1990 World Rally Championship

The 1990 World Rally Championship was the 18th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi.

Calendar

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Points
1 21 January 25 January 58th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Monte Carlo Mixed 28 604.63 km Drivers & Manufacturers
C 10 February 12 February International Swedish Rally Karlstad, Värmland County Snow ?? 523.12 km Drivers only
2 6 March 10 March 24th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto Estoril, Lisbon Mixed 39 556.10 km Drivers & Manufacturers
3 11 April 16 April 38th Marlboro Safari Rally Nairobi Gravel N/A 4131.40 km Drivers & Manufacturers
4 6 May 9 May 34th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France Ajaccio, Corsica Tarmac 30 602.25 km Drivers & Manufacturers
5 3 June 6 June 37th Acropolis Rally Athens Gravel 48 622.98 km Drivers & Manufacturers
6 30 June 3 July 21st Rothmans Rally of New Zealand Manukau, Auckland Gravel 43 599.49 km Drivers only
7 24 July 28 July 10th Rally Argentina Buenos Aires Gravel 30 599.42 km Drivers & Manufacturers
8 23 August 26 August 40th 1000 Lakes Rally Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 42 527.61 km Drivers & Manufacturers
9 20 September 23 September 3rd Commonwealth Bank Rally Australia Perth, Western Australia Gravel 35 570.28 km Drivers & Manufacturers
10 14 October 18 October 32nd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia Sanremo, Liguria Mixed 35 614.95 km Drivers & Manufacturers
11 28 October 1 November 22nd Rallye Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Gravel N/A 3088 km Drivers only
12 25 November 28 November 46th Lombard RAC Rally Harrogate, North Yorkshire Gravel 41 566.27 km Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:[1][2]

Swedish Rally was cancelled due to warm weather and lack of snow.

Teams and drivers

Group A major entries

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V M Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen 1–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero 1–3, 5, 7–10, 12
Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli 1–2, 4–5, 7–10
Alessandro Fiorio Luigi Pirollo 3, 9
Yves Loubet Jean-Paul Chiaroni 4
Jolly Club M Dario Cerrato Giuseppe Cerri 1–2, 10
Alessandro Fiorio Luigi Pirollo 5, 8, 10
Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli 12
Robert Droogmans Ronny Joosten 12
Lancia Fina M Bruno Saby Daniel Grataloup 1, 4
Duriforte SG Gigante M Carlos Bica Fernando Prata 2
Lancia Deutschland M Ronald Holzer Klaus Wendel 2, 5
Michele Rayneri D Michele Rayneri Loris Roggia 5–6, 9
"Jigger" B "Jigger" Konstantinos Stefanis 5
Paola De Martini ? Paola De Martini Umberta Gibellini 7
Clarion Team Europe M Per Eklund Jan-Olof Bohlin 8, 12
Team Michelin Finland M Sebastian Lindholm Timo Hantunen 8
H.F. Grifone SRL M Piero Liatti Luciano Tedeschini 10
Astra Racing ? Piergiorgio Deila Pierangelo Scalvini 10
Città di Castelfranco ? Pucci Giuseppe Grossi Alessandro Mari 10
Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165) P Carlos Sainz Luis Moya 1–10, 12
Mikael Ericsson Claes Billstam 1, 3, 5, 8–10
Armin Schwarz Klaus Wicha 1–2, 4, 10, 12
Toyota Team Kenya P Björn Waldegård Fred Gallagher 3
Toyota Team Middle East P Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ronan Morgan 5
Recalde Alpitour P Jorge Recalde Martin Christie 7
Jean-Michel Dionneau ? Jean-Michel Dionneau Thierry Brion 11
Toyota Team Sweden P Mats Jonsson Anders Olsson 12
Toyota Team Great Britain P David Llewellin Phil Short 12
Patrice Servant Corolla 16V ? Patrice Servant David Charbonnel 11
Michel Molinié ? Michel Molinié Patrice Lemarie 11
Jean-Philippe Bernier ? Jean-Philippe Bernier Yves Malus 11
Adolphe Choteau ? Adolphe Choteau Jean-Pierre Claverie 11
Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD M Timo Salonen Voitto Silander 1–2
323 GTX 8, 12
323 4WD Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz 1–2
323 GTX 8, 12
323 4WD Grégoire de Mevius Luc Manset 2
Arne Hertz 9
323 GTX Mikael Sundström Juha Repo 8, 12
323 4WD Ingvar Carlsson Per Carlsson 6, 9
Mazda Rally Team Asia Pacific ? Rod Millen Tony Sircombe 6, 9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander 1–2, 5, 8–9, 12
Ari Vatanen Bruno Berglund 1–2, 5, 8, 12
Mitsubishi Oil Citizen Y Kenjiro Shinozuka John Meadows 3, 11
Ross Dunkerton Fred Gocentas 6
Steve McKimmie 9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland M Lasse Lampi Pentti Kuukkala 8
Patrick Tauziac ? Patrick Tauziac Claude Papin 11
Audi Sport Europa Team Audi 90 Quattro M Paola De Martini Umberta Gibellini 1–2, 4–5, 8–10
Stohl Racing M Rudolf Stohl Reinhard Kaufmann 3, 7
Ernst Rohringer 5, 11
VV-Auto ? Esa Saarenpää Olli Männistö 8
200 Quattro ? Risto Buri Jyrki Stenroos 8
GM Euro Sport GM Kadett GSI 16V M Louise Aitken-Walker Christina Thörner 1, 10, 12
Astra GTE 2, 4, 6, 9
Vauxhall Dealer Sport Nova GTE M David Metcalfe Ian Grindrod 12
Concessionnaires Peugeot France Peugeot 309 GTI M François Delecour "Tilber" 1, 4
205 Rallye Fabien Doenlen Evelyne Merciol 4
Peugeot Talbot Sport 205 GTI 1.6 M Paul Frankland Keith Chipcase 12
309 GTI Richard Burns Wayne Goble 12
Diabolique Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth M Joaquim Santos Miguel Oliveira 2
Ford Fina Rally Team D Marc Duez Alain Lopes 2, 4
Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 10, 12
Q8 Team Ford P Pentti Airikkala Ronan McNamee 8, 10, 12
Malcolm Wilson Nicky Grist 8, 10, 12
Gianfranco Cunico Stefano Evangelisti 8, 10
Alessandro Fiorio Luigi Pirollo 12
Shell Oil UK P Jimmy McRae David Senior 12
Colin McRae Derek Ringer 12
Subaru Technica International Subaru Legacy RS M Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
Peter 'Possum' Bourne Rodger Freeth 3, 6, 9
Mike Kirkland Surinder Thatthi 3, 6
Jim Heather-Hayes Anton Levitan 3
Ian Duncan Ian Munro 3
François Chatriot Michel Périn 10
Derek Warwick Ronan Morgan 12
Vredestein Rally Team Volkswagen Golf II GTi 16V M Raimund Baumschlager Ruben Zeltner 2, 4
Volkswagen Motorsport Golf G60 Rallye P Erwin Weber Matthias Feltz 5–6, 9
Ryce Motors Ltd. Daihatsu Charade D Ashok Pattni Bob Khan 3
Steve Anthony Philip Valentine 3
Takeshi Hirabayashi Thee Soin 3
Guy Jack Dave Smith 3
Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 E30 P François Chatriot Michel Périn 4
Citroën Sport Citroën AX Sport M Christine Driano Marie-Christine Lallement 4
Laurent Poggi Edouard Buresi 4
N.I. Theocharakis Nissan 200SX ? Pavlos Moschoutis Efthimios Sassalos 5
Alain Ambrosino March Super Turbo ? Alain Ambrosino Daniel Le Saux 11
RSFSR Lada Samara 21083 ? Vladislav Shtykov Yuriy Baykov 5, 8
Sergey Alyasov Aleksandr Levitan 5
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Favorit 136 L M Ladislav Křeček Bořivoj Motl 5, 10
Pavel Sibera Petr Gross 5, 8, 12
Kalevi Aho Timo Hakala 8, 10
Škoda GB ? John Haugland Petter Vegel 12
Marcelo Raies Renault 18 GTX ? Marcelo Raies Jorge Gonzalez 7
Oscar Maccari Oscar Maccari Carlos Ostaschinsky 7
Gabriel Martin Fiat Regatta 85 ? Gabriel Martin José Maria Volta 7
Fernando Marino Fernando Marino Rodolfo Ghilini 7

FIA Group N Cup major entries

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Simon Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo M Alain Oreille Michel Roissard 1–2, 4–7, 9–11
Team Diac M Jean Ragnotti Gilles Thimonier 4
Claude Balesi Jean-Paul Cirindini 4
Sylvain Polo Hervé Sauvage 4
Bertrand Balas Lancia Delta Integrale 16V M Bertrand Balas Eric Lainé 1
Top Run M Jorge Recalde Martin Christie 2, 5–6, 8–9
Astra Racing M Gustavo Trelles Daniel Muzio 2, 5–12
Ernesto Soto Jorge del Buono 2, 5–9
Walkers Radiators ? Steve Smith Brian Hughes 12
Pierre-Manuel Jenot Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo ? Pierre-Manuel Jenot "Slo" 1
Alfa Romeo France P Laurent Albertini Ange Pasquali 4
Serena Hotels Subaru Legacy RS B Patrick Njiru David Williamson 3
Ian Duncan M Ian Duncan Yvonne Mehta 5
Toyota Team Italia Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165) P Gilberto Pianezzola Lucio Baggio 3, 5–6, 9–10
Viviane Evina Corolla FX-16V ? Viviane Evina Nathalie Chastagnol 11
Pro Sport Rally Team Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Tommi Mäkinen Seppo Harjanne 6, 8–10, 12
Team Mitsubishi-Ralliart ? Kiyoshi Inoue Satoshi Hayashi 6, 9
Pedders Suspension B Ed Ordynski Jeremy Browne 9
Q8 Team Ford Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 P Gwyndaf Evans Howard Davies 8, 10, 12
Ford Italia ? Alessandro Fassina Massimo Chiapponi 10
Rally Team Italia Mazda 323 GTX M Grégoire de Mevius Willy Lux 10
Team Daihatsu Daihatsu Charade GTi D Terry Kaby Kevin Gormley 12


Events

1990 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1990 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co Driver Team Car Time
1 Rallye Monte Carlo
(19–25 January) 		1 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:56:52
2 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:57:44
3 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:00:31
2 Rallye de Portugal
(6–10 March) 		1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:17:57
2 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:20:33
3 Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:23:08
3 Safari Rally
(11–16 April) 		1 Björn Waldegård Fred Gallagher Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 8:39:11
2 Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 9:17:23
3 Mikael Ericsson Claes Billstam Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 11:26:58
4 Tour de Corse
(6–9 May) 		1 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:45:16
2 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:45:52
3 François Chatriot Michel Périn Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 6:49:05
5 Acropolis Rally
(3–6 June) 		1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 7:34:44
2 Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:35:30
3 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:37:42
6 Rally New Zealand
(30 June – 3 July) 		1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:48:26
2 Ingvar Carlsson Per Carlsson Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD 6:49:57
3 Erwin Weber Matthias Feltz Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf Rallye G60 6:56:24
7 Rally Argentina
(24–28 July) 		1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:51:27
2 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:59:29
3 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:26:22
8 1000 Lakes Rally
(23–26 August) 		1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 4:40:55
2 Ari Vatanen Bruno Berglund Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:41:14
3 Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:45:53
9 Rally Australia
(20–23 September) 		1 Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:43:48
2 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:45:28
3 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:49:28
10 Rallye Sanremo
(14–18 October) 		1 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:30:38
2 Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:31:23
3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 7:32:23
11 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(28 October – 1 November) 		1 Patrick Tauziac Claude Papin Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:54:00
2 Rudi Stohl Ernst Röhringer Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro 5:56:00
3 Alain Oreille Michel Roissard Simon Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo 6:52:00
12 Rally GB
(25–28 November) 		1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:43:16
2 Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 5:44:58
3 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:47:22
Sources:[3][4]

Results

Driver championship

Pos. Driver MON
 POR
 KEN
 COR
 GRC
 NZL
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 SRM
 IVC
 GBR
 Points
1 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 140
2 Didier Auriol 1 2 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 5 95
3 Juha Kankkunen Ret 3 2 2 Ret 5 1 2 Ret 85
4 Miki Biasion 3 1 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 76
5 Mikael Ericsson 7 3 4 Ret Ret 6 32
6 Dario Cerrato 4 4 4 30
7 Rudi Stohl 7 Ret 4 2 29
8 Kenneth Eriksson Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 2 27
9 Alex Fiorio Ret 5 Ret 3 8 9 25
10 Ingvar Carlsson 2 5 23
11 Alain Oreille 13 14 8 13 10 6 Ret 17 3 22
12 Björn Waldegård 1 20
13 Patrick Tauziac 1 20
14 Peter 'Possum' Bourne Ret 5 4 18
15 Bruno Saby 6 4 16
16 Ari Vatanen Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 15
17 François Chatriot 3 Ret 12
18 Erwin Weber Ret 3 DSQ 12
19 Armin Schwarz 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 12
20 Ross Dunkerton 4 Ret 10
21 Markku Alén Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 10
22 Alain Ambrosino 4 10
23 Mats Jonsson 4 10
24 Tommi Mäkinen 6 11 7 13 Ret 10
25 Timo Salonen 8 Ret 6 Ret 9
26 Gustavo Trelles 11 9 7 Ret 15 8 15 Ret Ret 9
27 Carlos Bica 5 8
28 Kenjiro Shinozuka 5 Ret 8
29 Raimund Baumschlager 5 8
30 Ernesto Soto 12 Ret 5 16 8
31 Piero Liatti 5 8
32 Patrice Servant 5 8
33 Jorge Recalde 7 Ret 8 Ret 22 11 7
34 Hannu Mikkola Ret 6 Ret Ret 6
35 Jim Heather-Hayes 6 6
36 Laurent Poggi 6 6
37 Michele Rayneri 6 Ret 6
38 Grégoire de Mevius Ret 6 Ret 6
39 Michel Molinie 6 6
40 Colin McRae 6 6
41 Claude Balesi 7 4
42 Giannis Vardinogiannis 7 4
43 Marcelo Raies 7 4
44 Lasse Lampi 7 4
45 Piergiorgio Deila 7 4
46 Jean-Philippe Bernier 7 4
47 Marc Duez 8 Ret 3
48 Patrick Njiru 8 3
49 Ian Duncan Ret 8 3
50 Gabriel Martin 8 3
51 Sebastian Lindholm 8 3
52 Viviane Evina 8 3
53 David Llewellin 8 3
54 Paola de Martini Ret 16 9 Ret WD 32 Ret Ret 2
55 François Delecour 9 Ret 2
56 Joaquim Santos 9 2
57 Ashok Pattni 9 2
58 Gilberto Pianezzola 13 9 2
59 Oscar Maccari 9 2
60 Esa Saarenpää 9 2
61 Kiyoshi Inoue 9 2
62 Giuseppe Grossi 9 2
63 Jean-Michel Dionneau 9 2
64 Bertrand Balas 10 1
65 Ronald Holzer 10 1
66 Steve Anthony 10 1
67 Sylvain Polo 10 1
68 Pavlos Moschoutis 10 1
69 Fernando Marino 10 1
70 Risto Buri 10 1
71 Ed Ordynski 10 1
72 Alessandro Fassina 10 1
73 Adolphe Choteau 10 1
74 Robert Droogmans 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
 POR
 KEN
 COR
 GRC
 NZL
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 SRM
 IVC
 GBR
 Points
Sources:[5][6]
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)

Manufacturer championship

Pos. Manufacturer MON
 POR
 KEN
 COR
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 SRM
 GBR
 Points
1 Lancia 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 3 137
2 Toyota 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 131
3 Mitsubishi 5 2 7 2 56
4 Subaru 6 8 4 4 43
5 Mazda 8 6 6 5 30
6 Renault 7 6 24
7 Audi 7 9 4 9 24
8 Ford 8 9 6 22
9 BMW 3 14
10 Volkswagen 5 10
11 Citroën 6 8
12 Renault Argentina 7 8
13 Fiat Argentina 8 6
14 Daihatsu 9 3
15 Peugeot 9 2
16 Nissan 10 2
Pos. Manufacturer MON
 POR
 KEN
 COR
 GRC
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 SRM
 GBR
 Points
Sources:[3][6]

References

  1. ^ "WRC 1990". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "1990 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "WRC 1990". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "1990 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1990". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Season 1990 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
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