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24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship
The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship . The season consisted of 9 rallies. As a result of their 1995 disqualification, Toyota Team Europe were not allowed to compete in this year's championship, so only three works teams contested the championship. The drivers' world championship was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 , ahead of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz . The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru .
Major privateer entries
Manufacturer
Car
Team
Drivers
Tyre
Rounds
Toyota
Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD ST185
Toyota Castrol Team
Thomas Rådström
M
1, 6, 9
Juha Kankkunen
1, 3, 6
Tomas Jansson
1
Marcus Grönholm
1, 6
Ian Duncan
M
2
Reza Pribadli
3
Freddy Loix
4, 8–9
Teppo Leino
6
Neal Bates
7
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185
Toyotoshi
Marco Galanti
1–2, 4
Tein Sport
Yoshio Fujimoto
3, 7
Celica GT-Four ST205
H.F. Grifone
Thomas Rådström
4
Rui Madeira
4–6, 8–9
Gilberto Pianezzola
4–5, 8
Andrea Dallavilla
6, 8
Jánoth Tóth
8
Matteo Luise
8
Ford
Escort RS Cosworth
Ford Team Finland
Sebastian Lindholm
M
1, 6
Ford Motorsport Indonesia
Dolly Indra Nasution
3
Yacco RAS Ford
Patrick Bernardini
4–5, 8–9
Blue Rose Team
Jarmo Kytölehto
6, 8–9
Promoracing Finland
Harri Rovanperä
6
Jolly Club
Gianfranco Cunico
8
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo III
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany
Richie Holfeld
1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden
Stig-Olov Walfridsson
1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland
Mika Korhonen
1, 6
Minna Sillankorva
6
Race-Rent Motorsport
Gustavo Trelles
3–9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Indonesia
Bambang Hartono
3
Oky Harwanto
3
Arief Indiarto
3
Top Run SRL
Jorge Recalde
4–9
Jolly Club
Piergiorgio Bedini
6, 8
Audi
Coupe S2
Stohl Racing
Rudi Stohl
2, 4
Manfred Stohl
2, 9
Subaru
Impreza Wagon
Subaru Rally Team Japan
Patrick Njiru
2
Hideaki Miyoshi
2
Impreza 555
Tanveer Alam
2
A.R.T. Engineering
Angelo Medeghini
4–6, 8–9
Andrea Navarra
6, 8
F.Dor Rally Team
Frédéic Dor
4, 6, 8
Renault
Mégane Maxi
Renault Team Sweden
Jonas Kruse
6
Husky Team
Diego Oldrati
8
Piero Longhi
8
Italian Promotor Sport
Paolo Andreucci
8
Renault Sport España
Oriol Gómez
9
Results and standings [ edit ]
Drivers' championship[ edit ]
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
Manufacturers' championship[ edit ]
Each works team had to nominate up to three drivers 30 days before each event; only two best placed nominated drivers were eligible to score points for the manufacturers' championship.
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
Key
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
Black
Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank
Withdrew entry from the event (WD)
1996 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac
Brown = Gravel
Blue = Snow/Ice
Red = Mixed Surface
FIA 2 Litre World Cup For Manufacturers [ edit ]
Pos
Manufacturer
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
Pts
1
SEAT
(25)
60
(13)
36
46
47
46
39
274
2
Renault
36
39
53
64
-
-
48
25
265
3
Skoda
39
44
-
46
35
60
(16)
40
264
4
Peugeot
46
9
54
-
9
-
40
10
168
5
General Motors Europe
43
31
11
-
-
-
18
-
103
6
Suzuki
-
-
-
16
36
-
-
-
52
=
Hyundai
-
-
-
-
21
31
-
-
52
8
Daihatsu
-
-
-
-
15
35
-
-
50
9
Honda
9
6
-
-
8
-
-
20
43
10
Nissan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
42
42
11
Kia
-
-
-
-
-
32
-
-
32
=
Toyota
-
1
-
-
31
-
-
-
32
13
Renault Argentina
-
-
-
28
-
-
-
-
28
14
Citroën
20
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
27
15
Daewoo
-
-
-
26
-
-
-
-
26
16
Toyota Australia
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
-
21
17
Volkswagen
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
15
18
18
Ford
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
15
19
Mitsubishi
-
-
-
-
14
-
-
-
14
20
Fiat
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
() Denotes dropped score