List of World Rally Championship people

The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

FIA WRC Commission (2022-2023)[1]
President	Roger Engstrom
Vice President	Timo Rautiainen
President of the Rally Commission	Jarmo Mahonen
Representatives of the rally organisers (approved by the WMSC)	Aman Barfull
	Anita Passalis
	Antonio Turitto
	Christian Tornatore
	Phineas Kimathi
	Silver Kütt
Manufacturers' representatives	M. Ichikawa (Toyota)
	M. Norton (Ford)
	P. Marcos (Hyundai)
Promoter's representatives	Jona Siebel
	Peter Thul
(non-voting FIA representatives)
FIA technical representative	Xavier Mestelan-Pinon
FIA safety representative	Michèle Mouton
FIA Rally Director	Andrew Wheatley
FIA WRC category manager	Andrew Wheatley

• Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the president of the FIA (1986–1993)
• Alfredo César Torres – vice-president of the FISA (1979–1993) and the vice-president of the FIA (1988–1993) and the sport deputy president of the FIA (1993–1997) and the president of the ACP (1980–1997)
• Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006 and left 2010^[2][3]
• Oliver Ciesla - Former WRC Promoter Managing Director
• Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
• Yves Matton - former FIA Rally Director
• Max Mosley – president of the FIA (1993–2009)
• Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[4]
• Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006
• Jona Siebel - WRC Promoter CEO (2021–)
• Mohammed bin Sulayem - president of the FIA (2021–), fourteen times champion of Middle East Rally Championship
• Jean Todt – president of the FIA (2009–2021)
• Andrew Wheatley - FIA Rally Director (2021–), former Sporting Delegate

• Andrea Adamo – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2019–2021)
• Cyril Abiteboul – team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2023–)
• Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
• Peter Ashcroft – former team manager of the Ford Motorsport (1986–1991)
• Marc van Dalen – former team principal of the Kronos Citroën (2006)
• Raimund Baumschlager – former driver, former team principal of the Red Bull Škoda (2006)
• Jacky Bozian – former director of the Bozian Racing
• Pierre Budar – former team principal of the Citroën Racing (2018–2019) ^[5]
• Jost Capito – former director of the Ford Motorsport (2003–2007) and the Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016)
• Xavier Carlotti – former team manager of the Peugeot Sport (1999–2002)
• Aime Chatard – rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
• François Chatriot – former driver, former team manager for Citroën (2003–2004) and Peugeot (2002–2003)
• Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
• Derek Dauncey – former team manager of Mitsubishi
• George Donaldson – former team manager at Mitsubishi and Toyota, and former sporting director at Subaru
• Pierre Dupasquier – former head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
• Tony Fall – former driver, former team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team (1982)
• Guy Fréquelin – former driver, former director of the Citroën Sport (1989–2007)
• Pavel Janeba – former team manager of the Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
• David Lapworth – former team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–2008) of the Subaru World Rally Team^[6]
• Jari-Matti Latvala – former driver and team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2021–)
• Yves Matton – former team principal of the Citroën Racing (2012–2017)
• Rich Millener – team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (2019–)
• Tommi Mäkinen – former driver and former team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2016–2020)
• Michel Nandan – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2013–2018)
• Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, former sporting director of the Peugeot Sport
• Corrado Provera – former director of the Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
• Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport, former director of the Citroën Sport (2008–2012)
• Cesare Fiorio - Team Principal,Fiat Alitalia rally Team, and Martini Lancia rally team.
• David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, former team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
• Phil Short – former team manager of the Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
• Sven Smeets – former co-driver, former team manager of the Citroën Sport (2008–2011) and Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016), director of the Volkswagen Motorsport
• Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, former team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
• Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport
• David Whitehead – former team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
• Malcolm Wilson – former driver, former team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (and defunct Ford World Rally Team)

• Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
• Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2009)
• Didier Clement – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2015–2019)
• Nick Clipson – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team
• Philip Dunabin – chief engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1995–1996), engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1989–1994)
• Mario Fornaris – chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
• Lasse Lampi – former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
• Christian Loriaux – chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
• Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2005–2014)
• Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005), engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (1998–2000)
• Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2008)
• Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–2007)
• Guenther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
• Jean-Claude Vaucard – chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)

• Ian Campbell - FIA Steward
• Garry Connelly – clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
• Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
• Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
• René Isoart – clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
• Silver Kütt - FIA Steward
• Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland
• Michèle Mouton - FIA Safety Delegate
• Timo Rautiainen - Former co-driver and FIA Sporting Delegate

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• Trevor Agnew - Absolute Rally podcast
• Jim Bamber – cartoonist
• Luke Barry - Journalist, Dirtfish Media, Autosport and Motorsport News
• Jack Benyon - Absolute Rally podcast
• Kiri Bloore - WRC TV/All Live presenter
• Ryan Champion - Absolute Rally podcast
• Mike Chen - Red Bull Rally TV presenter
• Colin Clark - Former WRC TV reporter and Dirtfish Media reporter
• Ben Constanduros - WRC TV/All Live reporter
• John Davenport – former co-driver and author
• Jon Desborough - WRC TV/All Live commentator
• Hayley Edmonds - WRC TV/All Live reporter
• David Evans - Dirtfish Media journalist, formerly of Autosport and Motorsport News
• Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
• Martin Holmes – former co-driver, journalist and author
• Paul King - WRC TV/All Live commentator
• Sebastian Marshall - Co-driver and WRC TV/All Live reporter and commentator
• Luis Moya - Former Co-driver and frequent Red Bull Rally pundit
• Molly Pettit - WRC TV/All Live reporter
• Julian Porter - WRC TV/All Live commentator
• Tony Simpson - Absolute Rally podcast host
• Becs Williams - WRC TV/All Live commentator, reporter, podcast and 'Meet the Crews' host
• Matthew Wilson - Frequent Red Bull Rally Pundit

• Markku Alén – 1978 FIA Cup champion
• Didier Auriol – 1994 world champion
• Miki Biasion – 1988 and 1989 world champion
• Stig Blomqvist – 1984 world champion
• Richard Burns – 2001 world champion
• Marcus Grönholm – 2000 and 2002 world champion
• Juha Kankkunen – four-time world champion
• Sébastien Loeb – nine-time world champion, most successful rally driver
• Colin McRae – 1995 world champion
• Michèle Mouton – most successful female rally driver
• Tommi Mäkinen – four-time world champion
• Hannu Mikkola – 1983 world champion
• Sandro Munari – 1977 FIA Cup champion
• Thierry Neuville – Most successful non world champion and five times runner-up
• Sébastien Ogier – eight-time world champion
• Walter Röhrl – 1980 and 1982 world champion
• Kalle Rovanperä – 2022 and 2023 world champion and youngest world rally champion and rally winner
• Carlos Sainz – 1990 and 1992 world champion
• Timo Salonen – 1985 world champion
• Petter Solberg – 2003 world champion
• Ott Tänak – 2019 world champion
• Ari Vatanen – 1981 world champion
• Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion

• Björn Cederberg – co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
• Daniel Elena – co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
• Fred Gallagher – co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
• Christian Geistdörfer – co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
• Denis Giraudet – co-driver to Didier Auriol
• Nicky Grist – co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
• Jonne Halttunen – co-driver to Kalle Rovanperä
• Seppo Harjanne – co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
• Arne Hertz – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
• Julien Ingrassia – co-driver to Sébastien Ogier
• Martin Järveoja – co-driver to Ott Tänak
• Ilkka Kivimäki – co-driver to Markku Alén
• Risto Mannisenmäki – co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
• Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
• Phil Mills – co-driver to Petter Solberg
• Luís Moya – co-driver to Carlos Sainz
• Michael Park – co-driver to Markko Märtin
• Juha Piironen – co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
• Timo Rautiainen – co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
• Robert Reid – co-driver to Richard Burns
• Derek Ringer – co-driver to Colin McRae
• David Richards – co-driver to Ari Vatanen
• Tiziano Siviero – co-driver to Miki Biasion
• Hans Thorszelius – co-driver to Björn Waldegård
• Jean Todt – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin

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