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