1993 World Rally Championship

The 1993 World Rally Championship was the 21st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Juha Kankkunen won his fourth drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of François Delecour and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

The 1993 World Rally Champions; Juha Kankkunen's Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185.

Lancia dropped the Martini Racing works team, while the Lancia Delta continued through privateers Jolly Club and Astra Racing.

Regulation changes

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  • For the first time, all rounds of the championship counted towards both drivers' and manufacturers' championships.
  • Each manufacturer had to register a team and nominate the drivers 30 days before each event to score points for the manufacturers' championship.

Teams and drivers

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TeamManufacturerCarTyreDriversRounds
Jolly ClubLanciaDelta HF IntegraleM
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Carlos Sainz1, 3, 5–8, 10–12
Andrea Aghini1, 3, 5–6, 11
Gustavo Trelles6–8, 12
Dario Cerrato11
Ford Motor Co LtdFordEscort RS CosworthM Miki Biasion1, 3, 5–8, 10–12
François Delecour1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10–13
Mikael Ericsson2
Sebastian Lindholm2, 9, 13
Malcolm Wilson2, 9, 13
Mohammed Bin Sulayem2–3, 6–7, 11–12
Fernando Peres3
Carlos Menem7
Gianfranco Cunico11
Patrick Snijers11
Robbie Head13
Toyota Castrol TeamToyotaCelica Turbo 4WD
Celica GT-Four ST185
M Didier Auriol1–2, 5–10, 12–13
Juha Kankkunen1–2, 4, 6–10, 12–13
Mats Jonsson2, 13
Tomas Jansson2
Markku Alén4
Ian Duncan4
Yasuhiro Iwase4
François Chatriot5
Yves Loubet5
Hannu Mikkola9
Neal Bates10
Mitsubishi Ralliart EuropeMitsubishiLancer Evo I
Galant VR-4
M Armin Schwarz1, 3, 6, 9, 13
Kenneth Eriksson1, 3, 6, 9, 13
Jarmo Kytölehto2, 9
Kenneth Bäcklund2
Kenjiro Shinozuka4
Ross Dunkerton8, 10
555 Subaru World Rally TeamSubaruLegacy RS
Impreza 555
Vivio Sedan 4WD
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Colin McRae2–6, 8, 10, 13
Hannu Mikkola2
Per Eklund2
Markku Alén3, 9
Patrick Njiru4
Masashi Ishida4
Ari Vatanen6, 8–10, 13
Peter 'Possum' Bourne8, 10
Piero Liatti11
Richard Burns13
Alister McRae13
Motor Sport DevelopmentsOpelCalibra Turbo 4x4P
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Stig Blomqvist2
Erwin Doctor12
Gavin Cox13
Astra RacingLanciaDelta HF IntegraleM Tommi Makinen2, 6, 9
Alex Fiorio3, 6, 11–12
Jorge Recalde3
Jorge Bica3
Audi SportAudiAudi Coupé S2M
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Sepp Haider2, 8, 10
Rudi Stohl4, 6–7
Société DiacRenaultClio WilliamsM Alain Oreille5
Jean Ragnotti5
Serge Jordan5
Claude Balesi5

Results and standings

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Manufacturers' championship

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1993 Manufacturers Championship Points
NoEvents Total
1 Toyota2020201720(14)202020157
2 Ford1720202017171420145
3 Subaru1412102017171010110
4 Lancia141217121217892
5 Mitsubishi1211101410121786

Drivers' championship

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1993 World Rally Car Championship Points
NoEvents Total
1 Juha Kankkunen(8)152020820201220135
2 François Delecour15202015122010112
3 Didier Auriol201512121215692
4 Miki Biasion1215420151076
5 Colin McRae124820650
6 Kenneth Eriksson10881541
7 Ari Vatanen1515838
8 Carlos Sainz101510-35
9 Gustavo Trelles8104628
10 Tommi Mäkinen1061026
11 Markku Alén101525
12 Armin Schwarz6122323
13 Mats Jonsson20222
14 Andrea Aghini121022
15 Gianfranco Cunico2020
16 Alex Fiorio64818
17 Bruno Thiry318416
18 Patrick Snijers1515
19= Ian Duncan1212
19= François Chatriot1212
19= Gilberto Pianezzola1212
19= Malcolm Wilson1212
23 Sepp Haider4812
24= Yasuhiro Iwase1010
24= Ross Dunkerton1010
24= Piero Liatti1010
27= Björn Johansson88
27= Guy Jack88
27= Carlos Menem, Jr.88
30 Rudi Stohl347
31= Per Eklund66
31= Ashok Pattni66
31= Bernard Béguin66
31= Mohammed Bin Sulayem66
31= Peter 'Possum' Bourne66
31= Sebastian Lindholm66
31= Renato Travaglia66
38= Olivier Burri44
38= Marco Brighetti44
38= Hannu Mikkola44
38= Ed Ordynski44
38= Andrea Dallavilla44
38= Richard Burns44
44 Alex Fassina2114
45= Kenneth Bäcklund33
45= Jorge Bica33
45= Jean Ragnotti33
45= Kóstas Apostolou33
45= António Coutinho33
45= Neil Allport33
45= Lasse Lampi33
45= Neal Bates33
45= Angelo Medeghini33
45= Luís Climent33
55= Christophe Spiliotis22
55= Jarmo Kytölehto22
55= Basmat Shamji22
55= Alain Oreille22
55= Níkos Tsadaris22
55= Gabriel Raies22
55= Joe McAndrew22
55= Kiyoshi Inoue22
55= Freddy Loix22
55= Mía Bardolet22
65= Jean-Baptiste Serpaggi11
65= Per Svan11
65= Manfred Stohl11
65= Giovanni Manfrinato11
65= José Ceccheto11
65= Yoshio Fujimoto11
65= Marcus Grönholm11
65= David Officer11
65= Oriol Gómez11
65= Alister McRae11

Events

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1993 World Rally Championship event map
Black = TarmacBrown = GravelBlue = Ice/SnowRed = Mixed Surface
1993 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally NameDates runPodium Drivers (Finishing Time)Podium Cars
Rallye Monte Carlo21 January–27 January
  1. Didier Auriol (6h:13m:43s)
  2. François Delecour (6h:13m:58s)
  3. Miki Biasion (6h:16m:59s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Swedish Rally12 February–14 February
  1. Mats Jonsson (4h:49m:05s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:49m:18s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:49m:33s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Subaru Legacy RS
Rallye de Portugal3 March–6 March
  1. François Delecour (6h:20m:37s)
  2. Miki Biasion (6h:21m:32s)
  3. Andrea Aghini (6h:23m:17s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Safari Rally8 April–12 April
  1. Juha Kankkunen (+3m:54s penalties)
  2. Markku Alén (+4m:03s penalties)
  3. Ian Duncan (+5m:24s penalties)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Tour de Corse2 May–4 May
  1. François Delecour (6h:14m:41s)
  2. Didier Auriol (6h:15m:43s)
  3. François Chatriot (6h:17m:23s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Acropolis Rally30 May–1 June
  1. Miki Biasion (6h:54m:35s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (6h:55m:48s)
  3. Armin Schwarz (6h:57m:19s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer RS
Rally Argentina14 July–17 July
  1. Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:31s)
  2. Miki Biasion (5h:34m:25s)
  3. Didier Auriol (5h:49m:29s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Rally New Zealand5 August–8 August
  1. Colin McRae (6h:12m:31s)
  2. François Delecour (6h:12m:58s)
  3. Didier Auriol (6h:13m:00s)
  1. Subaru Legacy RS
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1000 Lakes Rally27 August–29 August
  1. Juha Kankkunen (4h:23m:51s)
  2. Ari Vatanen (4h:24m:38s)
  3. Didier Auriol (4h:26m:01s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Rally Australia18 September–21 September
  1. Juha Kankkunen (5h:19m:58s)
  2. Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:50s)
  3. François Delecour (5h:43m:42s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Subaru Legacy RS
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rallye Sanremo11 October–13 October
  1. Gianfranco Cunico (6h:19m:40s)
  2. Patrick Snijers (6h:21m:18s)
  3. Gilberto Pianezzola (6h:30m:08s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally Catalunya2 November–4 November
  1. François Delecour (5h:36m:19s)
  2. Didier Auriol (5h:37m:19s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:40m:28s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  3. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
RAC Rally21 November–24 November
  1. Juha Kankkunen (6h:25m:48s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (6h:27m:32s)
  3. Malcolm Wilson (6h:30m:51s)
  1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer RS
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
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