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1992 World Rally Championship

20th season of the FIA World Rally Championship


20th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Carlos Sainz World Manufacturers' Champion: Lancia 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.

Calendar

Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistancePoints1234567891011121314
25 January29 JanuaryMON 60th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloMonte CarloMixed26628.29 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
13 February16 FebruarySWE 41st International Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow31571.19 kmDrivers only
3 March7 MarchPOR 26th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do PortoEstoril, LisbonGravel40577.30 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
27 March1 AprilKEN 40th Safari RallyNairobiGravelN/A2827.59 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
3 May6 MayFRA 36th Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac27†618.37 km†Drivers & Manufacturers
31 May3 JuneGRC 39th Acropolis RallyAthensGravel40564.06 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
25 June28 JuneNZL 23rd Rothmans Rally New ZealandManukau, AucklandGravel38584.54 kmDrivers only
22 July25 JulyARG 12th Rally YPF ArgentinaSan Miguel de TucumánGravel28579.39 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
27 August30 AugustFIN 42nd 1000 Lakes RallyJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel37524.82 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
19 September22 SeptemberAUS 5th Telecom Rally AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaGravel35536.62 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
12 October15 OctoberITA 34th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'ItaliaSanremo, LiguriaMixed25527.48 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
31 October3 NovemberCIV 24th Rallye Cote d'Ivoire - BandamaAbidjanGravelN/A2149.86 kmDrivers only
9 November11 NovemberESP 28th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de EspañaLloret de Mar, CataloniaMixed29519.65 kmDrivers only
22 November25 NovemberGBR 48th Lombard RAC RallyChester, CheshireGravel34567.80 kmDrivers & Manufacturers
Sources:

† - The final part of the Tour de Corse was cancelled after all medical resources on the island had to be taken due to the Furiani disaster.

Teams and drivers

Group A major entries

TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversCo-driversRoundsLanciaToyotaFordMitsubishiNissanŠkodaSubaruMazdaOpelRenaultCitroënAudiDaihatsuBMWPeugeotLadaSuzuki
ITA Martini LanciaDelta HF IntergaleFIN Juha KankkunenFIN Juha Piironen1, 3–4, 6, 9–11, 13–14
FRA Didier AuriolFRA Bernard Occelli1, 3, 5–6, 8–11, 13–14
ITA Andrea AghiniITA Sauro Farnocchia3, 5, 11, 13–14
ARG Jorge RecaldeARG Martin Christie4, 8
SWE Björn WaldegårdGBR Fred Gallagher4
FRA Philippe BugalskiFRA Denis Giraudet5, 9
ITA Giorgio FalettiITA Giuseppe Cerri11
ITA Jolly ClubFRA Philippe BugalskiFRA Denis Giraudet1
ITA Piergiorgio DeilaITA Pierangelo Scalvini11
POR Duriforte ConstruçõesDelta Integrale 16VPOR Jorge BicaPOR João Sena3
ITA Giovanni Recordati?ITA Giovanni RecordatiITA Marco Verdelli5–6, 11
GRE Konstantinos ApostolouGRE Konstantinos ApostolouGRE Mihalis Kriadis6
ITA A.R.T. EngineeringDelta HF IntegraleITA Piero LiattiITA Luciano Tedeschini5, 7, 11
ARG Jorge RecaldeARG Jorge RecaldeARG Martin Christie6, 10
ITA Astra RacingITA Alessandro FiorioITA Vittorio Brambilla6, 8, 11, 13
FRA Pierre-César BaroniFRA Philippe David11
Delta Integrale 16VITA "Artemio"ITA Fabio Barisone11
Delta HF IntegraleSpain Pedro Javier DiegoSpain Icíar Muguerza13
ITA Mauro Rallye TeamURU Gustavo TrellesARG Jorge Del Buono8, 13
Spain Jesús PurasSpain Álex Romaní13
ITA Città di CastelfrancoITA Gilberto PianezzolaITA Loris Roggia11
ITA Race Line SrlITA Enrico BertoneITA Flavio Zanella14
JPN Toyota Team EuropeCelica Turbo 4WD (ST185)Spain Carlos SainzSpain Luis Moya1, 3–8, 10, 13–14
GER Armin SchwarzSWE Arne Hertz1, 3, 5–6, 13
FIN Markku AlénFIN Ilkka Kivimäki1, 3–4, 6, 9, 14
SWE Toyota Team SwedenCelica GT-4 (ST165)2
SWE Mats JonssonSWE Lars Bäckman2
SWE Leif AsterhagSWE Christina Thörner2
FIN Finnish Junior Rally Team?FIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Ilkka Riipinen2, 9
POR Adventure Boots/Toyota - Mobil?POR Joaquim SantosPOR Carlos Magalhães3
KEN Toyota KenyaCelica Turbo 4WD (ST185)SWE Mikael EricssonGBR Nicky Grist4
Celica GT-4 (ST165)KEN Ian DuncanKEN David Williamson4
KEN Sarbi Rai?KEN Sarbi RaiKEN Supee Soin4
KEN Jonathan Toroitich?KEN Jonathan ToroitichKEN Ibrahim Choge4
JPN Yasuhiro IwaseCelica Turbo 4WD (ST185)?JPN Yasuhiro IwaseKEN Sudhir Vinayak4
GRE Toyota HellasCelica GT-4 (ST165)GRE "Jigger"GRE Konstantinos Stefanis6
FIN Toyota Team FinlandFIN Antero LaineFIN Risto Virtanen9
LBN Samir Assef?LBN Samir AssefIRE Clement Konan12
FRA Adolphe ChoteauCorolla AE86?FRA Adolphe ChoteauFRA Patrick Langlais12
CIV Denis Occelli?CIV Denis OccelliFRA Frank Michel12
SUI Jean-Claude Dupuis?SUI Jean-Claude DupuisFRA Nathalie Copetti12
GBR Ford Motor Co. Ltd.Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4ITA Miki BiasionITA Tiziano Siviero1, 3–6, 9, 11, 14
FRA François DelecourFRA Daniel Grataloup1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13
Spain Josep María BardoletSpain Josep Autet13
Great Britain Malcolm WilsonGB Bryan Thomas14
FIN Oy Ford AbFIN Sebastian LindholmFIN Timo Hantunen2, 9
FIN Eija JurvanenFIN Eija JurvanenFIN Marjo Berglund2, 9–14
ESP Ford EspañaSpain Josep María BardoletSpain Josep Autet3
NZL Brian Stokes?NZL Brian StokesNZL Jeff Judd7
FIN Esa SaarenpääFIN Esa SaarenpääFIN Lasse Hirvijärvi9
ITA Ford ItaliaITA Gianfranco CunicoITA Stefano Evangelisti11
GBR Gwyndaf Evans?GBR Gwyndaf EvansGBR Howard Davies14
GBR Russell Brookes?GBR Russell BrookesGBR Neil Wilson14
POR RodamsportSierra RS CosworthPOR José MiguelPOR Luís Lisboa3
JPN Mitsubishi RalliartGalant VR-4SWE Kenneth ErikssonSWE Staffan Parmander1, 3, 6, 14
FIN Timo SalonenFIN Voitto Silander1, 3
FIN Lasse LampiFIN Pentti Kuukkala2, 9, 14
JPN Kenjiro ShinozukaGBR John Meadows4, 12
AUS Ross DunkertonLIT Fred Gocentas7, 10
JPN CFAO?FRA Patrick TauziacFRA Christian Boy12
JPN Nissan Motorsports EuropeSunny GTI-RFRA François ChatriotFRA Michel Périn1, 3
FIN Tommi MäkinenFIN Seppo Harjanne1, 3, 9, 14
SWE Stig BlomqvistSWE Benny Melander9, 14
2
CZE Škoda MotorsportFavorit 136 LCZE Vladimír BergerCZE Jiří Janeček1, 6
CZE Miroslav Fanta9, 11, 13–14
CZE Pavel SiberaCZE Petr Gross1, 6, 9, 11, 13–14
JPN Prodrive Subaru Rally Team EuropeLegacy RSFIN Ari VatanenSWE Bruno Berglund2, 6–7, 9–10, 14
Great Britain Colin McRaeGB Derek Ringer2, 6–7, 9, 14
SWE Clarion Team EuropeSWE Per EklundSWE Johnny Johansson2, 14
KEN Azar AnwarLegacy Estate?KEN Azar AnwarKEN Kuwinder Sandhu4
AUS Subaru Rally Team AustraliaLegacy RSNZL Peter 'Possum' BourneNZL Rodger Freeth7, 10
NZL Joe McAndrewNZL Joe McAndrewNZL Bob Haldane7
SWE Mazda Team Sweden323 GTXSWE 'Nalle'SWE Anders Olsson2
NZL Mazda Rally Team Asia Pacific?NZL Rod MillenNZL Tony Sircombe7, 10
NZL Neil AllportNZL Jim Robb7
SWE Opel Team SwedenCorsa A GSiSWE Per SvanSWE Johan Olsson2
BEL Opel Team BelgiumCalibra 16VBelgium Bruno ThiryBEL Stéphane Prévot5, 11
Kadett GSI 16V12
Astra GSi 16VBelgium Alain LopesBEL Jacky Delvaux12
ESP Opel Team EspañaCorsa A GSiSpain Luis ClimentSpain José Antonio Muñoz13
Spain Iñigo LillySpain Mario Saguillo13
POR Renault GalpClio 1.8 16VPOR José Carlos MacedoPOR Miguel Borges3
FRA Société DiacClio 16SFrance Alain OreilleFRA Jean-Marc Andrié5
FRA Jean RagnottiFRA Gilles Thimonier5
ARG Gabriel Raies18 GTX?ARG Gabriel RaiesARG Jose Maria Volta8
ARG Juan Pablo Raies?ARG Juan Pablo RaiesARG Rodolfo Amelio Ortiz8
ARG Walter Augusto D'Agostini?ARG Walter Augusto D'AgostiniARG Juan Turra8
POR AxergieAX SportPOR Adruzilo LopesPOR António Abreu3
FRA Citroën SportAX GTIFRA Yves LoubetFRA Jean-Paul Chiaroni5
AX SportFRA Christine DrianoFRA Catherine François5, 13
AUT Stohl Racing90 Quattro?AUT Rudolf StohlAUT Peter Diekmann4, 6, 8, 12
?AUT Manfred StohlGER Kay Gerlach4, 12
FRA Patrice Servant?FRA Patrice ServantFRA Thierry Brion12
BEL Belgian Audi Club?BEL Damien ChaballeBEL Dany Delvaux12
KEN Ryce Motors Ltd.CharadeKEN Marco BrighettiKEN Abdul Sidi4
KEN Guy JackGB Des Page-Morris4
KEN Ashok PattniKEN Zahid Mogul4
FRA Patrick BernardiniM3 E30FRA Patrick BernardiniFRA Rocky Demedardi5
Spain Escudería AteruraSpain José María PonceSpain José Carlos Déniz13
FRA Peugeot France309 GTI 16FRA Fabien DoenlenFRA Evelyne Merciol5
GRE Lion Hellas SA205 Rallye?GRE Sotiris KokkinisGRE Stathis Mokkas6
ESP Peugeot Talbot España309 GTI 16Spain "Capi Saiz"Spain Carlos del Barrio13
Spain RACC MotorsportSpain Miguel SoléSpain Joan Moreno13
GBR Peugeot Talbot SportGreat Britain Richard BurnsGB Robert Reid14
RUS RSFSRSamara 21083?RUS Sergey AlyasovRUS Aleksandr Levitan6, 9
?RUS Aleksandr ArtemenkoRUS Viktor Timkovskiy7, 9
GRE Lada Hellas?RUS Vladislav ShtykovRUS Yuriy Baykov6
JPN Suzuki SportSwift GTi?AUS Russell PalmerMYS Roland Pickering10
JPN Nobuhiro TajimaAUS Ross Runnalls10

FIA Group N Cup major entries

TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversCo-driversRoundsFordMitsubishiSubaruLanciaNissanMazdaBMWAlfa RomeoPeugeot
MON Christophe SpiliotisSierra RS Cosworth 4x4MON Christophe SpiliotisMON Isabelle Spiliotis1
ITA Lorenzo Colbrelli?ITA Lorenzo ColbrelliITA Gianfranco Imerito1
FRA Jean-Paul Aymé?FRA Jean-Paul AyméFRA Brigitte Aymé1
ITA Giovanni Manfrinato?ITA Giovanni ManfrinatoITA Claudio Condotta1, 5, 9, 11
GER Team Matter SicherheitGER Dieter DeppingGER Klaus Wendel1, 5
POR AmocargoPOR Fernando PeresPOR Ricardo Caldeira3
ESP Canarias Sport ClubESP Fernando CapdevilaESP Alfredo Rodríguez3, 5–6, 8, 13–14
GBR Marlboro Team FordUAE Mohammed Ben SulayemIRE Ronan Morgan3, 6–7, 10–11, 13
FRA Jean-Marie Santoni?FRA Jean-Marie SantoniFRA Marcel Cesarini5
GBR Shell Helix Motor OilsGBR Alister McRaeGBR David Senior14
GBR Jonny MilnerGBR Jonny MilnerGBR Chris Wood14
SWE Mitsubishi Ralliart SwedenGalant VR-4SWE Sören NilssonSWE Per-Ove Persson2
FIN Mitsubishi Ralliart FinlandFIN Jarmo KytölehtoFIN Arto Kapanen2, 9–10, 14
AUS Ed Ordynski?AUS Ed OrdynskiAUS Harry Mansson7
AUS Mark Stacey10
JPN Seiichiro Taguchi?JPN Seiichiro TaguchiNZL Chris Clarke7
AUS Craig Stallard?AUS Craig StallardAUS Graeme Jesse7, 10
JPN Kiyoshi Inoue?JPN Kiyoshi InoueJPN Satoshi Hayashi7, 10
FIN Juha Hellman?FIN Juha HellmanFIN Tapio Järvi9
AUS Westec Racing?AUS Challis TolleyNZL Rod van der Straaten10
BEL Ecurie HesbayeBEL Guy ColsoulBEL Edy Paquay12
SWE Roger EricssonLegacy RS?SWE Roger EricssonSWE Ola Carlsson2
KEN Patrick NjiruKEN Patrick NjiruKEN Ian Munro4
SWE Per EklundSWE Per EklundSWE Johnny Johansson4
NZL Will Orr?NZL Will OrrNZL Heather Orr7
FIN Mikael SundströmDelta Integrale 16V?FIN Mikael SundströmFIN Jakke Honkanen2–3, 7
ITA Città di CastelfrancoDelta HF Integrale?ITA Lorenzo ColbrelliITA Liliana Armand3, 5
ITA Top RunARG Carlos Menem jr.ARG Victor Zucchini3, 5, 7–8, 10, 13
ITA Meteco CorseITA Romeo DeilaITA Claudio Giachino11
BEL Nissan Belgium Rally TeamSunny GTI-RBEL Grégoire de MeviusBEL Willy Lux3, 6, 8–9, 12
JPN Hiroshi NishiyamaJPN Hiroshi NishiyamaJPN Hisashi Yamaguchi4, 8, 12
GRE "Stratissino"GRE "Stratissino"GRE Tonia Pavli6
FIN Mikael Sundström?FIN Mikael SundströmFIN Jakke Honkanen9
FRA Alain Oudit?FRA Alain OuditFRA Frédéric Spaak12
JPN Yoshio FujimotoPulsar GTi-RJPN Yoshio FujimotoJPN Hakaru Ichino7, 10
ITA Rally Team Italia323 GTXITA Alessandro FassinaITA Luigi Pirollo3, 6, 11, 14
NZL Barry Sexton?NZL Barry SextonNZL Neil Cathcart7
FRA Pierre BenazziM3 E30?FRA Pierre BenazziFRA Vincent Benazzi5
CHI Alejandro Schmauk33?CHI Alejandro SchmaukCHI Jaime Rojas8
ITA Mirabella Mille Miglia309 GTIITA Angelo MedeghiniITA Paolo Cecchini11
ESP Armangue CompeticionESP David GuixerasESP Josep María Falcó13

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.DriverMON
MONSWE
SWEPOR
PORKEN
KENFRA
FRAGRE
GRENZL
NZLARG
ARGFIN
FINAUS
AUSITA
ITACIV
CIVESP
ESPGBR
GBRPts1144213431214605506457398349321028112512221322142115201620171718161916201421=1221=122312241225=1025=10271028929=829=829=832=832=834=634=634=634=634=634=640541=441=441=441=441=441=441=441=449=349=349=349=349=349=349=349=349=358=258=258=258=258=258=258=258=266=266=268=168=168=168=168=168=168=1Pos.DriverMON
MONSWE
SWEPOR
PORKEN
KENFRA
FRAGRE
GRENZL
NZLARG
ARGFIN
FINAUS
AUSITA
ITACIV
CIVESP
ESPGBR
GBRPts
Spain Carlos Sainz2314Ret12311
Finland Juha Kankkunen312222223
France Didier Auriol1Ret11111Ret10Ret
Italy Miki Biasion8273545
Finland Markku AlénRet445Ret34
France François Delecour4Ret25Ret3Ret
Italy Andrea AghiniRet61310
Great Britain Colin McRae24Ret86
Italy Alex Fiorio7454
ARG Jorge Recalde36Ret4
Finland Ari VatanenRetRetRet4Ret2
Italy Piero Liatti827
France Philippe Bugalski539
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka101
Sweden Mats Jonsson1
Australia Ross Dunkerton35
Belgium Bruno Thiry92
Uruguay Gustavo Trelles37
Germany Armin SchwarzRetRet5Ret5
Finland Timo Salonen65
Sweden Stig Blomqvist3RetRet
France Patrice Servant3
Japan Hiroshi Nishiyama1694
Australia Ed Ordynski57
Sweden Mikael Ericsson4
Finland Mikael SundströmRetRet4Ret
France François Chatriot76
Finland Lasse Lampi8611
Sweden Leif Asterhag5
AUT Rudolf Stohl13135Ret
LBN Samir Assef5
Sweden Per Eklund6912
ARG Carlos Menem, Jr.9RetRet6RetRet
Kenya Ian Duncan6
Japan Yoshio Fujimoto6Ret
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' BourneRet6
Italy Gilberto PianezzolaRetRet6
France Alain Oudit6
Spain Jesús Puras6
Finland Tommi Mäkinen9RetRet8
Sweden Björn 'Nalle' Johansson7
Spain Josep María Bardolet7Ret
Kenya Sarbi Rai7
New Zealand Will Orr7
ARG Gabriel Raies7
Finland Sebastian LindholmRet7
AUT Manfred StohlRet7
Sweden Kenneth ErikssonRetRetRet7
Portugal Joaquim Santos8
Kenya Patrick Njiru8
GRE 'Jigger'8
Japan Seiichiro Taguchi8
ARG Miguel Torrás8
Australia Tolley Challis8
France César Baroni8
CIV Denis Occelli8
Spain Pedro Diego8
Sweden Sören Nilsson9
France Jean Ragnotti9
Belgium Grégoire De Mévius139Ret13Ret15
New Zealand Barry Sexton9
Japan Kiyoshi Inoue119
SUI Jean-Claude Dupuis9
UAE Mohammed Ben Sulayem20RetRet14Ret9
Great Britain Malcolm Wilson9
Finland Jarmo Kytölehto1010RetRet
Australia Craig Stallard1010
MON Christophe Spiliotis10
Portugal José Miguel10
France Alain Oreille10
Spain Fernando Capdevila15Ret10Ret17Ret
ARG Walter d'Agostini10
Italy Giovanni ManfrinatoRet19Ret10
Belgium Guy Colsoul10

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Manufacturers' championship

Pos.ManufacturerMON
MonacoPOR
PortugalKEN
KenyaFRA
FranceGRE
GreeceARG
ArgentinaFIN
FinlandAUS
AustraliaITA
ItalyGBR
United KingdomPts.114021163944605446377108992Pos.ManufacturerMON
MonacoPOR
PortugalKEN
KenyaFRA
FranceGRE
GreeceARG
ArgentinaFIN
FinlandAUS
AustraliaITA
ItalyGBR
United KingdomPts.
Italy Lancia11(2)11111(1)(3)
Japan Toyota231(4)(8)2331
GBR Ford4223535
Japan Subaru84462
Japan Mitsubishi6510657
Japan Nissan76998
Germany Audi5
France Renault97
Germany Opel9

Events

Rally NameDates runPodium Drivers (Finishing Time)Podium Cars
Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo23 January-28 January
Sweden Swedish Rally13 February-16 February
Portugal Rallye de Portugal3 March-7 March
Kenya Safari Rally27 March-1 April
France Tour de Corse3 May-6 May
Greece Acropolis Rally31 May-3 June
New Zealand Rally New Zealand25 June-29 June
Argentina Rally Argentina22 July-25 July
Finland 1000 Lakes Rally27 August-30 August
Australia Rally Australia19 September-22 September
Italy Rallye Sanremo12 October-14 October
Côte d'Ivoire Rallye Côte d'Ivoire31 October-2 November
Spain Rally Catalunya9 November-11 November
UK RAC Rally22 November-25 November

References

References

  1. "WRC 1992". [[eWRC-results.com]].
  2. "1992 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
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