List of World Rally Championship people

The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

Administration

• Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the FIA (1986–1993)
• Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006^[1]
• Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
• Max Mosley – president of the FIA, the sport's governing and rulemaking body
• Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[2]
• Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006

Team management

David Richards, founder of Prodrive and team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team.

• Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
• Jacky Bozian – director of Bozian Racing
• Xavier Carlotti – team manager of Peugeot (1999–2002)
• Aime Chatard – rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
• François Chatriot – former driver, team manager for Citroën and Peugeot
• Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
• Derek Dauncey – team manager of Mitsubishi
• Pierre Dupasquier – head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
• Tony Fall – former driver, team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team
• Guy Fréquelin – former driver, director of Citroën Sport (1989–2006)
• Pavel Janeba – team manager of Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
• David Lapworth – team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–) of the Subaru World Rally Team
• Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, sporting director of Peugeot Sport
• Corrado Provera – director of Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
• Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport, director of Citroën Sport (2008–)
• David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
• Phil Short – team manager of Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
• Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
• Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport
• David Whitehead – team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
• Malcolm Wilson – former driver, team principal of the BP Ford World Rally Team

Engineers

• Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
• Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
• Mario Fornaris – chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
• Lasse Lampi – former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
• Christian Loriaux – chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
• Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – chief engineer of Citroën Sport (2005–)
• Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005)
• Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
• Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–)
• Günther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
• Jean-Claude Vaucard – chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)

Rally officials

• Garry Connelly – clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
• Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
• Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
• René Isoart – clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
• Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland

Commentators and journalists

• Jim Bamber – cartoonist
• John Davenport – former co-driver and author
• Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
• Martin Holmes – former co-driver and author

Drivers

Two-time world champion Marcus Grönholm.

• Markku Alén – 1978 FIA Cup champion
• Didier Auriol – 1994 world champion
• Miki Biasion – 1988 and 1989 world champion
• Stig Blomqvist – 1984 world champion
• Richard Burns – 2001 world champion
• Marcus Grönholm – 2000 and 2002 world champion
• Juha Kankkunen – four-time world champion
• Sébastien Loeb – nine-time world champion
• Colin McRae – 1995 world champion, first British world champion
• Michèle Mouton – most successful female rally driver
• Tommi Mäkinen – four-time world champion
• Hannu Mikkola – 1983 world champion
• Sandro Munari – 1977 FIA Cup champion
• Walter Röhrl – 1980 and 1982 world champion
• Carlos Sainz – 1990 and 1992 world champion
• Timo Salonen – 1985 world champion
• Petter Solberg – 2003 world champion
• Ari Vatanen – world champion 1981 (now MEP)
• Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion

Co-drivers

Daniel Elena with his driver Sébastien Loeb.

• Björn Cederberg – co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
• Daniel Elena – co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
• Fred Gallagher – co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
• Christian Geistdörfer – co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
• Denis Giraudet – co-driver to Didier Auriol
• Nicky Grist – co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
• Seppo Harjanne – co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
• Arne Hertz – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
• Ilkka Kivimäki – co-driver to Markku Alén
• Risto Mannisenmäki – co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
• Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
• Phil Mills – co-driver to Petter Solberg
• Luís Moya – co-driver to Carlos Sainz
• Michael Park – co-driver to Markko Märtin
• Juha Piironen – co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
• Timo Rautiainen – co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
• Robert Reid – co-driver to Richard Burns
• Derek Ringer – co-driver to Colin McRae
• David Richards – co-driver to Ari Vatanen
• Tiziano Siviero – co-driver to Miki Biasion
• Hans Thorszelius – co-driver to Björn Waldegård
• Jean Todt – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin

Deaths in the WRC

• Jörg Bastuck (d. 24 March 2006 at the Rally Catalunya) – co-driver to Aaron Burkart^[3]
• Attilio Bettega (d. 2 May 1985 at the Tour de Corse) – driver
• Rodger Freeth (d. 18 September 1993 at the Rally Australia) – co-driver to Possum Bourne
• Michael Park (d. 18 September 2005 at the Wales Rally GB) – co-driver to Markko Märtin^[4]
• Henri Toivonen (d. 2 May 1986 at the Tour de Corse) – driver to co-driver Sergio Cresto, who perished in the same crash
• Lars-Erik Torph (d. 23 January 1989 at the Monte Carlo Rally) – driver to co-driver Bertil-Rune Rehnfeldt, who perished in the same crash

See also

• List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions

References

1. World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release, July 05, 2006.
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