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World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a series of currently 16 rallies across the world.

The Championship features fearsome 2L Turbocharged 4WD cars built to World Rally Car regulations racing across tarmac, gravel and snow.

In 2004 the rallies will be in Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, New Zealand, Cyprus, Greece,Turkey, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, France, Spain, and Australia. This year (2004) has two new rallies, Japan and Mexico. Sébastien Loeb won this year's Monte Carlo rally.

World Rally Champions

YEAR DRIVER(car) MANUFACTURER
2003 Petter Solberg (Subaru) Subaru
2002 Marcus Grönholm (Peugeot) Peugeot
2001 Richard Burns (Subaru) Peugeot
2000 Marcus Grönholm (Peugeot) Peugeot
1999 Tommi Mäkinen (Mitsubishi) Toyota
1998 Tommi Mäkinen (Mitsubishi) Mitsubishi
1997 Tommi Mäkinen (Mitsubishi) Subaru
1996 Tommi Mäkinen (Mitsubishi) Subaru
1995 Colin McRae (Subaru) Subaru
1994 Didier Auriol (Toyota) Toyota
1993 Juha Kankkunen (Toyota) Toyota
1992 Carlos Sainz (Toyota) Lancia
1991 Juha Kankkunen (Lancia) Lancia
1990 Carlos Sainz (Toyota) Lancia
1989 Massimo 'Miki' Biasion (Lancia) Lancia
1988 Massimo 'Miki' Biasion (Lancia) Lancia
1987 Juha Kankkunen (Lancia) Lancia
1986 Juha Kankkunen (Peugeot) Peugeot
1985 Timo Salonen (Peugeot) Peugeot
1984 Stig Blomqvist (Audi) Audi
1983 Hannu Mikkola (Audi) Lancia
1982 Walter Röhrl (Opel) Audi
1981 Ari Vatanen (Ford) Talbot
1980 Walter Röhrl (Fiat) Fiat
1979 Björn Waldegård (Ford/Mercedes-Benz) Ford
1978 Fiat
1977 Fiat
1976 Lancia
1975 Lancia
1974 Lancia
1973 Alpine-Renault

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