List of World Rally Championship people
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Contents
Administration
- Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the FIA (1986–1993)
- Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006[1]
- Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
- Max Mosley – president of the FIA, the sport's governing and rulemaking body
- Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.[2]
- Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006
Team management
- Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
- Jacky Bozian – director of Bozian Racing
- Xavier Carlotti – team manager of Peugeot (1999–2002)
- Aime Chatard – rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
- François Chatriot – former driver, team manager for Citroën and Peugeot
- Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
- Derek Dauncey – team manager of Mitsubishi
- Pierre Dupasquier – head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
- Tony Fall – former driver, team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team
- Guy Fréquelin – former driver, director of Citroën Sport (1989–2006)
- Pavel Janeba – team manager of Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
- David Lapworth – team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–) of the Subaru World Rally Team
- Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, sporting director of Peugeot Sport
- Corrado Provera – director of Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
- Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport, director of Citroën Sport (2008–)
- David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
- Phil Short – team manager of Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
- Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
- Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport
- David Whitehead – team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
- Malcolm Wilson – former driver, team principal of the BP Ford World Rally Team
Engineers
- Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
- Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
- Mario Fornaris – chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
- Lasse Lampi – former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
- Christian Loriaux – chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
- Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – chief engineer of Citroën Sport (2005–)
- Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005)
- Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
- Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–)
- Günther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
- Jean-Claude Vaucard – chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)
Rally officials
- Garry Connelly – clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
- Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
- Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
- René Isoart – clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
- Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland
Commentators and journalists
- Jim Bamber – cartoonist
- John Davenport – former co-driver and author
- Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
- Martin Holmes – former co-driver and author
Drivers
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Two-time world champion Marcus Grönholm.
- Markku Alén – 1978 FIA Cup champion
- Didier Auriol – 1994 world champion
- Miki Biasion – 1988 and 1989 world champion
- Stig Blomqvist – 1984 world champion
- Richard Burns – 2001 world champion
- Marcus Grönholm – 2000 and 2002 world champion
- Juha Kankkunen – four-time world champion
- Sébastien Loeb – nine-time world champion
- Colin McRae – 1995 world champion, first British world champion
- Michèle Mouton – most successful female rally driver
- Tommi Mäkinen – four-time world champion
- Hannu Mikkola – 1983 world champion
- Sandro Munari – 1977 FIA Cup champion
- Walter Röhrl – 1980 and 1982 world champion
- Carlos Sainz – 1990 and 1992 world champion
- Timo Salonen – 1985 world champion
- Petter Solberg – 2003 world champion
- Ari Vatanen – world champion 1981 (now MEP)
- Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion
Co-drivers
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Daniel Elena with his driver Sébastien Loeb.
- Björn Cederberg – co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
- Daniel Elena – co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
- Fred Gallagher – co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
- Christian Geistdörfer – co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
- Denis Giraudet – co-driver to Didier Auriol
- Nicky Grist – co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
- Seppo Harjanne – co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
- Arne Hertz – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
- Ilkka Kivimäki – co-driver to Markku Alén
- Risto Mannisenmäki – co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
- Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
- Phil Mills – co-driver to Petter Solberg
- Luís Moya – co-driver to Carlos Sainz
- Michael Park – co-driver to Markko Märtin
- Juha Piironen – co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
- Timo Rautiainen – co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
- Robert Reid – co-driver to Richard Burns
- Derek Ringer – co-driver to Colin McRae
- David Richards – co-driver to Ari Vatanen
- Tiziano Siviero – co-driver to Miki Biasion
- Hans Thorszelius – co-driver to Björn Waldegård
- Jean Todt – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin
Deaths in the WRC
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- Jörg Bastuck (d. 24 March 2006 at the Rally Catalunya) – co-driver to Aaron Burkart[3]
- Attilio Bettega (d. 2 May 1985 at the Tour de Corse) – driver
- Rodger Freeth (d. 18 September 1993 at the Rally Australia) – co-driver to Possum Bourne
- Michael Park (d. 18 September 2005 at the Wales Rally GB) – co-driver to Markko Märtin[4]
- Henri Toivonen (d. 2 May 1986 at the Tour de Corse) – driver to co-driver Sergio Cresto, who perished in the same crash
- Lars-Erik Torph (d. 23 January 1989 at the Monte Carlo Rally) – driver to co-driver Bertil-Rune Rehnfeldt, who perished in the same crash
See also
References
- ↑ World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release, July 05, 2006.
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