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2002 World Rally Championship

30th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Marcus Grönholm World Manufacturers' Champion: Peugeot The 2002 World Rally Championship was the 30th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Marcus Grönholm won his second drivers' world championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

The 2002 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
17 January	20 January	MON 70th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	388.38 km	JWRC
1 February	3 February	SWE 51st Uddeholm Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	16	381.96 km	PWRC
7 March	10 March	FRA 46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	16	357.70 km	PWRC
21 March	24 March	ESP 38th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rally de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	18	394.98 km	JWRC
19 April	21 April	CYP 30th Cyprus Rally	Limassol, Limassol District	Gravel	20	324.17 km	PWRC
16 May	19 May	ARG 22nd Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	381.45 km	PWRC
13 June	16 June	GRC 49th Acropolis Rally	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	16	391.50 km	JWRC
12 July	14 July	KEN 50th Inmarsat Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	12	1010.80 km	PWRC
8 August	11 August	FIN 52nd Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	22	401.68 km	PWRC
22 August	25 August	GER 21st ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate	Tarmac	23	415.57 km	JWRC
19 September	22 September	ITA 44th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	18	385.84 km	JWRC
3 October	6 October	NZL 33rd Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	26	411.40 km	PWRC
31 October	3 November	AUS 15th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	24	388.64 km	PWRC
14 November	17 November	GBR 58th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	390.57 km	JWRC
Sources:

Calendar changes

Rallye de Portugal was dropped from the calendar after a disastrous running of the event in 2001 due to heavy rain which was heavily criticized by drivers such as Marcus Grönholm, Colin McRae and Richard Burns. It was replaced by Rallye Deutschland which had an impressive candidate Rally in 2001 won by Philippe Bugalski after main rival Marcus Gronholm received a puncture and spun multiple times.

The Tour de Corse was moved to be earlier in the season while Rally New Zealand was moved later to be back to back with Rally Australia while the Cyprus Rally and Rally Argentina swapped places.

FIA President Max Mosley had stated that Japan and India had been two candidates to join the World Rally Championship but neither materialized for the 2002 season. Japan would create Rally Hokkaido for the 2002 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship which would join the WRC as Rally Japan in 2004 while India would likewise create Rally India in Mumbai for the 2003 APRC season although this would fail to join the WRC.

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers
Peugeot	206 WRC	France Peugeot Total		1	Great Britain Richard Burns	Great Britain Robert Reid	All
2	Finland Marcus Grönholm	Finland Timo Rautiainen	All
3	France Gilles Panizzi	France Hervé Panizzi	1, 3–4, 11
Finland Harri Rovanperä	Finland Risto Pietiläinen	2, 5–8, 14
Finland Voitto Silander	9–10, 12-13
23	France Gilles Panizzi	France Hervé Panizzi	5–8, 13
Ford	Focus RS WRC 02	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd		4	Spain Carlos Sainz	Spain Luis Moya	1–3, 5–14
Spain Marc Marti	4
5	Great Britain Colin McRae	Great Britain Nicky Grist	1–12
Great Britain Derek Ringer	13-14
6	Estonia Markko Märtin	Great Britain Michael Park	All
24	Belgium François Duval	Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin	5, 9, 13
Great Britain Mark Higgins	Great Britain Bryan Thomas	14
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC 1-8
Lancer Evo WRC2 9-14	JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart		7	France François Delecour	France Daniel Grataloup	1–13
France Dominique Savignoni	14
8	Great Britain Alister McRae	Great Britain David Senior	1–11
Great Britain Justin Dale	Great Britain Andrew Bargery	14
9	Finland Jani Paasonen	Finland Arto Kapanen	2, 5, 9, 12–14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001 1-6	JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team		10	Finland Tommi Mäkinen	Finland Kaj Lindström	All
11	Norway Petter Solberg	Great Britain Phil Mills	All
12	Japan Toshihiro Arai	New Zealand Tony Sircombe	7
Austria Achim Mörtl	Germany Klaus Wicha	10-11
26	Japan Toshihiro Arai	New Zealand Tony Sircombe	10
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2 1-8	Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport		14	Sweden Kenneth Eriksson	Sweden Tina Thörner	All
15	Finland Toni Gardemeister	Finland Paavo Lukander	All
16	Czech Republic Roman Kresta	Czech Republic Jan Tománek	1, 3, 5, 8, 11
Czech Republic Miloš Hůlka	14
Sweden Stig Blomqvist	VEN Ana Goñi	2, 4, 7
Argentina Gabriel Pozzo	Argentina Daniel Stillo	4, 6
Germany Matthias Kahle	Germany Peter Göbel	10
Hyundai	Accent WRC2 1-2	South_Korea Hyundai World Rally Team		17	Germany Armin Schwarz	Germany Manfred Hiemer	All
18	Belgium Freddy Loix	Belgium Sven Smeets	All
19	Finland Juha Kankkunen	Finland Juha Repo	2, 5–9, 12–14
27	Poland Tomasz Kuchar	Poland Maciek Szczepaniak	3, 5
101	Norway Kristian Kolberg	Norway Kjell Peterssen	2
104	Norway Thomas Kolberg	Norway Ola Fløene	2
113	Great Britain Natalie Barratt	Great Britain Roger Freeman	4, 7, 12–14

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Driver	Co-Drivers
Citroën	Xsara WRC	France Citroën Sport		Sweden Thomas Rådström	France Dennis Giraudet	1–2, 4, 7–9, 14
Spain Jesús Puras	Spain Marc Marti	10
Spain Carlos del Barrio	4
France Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	1–2, 4, 7–10, 14
France Philippe Bugalski	France Jean-Paul Chiaroni	1, 4, 10
Toyota	Corolla WRC	ITA H.F. Grifone SRL		France Didier Auriol	France Jacques Boyere	1
Finland Juuso Pykälistö	Finland Esko Mertsalmi	2, 5
ITA Top Run SRL	Austria Manfred Stohl	Austria Ilka Minor	1
Italy Marco Menegatto	Italy Massimiliano Cerrai	1
Finland Toyota Castrol Finland		Finland Jussi Välimäki	Finland Tero Gardemeister	2, 7, 9
Norway Shell Norway Motorsport		Norway Henning Solberg	Norway Cato Menkerud	2, 9
Poland Polsat Dialog Rally Team		Poland Tomasz Kuchar	Poland Maciek Szczepaniak	2, 7, 12–14
KSA Marlboro Rally Team Saudi Arabia		KSA Abdullah Bakhashab	GBR Bobby Willis	7
Peugeot	206 WRC	Belgium Bruno Thiry		Belgium Bruno Thiry	Belgium Stéphane Prévot	1
Belgium Peugeot Bastos Racing	5, 7, 11
Belgium Peugeot Team Belgium	3
Belgium Peugeot Team Bel-Lux	10
FIN Peugeot Sport Finland	FIN Sebastian Lindholm	FIN Timo Hantunen	9
Austria Powerhorse World Rally Team	Austria Achim Mörtl	Germany Klaus Wicha	3-5
Italy H.F. Grifone SRL	FIN Juuso Pykälistö	FIN Esko Mertsalmi	9, 14
ITA Valentino Rossi	ITA Carlo Cassina	14
FRA Bozian Racing	FIN Timo Salonen	FIN Launo Heinonen	9
Finland Harri Rovanperä	Finland Risto Pietiläinen	1, 3–4
Finland Voitto Silander	11
France Cédric Robert	France Gérald Bedon	11
France Gilles Panizzi	France Hervé Panizzi	2, 7, 14
Citroën	Xsara WRC	Spain Piedrafita Sport		Spain Jesús Puras	Spain Carlos del Barrio	11
France Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	13
France Philippe Bugalski	France Jean-Paul Chiaroni	3, 11
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Finland LPM Racing		Finland Janne Tuohino	Finland Petri Vihavainen	2, 5, 9
Germany Armin Kremer	Germany Armin Kremer	Germany Klaus Wicha	1
Germany Dieter Schneppenheim	4, 7, 9-10, 14
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2	Argentina Gabriel Pozzo		Argentina Gabriel Pozzo	Argentina Daniel Stillo	5, 7
Ford	Focus WRC '99	Italy Jolly Club		Italy Emanuele Dati	Italy Massimo Chiapponi	1
Focus WRC 01	Austria Stohl Racing	Austria Manfred Stohl	Austria Ilka Minor	5, 14
Greece Ford Motor Hellas	Greece Ioannis Papadimitriou	GBR Allan Harryman	7, 14
ITA Errepi Racing		Greece Armodios Vovos	Greece Loris Meletopoulos	7
Focus WRC 00	ESP Ford España		ESP Txus Jaio	ESP Lucas Cruz	14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 00	SVK Styllex Tuning Prosport		CZE Tomáš Hrdinka	CZE Petr Gross	2
Impreza WRC 99	GBR World Rally HIRE		GBR Nigel Heath	GBR Steve Lancaster	7-8
	GBR David Higgins	GBR Daniel Barritt	14
Impreza WRC 02	FRA F.Dor Rally Team		FRA Frédéric Dor	FRA Didier Breton	8
Impreza WRC 00	GBR 22 Motorsport		FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	14
Peugeot	206 WRC	Switzerland Olivier Burri		Switzerland Olivier Burri	Switzerland Christophe Hofmann	1
Subaru	Impreza WRC 98	Monaco Richard Hein		Monaco Richard Hein	France Philippe Servol	1
Škoda	Octavia WRC	Italy Riccardo Errani		Italy Riccardo Errani	Italy Stefano Casadio	1, 3
Subaru	Impreza WRC 98	Sweden Johan Kressner		Sweden Johan Kressner	Sweden Leif Wigert	2
Impreza WRC 00	Czech Republic Styllex Tuning Prosport		Czech Republic Tomáš Hrdinka	Czech Republic Petr Gross	2
Impreza WRC 01	France Benoît Rousselot		France Benoît Rousselot	France Gilles Mondésir	3
Impreza WRC 99	France Jean-Claude Torre		France Jean-Claude Torre	France Patrick de la Foata	3
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Belgium François Duval		Belgium François Duval	Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin	2-3
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Russia Stanislav Gryazin		Russia Stanislav Gryazin	Russia Dmitriy Eremeev	3-4
Subaru	Impreza WRC 98	Cyprus Chris Thomas		Cyprus Chris Thomas	Cyprus Andreas Christodoulides	5
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Italy Giovanni Recordati		Italy Giovanni Recordati	Monaco Freddy Delorme	7
Ford	Focus WRC 01	Greece Armodios Vovos		Greece Armodios Vovos	Greece "El-Em"	7
Finland Jari Viita		Finland Jari Viita	Finland Riku Rousku	9
Focus WRC 99	Estonia Urmo Aava		Estonia Urmo Aava	Estonia Toomas Kitsing	9
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2	Slovakia Mimex Motorsport		Slovakia Tibor Cserhalmi	Slovakia Karol Bodnár	10
Toyota	Corolla WRC	Germany Autostal Duindistel		Netherlands Rocco Theunissen	Belgium Elisabeth 'Lilly' Genten	10
Netherlands Wevers Sport	Netherlands Erik Wevers	Netherlands Michiel Poel	10
Czech Republic Matador Czech National Team	Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	Czech Republic Filip Schovánek	10
Ireland Austin MacHale	Ireland Austin MacHale	Ireland Brian Murphy	14
Subaru	Impreza WRC 99	Ireland Eamonn Boland		Ireland Eamonn Boland	Ireland Francis Regan	14
GBR Gareth Jones		GBR Gareth Jones	GBR Ryland James	14
GBR Stephen Harron		GBR Stephen Harron	GBR Philip McCrea	14
Impreza WRC 98	GBR Steve Fleck		GBR Steve Fleck	GBR Mark Aspinwall	14
Impreza WRC 00	GBR Peter Stephenson		GBR Peter Stephenson	GBR Allan Whittaker	14

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	ITA Vieffe Corse Srl	ITA Andrea Dallavilla	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
66	SMR Mirco Baldacci	ITA Maurizio Barone	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
52	GER Opel Motorsport	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Michael Orr	Opel Corsa S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54	NOR Martin Stenshorne	GBR Clive Jenkins	7, 10
70	GER Sven Haaf	GER Michael Kölbach	11, 14
53	ITA Top Run SRL	ITA Giandomenico Basso	ITA Luigi Pirollo	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
64	ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Guido D'Amore	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54	FIN ST Motors	NOR Martin Stenshorne	FIN Jakke Honkanen	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
55	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd	BEL François Duval	BEL Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
76	NOR Alexander Foss	GBR Claire Mole	1
NOR Cato Menkerud	4, 7, 10–11, 14
56	FRA Citroën Sport	FIN Jussi Välimäki	FIN Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
62	FIN Janne Tuohino	FIN Petri Vihavainen	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
65	ESP Daniel Solà	ESP David Moreno	1
ESP Álex Romaní	4, 7, 10–11, 14
70	GER Sven Haaf	GER Michael Kölbach	1, 4, 7, 10
57	ITA Astra Racing	PAR Alejandro Galanti	ESP Xavier Amigó	Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
63	GBR Martin Rowe	GBR Chris Wood	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
67	SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Per Karlsson	1
SWE Mattias Andersson	4, 7, 10–11, 14
72	ESP Marc Blázquez	ESP Oriol Julià	1, 4
78	LBN Roger Feghali	ITA Nicola Arena	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
58	ITA Hawk Racing Club	ITA Christian Chemin	ITA Simone Scattolin	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
59	JPN Suzuki Sport	FIN Juha Kangas	FIN Mika Ovaskainen	Suzuki Ignis S1600	1
FIN Jani Laaksonen	4, 7, 10–11, 14
68	GER Niki Schelle	GER Gerhard Weiss	1, 4, 7
GER Tanja Geilhausen	10–11, 14
75	JPN Kazuhiko Niwa	JPN Kohei Kusaka	1, 4
JPN Tatsuya Ideue	7, 10–11, 14
60	ITA Procar Rally Team	ITA Nicola Caldani	ITA Sauro Farnocchia	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
ITA Dario D'Esposito	Fiat Punto S1600	7, 10–11, 14
61	GBR MG Sport & Racing	GBR Gwyndaf Evans	GBR Chris Patterson	MG ZR S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
69	GER Volkswagen Racing	FIN Kosti Katajamäki	FIN Lasse Hirvijärvi	Volkswagen Polo S1600	1, 4
FIN Jakke Honkanen	7, 10–11, 14
71	AUT Schmidt Racing	AUT David Doppelreiter	AUT Thomas Lettner	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4, 7
NOR Ola Fløene	10–11, 14
73	ESP Pronto Racing	AND Albert Llovera	ESP Marc Corral	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
77	ESP Fiat Auto España	ESP Paco Roig	ESP Joan Sureda	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4
ESP Ezequiel Nazabal	7

PWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51	ITA Mauro Rally Tuning	URU Gustavo Trelles	ARG Jorge Del Buono	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5–6
54	PER Ramón Ferreyros	ESP Diego Vallejo	3, 5–6, 9
ARG Jorge Del Buono	12–13
66	BUL Dimitar Iliev	BUL Petar Sivov	2–3, 5, 9, 12–13
52	ITA Top Run SRL	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5–6, 9, 12–13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
58	ITA Luca Baldini	ITA Marco Muzzarelli	3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
62	ITA Norberto Cangani	ITA Eros di Prima	2–3
70	ITA Giovanni Manfrinato	ITA Claudio Condotta	3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
71	ITA Stefano Marrini	ITA Tiziana Sandroni	5
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 6, 12–13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	8
53	ITA Ralliart Italy	ITA Alex Fiorio	ITA Enrico Cantoni	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 5, 12–13
ITA Vittorio Bramvilla	9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
77	ITA Alfredo De Dominicis	ITA Rudy Pollet	3
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12
ITA Nicola Arena	13
55	LIT TDS Racing	LIT Saulius Girdauskas	LIT Žilvinas Sakalauskas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5, 9
56	Oman Oman Arab World Rally Team	Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi	GBR Michael Orr	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5
57	JPN Spike Subaru Team	JPN Toshihiro Arai	NZL Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 5–6, 8, 12–13
59	GBR Natalie Barratt Rallysport	GBR Natalie Barratt	GBR Roger Freeman	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 5–6
60	GBR Mitsubishi Ralliart UK	GBR Ben Briant	GBR Jayson Brown	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5
MYS Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	2–3
74	MYS Karamjit Singh	MYS Allen Oh	5–6, 8–9, 12–13
61	ITA Hawk Racing Club	ITA Marta Candian	ITA Mara Biotti	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
63	ITA Ateneo	ITA Cristoforo Di Miceli	ITA Pasquale Riggio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
64	GBR Elsmore Rallying Team	GBR Nik Elsmore	GBR Huw Lewis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
65	AUT Stohl Racing	AUT Beppo Harrach	AUT Jutta Gebert	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3, 5–6
AUT Peter Müller	9, 12–13
67	FIN Rally Rent Europe	FIN Marko Ipatti	FIN Kari Kajula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 9
68	FRA Subaru France	FRA Simon Jean-Joseph	FRA Jacques Boyere	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
69	NOR Kollevold Rally Team	NOR Bernt Kollevold	NOR Olav Bodilsen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
NOR Ola Fløene	5, 9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12–13
72	SWE Millbrooks World Rally Team	SWE Joakim Roman	SWE Tina Mitakidou	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	2, 9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5
73	GBR David Sutton Cars Ltd	GBR Martin Rowe	GBR Chris Wood	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12–13
75	FIN Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	FIN Kristian Sohlberg	FIN Jukka Aho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5
FIN Jakke Honkanen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9, 12–13
76	ITA Jolly Club	CZE Pavel Valoušek	ITA Pierangelo Scalvini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 6
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9

Results and standings

Rally results

The highest finishing competitor entered in each WRC class is listed below. Non-championship entries may have finished ahead of WRC competitors in individual rounds.

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	PWRC Winners	JWRC winners
MON Monte Carlo	JPN No. 10 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	USA No. 55 Ford Motor Co	[Report](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
JPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	N/A	USA Ford Puma S1600
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Kaj Lindström	N/A	BEL François Duval
BEL Jean-Marc Fortin
SWE Sweden	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	FIN No. 75 Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	N/A	[Report](2002-swedish-rally)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	FIN Kristian Sohlberg
FIN Jukka Aho	N/A
FRA France	FRA No. 3 Peugeot Total	ITA No. 54 Mauro Rally Tuning	N/A	[Report](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Hervé Panizzi	PER Ramón Ferreyros
ESP Diego Vallejo	N/A
ESP Spain	FRA No. 3 Peugeot Total	N/A	FRA No. 65 Citroën Sport	[Report](2002-rally-catalunya)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Herve Panizzi	N/A	ESP Dani Solà
ESP Álex Romaní
CYP Cyprus	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	MALAYSIA No. 74 Petronas EON Racing Team	N/A	[Report](2002-cyprus-rally)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	MALAYSIA Proton Pert Evo VI	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	MALAYSIA Karamjit Singh
MALAYSIA Allen Oh	N/A
ARG Argentina	USA No. 4 Ford Motor Co	ITA No. 54 Mauro Rally Tuning	N/A	[Report](2002-rally-argentina)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
ESP Carlos Sainz
ESP Luis Moya	PER Ramón Ferreyros
ESP Diego Vallejo	N/A
GRC Greece	USA No. 5 Ford Motor Co	N/A	FRA No. 62 Citroën Sport	[Report](2002-acropolis-rally)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	N/A	FIN Janne Tuohino
FIN Petri Vihavainen
KEN Kenya	USA No. 5 Ford Motor Co	MALAYSIA No. 74 Petronas EON Racing Team	N/A	[Report](2002-safari-rally)
USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02	MALAYSIA Proton Pert Evo VI	N/A
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	MALAYSIA Karamjit Singh
MALAYSIA Allen Oh	N/A
FIN Finland	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	ITA No. 53 Ralliart Italia	N/A	[Report](2002-rally-finland)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	ITA Alessandro Fiorio
ITA Vittorio Brambilla	N/A
GER Germany	FRA No. 21 Citroën Sport	N/A	FRA No. 65 Citroën Sport	[Report](2002-rallye-deutschland)
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena	N/A	ESP Dani Solà
ESP Álex Romaní
ITA Italy	FRA No. 3 Peugeot Total	N/A	ITA No. 51 Vieffe Corse SRL	[Report](2002-rallye-sanremo)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Herve Panizzi	N/A	ITA Andrea Dallavilla
ITA Giovanni Bernacchini
NZL New Zealand	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	FIN No. 75 Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	N/A	[Report](2002-rally-new-zealand)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	FIN Kristian Sohlberg
FIN Jukka Aho	N/A
AUS Australia	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	JPN No. 57 Spike Subaru Team	N/A	[Report](2002-rally-australia)
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza STi N8	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	JPN Toshihiro Arai
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
GBR Britain	JPN No. 11 555 Subaru WRT	N/A	FRA No. 65 Citroën Sport	[Report](2002-rally-gb)
JPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
NOR Petter Solberg
GBR Phil Mills	N/A	ESP Dani Solà
ESP Álex Romaní
Source:

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](2002-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](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](2002-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
Finland Marcus Grönholm	5	1	2	4	1	DSQ	2	Ret	1	3	2	1	1	Ret	77
Norway Petter Solberg	6	Ret	5	5	5	2	5	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	1	37
Spain Carlos Sainz	3	3	6	Ret	11	1	3	Ret	4	8	Ret	4	4	3	36
Great Britain Colin McRae	4	6	Ret	6	6	3	1	1	Ret	4	8	Ret	Ret	5	35
Great Britain Richard Burns	8	4	3	2	2	DSQ	Ret	Ret	2	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	34
France Gilles Panizzi	7	16	1	1	10	Ret	Ret	6			1	7	DNS	11	31
Finland Harri Rovanperä	Ret	2	11	7	4	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	9	2	2	7	30
Finland Tommi Mäkinen	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	7	Ret	3	DSQ	4	22
Estonia Markko Märtin	12	DNS	8	8	8	4	6	4	5	6	5	Ret	5	2	20
France Sébastien Loeb	2	17		Ret			7	5	10	1			7	Ret	18
France Philippe Bugalski	Ret		4	3						Ret	Ret				7
Sweden Thomas Rådström	Ret	37		Ret			8	3	Ret					Ret	4
Finland Toni Gardemeister	10	Ret	12	11	15	5	10	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8	6	10	3
Great Britain Alister McRae	14	5	10	13	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret				2
Belgium Bruno Thiry	11		Ret	Ret	Ret		12			5	13				2
Finland Juha Kankkunen		8			Ret	7	Ret	8	Ret			5	Ret	9	2
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson	13	Ret	Ret	17	9	6	14	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	8	13	1
Spain Jesús Puras				12						Ret	6				1
Belgium Freddy Loix	Ret	Ret	9	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	28	6	Ret	8	1
Great Britain Mark Higgins														6	1
Sources:

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](2002-rally-gb)
GBR	Points	1	165	2	104	3	67	4	10	5	9	6	9	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	[MON](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	[GBR](2002-rally-gb)
GBR	Points
FRA Peugeot Total	1	(7)	(4)	(3)	2	2	EX	Ret	Ret	2	1	(4)	Ret	Ret	Ret
2	4	1	2	(3)	1	EX	2	Ret	1	2	2	1	1	Ret
3	6	2	1	1	(4)	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	5
USA Ford Motor Co	4	2	3	4	Ret	(9)	1	3	Ret	4	(6)	Ret	4	4	3
5	3	5	Ret	4	5	3	1	1	Ret	3	5	Ret	Ret	(5)
6	(9)		6	5	7	(4)	(6)	3	5	4	4	Ret	5	2
JPN [555 Subaru World Rally Team](555-subaru-world-rally-team)	10	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	3	EX	4
11	5	Ret	3	3	4	2	5	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	1
12							9			Ret	Ret
KOR Hyundai World Rally Team	17	Ret	Ret	10	10	6	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	(9)	Ret	Ret
18	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	9	6	Ret	6
19		6	Ret		Ret	6	Ret	5	Ret			5	Ret	7
CZE Škoda Motorsport	14	9	Ret	Ret	11	8	5	10	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	7	9
15	8	Ret	9	8	10	4	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	7	6	8
16	Ret	8	11	Ret	Ret	(8)	(11)	4		Ret	8			(10)
JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	7	7	(9)	5	6	9	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	6	8	Ret	Ret
8	10	4	8	9	Ret	7	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret
9		7			Ret				7			Ret	8	Ret
Sources:

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[MON](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[GBR](2002-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Driver	[MON](2002-monte-carlo-rally)
MON	[ESP](2002-rally-catalunya)
ESP	[GRE](2002-acropolis-rally)
GRE	[GER](2002-rallye-deutschland)
GER	[ITA](2002-rallye-sanremo)
ITA	[GBR](2002-rally-gb)
GBR	Pts
ESP Dani Solà	Ret	1	4	1	3	1	37
ITA Andrea Dallavilla	Ret	2	2	2	1	6	29
FIN Janne Tuohino	Ret	5	1	Ret	10	4	15
ITA Giandomenico Basso	Ret	3	Ret	7	2	3	14
ITA Nicola Caldani	2	Ret	3	Ret	4		13
BEL François Duval	1	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	12
GBR Niall McShea	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	2	6
GER Niki Schelle	6	8	Ret	3	7	Ret	5
ITA Gianluigi Galli		4	Ret	Ret	5		5
LBN Roger Feghali	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	8		4
GBR Martin Rowe	Ret	10	5	5	Ret	Ret	4
SWE Daniel Carlsson	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
SMR Mirco Baldacci	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	13	Ret	3
AUT David Doppelreiter	5	9		Ret	Ret		2
FIN Jussi Välimäki	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	2
NOR Alexander Foss	7	Ret	6	Ret		Ret	1
FIN Kosti Katajamäki	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	1

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos.	Driver	[SWE](2002-swedish-rally)
SWE	[FRA](2002-tour-de-corse)
FRA	[CYP](2002-cyprus-rally)
CYP	[ARG](2002-rally-argentina)
ARG	[KEN](2002-safari-rally)
KEN	[FIN](2002-rally-finland)
FIN	[NZL](2002-rally-new-zealand)
NZL	[AUS](2002-rally-australia)
AUS	Pts
MYS Karamjit Singh			1	3	1	3	Ret	3	32
FIN Kristian Sohlberg	1	Ret	Ret			2	1	Ret	26
PER Ramón Ferreyros		1	Ret	1		Ret	Ret	3	23
JPN Toshihiro Arai	2		Ret	2	Ret		Ret	1	22
ITA Alex Fiorio	4		Ret		Ret	1	4	2	22
GBR Martin Rowe	6	3	Ret			Ret	2	5	13
URU Gustavo Trelles	Ret	4	2	4					12
BUL Dimitar Iliev	7	2	4			Ret	Ret		9
NOR Bernt Kollevold	8	8	6			5	6	6	5
FIN Marko Ipatti	3					Ret			4
ITA Luca Baldini		9	3	Ret			Ret		4
ITA Giovanni Manfrinato		Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	3	Ret	4
LIT Saulius Girdauskas	5		5						4
ARG Marcos Ligato			Ret	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4
ITA Alfredo De Dominicis		Ret	Ret			4	Ret	7	3
AUT Beppo Harrach		5	8	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	2
ITA Stefano Marrini		6	Ret	6	Ret		Ret	8	1

Events

Round	Rally Name	Start-End Date
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally	18 January–20 January
Sweden Swedish Rally	1 February–3 February
France Tour de Corse	8 March–10 March
Spain Rally Catalunya	22 March–24 March
Cyprus Cyprus Rally	19 April–21 April
Argentina Rally Argentina	17 May–19 May
Greece Acropolis Rally	14 June–16 June
Kenya Safari Rally	12 July–14 July
Finland Rally Finland	8 August–11 August
Germany Rallye Deutschland	23 August–25 August
Italy Rallye Sanremo	nowrap	20 September–22 September
New Zealand Rally New Zealand	4 October–6 October
Australia Rally Australia	31 October–3 November
Great Britain Rally of Great Britain	14 November–17 November

References

(3 October 2001). "2002 World Rally schedule announced".
"Season 2002".
(10 March 2001). "Gronholm: 'The most terrible rally I’ve ever seen...'".
(9 March 2001). "Let’s call the whole thing off, says McRae".
(8 March 2001). "Top drivers slam superspecial ‘mudbath’".
(8 July 2001). "Bugalski cruises to Deutschland victory".
(26 February 2001). "Japan and India waiting in the wings, says Mosley".
"Season 2002 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
"FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2002". Motorsport Stats.

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