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1991 World Rally Championship

19th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Juha Kankkunen World Manufacturers' Champion: Lancia

The 1991 World Rally Championship was the 19th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Juha Kankkunen in a Lancia Delta Integrale 16V, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
26 January	30 January	MON 59th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	27	628.64 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
16 February	18 February	SWE 40th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	29	519.90 km	Drivers only
5 March	9 March	POR 25th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	38	564.20 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
27 March	1 April	KEN 39th Martini Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	N/A	4335.36 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
28 April	1 May	FRA 35th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	27	626.21 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
2 June	5 June	GRC 38th Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	48	597.35 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
26 June	30 June	NZL 22nd Rothmans Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	40	630.66 km	Drivers only
23 July	27 July	ARG 11th Rally YPF Argentina	Buenos Aires	Gravel	30	594.20 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
22 August	25 August	FIN 41st 1000 Lakes Rally	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	42	524.26 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
20 September	24 September	AUS 4th Commonwealth Bank Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	39	592.59 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
13 October	17 October	ITA 33rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	31	572.57 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
27 October	31 October	CIV 23rd Rallye Cote d'Ivoire - Bandama	Abidjan	Gravel	N/A	3272.82 km	Drivers only
10 November	13 November	ESP 27th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Mixed	35	594.01 km	Drivers only
24 November	27 November	GBR 47th Lombard RAC Rally	Harrogate, North Yorkshire	Gravel	37	565.51 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Group A major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers
JPN Marlboro Toyota Team Europe	Celica GT-4 (ST165)		Spain Carlos Sainz	Spain Luis Moya	1, 3–11, 13–14
GER Armin Schwarz	SWE Arne Hertz	1, 3, 5–6, 9–11, 13
SWE Mats Jonsson	SWE Lars Bäckman	2, 9
SWE Mikael Ericsson	SWE Claes Billstam	4, 6, 8
UAE Mohammed Ben Sulayem	IRE Ronan Morgan	8
AUS Neal Bates	AUS David Jorgensen	10
JPN Toyota Fina Team		Belgium Marc Duez	GER Klaus Wicha	1, 3, 5, 14
Belgium Renaud Verreydt	Belgium Georges Biar	11
SWE Toyota Team Sweden		SWE Leif Asterhag	SWE Claes Billstam	2
KEN Toyota Kenya		SWE Björn Waldegård	GBR Fred Gallagher	4
FIN Toyota Team Finland		FIN Antero Laine	FIN Jari Kiviniemi	9
FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Juha Repo	9
FRA Adolphe Choteau	Corolla AE86	?	FRA Adolphe Choteau	FRA Jean-Pierre Claverie	12
SUI Jean-Claude Dupuis	?	SUI Jean-Claude Dupuis	FRA Nathalie Chastagnol	12
ITA Martini Lancia	Delta Integrale 16V		FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	1, 3–4, 6–11, 13–14
ITA Miki Biasion	ITA Tiziano Siviero	1, 3–4, 6, 8, 11, 14
ARG Jorge Recalde	ARG Martin Christie	4, 6, 8, 10, 13
FRA Yves Loubet	FRA Jean-Paul Chiaroni	5
ITA Jolly Club		FRA Didier Auriol	FRA Bernard Occelli	1–3, 5–11, 14
ITA Andrea Aghini	ITA Sauro Farnocchia	11, 13
ITA Dario Cerrato	ITA Giuseppe Cerri	11
URU Gustavo Trelles	URU Daniel Muzio	13
ITA Lancia Fina		FRA Bruno Saby	FRA Daniel Grataloup	1, 5
FRA Jean-François Fauchille	14
FRA Yves Loubet	FRA Jean-Paul Chiaroni	1
SWE Clarion Team Europe		SWE Per Eklund	SWE Jan-Olof Bohlin	2, 14
POR Duriforte SG Gigante		POR Carlos Bica	POR Fernando Prata	3
AUT Ernst Harrach sen.	?	AUT Ernst Harrach sen.	GER Michael Uhl	3
ITA Astra Racing		FIN Minna Sillankorva	ITA Michela Marangoni	5–6, 8–9, 11, 13
	URU Gustavo Trelles	URU Ricardo Ivetich	8, 11
	ITA Michele Gregis	ITA Claudio Giachino	11
ITA Piergiorgio Deila	ITA Pierangelo Scalvini	11
GRE "Jigger"		GRE "Jigger"	GRE Konstantinos Stefanis	6
ITA A.R.T. Engineering		ITA Piero Liatti	ITA Luciano Tedeschini	11
ITA Gilberto Pianezzola	ITA Loris Roggia	11
Spain Escudería Telde		Spain Luis Monzón	Spain Álex Romaní	13
Spain Jesús Puras		Spain Jesús Puras	Spain José Arrarte	13
JPN Mitsubishi Ralliart	Galant VR-4		FIN Timo Salonen	FIN Voitto Silander	1–2, 6, 9–10, 14
SWE Kenneth Eriksson	SWE Staffan Parmander	1–2, 6, 9–10, 14
GER Ronald Holzer	GER Klaus Wendel	1, 5
FIN Lasse Lampi	FIN Pentti Kuukkala	2, 9, 14
	JPN Kenjiro Shinozuka	GBR John Meadows	4, 12
AUS Ross Dunkerton	LIT Fred Gocentas	7, 10
FRA Patrick Tauziac		FRA Patrick Tauziac	FRA Claude Papin	12
JPN Mazda Rally Team Europe	323 GTX		FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Johnny Johansson	1–3, 6, 9, 14
Spain Jesús Puras	Spain José Arrarte	1, 3
SWE Ingvar Carlsson	SWE Per Carlsson	2, 7, 10
FIN Tommi Mäkinen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	9, 14
SWE Mazda Team Sweden		SWE 'Nalle'	SWE Anders Olsson	2
NZL Mazda Rally Team Asia Pacific	?	NZL Rod Millen	NZL Tony Sircombe	7, 10
NZL Neil Allport	?	NZL Neil Allport	NZL Jim Robb	7
FIN Mazda Rally Team Finland		FIN Mikael Sundström	FIN Jakke Honkanen	9
FIN Minna Sillankorva	323 4WD	?	FIN Minna Sillankorva	ITA Michela Marangoni	1
GBR Q8 Team Ford	Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4		ITA Alessandro Fiorio	ITA Luigi Pirollo	1, 3, 6, 11
FRA François Delecour	FRA Anne-Chantal Pauwels	1, 3, 5–6, 11
FRA Daniel Grataloup	13–14
Great Britain Malcolm Wilson	GBR Nicky Grist	1, 3, 5–6, 11, 14
GBR Gwyndaf Evans	GBR Howard Davies	2, 14
FRA Ford Bastos Castrol		FRA Bernard Béguin	FRA Jean-Marc Andrié	5
ITA Ford Italia		ITA Gianfranco Cunico	ITA Stefano Evangelisti	5, 11
NZL Brian Stokes	?	NZL Brian Stokes	NZL Jeff Judd	7
FIN Ford Finland	?	FIN Sebastian Lindholm	FIN Cedric Wrede	9
GBR Louise Aitken-Walker		GBR Louise Aitken-Walker	SWE Christina Thörner	14
CZE Škoda Motorsport	Favorit 136 L		CZE Pavel Sibera	CZE Petr Gross	1, 6, 9, 14
FIN Kalevi Aho	FIN Carl-Johan Wolff	1, 9, 11
CZE Vladimír Berger	CZE Jiří Janeček	3, 6
POR Horácio Franco	POR Ricardo Jordão	3
JPN Subaru Rally Team Europe	Legacy RS		FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	2–3, 6–7, 9–10, 14
FRA François Chatriot	FRA Michel Périn	2–3, 5
NZL Peter 'Possum' Bourne	NZL Rodger Freeth	7, 10
	Great Britain Colin McRae	GB Derek Ringer	14
KEN Ian Duncan		KEN Ian Duncan	KEN David Williamson	4
KEN Patrick Njiru		KEN Patrick Njiru	KEN Bob Khan	4, 10
SWE Peugeot Dealer Team Sweden	309 GTI 16		SWE Harry Joki	SWE Ingemar Karlsson	2
FRA Concessionnaires Peugeot France		FRA Patrick Magaud	FRA Guylène Brun	5
FRA Fabien Doenlen	FRA Evelyne Merciol	5
FIN Peugeot Sport Finland		FIN Olavi Juntunen	FIN Kauko Mäki-Kuutti	9
Spain RACC Motorsport		Spain Joaquim Casasayas	Spain Manuel Dalmases	13
GBR Peugeot Talbot Sport		Great Britain Richard Burns	GB Robert Reid	14
JPN Nissan Motorsports Europe	Sunny GTI-R		SWE Stig Blomqvist	SWE Benny Melander	4, 6, 9, 14
GBR David Llewellin	GBR Peter Diekmann	4, 6, 9, 14
KEN Mike Kirkland	KEN Surinder Thatthi	4
KEN Ryce Motors Ltd.	Charade		KEN Guy Jack	GB Des Page-Morris	4
KEN Steve Anthony	KEN Philip Valentine	4
KEN Ashok Pattni	KEN Raffiq Cassam	4
GBR Lynda Hughes-Morgan	AUS Vanessa Slee-Evans	4
AUT Stohl Racing	90 Quattro		AUT Rudolf Stohl	AUT Peter Diekmann	4, 8, 12
FRA Patrice Servant	?	FRA Patrice Servant	FRA Thierry Pansolin	12
FRA Société Diac	Clio 16S		FRA Jean Ragnotti	FRA Gilles Thimonier	5
FRA Philippe Bugalski	FRA Denis Giraudet	5
FRA Alfa Romeo France	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		FRA Pierre-César Baroni	FRA Philippe David	5
FRA Christine Driano	FRA Marie-Christine Lallement	5
FRA Citroën Sport	AX Sport		FRA Laurent Poggi	FRA Didier Breton	5
FRA Sylvain Polo	MON "Tilber"	5
BEL Opel Team Belgium	Kadett GSI 16V		Belgium Bruno Thiry	BEL Stéphane Prévot	5, 11
ESP Opel Team España		Spain Borja Moratal	Spain Arturo Fernández de La Puente	13
Corsa A GSi	Spain Luis Climent	Spain José Antonio Muñoz	13
Spain Iñigo Lilly	Spain P Echevarria	13
FRA Patrick Bernardini	M3 E30		FRA Patrick Bernardini	FRA Philippe Dran-Padovani	5
USSR Lada-Avtosport	Samara 21083	?	USSR Sergey Alyasov	USSR Aleksandr Levitan	6, 9, 14
USSR Aleksandr Artemenko	USSR Viktor Timkovskiy	6, 9
JPN Team Suzuki	Swift GTi	?	JPN Nobuhiro Tajima	AUS Mark Nelson	10
MYS Kenny Lam	AUS Graeme Palmer	10
BEL East Belgian Racing Team	Cultus GTI	?	Belgium Damien Chaballe	BEL Jacky Delvaux	12

FIA Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers
ITA Rally Team Italia	323 GTX		BEL Grégoire de Mevius	FRA Hervé Sauvage	1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14
BEL Nicolas Min	?	BEL Nicolas Min	BEL Joseph Lambert	12
MON Christophe Spiliotis	Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4		MON Christophe Spiliotis	MON Isabelle Spiliotis	1, 3
FRA Eric Mauffrey	?	FRA Eric Mauffrey	FRA Hélène Main-Debard	1
FRA Jacques Tasso	?	FRA Jacques Tasso	FRA Michèle Ranchoux	1
MON "Tchine"	?	MON "Tchine"	FRA Jean-Pierre Fricout	1, 8, 11
FIN Promoracing Finland		FIN Tommi Mäkinen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	2–3
ESP Canarias Sport Club		ESP Fernando Capdevila	ESP Alfredo Rodríguez	3, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 13–14
POR Amocargo	?	POR Fernando Peres	POR Ricardo Caldeira	3
FRA Jean-Marie Santoni		FRA Jean-Marie Santoni	FRA Marcel Cesarini	5
ARG Mike Little Preparations		ARG Carlos Menem jr.	ARG Victor Zucchini	6, 8, 13–14
ITA GPR Star Racing		ITA Giovanni Manfrinato	ITA Andrea Pietro Renzo Nicoli	11
GBR Shell / Asquith Autosport		GBR Robbie Head	GBR Campbell Roy	14
GBR Jeremy Easson		GBR Jeremy Easson	GBR Alun Cook	14
GBR Roderick Menzies		GBR Roderick Menzies	GBR Philip Stanway	14
AUS Ed Ordynski	Galant VR-4		AUS Ed Ordynski	AUS Harry Mansson	2, 7, 9–10
SWE Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden		SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson	SWE Gunnar Barth	2
SWE Sören Nilsson	SWE Per-Ove Persson	2
NZL Stuart Eyre	?	NZL Stuart Eyre	NZL Stuart McFarlane	7
FIN Tommi Mäkinen	?	FIN Tommi Mäkinen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	7
FIN Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland		FIN Jouko Puhakka	FIN Keijo Eerola	9
FIN Arto Kumpumäki	FIN Veijo Vainio	9
AUS Westec Racing	?	AUS Challis Tolley	MYS Allen Oh	10
ITA Città di Castelfranco	Delta Integrale 16V	?	ITA Piergiorgio Bedini	ITA Luca Bonvicini	3, 6, 11–12
KEN Michael Hughes	Legacy RS	?	KEN Michael Hughes	KEN Saleem Haji	4
NZL Brian Watkin	?	NZL Brian Watkin	NZL Stuart Roberts	7
JPN Yasuhiro Iwase	Celica GT-4 (ST165)	?	JPN Yasuhiro Iwase	KEN Sudhir Vinayak	4
NZL Ross Meekings	?	NZL Ross Meekings	NZL Steve March	7
FIN Hockey Drivers		FIN Mikko Kalliomaa	FIN Harri Steiner	9
JPN Hiroshi Nishiyama	Sunny GTI-R		JPN Hiroshi Nishiyama	JPN Hiroki "Rocky" Sugiura	4, 6, 10, 12
GRE "Stratissino"		GRE "Stratissino"	GRE Tonia Pavli	6
FRA Jean-Pierre Manzagol	5 GT Turbo		FRA Jean-Pierre Manzagol	FRA Georges Monti	5
FRA Philippe Doué	Clio 16S	?	FRA Philippe Doué	FRA Laurent Urlique	12
FRA Guy Fiori	325i E30		FRA Guy Fiori	FRA Xavier Pierlovisi	5
ESP José María Ponce	325 iX E30	?	ESP José María Ponce	ESP José Carlos Déniz	13

Standings

Points scoring system

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Drivers' championship	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2
Manufacturers' championship	20	17	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Sources:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
Monaco	SWE
Sweden	POR
Portugal	KEN
Kenya	FRA
France	GRE
Greece	NZL
New Zealand	ARG
Argentina	FIN
Finland	AUS
Australia	ITA
Italy	CIV
Côte d'Ivoire	ESP
Spain	GBR
United Kingdom	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	Pos.	Driver	MON
Monaco	SWE
Sweden	POR
Portugal	KEN
Kenya	FRA
France	GRE
Greece	NZL
New Zealand	ARG
Argentina	FIN
Finland	AUS
Australia	ITA
Italy	CIV
Côte d'Ivoire	ESP
Spain	GBR
United Kingdom	Points
Finland Juha Kankkunen	(5)		4	1		1	2	4	1	1	Ret		2	1	150
Spain Carlos Sainz	1		1	Ret	1	2	1	1	4	Ret	6		Ret	3	143
France Didier Auriol	Ret	9	2		2	4	3	3	2	Ret	1			12	101
Italy Miki Biasion	2		3	Ret		3		2			2			Ret	69
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson		1				7			3	2				2	66
Germany Armin Schwarz	4		Ret		Ret	5			9	3	8		1		55
France François Delecour	3		Ret		Ret	Ret					4		3	6	40
Finland Markku Alén		3	5			Ret	4		Ret	4				Ret	40
Argentina Jorge Recalde				3		Ret		5		8			6		29
Sweden Mikael Ericsson				2		6		6							27
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka				8								1			23
Sweden Mats Jonsson		2							6						21
Finland Timo Salonen	8	Ret				Ret			DSQ	5				4	21
Italy Andrea Aghini											5		5		16
France Patrick Tauziac												2			15
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson		4					8			Ret					13
Belgium Marc Duez	11		Ret		4									8	13
UK Malcolm Wilson	7		Ret		5	Ret					10			Ret	13
Italy Gianfranco Cunico					3						Ret				12
Italy Dario Cerrato											3				12
Austria Rudi Stohl				Ret				Ret				3			12
Finland Ari Vatanen									7					5	12
New Zealand Rod Millen							6			6					12
Sweden Stig Blomqvist				5		Ret			8					Ret	11
Finland Hannu Mikkola	Ret	7	Ret			8			Ret					7	11
Sweden Björn Waldegård				4											10
France Patrice Servant												4			10
Spain Mía Bardolet													4		10
Finland Tommi Mäkinen		13	Ret				Ret		5					Ret	8
Finland Lasse Lampi		5							Ret					Ret	8
New Zealand Neil Allport							5								8
Côte d'Ivoire Adolphe Choteau												5			8
France François Chatriot		19	6		9										8
France Bruno Saby	6				Ret									9	8
France Yves Loubet	9				6										8
Sweden Bjorn Johansson		6													6
Kenya Ian Duncan				6											6
France Philippe Doue												6			6
Belgium Grégoire de Mévius	Ret		8					9						22	5
Spain Jesús Puras	Ret		7										Ret		4
Kenya Mike Kirkland				7											4
France Patrick Bernardini					7										4
New Zealand Brian Stokes							7								4
UAE Mohammed Ben Sulayem								7							4
Australia Ross Dunkerton							Ret			7					4
Italy Piero Liatti											7				4
Belgium Damien Chaballe												7			4
Spain Luis Monzon													7		4
Sweden Per Eklund		8												Ret	3
France Philippe Bugalski					8										3
Uruguay Gustavo Trelles								8			Ret		Ret		3
Belgium Nicolas Min												8			3
Spain Fernando Capdevila			13		Ret			Ret	26				8	Ret	3
UK David Llewellin				Ret		9			10						3
Italy Alex Fiorio	10		Ret			Ret					9				3
Austria Ernst Harrach			9												2
Kenya Guy Jack				9											2
New Zealand Ross Meekings							9								2
Australia Neal Bates										9					2
Switzerland Jean-Claude Dupuis												9			2
Spain Joaquim Casasayas													9		2
Finland Minna Sillankorva	18				Ret			10	22						1
Sweden Leif Asterhag		10													1
Portugal Carlos Bica			10												1
Kenya Steve Anthony				10											1
France Jean-Pierre Manzagol					10										1
Greece Giannis Vardinogiannis						10									1
New Zealand Brian Watkin							10								1
Australia Ed Ordynski							Ret		25	10					1
Spain Jose-Maria Ponce													10		1
UK Louise Aitken-Walker														10	1
Sources:

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	MON
Monaco	POR
Portugal	KEN
Kenya	FRA
France	GRE
Greece	ARG
Argentina	FIN
Finland	AUS
Australia	ITA
Italy	GBR
United Kingdom	Points	1	137	2	128	3	62	4	54	5	44	6	42	7	16	8	6	9	4	10	2	Pos.	Manufacturer	MON
Monaco	POR
Portugal	KEN
Kenya	FRA
France	GRE
Greece	ARG
Argentina	FIN
Finland	AUS
Australia	ITA
Italy	GBR
United Kingdom	Points
Italy Lancia	(2)	(2)	1	(2)	1	2	1	1	1	1
Japan Toyota	1	1	2	1	2	1	(4)	3	(6)	(3)
Japan Mitsubishi	8		8		7		3	2		2
GBR Ford	3			3			7		4	6
Japan Mazda		7			8	9	5	6		7
Japan Subaru		5	6	9				4		5
Japan Nissan			5		9		8
Germany BMW				7
France Renault				8
Japan Daihatsu			9
Sources:

Events

Round	Rally name	Start-end date	Podium drivers	Podium cars	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo	24 January–30 January
Sweden Swedish Rally	16 February–18 February
Portugal Rallye de Portugal	5 March–9 March
Kenya Safari Rally	27 March–1 April
France Tour de Corse	28 April–1 May
Greece Acropolis Rally	2 June–5 June
New Zealand Rally New Zealand	26 June–30 June
Argentina Rally Argentina	23 July–27 July
Finland 1000 Lakes Rally	22 August–25 August
Australia Rally Australia	20 September–24 September
Italy Rallye Sanremo	13 October–17 October
Côte d'Ivoire Rallye Côte d'Ivoire	27 October–31 October
Spain Rally Catalunya	10 November–13 November
UK RAC Rally	24 November–27 November
Sources:

References

"WRC 1991". [[eWRC-results.com]].
"1991 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
"Season 1991 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
"FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1991". Motorsport Stats.

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