1998 World Rally Championship season

The 1998 World Rally Championship season was the 26th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his third drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. The manufacturers' title was won by Mitsubishi, ahead of Toyota and Subaru.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	19–21 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	6–8 February	Swedish Rally
3	28 February-2 March	Safari Rally
4	22–25 March	Rally Portugal
5	20–22 April	Rally Catalunya
6	4–6 May	Tour de Corse
7	20–23 May	Rally Argentina
8	7–9 June	Acropolis Rally
9	24–27 July	Rally New Zealand
10	21–23 August	Rally Finland
11	12–14 October	Rally Sanremo
12	5–8 November	Rally Australia
13	22–24 November	Wales Rally GB

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo V	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				2	Richard Burns	All
				16	Uwe Nittel	1–2, 4–5, 8, 10
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 98	P	3	Colin McRae	All
				4	Piero Liatti	1, 3–9, 11–12
					Kenneth Eriksson	2
					Jarmo Kytölehto	10
					Alister McRae	13
				10	Piero Liatti	2
				12	Ari Vatanen	13
				15	Juha Kangas	9
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	5	Carlos Sainz	All
				6	Didier Auriol	1, 3–4, 6–13
					Thomas Rådström	2
					Freddy Loix	5
				9	Didier Auriol	2, 5
				11	Freddy Loix	4, 8, 12
					Marcus Grönholm	10, 13
				12	Neal Bates	12
				15	Thomas Rådström	4–5, 8, 10
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Escort WRC	M	7	Juha Kankkunen	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	1–2, 5–13
					Ari Vatanen	3–4
				11	Ari Vatanen	10
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	9	Harri Rovanperä	10–13
				10	Oriol Gómez	10
					Marc Duez	11–12
					Gwyndaf Evans	13
Peugeot Sport	Peugeot	306 Maxi	M	11	François Delecour	1, 5–6, 11
				14	Gilles Panizzi	1, 5–6, 11
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara F2	M	12	Philippe Bugalski	5–6, 11
				16	Jesús Puras	5, 11
					Fabien Doenlen	6
				19	Patrick Magaud	6, 11

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event													Total points
		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	ITA	AUS	GBR
1	Mitsubishi	2	10	10	3	7	0	13	0	4	12	10	10	10	91
2	Toyota	10	6	3	6	6	1	6	9	16	9	3	10	0	85
3	Subaru	7	3	0	11	0	14	3	11	3	0	10	3	0	65
4	Ford	7	4	10	2	0	2	4	4	3	4	1	2	10	53
5	SEAT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Event													Total points
		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	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

Events

1998 World Rally Championship event map

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

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 1998 at rallybase.nl