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Latest revision as of 06:56, 9 November 2025

The list of records in the World Rally Championship includes records and statistics set in the World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 1973 season to present.

Championship wins[1]
Driver Total Seasons
1 France Sébastien Loeb 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
2 France Sébastien Ogier 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 4 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
5 Germany Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Italy Miki Biasion 1988, 1989
Spain Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Finland Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
Finland Kalle Rovanperä 2022, 2023
10 11 drivers 1
   
Youngest winners[8]
Driver Age Event
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 20 y, 289 d 2021 Rally Estonia
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally
3 Sweden Oliver Solberg 23 y, 300 d 2025 Rally Estonia
4 Finland Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally
5 Finland Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal
6 Norway Mads Østberg 24 y, 173 d 2012 Rally Portugal
7 Belgium François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia
8 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand
9 Finland Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 26 y, 6 d 1985 Safari Rally
 
Oldest winners[8]
Driver Age Event
1 France Sébastien Loeb 47 y, 331 d 2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2 Sweden Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally
4 Finland Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally
5 Kenya Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally
6 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d’Ivoire
7 France Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya
8 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand
9 Spain Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina
10 France Sébastien Ogier 41 y, 173 d 2025 Rally Italia Sardegna
Youngest Drivers’ Champion[9]
Driver Age Year
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 22 y, 1 d 2022 season
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 27 y, 249 d 1986 season
4 Spain Carlos Sainz 28 y, 189 d 1990 season
5 Norway Petter Solberg 28 y, 356 d 2003 season
6 Finland Ari Vatanen 29 y, 212 d 1981 season
7 France Sébastien Ogier 29 y, 294 d 2013 season
8 France Sébastien Loeb 30 y, 220 d 2004 season
9 Italy Miki Biasion 30 y, 280 d 1988 season
10 United Kingdom Richard Burns 30 y, 312 d 2001 season
 
Oldest Drivers’ Champion
Driver Age Year
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola 41 y, 183 d 1983 season
2 France Sébastien Loeb 38 y, 224 d 2012 season
3 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 38 y, 99 d 1984 season
4 France Sébastien Ogier 37 y, 339 d 2021 season
5 Belgium Thierry Neuville 36 y, 161 d 2024 season
6 France Didier Auriol 36 y, 97 d 1994 season
7 Sweden Björn Waldegård 36 y, 32 d 1979 season
8 Germany Walter Röhrl 35 y, 238 d 1982 season
9 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 35 y, 133 d 1999 season
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 34 y, 239 d 1993 season
Championships[10]
Manufacturer Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 Japan Toyota 9 1993–1994, 1999, 2018, 2021–2025
3 France Citroën 8 2003–2005, 2008–2012
4 France Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002
5 Germany Volkswagen 4 2013–2016
United States/United Kingdom Ford/M-Sport 1979, 2006–2007, 2017
7 Italy Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980
Japan Subaru 1995–1997
9 Germany Audi 2 1982, 1984
South Korea Hyundai 2019–2020
   

Championships by driver’s country

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Updated after the 2024 season.[18]

Driver wins per nationalities

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# Nation Wins Drivers[19]
1  France 213 Sébastien Loeb (80), Sébastien Ogier (66), Didier Auriol (20), Bernard Darniche (7), Gilles Panizzi (7), Jean-Luc Thérier (5), Jean-Pierre Nicolas (5), Michèle Mouton (4), François Delecour (4), Jean-Claude Andruet (3), Jean Ragnotti (3), Bruno Saby (2), Philippe Bugalski (2), Guy Fréquelin (1), Bernard Béguin (1), Alain Ambrosino (1), Alain Oreille (1), Patrick Tauziac (1) 18
2  Finland 198 Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Kalle Rovanperä (18), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Timo Salonen (11), Ari Vatanen (10), Timo Mäkinen (4), Henri Toivonen (3), Esapekka Lappi (2), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1) 16
3  United Kingdom 52 Colin McRae (25), Elfyn Evans (11), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Roger Clark (1) 5
4  Sweden 44 Björn Waldegård (16), Stig Blomqvist (11), Kenneth Eriksson (6), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Mikael Ericsson (2), Mats Jonsson (2), Ove Andersson (1), Per Eklund (1), Harry Källström (1), Anders Kulläng (1), Oliver Solberg (1) 11
5  Italy 30 Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1) 8
 Spain 30 Carlos Sainz (26), Dani Sordo (3), Jesús Puras (1) 3
7  Estonia 27 Ott Tänak (22), Markko Märtin (5) 2
8  Belgium 22 Thierry Neuville (21), François Duval (1) 2
9  Germany 17 Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1) 3
 Norway 17 Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1) 3
11  Kenya 8 Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1) 3
12  Austria 2 Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1) 2
 Japan 2 Kenjiro Shinozuka (2) 1
14  Argentina 1 Jorge Recalde (1) 1
 Canada 1 Walter Boyce (1) 1
 New Zealand 1 Hayden Paddon (1) 1
 Portugal 1 Joaquim Moutinho (1) 1
  1. ^ According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 821 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19–26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18 April 1990). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  2. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Ogier won 790 stages but according to ewrc-results, it’s different.
  3. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4 April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
  4. ^ Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9–16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).
  6. ^ According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19–26 May 1977).
  7. ^ Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  8. ^ Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
  9. ^ Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where “unachievable” target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d’Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.
  10. ^ Markku Alén‘s 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. ^ Sandro Munari‘s 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.

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