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.

Teams and Drivers

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V M Italy Miki Biasion 1–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
Finland Juha Kankkunen 1–3, 5, 7–10, 12
France Didier Auriol 1–2, 4–5, 7–10
France Bruno Saby 1, 4, 12
Italy Alex Fiorio 3, 9
France Yves Loubet 4
Italy Paola de Martini 7
Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 P Spain Carlos Sainz 1–10, 12
Sweden Mikael Ericsson 1, 3, 5, 8–10
Germany Armin Schwarz 1–2, 4, 10, 12
Sweden Björn Waldegård 3
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Sulayem 5
Argentina Jorge Recalde 7
United Kingdom David Llewellin 12
Sweden Mats Jonsson 12
Japan Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD
323 GT-X
M Finland Timo Salonen 1–2, 8, 12
Finland Hannu Mikkola 1–2, 8, 12
Belgium Grégoire de Mévius 2, 9–10
Sweden Ingver Carlsson 6, 9
New Zealand Rod Millen 6, 9
Finland Mikael Sundström 8, 12
Finland Minna Sillankorva 8
Finland Peter Geitel 8
Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 1–2, 5, 8–9, 12
Finland Ari Vatanen 1–2, 5, 8, 12
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 3, 11
Australia Ross Dunkerton 6, 9
Finland Lasse Lampi 8
Finland Arto Kumpumäki 8
France Patrick Tauziac 11
Italy Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16V M Italy Dario Cerrato 1–2, 10
Italy Alex Fiorio 5, 8, 10
France Didier Auriol 12
Belgium Robert Droogmans 12
France Simon Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo M France Alain Oreille 1–2, 4–7, 9–11
France Richard Frau 1, 4
France Paul Rodet 1
France Bernard Gil 1, 4
Germany Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro M Italy Paola de Martini 1–2, 4–5, 8–10
Austria Rudi Stohl 3, 5, 7, 11
Belgium Pascal Gaban 5
United Kingdom GM Euro Sport Vauxhall
Opel
Astra GTE
Kadett GSI 16V
M United Kingdom Louise Aitken-Walker 1–2, 4, 6, 9, 12
United Kingdom Chris Birkbeck 12
United Kingdom Brian Wiggins 12
Italy Top Run SRL Lancia Delta Integrale 16V M Argentina Jorge Recalde 2, 5–6, 8–9
Argentina Carlos Menem 7
Japan Subaru Technica International Subaru Legacy RS M Finland Markku Alén 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
Kenya Mike Kirkland 3, 6
New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 3, 6, 9
Kenya Ian Duncan 3, 5
Kenya Jim Heather-Hayes 3
Kenya Patrick Njiru 3
France François Chatriot 10
United Kingdom Derek Warwick 12
Japan Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX D Kenya Vic Preston Jr 3
Kenya Jayant Shah 3
Greece Pavlos Moschoutis 5
France Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 P France François Chatriot 4
France Frédéric Dor 4
France Société Diac Renault 5 GT Turbo M France Jean Ragnotti 4
France Sylvain Polo 4
France Citroën Sport Citroën AX Sport M France Christine Driano 4
France Laurent Poggi 4
Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf Rallye G60 P Germany Erwin Weber 5–6, 9
Turkey Ercan Kazaz 5
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 P Finland Pentti Airikkala 8, 10, 12
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 8, 10, 12
Italy Gianfranco Cunico 8, 10
United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans 8, 10, 12
Italy Alex Fiorio 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 Monaco Rallye Monte Carlo
(19–25 January)
1 France Didier Auriol France Bernard Occelli Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:56:52
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:57:44
3 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:00:31
2 Portugal Rallye de Portugal
(6–10 March)
1 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:17:57
2 France Didier Auriol France Bernard Occelli Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:20:33
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:23:08
3 Kenya Safari Rally
(11–16 April)
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 8:39:11
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 9:17:23
3 Sweden Mikael Ericsson Sweden Claes Billstam Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 11:26:58
4 France Tour de Corse
(6–9 May)
1 France Didier Auriol France Bernard Occelli Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:45:16
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:45:52
3 France François Chatriot France Michel Périn France Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 6:49:05
5 Greece Acropolis Rally
(3–6 June)
1 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 7:34:44
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:35:30
3 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:37:42
6 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
(30 June – 3 July)
1 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:48:26
2 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson Sweden Per Carlsson Japan Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD 6:49:57
3 West Germany Erwin Weber West Germany Matthias Feltz West Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf Rallye G60 6:56:24
7 Argentina Rally Argentina
(24–28 July)
1 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 6:51:27
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 6:59:29
3 France Didier Auriol France Bernard Occelli Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:26:22
8 Finland 1000 Lakes Rally
(23–26 August)
1 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 4:40:55
2 Finland Ari Vatanen Sweden Bruno Berglund Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:41:14
3 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden Staffan Parmander Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:45:53
9 Australia Rally Australia
(20–23 September)
1 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:43:48
2 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:45:28
3 Italy Alex Fiorio Italy Luigi Pirollo Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:49:28
10 Italy Rallye Sanremo
(14–18 October)
1 France Didier Auriol France Bernard Occelli Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:30:38
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 7:31:23
3 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 7:32:23
11 Ivory Coast Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(28 October – 1 November)
1 France Patrick Tauziac France Claude Papin Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 4:54:00
2 Austria Rudi Stohl Austria Ernst Röhringer Germany Audi Sport Audi 90 Quattro 5:56:00
3 France Alain Oreille France Michel Roissard France Simon Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo 6:52:00
12 United Kingdom Rally GB
(25–28 November)
1 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 5:43:16
2 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden Staffan Parmander Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 5:44:58
3 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V 5:47:22

Results

Driver championship

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
POR
Portugal
KEN
Kenya
COR
France
GRC
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
SRM
Italy
IVC
Ivory Coast
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 140
2 France Didier Auriol 1 2 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 5 95
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen Ret 3 2 2 Ret 5 1 2 Ret 85
4 Italy Miki Biasion 3 1 Ret 3 1 Ret 3 76
5 Sweden Mikael Ericsson 7 3 4 Ret Ret 6 32
6 Italy Dario Cerrato 4 4 4 30
7 Austria Rudi Stohl 7 Ret 4 2 29
8 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 2 27
9 Italy Alex Fiorio Ret 5 Ret 3 8 9 25
10 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 2 5 23
11 France Alain Oreille 13 14 8 13 10 6 Ret 17 3 22
12 Sweden Björn Waldegård 1 20
13 France Patrick Tauziac 1 20
14 New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne Ret 5 4 18
15 France Bruno Saby 6 4 16
16 Finland Ari Vatanen Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 15
17 France François Chatriot 3 Ret 12
18 Germany Erwin Weber Ret 3 DSQ 12
19 Germany Armin Schwarz 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 12
20 Australia Ross Dunkerton 4 Ret 10
21 Finland Markku Alén Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 10
22 France Alain Ambrosino 4 10
23 Sweden Mats Jonsson 4 10
24 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 6 11 7 13 Ret 10
25 Finland Timo Salonen 8 Ret 6 Ret 9
26 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 11 9 7 Ret 15 8 15 Ret Ret 9
27 Portugal Carlos Bica 5 8
28 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 5 Ret 8
29 Austria Raimund Baumschlager 5 8
30 Argentina Ernesto Soto 12 Ret 5 16 8
31 Italy Piero Liatti 5 8
32 France Patrice Servant 5 8
33 Argentina Jorge Recalde 7 Ret 8 Ret 22 11 7
34 Finland Hannu Mikkola Ret 6 Ret Ret 6
35 Kenya Jim Heather-Hayes 6 6
36 France Laurent Poggi 6 6
37 Italy Michele Rayneri 6 Ret 6
38 Belgium Grégoire de Mevius Ret 6 Ret 6
39 Ivory Coast Michel Molinie 6 6
40 United Kingdom Colin McRae 6 6
41 France Claude Balesi 7 4
42 Greece Giannis Vardinogiannis 7 4
43 Argentina Marcelo Raies 7 4
44 Finland Lasse Lampi 7 4
45 Italy Piergiorgio Deila 7 4
46 France Jean-Philippe Bernier 7 4
47 Belgium Marc Duez 8 Ret 3
48 Kenya Patrick Njiru 8 3
49 Kenya Ian Duncan Ret 8 3
50 Argentina Gabriel Martin 8 3
51 Finland Sebastian Lindholm 8 3
52 Cameroon Viviane Evina 8 3
53 United Kingdom David Llewellin 8 3
54 Italy Paola de Martini Ret 16 9 Ret WD 32 Ret Ret 2
55 France François Delecour 9 Ret 2
56 Portugal Joaquim Santos 9 2
57 Kenya Ashok Pattni 9 2
58 Italy Gilberto Pianezzola 13 9 2
59 Argentina Oscar Maccari 9 2
60 Finland Esa Saarenpää 9 2
61 Japan Kiyoshi Inoue 9 2
62 Italy Giuseppe Grossi 9 2
63 France Jean-Michel Dionneau 9 2
64 France Bertrand Balas 10 1
65 Germany Ronald Holzer 10 1
66 Kenya Steve Anthony 10 1
67 France Sylvain Polo 10 1
68 Greece Pavlos Moschoutis 10 1
69 Argentina Fernando Marino 10 1
70 Finland Risto Buri 10 1
71 Australia Ed Ordynski 10 1
72 Italy Alessandro Fassina 10 1
73 Ivory Coast Adolphe Choteau 10 1
74 Belgium Robert Droogmans 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
POR
Portugal
KEN
Kenya
COR
France
GRC
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
SRM
Italy
IVC
Ivory Coast
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
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
Monaco
POR
Portugal
KEN
Kenya
COR
France
GRC
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
SRM
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 Italy Lancia 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 1 3 137
2 Japan Toyota 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 131
3 Japan Mitsubishi 5 2 7 2 56
4 Japan Subaru 6 8 4 4 43
5 Japan Mazda 8 6 6 5 30
6 France Renault 7 6 24
7 Germany Audi 7 9 4 9 24
8 United Kingdom Ford 8 9 6 22
9 Germany BMW 3 14
10 Germany Volkswagen 5 10
11 France Citroën 6 8
12 Argentina Renault Argentina 7 8
13 Argentina Fiat Argentina 8 6
14 Japan Daihatsu 9 3
15 France Peugeot 9 2
16 Japan Nissan 10 2
Pos. Manufacturer MON
Monaco
POR
Portugal
KEN
Kenya
COR
France
GRC
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
SRM
Italy
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
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