The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer.... . The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times.... in a Toyota Celica GT-Four
Toyota Celica GT-Four
The Toyota Celica GT-Four is a high performance model of the Toyota Celica liftback, with a turbocharged Toyota 3S-GTE engine engine, and full-time AWD.... , ahead of Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s.... and Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles.... . The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia
Lancia
Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage.... , ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
The , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese Conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy.... .
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The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer.... . The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times.... in a Toyota Celica GT-Four
Toyota Celica GT-Four
The Toyota Celica GT-Four is a high performance model of the Toyota Celica liftback, with a turbocharged Toyota 3S-GTE engine engine, and full-time AWD.... , ahead of Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s.... and Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles.... . The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia
Lancia
Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage.... , ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
The , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese Conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy.... .
Events
align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| 1990 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac
Brown = Gravel
Blue = Snow/Ice
Red = Mixed Surface
align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| 1990 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round
Rally name
Podium finishers
Rank
Driver
Co Driver
Car
Time
1
58ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 19–25)
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Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
5:56:52
2
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
6:00:31
2
24º Rally de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 6-10)
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The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
6:17:57
2
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
6:20:33
3
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
The Safari Rally is considered by many to be the world's toughest Rally racing. It was first held from May 27 to June 1, 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as a celebration of the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....
(April 11-16)
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Björn Waldegård
Björn Waldegård
Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
8:39:11
2
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
9:17:23
3
Mikael Ericsson
Mikael Ericsson
Mikael Ericsson is a Swedish people former rally driver. During his career he competed in 40 events in the World Rally Championship, including two victories consecutively in 1989 World Rally Championship season, his best year, when he finished fourth overall....
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
The Tour de Corse - Rallye de France is a rallying first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It has been part of the World Rally Championship schedule since the inaugural 1973 World Rally Championship season....
(May 6-9)
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Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
6:45:16
2
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
The BMW M3 is a high performance BMW M GmbH version of the popular BMW BMW 3 Series compact car automobile. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series....
6:49:05
5
37th Acropolis Rally (June 3-6)
1
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
7:34:44
2
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
The Rally of New Zealand is the oldest World Rally Championship event to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Rally New Zealand was first held in Taupo in 1969 and was subsequently staged in Canterbury, New Zealand before moving back to the North Island, New Zealand in 1971....
(June 30-July 3)
1
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
The 'Volkswagen Golf' is a compact car / small family car manufactured by Volkswagen since 1974 and marketed worldwide across six generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates -- prominently as the 'Volkswagen Rabbit' in the United States and Canada , and as the 'Volkswagen Caribe' in Mexico ....
The Rally Argentina is an Argentina rally racing competition and a stage of the World Rally Championship. It's currently the only South American event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the Calamuchita area near Villa Carlos Paz in C?rdoba Province, Argentina, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
6:51:27
2
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
6:59:29
3
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
The Neste Oil Rally Finland is a rallying event driven in the Jyv?skyl? area in Central Finland. It is the biggest annually organised public event in the Nordic countries, gathering over 500,000 spectators every year....
(August 23-26)
1
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
4:40:55
2
Ari Vatanen
Ari Vatanen
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....
The Mitsubishi Galant is an automobile manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors since 1969. The name was derived from the French language word galant, meaning "chivalrous"....
4:41:14
3
Kenneth Eriksson
Kenneth Eriksson
Kenneth Eriksson is a now retired World Rally Championship rallying driver. He drove for several manufacturer teams, including the Subaru World Rally Team, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Skoda Auto....
The Mitsubishi Galant is an automobile manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors since 1969. The name was derived from the French language word galant, meaning "chivalrous"....
Rally Australia is an Rallying event which was held in and around Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia between 1988 and 2006. The next event is due to be held in New South Wales in 2009, and automobile parts supplier, Repco, have just signed on as joint sponsors of the 2009 event and Rally New Zealand....
(September 20-23)
1
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
5:43:48
2
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
5:45:28
3
Alex Fiorio
Alex Fiorio
Alessandro "Alex" Fiorio is an Italy Rallying driver. He debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1986. Driving the dominant Lancia Delta Integrale for the Lancia "B-team" Jolly Club, he finished third in the drivers' world championship in 1988 and second in 1989....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
Rallye Sanremo is a Rallying competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 World Rally Championship season to the 2003 World Rally Championship season....
(October 14-18)
1
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
7:30:38
2
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Kankkunen
Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen , born in Laukaa, Finland on April 2, 1959, made his name principally as a rally car driver. Aided partly by his record of 23 career victories on individual world rallies, he went on to drive Peugeot , Lancia and Toyota cars to four World Rally Championship driver's titles....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
7:31:23
3
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
The Rallye C?te d'Ivoire is a rallying held annually in the Ivory Coast in Africa. In common with other races on the continent, it is known for its arduous conditions and high attrition rate among competitors....
The Mitsubishi Galant is an automobile manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors since 1969. The name was derived from the French language word galant, meaning "chivalrous"....
Wales Rally GB is the largest and most high profile rallying in the United Kingdom. It is a round of the FIA World Rally Championship and Motor Sports Association British Rally Championship and is based in and around the city of Cardiff in Wales....
(November 25-28)
1
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spain Rallying driver. He won the World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions with Toyota Team Europe in 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season, and finished runner-up four times....
Luis Moya
Luís Moya
Lu?s Moya is a now-retired rallying co-driver, synonymous with the driver Carlos Sainz.Only ever navigating at World Rally Championship level for his compatriot, 1990 World Rally Championship season and 1992 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Sainz, he scored 24 List of World Rally Champions...
The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
5:43:16
2
Kenneth Eriksson
Kenneth Eriksson
Kenneth Eriksson is a now retired World Rally Championship rallying driver. He drove for several manufacturer teams, including the Subaru World Rally Team, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Skoda Auto....
The Mitsubishi Galant is an automobile manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors since 1969. The name was derived from the French language word galant, meaning "chivalrous"....
The Lancia Delta is a small family car produced by Italian automaker Lancia with the first generation being produced between 1979 and 1994, the second generation running from 1993 until 1999, and the third generation Delta entering production in 2008....
