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1998 World Rally Championship

26th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Tommi Mäkinen World Manufacturers' Champion: Mitsubishi 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
18 January	21 January	MON 66th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	18	359.19 km
6 February	8 February	SWE 47th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	381.34 km
28 February	2 March	KEN 46th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	16	1063.49 km
22 March	25 March	POR 32nd TAP Rallye de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	28	380.18 km
20 April	22 April	ESP 34th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	19	400.71 km
4 May	6 May	FRA 42nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	18	399.18 km
20 May	23 May	ARG 18th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	23	400.62 km
7 June	9 June	GRC 45th Acropolis Rally	Delphi, Phocis	Gravel	17	388.76 km
24 July	27 July	NZL 29th Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	25	388.39 km
21 August	23 August	FIN 48th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	24	384.10 km
September	September	INA Rally of Indonesia	Medan, North Sumatra	Gravel	??	???
12 October	14 October	ITA 40th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	24	400.30 km
5 November	8 November	AUS 11th API Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	404.69 km
22 November	24 November	GBR 54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Gravel	28	383.85 km
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver
JPN Mitsubishi Ralliart	Lancer Evo IV
Lancer Evo V		1	Finland Tommi Mäkinen	nowrap	FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	All
2	Great Britain Richard Burns	GB Robert Reid	All
Lancer Evo IV	*	GER Uwe Nittel	SWE Christina Thörner	1–2, 4–5
JPN 555 Subaru WRT	Impreza S5 WRC '98
	3	Great Britain Colin McRae	GB Nicky Grist	All
4	ITA Piero Liatti	ITA Fabrizia Pons	1, 3–9, 11–12
SWE Kenneth Eriksson	SWE Staffan Parmander	2
Finland Jarmo Kytölehto	FIN Arto Kapanen	10
Great Britain Alister McRae	GB David Senior	13
10	ITA Piero Liatti	ITA Fabrizia Pons	2
12	Finland Ari Vatanen	13
15	Finland Juha Kangas	FIN Pentti Kuukkala	9
JPN Toyota Castrol Team	Corolla WRC		5	Spain Carlos Sainz	Spain Luis Moya	All
6	France Didier Auriol	FRA Denis Giraudet	1, 3–4, 6–13
SWE Thomas Rådström	SWE Lars Bäckman	2
Belgium Freddy Loix	BEL Sven Smeets	5
9	France Didier Auriol	FRA Denis Giraudet	2, 5
11	Finland Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	13
USA Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Escort WRC		7	Finland Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Repo	All
8	Belgium Bruno Thiry	BEL Stéphane Prévot	1–2, 5–13
Finland Ari Vatanen	GB Fred Gallagher	3–4
11	10
Spain SEAT Sport	Córdoba WRC		9	Finland Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	10–13
10	Spain Oriol Gómez	Spain Marc Martí	10
Belgium Marc Duez	BEL Luc Manset	11–12
Great Britain Gwyndaf Evans	GB Howard Davies	14

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers	Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers
DEN Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Celica GT-Four ST205		DNK Henrik Lundgaard	DNK Freddy Pedersen	1
Corolla WRC	DNK Henrik Vestergaard	13
FIN Shell Helix Motor Oils	Celica GT-Four ST205		FIN Pasi Hagström	FIN Tero Gardemeister	2, 10
NOR Shell Norge		NOR Henning Solberg	NOR Runar Pedersen	2
	NOR Petter Solberg	NOR Egil Solstad	2
	NOR Cato Menkerud	13
EST E.O.S. Team Toyota		EST Markko Märtin	EST Toomas Kitsing	4, 11, 13
BEL Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium	Corolla WRC		BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Toomas Kitsing	4–5, 8, 12
PRT Telecel Castrol Team		PRT Pedro Chaves	PRT Sérgio Paiva	4
GER Toyota Castrol Team Germany		GER Isolde Holderied	FRA Anne-Chantal Pauwels	12
GRC Toyota Hellas		GRC Angelos Zivas	GRC Stelios Fakalis	8
JPN Tein Sport		JPN Yoshio Fujimoto	NZL Tony Sircombe	9, 12
FIN Toyota Castrol Finland		FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	10
DEU Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland	Impreza WRC		DEU Armin Kremer	DEU Klaus Wicha	1
ITA Procar Rally Team	Impreza 555		MON Jean-Pierre Richelmi	FRA Thierry Barjou	4
MON Freddy Delorme	8
ITA Andrea Navarra	ITA Renzo Casazza	5, 11
ITA Diego Oldrati	ITA Paolo Lizzi	11
ITA A.R.T Engineering	Impreza WRC		ITA Andrea Dallavilla	ITA Danilo Fappani	4–5, 11
BEL Belgacom Turbo Team		BEL Grégoire de Mevius	BEL Jean-Marc Fortin	4, 11, 13
BEL Ecurie Le Perron		BEL Renaud Verreydt	BEL Jean-François Elst	5, 11
JPN Subaru Allstars Endless Sport		JPN Yukihiko Sakurai	IRE Ronan Morgan	8, 13
AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia	Impreza 555		NZ Peter 'Possum' Bourne	NZ Craig Vincent	9, 12
SWE Bo-Be Plastindustri AB	Ford Escort RS Cosworth		SWE Mats Jonsson	SWE Johnny Johansson	2
BEL Bastos Ford Rally Team	Escort WRC		BEL Patrick Snijers	BEL Danny De Canck	10, 14
GRC Leonídas Kirkos		GRC Leonídas Kirkos	GRC Ioánnis Stavropoulos	8
GRC Ioannis Papadimitriou	?	GRC Ioannis Papadimitriou	GRC Nikolaos Petropoulos	8
FIN Ford Team Finland		FIN Sebastian Lindholm	FIN Timo Hantunen	10
ITA Jolly Club		ITA Gianfranco Cunico	ITA Luigi Pirollo	11
ITA Angelo Medeghini	ITA Barbara Capoferri	11
GBR R.E.D World Rally Team	?	GER Armin Schwarz	GER Manfred Hiemer	13
DEU Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Lancer Evo V		GER Uwe Nittel	SWE Christina Thörner	8, 10
JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Lancer Evo III		JPN Yoshihiro Kataoka	JPN Satoshi Hayashi	9, 12
AUS Ralliart Australia		AUS Ed Ordynski	AUS Mark Stacey	9, 12
NZL Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand	Lancer Evo IV	?	NZ Geoff Argyle	NZ Raymond Bennett	9
NZ Lewis Scott	NZ Jane Black	9

FIA Teams Cup

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

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup major Manufacturer Entries

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

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Non Manufacturer Entries

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

Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers
URU Uruguay en Carrera	Lancer Evo IV		URU Gustavo Trelles	ARG Jorge Del Buono	1–2
URU Martin Christie	4, 8–9, 12
Lancer Evo V	5–6, 8, 10–11
Lancer Evo IV	URU Gabriel Méndez	URU Daniel Muzio	5
Lancer Evo III	URU Carlos Villete	9, 12
AUT Race-Rent Motorsport	Lancer Evo III		AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Peter Müller	1, 3–4, 7–9, 12–13
Lancer Evo V	5–6, 11
ESP Valencia Terra y Mar	Lancer Evo III		ESP Luis Climent	ESP Álex Romaní	1–4
Lancer Evo IV		6, 10
FRA Pierre-César Baroni	?	FRA Pierre-César Baroni	FRA Dominique Savignoni	1
BEL Marc Duez	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV		BEL Marc Duez	FRA Gilles Thimonier	1
FRA Philippe Rognoni		FRA Philippe Rognoni	FRA Etienne Patrone	1, 6
POL Sony Power Horse	Lancer Evo IV		POL Leszek Kuzaj	POL Maciej Baran	1
Lancer Evo III	POL Krzysztof Gęborys	4–5
3, 7
Lancer Evo V	POL Andrzej Górski	10–11
SWE Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	Lancer Evo IV		SWE Kenneth Bäcklund	SWE Tord Andersson	2
SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson	SWE Gunnar Barth	2
FIN Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV		FIN Juha Kangas	FIN Jani Laaksonen	2, 10
FIN Juuso Pykälistö	FIN Esko Mertsalmi	2, 10, 14
Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	FIN Jouko Puhakka	FIN Mika Ovaskainen	10
SWE KNA Oslo	Lancer Evo IV	?	SWE Johan Kressner	SWE Urban Karlsson	2
SWE Bilsport Magazine	Lancer Evo III	?	SWE Gert Blomqvist	SWE Lena Lindberg	2
SWE Per Johansson	Lancer Evo IV	?	SWE Per Johansson	SWE Tony Carlsson	2
SWE Helmia Motorsport	?	SWE Pernilla Solberg	SWE Ulrika Mattsson	2, 10, 13
POR Miguel Campos	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	?	POR Miguel Campos	POR Carlos Magalhães	4
OMA Team Mitsubishi Oman	Lancer Evo IV		OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi	GBR Terry Harryman	4, 7–9, 12–13
FRA Jean-Marie Santoni	Lancer Evo V		FRA Jean-Marie Santoni	FRA Jean-Marc Casamatta	6
FRA Laurent Albertini	Lancer Evo IV	?	FRA Laurent Albertini	FRA Francis Olari	6
FRA Fabien Véricel	Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV		FRA Fabien Véricel	FRA Vincent Ducher	6
FRA Jacques Andreani	?	FRA Jacques Andreani	FRA Christophe Gilot	6
ARG José Bravo	Lancer Evo III	?	ARG José Bravo	ARG Mario Vazquez	7
ARG Pablo Gaviña	?	ARG Pablo Gaviña	ARG Adriana Iriart Urrut	7
ARG Marcelo Recanate	?	ARG Marcelo Recanate	ARG Jorge Gonzalez	7
ARG Jorge Recalde	Lancer Evo V	?	ARG Jorge Recalde	ARG Jorge Del Buono	7, 12
GRC Dimitris Nassoulas	Lancer Evo III	?	GRC Dimitris Nassoulas	GRC Leonidas Mahaeras	8
NZ Ross Meekings	?	NZ Ross Meekings	NZ Alan Glen	9, 12
NOR Shell Norway Motorsport	Lancer Evo IV	?	NOR Tom J. Myrvang	NOR Lasse Olsen	10
ITA Treviso Rally Team	Lancer Evo V	?	ITA Marco Tempestini	ITA Massimo Sghedoni	10
ITA Ralliart Italia	Lancer Carisma GT Evo V		ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido D'Amore	11
ITA Mario Stagni	ITA Roberto Paganoni	11
Lancer Evo V	ITA Riccardo Accornero	ITA Fabio Tallini	11
ITA Ettore Baita	?	ITA Ettore Baita	ITA Fabio Donini	11
GBR Vince Wetton	Lancer Evo IV	?	GBR Vince Wetton	GBR Joff Haigh	13
FRA Bruno Marcon	Escort RS Cosworth	?	FRA Bruno Marcon	MON Jean-François Cavarero	1
KEN Chitranjan Patel	?	KEN Chitranjan Patel	KEN Praful Patel	3
KEN Paul Bailey	Impreza WRX	?	KEN Paul Bailey	KEN Raju Sehmi	3
ARG Roberto Sanchez		ARG Roberto Sanchez	ARG Edgardo Galindo	4–5, 7
ARG Marcos Ligato	?	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén García	7
GRC Pavlos Moschoutis	?	GRC Pavlos Moschoutis	GRC Manolis Makrinos	8
AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia	?	AUS Michael Guest	AUS David Green	9, 12
?	AUS Cody Crocker	AUS Greg Foletta	12
JPN Subaru Rally Team Japan	?	JPN Hideaki Miyoshi	AUS Damien Long	9, 12
?	JPN Yoshihiro Kataoka	JPN Hiroshi Suzuki	9, 12
?	JPN Toshihiro Arai	GBR Roger Freeman	9, 12–13
JPN Yujiro Nishio	?	JPN Yujiro Nishio	JPN Akiko Yamaguchi	12
GBR Barretts Motorsport		GBR David Higgins	GBR Chris Wood	13
FIN Juha Kangas	?	FIN Juha Kangas	NZ John Kennard	13
FRA Gilles Panizzi		FRA Gilles Panizzi	FRA Hervé Panizzi	13
KEN Azar Anwar	Legacy RS	?	KEN Azar Anwar	KEN Farakh Yusuf	3
JPN Takayuki Koseki	Forester	?	JPN Takayuki Koseki	KEN Arshad Khan	3
ITA Italo Ferrara	Impreza 555	?	ITA Italo Ferrara	ITA Gabriele Bobbio	11
ESP Gamace MC Competición	106 Rallye		ESP Jordi Grinyó	ESP Samira Lanaya	5
ESP A.D. Desguaces La Torre		ESP Leonardo Sabán	ESP Ezequiel Nazábal	5
ESP Valencia Terra y Mar	Wira 4WD		ESP Luis Climent	ESP Álex Romaní	8
GRC Anastasios Gemenis	323 GT-R	?	GRC Anastasios Gemenis	GRC 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
MON Monte Carlo	nowrap	JPN No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	AUT No. 28 Race-Rent Motorsport	No finishers	FRA No. 16 Peugeot Sport	[Report](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	FRA Peugeot 306 Maxi
ESP Carlos Sainz
ESP Luis Moya	AUT Manfred Stohl
AUT Peter Müller	No finishers	FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Hervé Panizzi
SWE Sweden	JPN No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	SWE No. 25 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	ITA No. 11 H.F. Grifone SRL	SWE No. 27 Seat Dealer Team Sweden	[Report](1998-swedish-rally)
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	JPN Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	ESP Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson
SWE Benny Melander	FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	SWE Jörgen Jonasson
SWE Pecka Svensson
KEN Kenya	JPN No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	ESP No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar	No finishers	ESP No. 11 Seat Sport	[Report](1998-safari-rally)
JPN Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	No finishers	ESP Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
GBR Richard Burns
GBR Robert Reid	ESP Luis Climent
ESP Álex Romaní	No finishers	FIN Harri Rovanperä
FIN Voitto Silander
POR Portugal	JPN No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	URU No. 21 Uruguay en Carrera	ITA No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	POR No. 19 Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG	[Report](1998-rally-de-portugal)
JPN Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	JPN Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	FRA Peugeot 306 Maxi
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Martin Christie	POR Rui Madeira
POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	POR Adruzilo Lopes
POR Luís Lisboa
ESP Spain	JPN No. 9 Toyota Castrol Team	URU No. 30 Uruguay en Carrera	ITA No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	FRA No. 15 Peugeot Sport	[Report](1998-rally-catalunya)
JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	FRA Peugeot 306 Maxi
FRA Didier Auriol
FRA Denis Giraudet	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Martin Christie	POR Rui Madeira
POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Hervé Panizzi
FRA France	JPN No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	AUT No. 24 Race-Rent Motorsport	SAU No. 18 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	FRA No. 14 Peugeot Sport	[Report](1998-tour-de-corse)
JPN Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	FRA Peugeot 306 Maxi
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	AUT Manfred Stohl
AUT Peter Müller	SAU Abdullah Bakhashab
SWE Arne Hertz	FRA François Delecour
FRA Daniel Grataloup
ARG Argentina	JPN No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	URU No. 18 Uruguay en Carrera	POL No. 9 Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	ESP No. 16 Seat Sport	[Report](1998-rally-argentina)
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	JPN Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97	ESP Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Martin Christie	POL Krzysztof Hołowczyc
POL Maciej Wisławski	ESP Oriol Gómez
ESP Marc Martí
GRC Greece	JPN No. 3 555 Subaru WRT	URU No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	ITA No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	ESP No. 25 Seat Sport	[Report](1998-acropolis-rally)
JPN Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	ESP Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Martin Christie	POR Rui Madeira
POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	FIN Harri Rovanperä
FIN Risto Pietiläinen
NZL New Zealand	JPN No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team	AUS No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	ITA No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL	ESP No. 19 Seat Sport	[Report](1998-rally-new-zealand)
JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza WRX	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	ESP Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
ESP Carlos Sainz
ESP Luis Moya	AUS Michael Guest
AUS David Green	SWE Thomas Rådström
SWE Lars Bäckman	FIN Harri Rovanperä
FIN Risto Pietiläinen
FIN Finland	JPN No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	URU No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera	SWE No. 15 Toyota Mobil Team Sweden	GBR No. 25 S.B.G. Sport	[Report](1998-rally-finland)
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	GER Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Martin Christie	SWE Thomas Rådström
SWE Gunnar Barth	GBR Alister McRae
GBR David Senior
ITA Italy	JPN No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	ITA No. 58 Ralliart Italia	ITA No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL	FRA No. 14 Peugeot Sport	[Report](1998-rallye-sanremo)
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	FRA Peugeot 306 Maxi
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	ITA Gianluigi Galli
ITA Guido D'Amore	ITA Andrea Aghini
ITA Loris Roggia	FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Hervé Panizzi
AUS Australia	JPN No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart	AUS No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia	RUS No. 14 Gazprom Rally Team	GBR No. 20 S.B.G. Sport	[Report](1998-rally-australia)
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	JPN Subaru Impreza WRX	USA Ford Escort WRC	GER Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	AUS Michael Guest
AUS David Green	FIN Sebastian Lindholm
FIN Jukka Aho	GBR Alister McRae
GBR David Senior
GBR Britain	JPN No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart	AUT No. 53 Race-Rent Motorsport	RUS No. 24 Gazprom Rally Team	GBR No. 25 Renault Dealer Rallying UK	[Report](1998-rally-gb)
JPN Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	USA Ford Escort WRC	FRA Renault Mégane Maxi
GBR Richard Burns
GBR Robert Reid	AUT Manfred Stohl
AUT Peter Müller	FIN Sebastian Lindholm
FIN Jukka Aho	FIN Tapio Laukkanen
FIN Kaj Lindström
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
Finland Tommi Mäkinen	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret	58
Spain Carlos Sainz	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret	56
Great Britain Colin McRae	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	45
Finland Juha Kankkunen	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	39
France Didier Auriol	14	6	4	Ret	1	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	34
Great Britain Richard Burns	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1	33
Italy Piero Liatti	4	9	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6		2	Ret		17
Belgium Freddy Loix				3	2			5				6		13
Belgium Bruno Thiry	6	8			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3	8
France François Delecour	10				8	2					Ret			6
Finland Ari Vatanen			3	5						Ret			Ret	6
France Gilles Panizzi	9				6	4				35	5		Ret	6
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson		4		Ret	21		Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	3
Belgium Grégoire De Mévius				8							12		4	3
Finland Harri Rovanperä	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	15	13	11	Ret	11	6	3
Finland Marcus Grönholm		5		Ret	Ret				Ret	7			Ret	2
France Philippe Bugalski					5	Ret					Ret			2
Finland Sebastian Lindholm										Ret		9	5	2
Austria Raimund Baumschlager			6	Ret									Ret	1
Sweden Thomas Rådström		Ret		Ret	12			Ret	7	6				1

Co-drivers' championship

Pos.	Co-driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Co-driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
Finland Risto Mannisenmäki	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret	58
Spain Luis Moya	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret	56
Great Britain Nicky Grist	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret	45
Finland Juha Repo	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	39
France Denis Giraudet	14	6	4	Ret	1	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret	34
Great Britain Robert Reid	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1	33
Italy Fabrizia Pons	4	9	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6		2	Ret	Ret	17
Belgium Sven Smeets				3	2			5				6		13
Belgium Stéphane Prévot	6	8			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3	8
France Daniel Grataloup	10				8	2					Ret			6
Great Britain Fred Gallagher			3	5						Ret				6
France Hervé Panizzi	9				6	4				35	5		Ret	6
Sweden Staffan Parmander		4		Ret	21		Ret	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	22	Ret	3
Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin				8							12		4	3
Finland Risto Pietiläinen	11	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	15	13	11	Ret	11	6	3
Finland Timo Rautiainen		5		Ret	Ret				Ret	7			Ret	2
France Jean-Paul Chiaroni					5	Ret					Ret			2
Finland Jukka Aho										Ret		9	5	2
Germany Klaus Wicha	8		6	Ret									Ret	1
Sweden Gunnar Barth		Ret		Ret	12			Ret	7	6				1

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Points	1	91	2	85	3	65	4	53	5	1	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Points
JPN Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	Ret
2	5	15	1	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	1
JPN Toyota Castrol Team	5	1	2	Ret	2	7	8	2	4	1	2	4	2	Ret
6	14	Ret	4	Ret	2	6	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	3	Ret
JPN [555 Subaru World Rally Team](555-subaru-world-rally-team)	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	5	1	5	Ret	3	4	Ret
4	4	4	Ret	6	Ret	3	6	6	6	8	2	Ret	Ret
GBR Ford Motor Co	7	2	3	2	7	Ret	9	3	3	4	3	Ret	5	2
8	6	8	3	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	6	7	3
ESP SEAT Sport	9										11	Ret	11	6
10										Ret	16		Ret

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos.	Team	Event	Points	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	1	73	2	39	3	27	4	26	5	22	6	20	7	17	8	12	9	10
Italy H.F. Grifone	0	10	0	10	10	0	0	10	10	7	16	0	0
Uruguay Uruguay en Carrera	0	0	0	2	5	4	6	2	8	4	4	4	0
Russia Gazprom Rally Team	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	10
Poland Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	0	0	0	6	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sweden Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	10	0	6	0
Saudi Arabia Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	3	4
Turkey Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
France Frederic Dor	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	2
Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	3

Group N Cup

Pos.	Driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	8	12	13	Pos.	Driver	[MON](1998-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](1998-swedish-rally)
SWE	[KEN](1998-safari-rally)
KEN	[POR](1998-rally-de-portugal)
POR	[ESP](1998-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[FRA](1998-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ARG](1998-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](1998-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[NZL](1998-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[FIN](1998-rally-finland)
FIN	[ITA](1998-rally-sanremo)
ITA	[AUS](1998-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](1998-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
URU Gustavo Trelles	Ret	Ret		1	1	2	1	1	2	1	3	2		94
AUT Manfred Stohl	1		2	2	2	1	Ret	Ret	3		Ret	4	1	71
Spain Luís Climent	2	Ret	1	4		Ret		3		2				37
AUS Michael Guest									1			1		26
OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi				6			2	2	5			Ret	3	24
Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson		1												13
ITA Gianluigi Galli											1			13
SWE Kenneth Bäcklund		2												8
ITA Mario Stagni											2			8
GBR David Higgins													2	8
SWE Pernilla Solberg		8								3			4	8
Finland Juha Kangas		3								Ret			5	7
URU Gabriel Méndez					3				7			Ret		5
France Pierre-César Baroni	3													5
KEN Paul Bailey			3											5
POR Miguel Campos				3										5
France Jean-Marie Santoni						3								5
ARG Marcos Ligato							3							5
ARG Jorge Recalde							Ret					3		5
ARG Roberto Sanchez				5	4		Ret							5

Events

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

Rally Name	Dates run	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally	19 January–21 January
Sweden Swedish Rally	6 February–8 February
Kenya Safari Rally	28 February–2 March
Portugal Rally Portugal	22 March–25 March
Spain Rally Catalunya	20 April–22 April
France Tour de Corse	4 May–6 May
Argentina Rally Argentina	20 May–23 May
Greece Acropolis Rally	7 June–9 June
New Zealand Rally New Zealand	24 July–27 July
Finland Rally Finland	21 August–23 August
Italy Rally Sanremo	12 October–14 October
Australia Rally Australia	5 November–8 November
Great Britain Rally of Great Britain	22 November–24 November

References

Hope-Frost, Henry. (24 November 2017). "On this day in... 1998". Goodwood Road & Racing.
Ingram, Anthony. (24 November 2021). "Freeze Frame: Burns shines as sparks fly in ‘98 Rally GB". Hagerty.
"FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1998". Motorsport Stats.
"1998 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
"Season 1998 rally - eWRC-results".

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