1998 World Rally Championship

1998 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Tommi Mäkinen
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Mitsubishi

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The 1998 World Rally Championship was the 26th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his third consecutive drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. The manufacturers' title was won by Mitsubishi (who still operated under Group A regulations), ahead of Toyota and Subaru. This year also marked the Ford Escort's last full-season works outing before being replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The season ended in dramatic fashion when Carlos Sainz's Corolla WRC stopped approximately 300 metres from the finishing line in the final stage at Margam due to mechanical failure, thus surrendering his fourth place on the rally and handing the title to Mäkinen.^[1][2]

Calendar

The 1998 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	18 January	21 January	66th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	18	359.19 km
2	6 February	8 February	47th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	381.34 km
3	28 February	2 March	46th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	16	1063.49 km
4	22 March	25 March	32nd TAP Rallye de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	28	380.18 km
5	20 April	22 April	34th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	19	400.71 km
6	4 May	6 May	42nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	18	399.18 km
7	20 May	23 May	18th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	23	400.62 km
8	7 June	9 June	45th Acropolis Rally	Delphi, Phocis	Gravel	17	388.76 km
9	24 July	27 July	29th Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	25	388.39 km
10	21 August	23 August	48th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	24	384.10 km
C	September	September	Rally of Indonesia	Medan, North Sumatra	Gravel	??	???
11	12 October	14 October	40th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	24	400.30 km
12	5 November	8 November	11th API Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	404.69 km
13	22 November	24 November	54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Gravel	28	383.85 km
Sources:[3][4]

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo V	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	All
				2	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
		Lancer Evo IV		*	Uwe Nittel	Christina Thörner	1–2, 4–5
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Impreza S5 WRC '98	P	3	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	All
				4	Piero Liatti	Fabrizia Pons	1, 3–9, 11–12
					Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2
					Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	10
					Alister McRae	David Senior	13
				10	Piero Liatti	Fabrizia Pons	2
				12	Ari Vatanen		13
				15	Juha Kangas	Pentti Kuukkala	9
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	5	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	All
				6	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	1, 3–4, 6–13
					Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2
					Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	5
				9	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	2, 5
				11	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	13
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford	Ford Escort WRC	M	7	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–2, 5–13
					Ari Vatanen	Fred Gallagher	3–4
				11			10
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	10–13
				10	Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	10
					Marc Duez	Luc Manset	11–12
					Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	13

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Henrik Lundgaard	Freddy Pedersen	1
		Corolla WRC			Henrik Vestergaard	13
Shell Helix Motor Oils		Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2, 10
Shell Norge			C	Henning Solberg	Runar Pedersen	2
			C	Petter Solberg	Egil Solstad	2
			M		Cato Menkerud	13
E.O.S. Team Toyota			M	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	4, 11, 13
Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium		Corolla WRC	M	Freddy Loix	Toomas Kitsing	4–5, 8, 12
Telecel Castrol Team			M	Pedro Chaves	Sérgio Paiva	4
Toyota Castrol Team Germany			P	Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	12
Toyota Hellas			M	Angelos Zivas	Stelios Fakalis	8
Tein Sport			M	Yoshio Fujimoto	Tony Sircombe	9, 12
Toyota Castrol Finland			M	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	10
Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland	Subaru	Impreza WRC	P	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	1
Procar Rally Team		Impreza 555	M	Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Thierry Barjou	4
					Freddy Delorme	8
				Andrea Navarra	Renzo Casazza	5, 11
				Diego Oldrati	Paolo Lizzi	11
A.R.T Engineering		Impreza WRC	P	Andrea Dallavilla	Danilo Fappani	4–5, 11
Belgacom Turbo Team			P	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	4, 11, 13
Ecurie Le Perron			M	Renaud Verreydt	Jean-François Elst	5, 11
Subaru Allstars Endless Sport			P	Yukihiko Sakurai	Ronan Morgan	8, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia		Impreza 555	P	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	9, 12
Bo-Be Plastindustri AB	Ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	P	Mats Jonsson	Johnny Johansson	2
Bastos Ford Rally Team		Escort WRC	P	Patrick Snijers	Danny De Canck	10, 14
Leonídas Kirkos			M	Leonídas Kirkos	Ioánnis Stavropoulos	8
Ioannis Papadimitriou			?	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Nikolaos Petropoulos	8
Ford Team Finland			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	10
Jolly Club			P	Gianfranco Cunico	Luigi Pirollo	11
				Angelo Medeghini	Barbara Capoferri	11
R.E.D World Rally Team			?	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	13
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo V	M	Uwe Nittel	Christina Thörner	8, 10
Advan-Piaa Rally Team		Lancer Evo III	Y	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	9, 12
Ralliart Australia			Y	Ed Ordynski	Mark Stacey	9, 12
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand		Lancer Evo IV	?	Geoff Argyle	Raymond Bennett	9
				Lewis Scott	Jane Black	9

FIA Teams Cup

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Uruguay en Carrera	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)	P	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	1–2
		Lancer Evo V (Grp. N)			Martin Christie	4–12
		Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)		Gabriel Méndez	Daniel Muzio	5
		Lancer Evo III (Grp. N)			Carlos Villete	9, 12
Team Mitsubishi Oman		Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N)	P	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	2, 4–5, 9
			M	Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	5, 8, 10–11
			P	Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	6, 8
			M	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	9
			M	Andrea Aghini	Loris Roggia	11
			M	János jun. Tóth	Ferenc Gergely	11
		Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	4
			M	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	10
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden		Corolla WRC	M	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2, 4
					Gunnar Barth	5, 7, 10
			M	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	12
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia		Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Abdullah Bakhashab	Arne Hertz	4–5
					Bobby Willis	6, 8, 10–13
Toyota Mobil Team Turkey			M	Volkan Isik	Ilham Dökümcü	4–6, 8, 10–13
Gazprom Rally Team	Ford	Ford Escort WRC	M	Aleksandr Nikonenko	Viktor Timkovskiy	2, 4–5, 8
			M	Aleksandr Potapov	Yevgeniy Zhivoglazov	9
					Viktor Timkovskiy	10
			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Jukka Aho	12–13
			M	Alexander Zheludov	Aleksandr Alibekov	13
F.Dor Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC	M	Frédéric Dor	Kevin Gormley	3, 7, 9
					Didier Breton	4, 8, 10, 13
Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn			M	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Jean-Marc Fortin	4–5, 7, 11, 13

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup major Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Sport	Peugeot	306 Maxi	M	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 5–6, 12
				François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1, 5–6, 12
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG			M	Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	1, 4–5
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro			M	Cyril Henny	Aurore Maëder-Brand	1
F.P.F. Sport			M	Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	12
Federico Villagra		405 Mi16	?	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	7
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	P	Harri Rovanperä	Voitto Silander	1–3
					Risto Pietiläinen	4–5, 7–9
				Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	1–5, 7–8
				Marc Duez	Luc Manset	4
				Salvador Cañellas	Xavier Lorza	5, 10, 12–13
				Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	9–13
				Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	10, 12
Seat Dealer Team Sweden			M	Jörgen Jonasson	Pecka Svensson	2
Andorra Auto Club			M	Ferran Font	Joan Sureda	3, 10
Paul Saly	Renault	Clio Williams	?	Paul Saly	Guy Pujol	1
"Dim"			?	"Dim"	Konstantinos Stefanis	8
Renault Team Sweden		Mégane Maxi	?	Jonas Kruse	Bruno Berglund	2, 4, 10
Renault Gest Galp			M	José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	4
				Pedro Azeredo	Carlos Magalhães	4
Renault Sport España			M	Luis Climent	José Antonio Muñoz	5
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying			M	Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	6, 11, 13
				Tapio Laukkanen	Tapio Järvi	6, 10
					Kaj Lindström	11, 13
Renault Türkiye			M	Nejat Avci	Erkan Bodur	9, 12
Luca Pedersoli			M	Luca Pedersoli	Giovanni Bernacchini	11
Treviso Rally Team			M	Paolo Andreucci	Simona Fedeli	11
Ricardo Bissio		18 GTX	?	Ricardo Bissio	Alberto Descotte	7
Hector Guillermo Silva				Hector Guillermo Silva	Jorge Minoli	7
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Volkswagen	Golf III Kit Car	?	Harry Joki	Ingemar Karlsson	2
S.B.G. Sport			P	Alister McRae	David Senior	2, 7, 10–12
Sawfish Racing			P	Raimund Baumschlager	Klaus Wicha	3–4, 13
				Kris Rosenberger	Per Carlsson	3–4, 7, 9, 12
				Janne Tuohino	Ilkka Riipinen	10
Jorma Laakso			?	Jorma Laakso	Jari Jyrkiäinen	10
Jimmy Wahome	Hyundai	Coupé	?	Jimmy Wahome	Tom Muriuki	3
Gregory Kibiti			?	Gregory Kibiti	George Mwangi	3
Hyundai Motorsport		Coupé	M	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	4–5, 7–8
		Coupé Evo 2				9–13
		Coupé		Wayne Bell	Iain Stewart	4, 8
		Coupé Evo 2				9–13
		Coupé		Alister McRae	David Senior	5–6
Dean Herridge		Coupé	M	Dean Herridge	Jim Carlton	12

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Non Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Wolf-Dieter Ihle	Opel	Astra GSi 16V	?	Wolf-Dieter Ihle	Reinhard Kessemeier	1, 5
Opel Team Sweden			?	Patric Carlsson	Peter Johansson	2
				Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
Promoracing Finland	Nissan	Sunny GTi	?	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	2
Nissan Motorsports Europe		Almera Kit Car	Y	Mark Higgins	Phil Mills	4, 8, 10–11, 13
				José Araújo	Octávio Araújo	4
Nissan Motorsports Turkey			P	Ercan Kazaz	Cengiz Yıldız	13
Team Åkes Bageri AB	Ford	Escort RS2000	M	Anders Nilsson	Markku Kangas	2
Ford España		Escort Maxi Kit Car	M	Daniel Alonso Villarón	Salvador Belzunces	5
Olli Harkki			?	Olli Harkki	Kari Mustalahti	10
Stuart Egglestone			?	Stuart Egglestone	Steve Egglestone	13
Ford Motor Co			?	Will Hoy	Sean Kelly	13
Marko Ipatti			?	Marko Ipatti	Kari Kajula	13
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara F2	M	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	5–6, 11
				Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	5, 11
				Patrick Magaud	Michel Périn	6, 11
				Fabien Doenlen	Jean-Marc Andrié	6
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia Kit Car	M	Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	5–6, 8, 10–11, 13
				Fabio Danti	Marcello Olivari	11
Norberto Penelo	Daewoo	Cielo	?	Norberto Penelo	Gustavo Topalian	7
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Baleno Wagon Kit Car	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Glenn Macneall	9, 12
Yutaka Kuritsuhara			?	Yutaka Kuritsuhara	Akihiko Takahashi	12
Avto VAZ Rally Team	Lada	110	?	Viktor Shkolnyy	Sergey Talantsev	10
Daihatsu Australia	Daihatsu	Charade GTi	?	Ross Mackenzie	Paul van der Mey	12
				Rick Bates	Jenny Brittan	12
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra Kit Car	M	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	13
				Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	13
Proton Motorsport	Proton	Satria Kit Car	M	Mats Andersson	Lisa Addy	13
				Jenny Davies	Claire Mole	13

Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Uruguay en Carrera	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV	P	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	1–2
					Martin Christie	4, 8–9, 12
		Lancer Evo V				5–6, 8, 10–11
		Lancer Evo IV		Gabriel Méndez	Daniel Muzio	5
		Lancer Evo III			Carlos Villete	9, 12
Race-Rent Motorsport		Lancer Evo III	P	Manfred Stohl	Peter Müller	1, 3–4, 7–9, 12–13
		Lancer Evo V				5–6, 11
Valencia Terra y Mar		Lancer Evo III	P	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	1–4
		Lancer Evo IV	M			6, 10
Pierre-César Baroni			?	Pierre-César Baroni	Dominique Savignoni	1
Marc Duez		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	M	Marc Duez	Gilles Thimonier	1
Philippe Rognoni			M	Philippe Rognoni	Etienne Patrone	1, 6
Sony Power Horse		Lancer Evo IV	M	Leszek Kuzaj	Maciej Baran	1
		Lancer Evo III			Krzysztof Gęborys	4–5
						3, 7
		Lancer Evo V			Andrzej Górski	10–11
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden		Lancer Evo IV	M	Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	2
				Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Gunnar Barth	2
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	M	Juha Kangas	Jani Laaksonen	2, 10
				Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	2, 10, 14
		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV		Jouko Puhakka	Mika Ovaskainen	10
KNA Oslo		Lancer Evo IV	?	Johan Kressner	Urban Karlsson	2
Bilsport Magazine		Lancer Evo III	?	Gert Blomqvist	Lena Lindberg	2
Per Johansson		Lancer Evo IV	?	Per Johansson	Tony Carlsson	2
Helmia Motorsport			?	Pernilla Solberg	Ulrika Mattsson	2, 10, 13
Miguel Campos		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	?	Miguel Campos	Carlos Magalhães	4
Team Mitsubishi Oman		Lancer Evo IV	P	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
Jean-Marie Santoni		Lancer Evo V	M	Jean-Marie Santoni	Jean-Marc Casamatta	6
Laurent Albertini		Lancer Evo IV	?	Laurent Albertini	Francis Olari	6
Fabien Véricel		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	M	Fabien Véricel	Vincent Ducher	6
Jacques Andreani			?	Jacques Andreani	Christophe Gilot	6
José Bravo		Lancer Evo III	?	José Bravo	Mario Vazquez	7
Pablo Gaviña			?	Pablo Gaviña	Adriana Iriart Urrut	7
Marcelo Recanate			?	Marcelo Recanate	Jorge Gonzalez	7
Jorge Recalde		Lancer Evo V	?	Jorge Recalde	Jorge Del Buono	7, 12
Dimitris Nassoulas		Lancer Evo III	?	Dimitris Nassoulas	Leonidas Mahaeras	8
Ross Meekings			?	Ross Meekings	Alan Glen	9, 12
Shell Norway Motorsport		Lancer Evo IV	?	Tom J. Myrvang	Lasse Olsen	10
Treviso Rally Team		Lancer Evo V	?	Marco Tempestini	Massimo Sghedoni	10
Ralliart Italia		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	M	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	11
				Mario Stagni	Roberto Paganoni	11
		Lancer Evo V		Riccardo Accornero	Fabio Tallini	11
Ettore Baita			?	Ettore Baita	Fabio Donini	11
Vince Wetton		Lancer Evo IV	?	Vince Wetton	Joff Haigh	13
Bruno Marcon	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	?	Bruno Marcon	Jean-François Cavarero	1
Chitranjan Patel			?	Chitranjan Patel	Praful Patel	3
Paul Bailey	Subaru	Impreza WRX	?	Paul Bailey	Raju Sehmi	3
Roberto Sanchez			P	Roberto Sanchez	Edgardo Galindo	4–5, 7
Marcos Ligato			?	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	7
Pavlos Moschoutis			?	Pavlos Moschoutis	Manolis Makrinos	8
Subaru Rally Team Australia			?	Michael Guest	David Green	9, 12
			?	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	12
Subaru Rally Team Japan			?	Hideaki Miyoshi	Damien Long	9, 12
			?	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Hiroshi Suzuki	9, 12
			?	Toshihiro Arai	Roger Freeman	9, 12–13
Yujiro Nishio			?	Yujiro Nishio	Akiko Yamaguchi	12
Barretts Motorsport			M	David Higgins	Chris Wood	13
Juha Kangas			?	Juha Kangas	John Kennard	13
Gilles Panizzi			M	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	13
Azar Anwar		Legacy RS	?	Azar Anwar	Farakh Yusuf	3
Takayuki Koseki		Forester	?	Takayuki Koseki	Arshad Khan	3
Italo Ferrara		Impreza 555	?	Italo Ferrara	Gabriele Bobbio	11
Gamace MC Competición	Peugeot	106 Rallye	M	Jordi Grinyó	Samira Lanaya	5
A.D. Desguaces La Torre			M	Leonardo Sabán	Ezequiel Nazábal	5
Valencia Terra y Mar	Proton	Wira 4WD	M	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	8
Anastasios Gemenis	Mazda	323 GT-R	?	Anastasios Gemenis	Ioánnis Kepetzis	8

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	Group N Cup Winners	Teams cup Winners	2.0 L WC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 28 Race-Rent Motorsport	No finishers	No. 16 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	No finishers	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
2	Sweden	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 25 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	No. 11 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 27 Seat Dealer Team Sweden	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Stig-Olov Walfridsson Benny Melander	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Jörgen Jonasson Pecka Svensson
3	Kenya	No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar	No finishers	No. 11 Seat Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	No finishers	Harri Rovanperä Voitto Silander
4	Portugal	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 21 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 19 Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Adruzilo Lopes Luís Lisboa
5	Spain	No. 9 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 30 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 15 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
6	France	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 24 Race-Rent Motorsport	No. 18 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	No. 14 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	Abdullah Bakhashab Arne Hertz	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup
7	Argentina	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 18 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 9 Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	No. 16 Seat Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Maciej Wisławski	Oriol Gómez Marc Martí
8	Greece	No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 25 Seat Sport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen
9	New Zealand	No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 19 Seat Sport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Subaru Impreza WRX	Toyota Corolla WRC	Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
		Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Michael Guest David Green	Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen
10	Finland	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	No. 15 Toyota Mobil Team Sweden	No. 25 S.B.G. Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Thomas Rådström Gunnar Barth	Alister McRae David Senior
11	Italy	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 58 Ralliart Italia	No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	No. 14 Peugeot Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Peugeot 306 Maxi
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore	Andrea Aghini Loris Roggia	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi
12	Australia	No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	No. 14 Gazprom Rally Team	No. 20 S.B.G. Sport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Subaru Impreza WRX	Ford Escort WRC	Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Michael Guest David Green	Sebastian Lindholm Jukka Aho	Alister McRae David Senior
13	Britain	No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 53 Race-Rent Motorsport	No. 24 Gazprom Rally Team	No. 25 Renault Dealer Rallying UK	Report
		Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Ford Escort WRC	Renault Mégane Maxi
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	Sebastian Lindholm Jukka Aho	Tapio Laukkanen Kaj Lindström
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Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 58 2 Carlos Sainz 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 56 3 Colin McRae 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 45 4 Juha Kankkunen 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 39 5 Didier Auriol 14 6 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret 34 6 Richard Burns 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1 33 7 Piero Liatti 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 2 Ret 17 8 Freddy Loix 3 2 5 6 13 9 Bruno Thiry 6 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3 8 10 François Delecour 10 8 2 Ret 6 11 Ari Vatanen 3 5 Ret Ret 6 12 Gilles Panizzi 9 6 4 35 5 Ret 6 13 Kenneth Eriksson 4 Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 22 Ret 3 14 Grégoire De Mévius 8 12 4 3 15 Harri Rovanperä 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 11 Ret 11 6 3 16 Marcus Grönholm 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 17 Philippe Bugalski 5 Ret Ret 2 18 Sebastian Lindholm Ret 9 5 2 19 Raimund Baumschlager 6 Ret Ret 1 20 Thomas Rådström Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts

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)

Co-drivers' championship

Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Risto Mannisenmäki Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 58 2 Luis Moya 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 56 3 Nicky Grist 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 45 4 Juha Repo 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 39 5 Denis Giraudet 14 6 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret 34 6 Robert Reid 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1 33 7 Fabrizia Pons 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 2 Ret Ret 17 8 Sven Smeets 3 2 5 6 13 9 Stéphane Prévot 6 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3 8 10 Daniel Grataloup 10 8 2 Ret 6 11 Fred Gallagher 3 5 Ret 6 12 Hervé Panizzi 9 6 4 35 5 Ret 6 13 Staffan Parmander 4 Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 22 Ret 3 14 Jean-Marc Fortin 8 12 4 3 15 Risto Pietiläinen 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 11 Ret 11 6 3 16 Timo Rautiainen 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 17 Jean-Paul Chiaroni 5 Ret Ret 2 18 Jukka Aho Ret 9 5 2 19 Klaus Wicha 8 6 Ret Ret 1 20 Gunnar Barth Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 1 Pos. Co-driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR Points 1 Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 91 2 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1 2 Toyota Castrol Team 5 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 85 6 14 Ret 4 Ret 2 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 555 Subaru World Rally Team 3 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 65 4 4 4 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 8 2 Ret Ret 4 Ford Motor Co 7 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 53 8 6 8 3 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3 5 SEAT Sport 9 11 Ret 11 6 1 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR 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)

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos.	Team	Event													Points
		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR
1	H.F. Grifone	0	10	0	10	10	0	0	10	10	7	16	0	0	73
2	Uruguay en Carrera	0	0	0	2	5	4	6	2	8	4	4	4	0	39
3	Gazprom Rally Team	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	10	27
4	Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	0	0	0	6	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	26
5	Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	10	0	6	0	22
6	Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	20
7	Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	17
8	Frederic Dor	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2	12
9	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	10

Group N Cup

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Gustavo Trelles Ret Ret 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 94 2 Manfred Stohl 1 2 2 2 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 4 1 71 3 Luís Climent 2 Ret 1 4 Ret 3 2 37 4 Michael Guest 1 1 26 5 Hamed Al-Wahaibi 6 2 2 5 Ret 3 24 6 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 1 13 Gianluigi Galli 1 13 8 Kenneth Bäcklund 2 8 Mario Stagni 2 8 David Higgins 2 8 Pernilla Solberg 8 3 4 8 12 Juha Kangas 3 Ret 5 7 13 Gabriel Méndez 3 7 Ret 5 Pierre-César Baroni 3 5 Paul Bailey 3 5 Miguel Campos 3 5 Jean-Marie Santoni 3 5 Marcos Ligato 3 5 Jorge Recalde Ret 3 5 Roberto Sanchez 5 4 Ret 5 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR  Pts

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)

Events

1998 World Rally Championship event map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

1998 World Rally Championship schedule and results

Rally Name	Dates run	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
Monte Carlo Rally	19 January–21 January	Carlos Sainz (4h:28m:00.5s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:28m:41.3s) Colin McRae (4h:29m:01.5s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Swedish Rally	6 February–8 February	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:32m:51.6s) Carlos Sainz (3h:33m:43.2s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:33m:50.4s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
Safari Rally	28 February–2 March	Richard Burns (8h:57m:34s) Juha Kankkunen (9h:07m:01s) Ari Vatanen (9h:07m:26s)	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution IV Ford Escort WRC Ford Escort WRC
Rally Portugal	22 March–25 March	Colin McRae (4h:20m:58.1s) Carlos Sainz (4h:21m:00.2s) Freddy Loix (4h:21m:43.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC
Rally Catalunya	20 April–22 April	Didier Auriol (4h:18m:36.9s) Freddy Loix (4h:19m:30.3s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:19m:46.3s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
Tour de Corse	4 May–6 May	Colin McRae (4h:02m:46.9s) François Delecour (4h:03m:14.1s) Piero Liatti (4h:03m:16.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Peugeot 306 Maxi Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Rally Argentina	20 May–23 May	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:07.4s) Carlos Sainz (4h:22m:34.2s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:22m:34.9s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
Acropolis Rally	7 June–9 June	Colin McRae (4h:26m:31.6s) Didier Auriol (4h:26m:51.6s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:27m:15.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
Rally New Zealand	24 July–27 July	Carlos Sainz (3h:54m:57.1s) Didier Auriol (3h:55m:01.2s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:56m:40.8s)	Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
Rally Finland	21 August–23 August	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:16m:56.1s) Carlos Sainz (3h:17m:31.7s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:17m:41.3s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Escort WRC
Rally Sanremo	12 October–14 October	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:34m:34.5s) Piero Liatti (4h:34m:50.3s) Colin McRae (4h:36m:04.7s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Subaru Impreza WRC 98 Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Rally Australia	5 November–8 November	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:52m:48.7s) Carlos Sainz (3h:53m:05.2s) Didier Auriol (3h:53m:13.7s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC
Rally of Great Britain	22 November–24 November	Richard Burns (3h:50m:30.6s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:54m:17.1s) Bruno Thiry (3h:55m:58.1s)	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution V Ford Escort WRC Ford Escort WRC

References

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2. Ingram, Anthony (24 November 2021). "Freeze Frame: Burns shines as sparks fly in '98 Rally GB". Hagerty. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
3. "FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1998". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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5. "Season 1998 rally - eWRC-results". www.ewrc-results.com.

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 1998 at ewrc-results.com