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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.

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	359.19km
2	6 February	8 February	47th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	381.34km
3	28 February	2 March	46th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	16	1063.49km
4	22 March	25 March	32nd TAP Rallye de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	28	380.18km
5	20 April	22 April	34th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	19	400.71km
6	4 May	6 May	42nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	18	399.18km
7	20 May	23 May	18th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	23	400.62km
8	7 June	9 June	45th Acropolis Rally	Delphi, Phocis	Gravel	17	388.76km
9	24 July	27 July	29th Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	25	388.39km
10	21 August	23 August	48th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	24	384.10km
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	400.30km
12	5 November	8 November	11th API Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	404.69km
13	22 November	24 November	54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Gravel	28	383.85km
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Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo V	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	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	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	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	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	Henrik Lundgaard	Freddy Pedersen	1
Corolla WRC	Henrik Vestergaard	13
Shell Helix Motor Oils	Celica GT-Four ST205	Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2, 10
Shell Norge	Henning Solberg	Runar Pedersen	2
Petter Solberg	Egil Solstad	2
Cato Menkerud	13
E.O.S. Team Toyota	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	4, 11, 13
Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium	Corolla WRC	Freddy Loix	Toomas Kitsing	4–5, 8, 12
Telecel Castrol Team	Pedro Chaves	Sérgio Paiva	4
Toyota Castrol Team Germany	Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	12
Toyota Hellas	Angelos Zivas	Stelios Fakalis	8
Tein Sport	Yoshio Fujimoto	Tony Sircombe	9, 12
Toyota Castrol Finland	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	10
Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	1
Procar Rally Team	Impreza 555	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	Andrea Dallavilla	Danilo Fappani	4–5, 11
Belgacom Turbo Team	Grégoire de Mevius	Jean-Marc Fortin	4, 11, 13
Ecurie Le Perron	Renaud Verreydt	Jean-François Elst	5, 11
Subaru Allstars Endless Sport	Yukihiko Sakurai	Ronan Morgan	8, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia	Impreza 555	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	9, 12
Bo-Be Plastindustri AB	Ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Mats Jonsson	Johnny Johansson	2
Bastos Ford Rally Team	Escort WRC	Patrick Snijers	Danny De Canck	10, 14
Leonídas Kirkos	Leonídas Kirkos	Ioánnis Stavropoulos	8
Ioannis Papadimitriou	?	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Nikolaos Petropoulos	8
Ford Team Finland	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	10
Jolly Club	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	Uwe Nittel	Christina Thörner	8, 10
Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Lancer Evo III	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	9, 12
Ralliart Australia	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)	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)	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	2, 4–5, 9
Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	5, 8, 10–11
Isolde Holderied	Anne-Chantal Pauwels	6, 8
Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	9
Andrea Aghini	Loris Roggia	11
János jun. Tóth	Ferenc Gergely	11
Celica GT-Four ST205	Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	4
Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	10
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	Corolla WRC	Thomas Rådström	Lars Bäckman	2, 4
Gunnar Barth	5, 7, 10
Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	12
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	Celica GT-Four ST205	Abdullah Bakhashab	Arne Hertz	4–5
Bobby Willis	6, 8, 10–13
Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	Volkan Isik	Ilham Dökümcü	4–6, 8, 10–13
Gazprom Rally Team	Ford	Ford Escort WRC	Aleksandr Nikonenko	Viktor Timkovskiy	2, 4–5, 8
Aleksandr Potapov	Yevgeniy Zhivoglazov	9
Viktor Timkovskiy	10
Sebastian Lindholm	Jukka Aho	12–13
Alexander Zheludov	Aleksandr Alibekov	13
F.Dor Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Frédéric Dor	Kevin Gormley	3, 7, 9
Didier Breton	4, 8, 10, 13
Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	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	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 5–6, 12
François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1, 5–6, 12
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG	Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	1, 4–5
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Cyril Henny	Aurore Maëder-Brand	1
F.P.F. Sport	Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	12
Federico Villagra	405 Mi16	?	Federico Villagra	Javier Villagra	7
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	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	Jörgen Jonasson	Pecka Svensson	2
Andorra Auto Club	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	José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	4
Pedro Azeredo	Carlos Magalhães	4
Renault Sport España	Luis Climent	José Antonio Muñoz	5
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying	Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	6, 11, 13
Tapio Laukkanen	Tapio Järvi	6, 10
Kaj Lindström	11, 13
Renault Türkiye	Nejat Avci	Erkan Bodur	9, 12
Luca Pedersoli	Luca Pedersoli	Giovanni Bernacchini	11
Treviso Rally Team	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	Alister McRae	David Senior	2, 7, 10–12
Sawfish Racing	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	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	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	Mark Higgins	Phil Mills	4, 8, 10–11, 13
José Araújo	Octávio Araújo	4
Nissan Motorsports Turkey	Ercan Kazaz	Cengiz Yıldız	13
Team Åkes Bageri AB	Ford	Escort RS2000	Anders Nilsson	Markku Kangas	2
Ford España	Escort Maxi Kit Car	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	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	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	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	13
Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	13
Proton Motorsport	Proton	Satria Kit Car	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	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	Manfred Stohl	Peter Müller	1, 3–4, 7–9, 12–13
Lancer Evo V	5–6, 11
Valencia Terra y Mar	Lancer Evo III	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	1–4
Lancer Evo IV	6, 10
Pierre-César Baroni	?	Pierre-César Baroni	Dominique Savignoni	1
Marc Duez	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	Marc Duez	Gilles Thimonier	1
Philippe Rognoni	Philippe Rognoni	Etienne Patrone	1, 6
Sony Power Horse	Lancer Evo IV	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	Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	2
Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Gunnar Barth	2
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	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	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
Jean-Marie Santoni	Lancer Evo V	Jean-Marie Santoni	Jean-Marc Casamatta	6
Laurent Albertini	Lancer Evo IV	?	Laurent Albertini	Francis Olari	6
Fabien Véricel	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	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	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	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	David Higgins	Chris Wood	13
Juha Kangas	?	Juha Kangas	John Kennard	13
Gilles Panizzi	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	Jordi Grinyó	Samira Lanaya	5
A.D. Desguaces La Torre	Leonardo Sabán	Ezequiel Nazábal	5
Valencia Terra y Mar	Proton	Wira 4WD	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

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
Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Co-drivers' championship

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
Co-driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer	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
Manufacturer	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points

FIA Teams' Cup

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

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
Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Events

Black = Tarmac

Brown = Gravel

Blue = Snow/Ice

Red = Mixed Surface

1998 World Rally Championship event map

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

1998 World Rally Championship schedule and results

References

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 1998 at ewrc-results.com