1992 World Rally Championship

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The 1992 World Rally Championship was the 20th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Carlos Sainz won his second drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185, ahead of Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Ford.

Calendar

Round Dates Race Surface Points
1 23–29 January Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo asphalt & snow drivers & manufacturers
2 12–17 February Sweden Swedish Rally snow drivers
3 3–7 March Portugal Rallye de Portugal gravel drivers & manufacturers
4 27 March-1 April Kenya Safari Rally gravel drivers & manufacturers
5 2-7 May France Tour de Corse asphalt drivers & manufacturers
6 31 May–3 June Greece Acropolis Rally gravel drivers & manufacturers
7 25–28 June New Zealand Rally New Zealand gravel drivers
8 22–25 July Argentina Rally Argentina gravel drivers & manufacturers
9 27–30 August Finland 1000 Lakes Rally gravel drivers & manufacturers
10 19–22 September Australia Rally Australia gravel drivers & manufacturers
11 11–15 October Italy Rallye Sanremo asphalt & gravel drivers & manufacturers
12 31 October-3 November Ivory Coast Rallye Côte d'Ivoire gravel drivers
13 8–11 November Spain Rally Catalunya asphalt & gravel drivers
14 22–25 November United Kingdom RAC Rally gravel drivers & manufacturers

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Italy Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale M Finland Juha Kankkunen 1, 3–4, 6, 9–11, 13–14
France Didier Auriol 1, 3, 5–6, 8–11, 13–14
France Philippe Bugalski 1, 5, 9
Italy Andrea Aghini 3, 5, 11, 13–14
Sweden Björn Waldegård 4
Argentina Jorge Recalde 4, 6, 8, 10
Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 8
Italy Piergiorgio Deila 11
Italy Giorgio Faletti 11
Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185
Celica GT-Four ST165 		P Spain Carlos Sainz 1, 3–8, 10, 13–14
Germany Armin Schwarz 1, 3, 5–6, 13
Finland Markku Alén 1–4, 6, 9, 14
Sweden Mats Jonsson 2
Sweden Leif Asterhag 2
Sweden Mikael Ericsson 4
Kenya Ian Duncan 4
Finland Marcus Grönholm 9
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 M Italy Miki Biasion 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 14
France François Delecour 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13
Finland Sebastian Lindholm 2, 9
Spain Mía Bardolet 3, 13
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Ben Sulayem 3, 6–7, 10–11, 13
Italy Gianfranco Cunico 11
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 14
Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 1, 3, 6, 14
Finland Timo Salonen 1, 3
Finland Lasse Lampi 2, 9, 14
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 4, 12
Australia Ross Dunkerton 7, 10
Finland Jouko Puhakka 9
France Patrick Tauziac 12
Japan Nissan Motorsports Europe Nissan Sunny GTi-R D France François Chatriot 1, 3
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1, 3, 9, 14
Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2, 9, 14
Belgium Grégoire De Mévius 3, 6, 8–9, 12, 14
Greece Stratis Hatzipanayiotou 6
New Zealand Paddy Davidson 7
Japan Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS M
P 		Finland Ari Vatanen 2, 6–7, 9–10, 14
United Kingdom Colin McRae 2, 6–7, 9, 14
Sweden Per Eklund 2, 4, 14
Kenya Patrick Njiru 4
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7, 10
Australia Rob Herridge 10
Japan Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda Mazda 323 GT-X M Italy Alex Fassina 3, 6, 11, 14
New Zealand Rod Millen 7, 10
New Zealand Neil Allport 7
Germany Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro M Austria Rudi Stohl 4, 6, 8, 12
France Patrice Servant 12
Belgium Damien Chaballe 12
France Société Diac Renault Clio 16S M France Alain Oreille 5
France Jean Ragnotti 5
France Claude Balesi 5
France Serge Jordan 5
France Citroën Sport Citroën AX GTI
AX Sport 		M France Yves Loubet 5
France Christine Driano 5, 13
France Patrick Magaud 5
Belgium Opel Team Belgium Opel Calibra 16V
Kadett GSI 16V 		M Belgium Bruno Thiry 5, 11–12
Belgium Alain Lopes 12
France BMW Bernardini BMW M3 P France Patrick Bernardini 5
France Jean-Claude Torre 5
Italy Astra Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale P Italy Alex Fiorio 6, 8, 11, 13
France Pierre-César Baroni 11
Italy Artemio Ballestin 11
Italy Mauro Rallye Team Lancia Delta HF Integrale M Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 13
Spain Jesús Puras 13

Results and standings

Manufacturers' championship

1992 Manufacturers Championship Points
No Events Monaco Portugal Kenya France Greece Argentina Finland Australia Italy United Kingdom Total
1 Italy Lancia 20 20 (17) 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (14) 140
2 Japan Toyota 17 14 20 (12) (4) 17 14 14 - 20 116
3 United Kingdom Ford 12 17 - 17 14 - 10 - 14 10 94
4 Japan Subaru - - 11 - 12 - 12 8 - 17 60
5 Japan Mitsubishi 8 10 2 - - - 8 10 - 6 44
6 Japan Nissan 6 8 - - 10 9 - - - 4 37
7 Germany Audi - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
8 France Renault - - - 2 - 7 - - - - 9
9 Germany Opel - - - - - - - - 2 - 2

Drivers' championship

1992 World Rally Car Championship Points
No Events Monaco Sweden Portugal Kenya France Greece New Zealand Argentina Finland Australia Italy Ivory Coast Spain United Kingdom Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 15 - 12 20 10 - 20 15 - 12 - - 20 20 144
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 12 - 20 15 - 15 - - 15 15 15 - 15 12 134
3 France Didier Auriol 20 - - - 20 20 - 20 20 20 - - 1 - 121
4 Italy Miki Biasion 3 - 15 - 4 12 - - 8 - 10 - - 8 60
5 Finland Markku Alén - 10 10 8 - - - - 12 - - - - 10 50
6 France François Delecour 10 - - - 15 8 - - - - 12 - - - 45
7 Italy Andrea Aghini - - - - 6 - - - - - 20 - 12 1 39
8 United Kingdom Colin McRae - 15 - - - 10 - - 3 - - - - 6 34
9 Italy Alex Fiorio - - - - - 4 - 10 - - 8 - 10 - 32
10 Argentina Jorge Recalde - - - 12 - 6 - - - 10 - - - - 28
11 Finland Ari Vatanen - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 15 25
12 Italy Piero Liatti - - - - 3 - 15 - - - 4 - - - 22
13 France Philippe Bugalski 8 - - - 12 - - - 2 - - - - - 22
14 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka - - - 1 - - - - - - - 20 - - 21
15 Sweden Mats Jonsson - 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
16 Australia Ross Dunkerton - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - - - 20
17 Belgium Bruno Thiry - - - - - - - - - - 2 15 - - 17
18 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 4 - 16
19 Germany Armin Schwarz - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 8 - 16
20 Finland Timo Salonen 6 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 14
21= Sweden Stig Blomqvist - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
21= France Patrice Servant - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
23 Japan Hiroshi Nishiyama - - - - - - - 2 - - - 10 - - 12
24 Australia Ed Ordynski - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - - - 12
25= Sweden Mikael Ericsson - - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10
25= Finland Mikael Sundström - - - - - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
27 France François Chatriot 4 - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 10
28 Finland Lasse Lampi - 3 - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 9
29= Sweden Leif Asterhag - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
29= Austria Rudi Stohl - - - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
29= Ivory Coast Samir Assef - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
32= Sweden Per Eklund - 6 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 8
32= Argentina Carlos Menem, Jr. - - 2 - - - - 6 - - - - - - 8
34= Kenya Ian Duncan - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
34= Japan Yoshio Fujimoto - - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 6
34= New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6
34= Italy Gilberto Pianezzola - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - 6
34= France Alain Oudit - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
34= Spain Jesús Puras - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
40 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 5
41= Sweden Björn Johansson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Spain Mía Bardolet - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= Kenya Sarbi Rai - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
41= New Zealand Will Orr - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
41= Argentina Gabriel Raies - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
41= Finland Sebastian Lindholm - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
41= Austria Manfred Stohl - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
41= Sweden Kenneth Eriksson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4
49= Portugal Joaquim Santos - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= Kenya Patrick Njiru - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
49= Greece 'Jigger' Vardinoyiannis - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
49= Japan Seiichiro Taguchi - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
49= Argentina Miguel Torrás - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
49= Australia Tolley Challis - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
49= France César Baroni - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
49= Ivory Coast Denis Occelli - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
49= Spain Pedro Diego - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
58= Sweden Sören Nilsson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
58= France Jean Ragnotti - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
58= Belgium Grégoire De Mévius - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
58= New Zealand Barry Sexton - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
58= Japan Kiyoshi Inoue - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
58= Switzerland Jean-Claude Dupuis - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
58= United Arab Emirates Mohammed Ben Sulayem - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2
58= United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2
66= Finland Jarmo Kytölehto - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2
66= Australia Craig Stallard - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 2
68= Monaco Christophe Spiliotis 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Portugal José Miguel - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
68= France Alain Oreille - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
68= Spain Fernando Capdevila - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
68= Argentina Walter d'Agostini - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
68= Italy Giovanni Manfrinato - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
68= Belgium Guy Colsoul - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
No Events Monaco Sweden Portugal Kenya France Greece New Zealand Argentina Finland Australia Italy Ivory Coast Spain United Kingdom Total

Events

1992 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally Name Dates run Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars
Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo 23 January-28 January
  1. France Didier Auriol (6h:54m:20s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:56m:25s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:57m:17s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Sweden Swedish Rally 13 February-16 February
  1. Sweden Mats Jonsson (5h:24m:37s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:25m:16s)
  3. Sweden Stig Blomqvist (5h:26m:09s)
  1. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Nissan Sunny GTi-R
Portugal Rallye de Portugal 3 March-7 March
  1. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:24m:37s)
  2. Italy Miki Biasion (6h:26m:10s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:29m:36s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Kenya Safari Rally 27 March-1 April
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (+2m:35s penalties)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (+3m:27s penalties)
  3. Argentina Jorge Recalde (+3m:34s penalties)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
France Tour de Corse 3 May-6 May
  1. France Didier Auriol (5h:34m:49s)
  2. France François Delecour (5h:36m:15s)
  3. France Philippe Bugalski (5h:38m:04s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Greece Acropolis Rally 31 May-3 June
  1. France Didier Auriol (7h:12m:08s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (7h:13m:37s)
  3. Italy Miki Biasion (7h:14m:33s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
New Zealand Rally New Zealand 25 June-29 June
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:36m:10s)
  2. Italy Piero Liatti (6h:40m:40s)
  3. Australia Ross Dunkerton (6h:46m:22s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
Argentina Rally Argentina 22 July-25 July
  1. France Didier Auriol (4h:47m:26s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:49m:44s)
  3. Uruguay Gustavo Trelles (5h:01m:31s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Finland 1000 Lakes Rally 27 August-30 August
  1. France Didier Auriol (4h:32m:45s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:33m:25s)
  3. Finland Markku Alén (4h:34m:44s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Australia Rally Australia 19 September-22 September
  1. France Didier Auriol (5h:13m:12s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:14m:53s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:15m:16s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Italy Rallye Sanremo 12 October-14 October
  1. Italy Andrea Aghini (5h:52m:11s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:52m:51s)
  3. France François Delecour (5h:53m:53s)
  1. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4
Ivory Coast Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 31 October-2 November
  1. Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka (+4h:09m:41s penalties)
  2. Belgium Bruno Thiry (+5h:32m:59s penalties)
  3. France Patrice Servant (+5h:38m:02s penalties)
  1. Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
  2. Opel Kadett GSI 16V
  3. Audi 90 Quattro
Spain Rally Catalunya 9 November-11 November
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (6h:21m:13s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (6h:21m:49s)
  3. Italy Andrea Aghini (6h:22m:45s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
United Kingdom RAC Rally 22 November-25 November
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:23m:06s)
  2. Finland Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:22s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:25m:51s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale

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