List of World Rally Championship records

The list of records in the World Rally Championship includes records and statistics set in the World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 1973 season to now.

Drivers

Wins

Statistics

Age

Youngest winners
Driver Age Event
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally
2 Finland Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally
3 Norway Mads Østberg 24 y, 152 d 2012 Rally Portugal
4 Finland Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal
5 Belgium François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia
6 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand
7 Finland Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec
8 Finland Juha Kankkunen 25 y, 352 d 1985 Safari Rally
9 Italy Fulvio Bacchelli 26 y, 69 d 1977 Rally New Zealand
10 Belgium Thierry Neuville 26 y, 70 d 2014 Rally Deutschland

Oldest winners
Driver Age Event
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally
3 Finland Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally
4 Kenya Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally
5 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
6 France Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya
7 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand
8 Spain Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina
9 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 41 y, 83 d 1997 Rally New Zealand
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 40 y, 123 d 1999 Rally Finland

Youngest Drivers' Champion
Driver Age Year
1 United Kingdom Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 27 y, 249 d 1986 season

Constructors

Championships
Constructor Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 France Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012
3 France Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002
4 Germany Volkswagen 4 2013–2016
5 Italy Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980
Japan Toyota 1993–1994, 1999
Japan Subaru 1995–1997
United States/United Kingdom Ford 1979, 2006–2007
9 Germany Audi 2 1982, 1984
10 France Alpine-Renault 1 1973
United Kingdom Talbot 1981
Japan Mitsubishi 1998

Event wins
Constructor Total
1 France Citroën 96
2 United States/United Kingdom Ford 82
3 Italy Lancia 73[8]
4 France Peugeot 48
5 Japan Subaru 47
6 Japan Toyota 43
Germany Volkswagen 43
8 Japan Mitsubishi 34
9 Germany Audi 24
10 Italy Fiat 21

Event wins
Car Total
1 Lancia Delta 46
Subaru Impreza 46
3 Ford Focus RS WRC 44
4 Volkswagen Polo R WRC 43
5 Toyota Celica 37
6 Citroen C4 WRC 36
7 Citroën Xsara WRC 32
8 Ford Escort 31
9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 26
Citroën DS3 WRC 26

Co-drivers

Event wins
Co-Driver Total
1 Monaco Daniel Elena 78
2 France Julien Ingrassia 36
3 Finland Timo Rautiainen 30
4 Spain Luis Moya 24
5 United Kingdom Nicky Grist 21
6 Finland Seppo Harjanne 20
7 Finland Ilkka Kivimäki 19
8 Sweden Arne Hertz 18
9 France Bernard Occelli 16
Italy Tiziano Siviero 16
Finland Miikka Anttila 16

Starts
Co-Driver Total
1 France Denis Giraudet 180
Finland Miikka Anttila 180
3 Spain Marc Martí 175
4 Belgium Stéphane Prévot 173
5 Monaco Daniel Elena 170
6 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 167
7 United Kingdom Philip Mills 161
Spain Luis Moya 161
9 Finland Timo Rautiainen 144
10 Sweden Arne Hertz 133

Nationalities

Championships
Country Drivers Total
1  France 3 14
2  Finland[9] 6 13
3  Sweden 2 2
 United Kingdom 2 2
 Germany 1 2
 Italy[10] 1 2
 Spain 1 2
8  Norway 1 1

Event wins
Country Wins
1  France 183
2  Finland 176
3  Sweden 43
4  United Kingdom 39
5  Italy 30
6  Spain 28
7  Germany 17
 Norway 17
9  Kenya 8
10  Estonia 5

Rallies

Fastest rallies

Event Avg. speed Winner Car
1 Finland 2016 Rally Finland 126.6 km/h (78.7 mph) United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën DS3 WRC
2 Finland 2015 Rally Finland 125.4 km/h (77.9 mph) Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC
3 Finland 2012 Rally Finland 122.9 km/h (76.4 mph) France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC
4 Finland 2005 Rally Finland 122.86 km/h (76.34 mph) Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC
5 Finland 2010 Rally Finland 122.80 km/h (76.30 mph) Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09
6 Kenya 2000 Safari Rally 122.43 km/h (76.07 mph) United Kingdom Richard Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 99
7 Finland 2006 Rally Finland 122.06 km/h (75.84 mph) Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06
8 Finland 2007 Rally Finland 121.85 km/h (75.71 mph) Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07
9 Finland 2002 Rally Finland 121.80 km/h (75.68 mph) Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC
10 Finland 2003 Rally Finland 121.62 km/h (75.57 mph) Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC 03

Closest wins

Event Margin[11] Winner Runner-up
1 Jordan 2011 Jordan Rally 0.2 second France Sébastien Ogier Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
2 New Zealand 2007 Rally New Zealand 0.3 second Finland Marcus Grönholm France Sébastien Loeb
3 Portugal 1998 Rally Portugal 2.1 seconds United Kingdom Colin McRae Spain Carlos Sainz
4 Argentina 1999 Rally Argentina 2.4 seconds Finland Juha Kankkunen United Kingdom Richard Burns
New Zealand 2010 Rally New Zealand 2.4 seconds Finland Jari-Matti Latvala France Sébastien Ogier
Argentina 2011 Rally Argentina 2.4 seconds France Sébastien Loeb Finland Mikko Hirvonen
7 Australia 2000 Rally Australia 2.7 seconds Finland Marcus Grönholm United Kingdom Richard Burns
8 Germany 2003 Rallye Deutschland 3.6 seconds France Sébastien Loeb Finland Marcus Grönholm
9 Italy 1976 Rallye Sanremo 4.0 seconds Sweden Björn Waldegård Italy Sandro Munari
Argentina 2002 Rally Argentina 4.0 seconds Spain Carlos Sainz Norway Petter Solberg

Driver wins per nationalities

# Nation Wins Drivers
1 France183Sébastien Loeb (78), Sébastien Ogier (38), Didier Auriol (20), Bernard Darniche (7), Gilles Panizzi (7), Jean-Luc Thérier (5), Jean-Pierre Nicolas (5), Michèle Mouton (4), François Delecour (4), Jean-Claude Andruet (3), Jean Ragnotti (3), Bruno Saby (2), Philippe Bugalski (2), Guy Fréquelin (1), Bernard Béguin (1), Alain Ambrosino (1), Alain Oreille (1), Patrick Tauziac (1)18
2  Finland176Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (16), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Timo Salonen (11), Ari Vatanen (10), Timo Mäkinen (4), Henri Toivonen (3), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1) 14
3 Sweden43Björn Waldegård (16), Stig Blomqvist (11), Kenneth Eriksson (6), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Mikael Ericsson (2), Mats Jonsson (2), Ove Andersson (1), Per Eklund (1), Harry Källström (1), Anders Kulläng (1)10
4 United Kingdom39Colin McRae (25), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (3), Roger Clark (1) 4
5 Italy30Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1) 8
6 Spain28Carlos Sainz (26), Jesús Puras (1), Dani Sordo (1) 3
7 Germany17Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1) 3
 Norway17Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1) 3
9 Kenya8 Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1)3
10 Estonia5Markko Märtin (5)1
11 Belgium3Thierry Neuville (2), François Duval (1)2
12 Austria2Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1)2
 Japan2Kenjiro Shinozuka (2)1
14 Argentina1Jorge Recalde (1)1
 Canada1Walter Boyce (1)1
 New Zealand1Hayden Paddon (1)1
 Portugal1Joaquim Moutinho (1)1

Notes

  1. Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.
  2. According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 821 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19–26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18 April 1990). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  3. According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4 April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
  4. Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9–16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).
  6. According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19–26 May 1977).
  7. According to World Rally Archive, Blomqvist won 486 stages. Blomqvist also won special stages in rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com: 26 stages in Sweden 1975 (source: Autosport, 20 February 1975), 10 stages in Sweden 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°170, March 1976), 7 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977).
  8. Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  9. Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  10. Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where "unachievable" target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.

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