23rd season of the FIA World Rally Championship
The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies . The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555 , ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz .[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru .[2]
Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA . FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen , Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz , were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."[3]
Calendar [ edit ] Teams and drivers [ edit ] Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD M 1 Didier Auriol 1–7 2 Juha Kankkunen 1–7 3 Armin Schwarz 1–7 14 Thomas Rådström 2 Yoshio Fujimoto 6 15 Tomas Jansson 2 Yoshio Fujimoto 5 16 Neal Bates 6 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 4 Colin McRae All 5 Carlos Sainz 1–4, 6–8 6 Piero Liatti 1, 4, 7 Mats Jonsson 2 Richard Burns 3, 8 Peter 'Possum' Bourne 5–6 14 Richard Burns 5 R.A.S. Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 7 François Delecour All 8 Bruno Thiry All 9 Stig Blomqvist 2 Alex Fiorio 3 Patrick Bernardini 4 Neil Allport 5 Malcolm Wilson 8 30 Jason Priestley 6 44 Alister McRae 8 Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II Lancer Evo III M 10 Kenneth Eriksson 2, 5–6, 8 Isolde Holderied 3–4 11 Tommi Mäkinen 1–2, 4–8 Jorge Recalde 3 12 Andrea Aghini 4, 7 Kenneth Bäcklund 2 Rui Madeira 3, 8 Ed Ordynski 5–6 14 Rui Madeira 1, 4–7 15 Jorge Recalde 4–6 26 Isolde Holderied 1, 5–8 Société Diac Renault Clio Maxi M Jean Ragnotti 1, 4 18 José Carlos Macedo 3 19 Alain Oreille 8 Philippe Bugalski 1, 4 25 Robbie Head 8 30 Pedro Azeredo 3 51 Angelo Medeghini 4 Source: [6]
Standings [ edit ] Drivers' championship [ edit ] Manufacturers' championship [ edit ] 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)
Group N Cup [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]