - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - - - 20
17 Belgium Bruno Thiry - - - - - - - - - - 2 15 - - 17
18 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 4 - 16
19 Germany Armin Schwarz - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 8 - 16
20 Finland Timo Salonen 6 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 14
21= Sweden Stig Blomqvist - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
21= France Patrice Servant - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
23 Japan Hiroshi Nishiyama - - - - - - - 2 - - - 10 - - 12
24 Australia Ed Ordynski - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - - - 12
25= Sweden Mikael Ericsson - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10
25= Finland Mikael Sundström - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
27 France François Chatriot 4 - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
28 Finland Lasse Lampi - 3 - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 9
29= Sweden Leif Asterhag - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
29= Austria Rudi Stohl - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
29= Ivory Coast Samir Assef - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
32= Sweden Per Eklund - 6 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 8
32= Argentina Carlos Menem, Jr. - - 2 - - - - 6 - - - - - - 8
34= Kenya Ian Duncan - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
34= Japan Yoshio Fujimoto - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 6
34= New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6
34= Italy Gilberto Pianezzola - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - 6
34= France Alain Oudit - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
34= Spain Jesús Puras - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
40 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 5
41= Sweden Björn Johansson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Spain Mía Bardolet - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Kenya Sarbi Rai - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= New Zealand Will Orr - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
41= Argentina Gabriel Raies - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
41= Finland Sebastian Lindholm - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
41= Austria Manfred Stohl - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
41= Sweden Kenneth Eriksson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4
49= Portugal Joaquim Santos - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= Kenya Patrick Njiru - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= Greece 'Jigger' Vardinoyiannis - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
49= Japan Seiichiro Taguchi - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
49= Argentina Miguel Torrás - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
49= Australia Tolley Challis - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
49= France César Baroni - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
49= Ivory Coast Denis Occelli - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
49= Spain Pedro Diego - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
58= Sweden Sören Nilsson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
58= France Jean Ragnotti - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
58= Belgium Grégoire De Mévius - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
58= New Zealand Barry Sexton - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
58= Japan Kiyoshi Inoue - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
58= Switzerland Jean-Claude Dupuis - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
58= United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Sulayem - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
58= United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
66= Finland Jarmo Kytölehto - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2
66= Australia Craig Stallard - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 2
68= Monaco Christophe Spiliotis 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Portugal José Miguel - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= France Alain Oreille - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Spain Fernando Capdevila - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
68= Argentina Walter d'Agostini - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
68= Italy Giovanni Manfrinato - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
68= Belgium Guy Colsoul - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1

Events

 1992 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
 1992 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally Name Dates run Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars
60ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 23 January-28 January
  1. France Didier Auriol (6h:54m:20s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:56m:25s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:57m:17s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
41st International Swedish Rally 13 February-16 February
  1. Sweden Mats Jonsson (5h:24m:37s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:25m:16s)
  3. Sweden Stig Blomqvist (5h:26m:09s)
  1. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Nissan Sunny GTi-R
26º Rallye de Portugal 3 March-7 March
  1. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:24m:37s)
  2. Italy Miki Biasion (6h:26m:10s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:29m:36s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
40th Martini Safari Rally Kenya 27 March-1 April
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (+2m:35s penalties)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (+3m:27s penalties)
  3. Argentina Jorge Recalde (+3m:34s penalties)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
36ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 3 May-6 May
  1. France Didier Auriol (5h:34m:49s)
  2. France François Delecour (5h:36m:15s)
  3. France Philippe Bugalski (5h:38m:04s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
39th Acropolis Rally 31 May-3 June
  1. France Didier Auriol (7h:12m:08s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (7h:13m:37s)
  3. Italy Miki Biasion (7h:14m:33s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
22nd Rothmans Rally of New Zealand 25 June-29 June
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:36m:10s)
  2. Italy Piero Liatti (6h:40m:40s)
  3. Australia Ross Dunkerton (6h:46m:22s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
12º Rally Argentina 22 July-25 July
  1. France Didier Auriol (4h:47m:26s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:49m:44s)
  3. Uruguay Gustavo Trelles (5h:01m:31s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
42nd 1000 Lakes Rally 27 August-30 August
  1. France Didier Auriol (4h:32m:45s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:33m:25s)
  3. Finland Markku Alén (4h:34m:44s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
5th Telecom Rally Australia 19 September-22 September
  1. France Didier Auriol (5h:13m:12s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:14m:53s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:15m:16s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
34º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia 12 October-14 October
  1. Italy Andrea Aghini (5h:52m:11s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:52m:51s)
  3. France François Delecour (5h:53m:53s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
24ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama 31 October-2 November
  1. Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka (+4h:09m:41s penalties)
  2. Belgium Bruno Thiry (+5h:32m:59s penalties)
  3. France Patrice Servant (+5h:38m:02s penalties)
  1. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
  2. Opel Kadett GSI 16V
  3. Audi 90 Quattro
28º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 9 November-11 November
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:21m:13s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:21m:49s)
  3. Italy Andrea Aghini (6h:22m:45s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
48th Lombard RAC Rally 22 November-25 November
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:23m:06s)
  2. Finland Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:22s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:25m:51s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale

See also

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