2002 World Rally Championship

30th season of the FIA World Rally Championship 2002 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Marcus Grönholm World Manufacturers' Champion Peugeot 2001 2003 thumb|Eventual champion Marcus Grönholm at the ceremonial start of the 2002 Rallye Deutschland. 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 dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class117 January20 JanuaryMON 70th Rallye Automobile Monte CarloMonte CarloMixed15388.38 kmJWRC21 February3 FebruarySWE 51st Uddeholm Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow16381.96 kmPWRC37 March10 MarchFRA 46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac16357.70 kmPWRC421 March24 MarchESP 38th Rally Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rally de EspañaLloret de Mar, CataloniaTarmac18394.98 kmJWRC519 April21 AprilCYP 30th Cyprus RallyLimassol, Limassol DistrictGravel20324.17 kmPWRC616 May19 MayARG 22nd Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel22381.45 kmPWRC713 June16 JuneGRC 49th Acropolis RallyLamia, Central GreeceGravel16391.50 kmJWRC812 July14 JulyKEN 50th Inmarsat Safari RallyNairobiGravel121010.80 kmPWRC98 August11 AugustFIN 52nd Neste Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel22401.68 kmPWRC1022 August25 AugustGER 21st ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac23415.57 kmJWRC1119 September22 SeptemberITA 44th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'ItaliaSanremo, LiguriaTarmac18385.84 kmJWRC123 October6 OctoberNZL 33rd Propecia Rally New ZealandManukau, AucklandGravel26411.40 kmPWRC1331 October3 NovemberAUS 15th Telstra Rally AustraliaPerth, Western AustraliaGravel24388.64 kmPWRC1414 November17 NovemberGBR 58th Network Q Rally of Great BritainCardiff, WalesGravel17390.57 kmJWRCSources:3 October 2001 2002 World Rally schedule announced https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/108134/1/2002-world-rally-schedule-announced 22 November 2024 Crash.netSeason 2002 https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2002/ 22 November 2024 eWRC 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,10 March 2001 Gronholm: 'The most terrible rally I’ve ever seen...' https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/gronholm-the-most-terrible-rally-ive-ever-seen-5010941/5010941/ 22 November 2024 Autosport Colin McRae9 March 2001 Let’s call the whole thing off, says McRae https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/lets-call-the-whole-thing-off-says-mcrae-5011142/5011142/ 22 November 2024 Autosport and Richard Burns.8 March 2001 Top drivers slam superspecial ‘mudbath’ https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/top-drivers-slam-superspecial-mudbath-5011257/5011257/ 22 November 2024 Autosport 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.8 July 2001 Bugalski cruises to Deutschland victory https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/bugalski-cruises-to-deutschland-victory-4997220/4997220/ 22 November 2024 Autosport 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.26 February 2001 Japan and India waiting in the wings, says Mosley https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/japan-and-india-waiting-in-the-wings-says-mosley-5011950/5011950/ 22 November 2024 Autosport 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 ManufacturersManufacturerCarTeamTyreNoDriversCo-DriversRoundsPeugeot206 WRCFrance Peugeot TotalMichelin1Great Britain Richard BurnsGreat Britain Robert ReidAll2Finland Marcus GrönholmFinland Timo RautiainenAll3France Gilles PanizziFrance Hervé Panizzi1, 3–4, 11Finland Harri RovanperäFinland Risto Pietiläinen2, 5–8, 14Finland Voitto Silander9–10, 12-13FordFocus RS WRC 02GBR Ford Motor Co LtdPirelli4Spain Carlos SainzSpain Luis Moya1–3, 5–14Spain Marc Marti45Great Britain Colin McRaeGreat Britain Nicky Grist1–12Great Britain Derek Ringer13–146Estonia Markko MärtinGreat Britain Michael ParkAllMitsubishiLancer Evo WRC 1-8Lancer Evo WRC2 9-14JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi RalliartMichelin7France François DelecourFrance Daniel Grataloup1–13France Dominique Savignoni148Great Britain Alister McRaeGreat Britain David Senior1–11Great Britain Justin DaleGreat Britain Andrew Bargery149Finland Jani PaasonenFinland Arto Kapanen2, 5, 9, 12–14SubaruImpreza WRC2001 1-6 Impreza WRC2002 5-14JPN 555 Subaru World Rally TeamPirelli10Finland Tommi MäkinenFinland Kaj LindströmAll11Norway Petter SolbergGreat Britain Phil MillsAll12Japan Toshihiro AraiNew Zealand Tony Sircombe7Austria Achim MörtlGermany Klaus Wicha10-11ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo2 1-8 Octavia WRC Evo3 9-14Czech Republic Škoda MotorsportMichelin14Sweden Kenneth ErikssonSweden Tina ThörnerAll15Finland Toni GardemeisterFinland Paavo LukanderAll16Czech Republic Roman KrestaCzech Republic Jan Tománek1, 3, 5, 8, 11Czech Republic Miloš Hůlka14Sweden Stig BlomqvistVEN Ana Goñi2, 4, 7Argentina Gabriel PozzoArgentina Daniel Stillo4, 6HyundaiAccent WRC2 1-2 Accent WRC3 3-14South_Korea Hyundai World Rally TeamMichelin17Germany Armin SchwarzGermany Manfred HiemerAll18Belgium Freddy LoixBelgium Sven SmeetsAll19Finland Juha KankkunenFinland Juha Repo2, 5–9, 12–14 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer pointsManufacturerCarTeamTyreDriverCo-DriversRoundsCitroënXsara WRCFrance Citroën SportMichelinSweden Thomas RådströmFrance Dennis Giraudet1–2, 4, 7–9, 14Spain Jesús PurasSpain Marc Marti10France Sébastien LoebMonaco Daniel Elena1–2, 4, 7–10, 13-14France Philippe BugalskiFrance Jean-Paul Chiaroni1, 4, 10-11Peugeot206 WRCFrance Peugeot TotalMichelinFrance Gilles PanizziFrance Hervé Panizzi5–8, 13FordFocus RS WRC 02GBR Ford Motor Co LtdMichelinBelgium François DuvalBelgium Jean-Marc Fortin5, 9, 13Great Britain Mark HigginsGreat Britain Bryan Thomas14SubaruImpreza WRC2002JPN 555 Subaru World Rally TeamPirelliJapan Toshihiro AraiNew Zealand Tony Sircombe10ToyotaCorolla WRCITA H.F. Grifone SRLMichelinFrance Didier AuriolFrance Jacques Boyere1Finland Juuso PykälistöFinland Esko Mertsalmi2, 5ITA Top Run SRLAustria Manfred StohlAustria Ilka Minor1Italy Marco MenegattoItaly Massimiliano Cerrai1Finland Toyota Castrol FinlandFinland Jussi VälimäkiFinland Tero Gardemeister2, 7, 9Norway Shell Norway MotorsportPirelliNorway Henning SolbergNorway Cato Menkerud2, 9Poland Polsat Dialog Rally TeamMichelinPoland Tomasz KucharPoland Maciek Szczepaniak2, 7, 12–14KSA Marlboro Rally Team Saudi ArabiaMichelinKSA Abdullah BakhashabGBR Bobby Willis7Peugeot206 WRCBelgium Peugeot Bastos RacingMichelinBelgium Bruno ThiryBelgium Stéphane Prévot1, 3, 5, 7, 10-11FIN Peugeot Sport FinlandFIN Sebastian LindholmFIN Timo Hantunen9Austria Powerhorse World Rally TeamAustria Achim MörtlGermany Klaus Wicha3-5Italy H.F. Grifone SRLFIN Juuso PykälistöFIN Esko Mertsalmi9, 14ITA Valentino RossiITA Carlo Cassina14FRA Bozian RacingFIN Timo SalonenFIN Launo Heinonen9Finland Harri RovanperäFinland Risto Pietiläinen1, 3–4Finland Voitto Silander11France Cédric RobertFrance Gérald Bedon11France Gilles PanizziFrance Hervé Panizzi2, 7, 14CitroënXsara WRCSpain Piedrafita SportMichelinSpain Jesús PurasSpain Carlos del Barrio4, 11France Philippe BugalskiFrance Jean-Paul Chiaroni3FordFocus WRC 01Finland LPM RacingPirelliFinland Janne TuohinoFinland Petri Vihavainen2, 5, 9Germany Armin KremerGermany Armin KremerGermany Klaus Wicha1Germany Dieter Schneppenheim4, 7, 9-10, 14ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo2Argentina Gabriel PozzoArgentina Gabriel PozzoArgentina Daniel Stillo5, 7FordFocus WRC 99Italy Jolly ClubPirelliItaly Emanuele DatiItaly Massimo Chiapponi1Focus WRC 01Austria Stohl RacingAustria Manfred StohlAustria Ilka Minor5, 14Greece Ford Motor HellasGreece Ioannis PapadimitriouGBR Allan Harryman7, 14ITA Errepi RacingGreece Armodios VovosGreece Loris Meletopoulos7Focus WRC 00ESP Ford EspañaPirelliESP Txus JaioESP Lucas Cruz14SubaruImpreza WRC2000SVK Styllex Tuning ProsportMichelinCZE Tomáš HrdinkaCZE Petr Gross2Impreza WRC99GBR World Rally HIREGBR Nigel HeathGBR Steve Lancaster7-8PirelliGBR David HigginsGBR Daniel Barritt14Impreza WRC2002FRA F.Dor Rally TeamMichelinFRA Frédéric DorFRA Didier Breton8Impreza WRC2000GBR 22 MotorsportPirelliFIN Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo Lehtinen14Peugeot206 WRCSwitzerland Olivier BurriPirelliSwitzerland Olivier BurriSwitzerland Christophe Hofmann1SubaruImpreza WRC98Monaco Richard HeinMichelinMonaco Richard HeinFrance Philippe Servol1ŠkodaOctavia WRCItaly Riccardo ErraniPirelliItaly Riccardo ErraniItaly Stefano Casadio1, 3SubaruImpreza WRC98Sweden Johan KressnerPirelliSweden Johan KressnerSweden Leif Wigert2Impreza WRC2000Czech Republic Styllex Tuning ProsportMichelinCzech Republic Tomáš HrdinkaCzech Republic Petr Gross2Impreza WRC2001France Benoît RousselotFrance Benoît RousselotFrance Gilles Mondésir3Impreza WRC99France Jean-Claude TorreFrance Jean-Claude TorreFrance Patrick de la Foata3FordFocus WRC 01Belgium François DuvalPirelliBelgium François DuvalBelgium Jean-Marc Fortin2-3ToyotaCorolla WRCRussia Stanislav GryazinMichelinRussia Stanislav GryazinRussia Dmitriy Eremeev3-4SubaruImpreza WRC98Cyprus Chris ThomasCyprus Chris ThomasCyprus Andreas Christodoulides5ToyotaCorolla WRCItaly Giovanni RecordatiItaly Giovanni RecordatiMonaco Freddy Delorme7FordFocus WRC 01Greece Armodios VovosGreece Armodios VovosGreece "El-Em"7Finland Jari ViitaFinland Jari ViitaFinland Riku Rousku9Focus WRC 99Estonia Urmo AavaEstonia Urmo AavaEstonia Toomas Kitsing9ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo2Slovakia Mimex MotorsportMichelinSlovakia Tibor CserhalmiSlovakia Karol Bodnár10ToyotaCorolla WRCGermany Autostal DuindistelMichelinNetherlands Rocco TheunissenBelgium Elisabeth 'Lilly' Genten10Netherlands Wevers SportNetherlands Erik WeversNetherlands Michiel Poel10Czech Republic Matador Czech National TeamCzech Republic Jan KopeckýCzech Republic Filip Schovánek10Ireland Austin MacHaleIreland Austin MacHaleIreland Brian Murphy14SubaruImpreza WRC99Ireland Eamonn BolandIreland Eamonn BolandIreland Francis Regan14GBR Gareth JonesGBR Gareth JonesGBR Ryland James14GBR Stephen HarronPirelliGBR Stephen HarronGBR Philip McCrea14Impreza WRC98GBR Steve FleckGBR Steve FleckGBR Mark Aspinwall14Impreza WRC2000GBR Peter StephensonGBR Peter StephensonGBR Allan Whittaker14HyundaiAccent WRC2 Norway Kristian KolbergNorway Kristian KolbergNorway Kjell Peterssen2Norway Thomas KolbergNorway Thomas KolbergNorway Ola Fløene2Accent WRC3South_Korea Hyundai World Rally TeamMichelinPoland Tomasz KucharPoland Maciek Szczepaniak3, 5Great Britain Natalie BarrattGreat Britain Roger Freeman4, 7, 12–14ŠkodaOctavia WRC Evo3Germany Škoda Auto DeutschlandMichelinGermany Matthias KahleGermany Peter Göbel10 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 García 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.RallyOverall winnersPWRC WinnersJWRC winnersReport 1 MON Monte Carlo JPN No. 10 555 Subaru WRTN/AUSA No. 55 Ford Motor Co Report JPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01N/AUSA Ford Puma S1600FIN Tommi MäkinenFIN Kaj LindströmN/ABEL François DuvalBEL Jean-Marc Fortin 2 SWE Sweden FRA No. 2 Peugeot TotalFIN No. 75 Mitsubishi Ralliart FinlandN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenFIN Kristian SohlbergFIN Jukka AhoN/A 3 FRA France FRA No. 3 Peugeot TotalITA No. 54 Mauro Rally TuningN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIN/AFRA Gilles PanizziFRA Hervé PanizziPER Ramón FerreyrosESP Diego VallejoN/A 4 ESP Spain FRA No. 3 Peugeot TotalN/AFRA No. 65 Citroën Sport Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCN/AFRA Citroën Saxo S1600FRA Gilles PanizziFRA Herve PanizziN/AESP Dani SolàESP Álex Romaní 5 CYP Cyprus FRA No. 2 Peugeot TotalMALAYSIA No. 74 Petronas EON Racing TeamN/A Report FRA Peugeot 206 WRCMALAYSIA Proton Pert Evo VIN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenMALAYSIA Karamjit SinghMALAYSIA Allen OhN/A 6 ARG Argentina USA No. 4 Ford Motor CoITA No. 54 Mauro Rally TuningN/A Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIN/AESP Carlos SainzESP Luis MoyaPER Ramón FerreyrosESP Diego VallejoN/A 7 GRC Greece USA No. 5 Ford Motor CoN/AFRA No. 62 Citroën Sport Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02N/AFRA Citroën Saxo S1600GBR Colin McRaeGBR Nicky GristN/AFIN Janne TuohinoFIN Petri Vihavainen 8 KEN Kenya USA No. 5 Ford Motor CoMALAYSIA No. 74 Petronas EON Racing TeamN/A Report USA Ford Focus RS WRC '02MALAYSIA Proton Pert Evo VIN/AGBR Colin McRaeGBR Nicky GristMALAYSIA Karamjit SinghMALAYSIA Allen OhN/A9FIN FinlandFRA No. 2 Peugeot TotalITA No. 53 Ralliart ItaliaN/AReportFRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenITA Alessandro FiorioITA Vittorio BrambillaN/A10GER GermanyFRA No. 21 Citroën SportN/AFRA No. 65 Citroën SportReportFRA Citroën Xsara WRCN/AFRA Citroën Saxo S1600FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaN/AESP Dani SolàESP Álex Romaní11ITA ItalyFRA No. 3 Peugeot TotalN/AITA No. 51 Vieffe Corse SRLReportFRA Peugeot 206 WRCN/AFRA Citroën Saxo S1600FRA Gilles PanizziFRA Herve PanizziN/AITA Andrea DallavillaITA Giovanni Bernacchini12NZL New ZealandFRA No. 2 Peugeot TotalFIN No. 75 Mitsubishi Ralliart FinlandN/AReportFRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIIN/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenFIN Kristian SohlbergFIN Jukka AhoN/A13AUS AustraliaFRA No. 2 Peugeot TotalJPN No. 57 Spike Subaru TeamN/AReportFRA Peugeot 206 WRCJPN Subaru Impreza STi N8N/AFIN Marcus GrönholmFIN Timo RautiainenJPN Toshihiro AraiNZL Tony SircombeN/A14GBR BritainJPN No. 11 555 Subaru WRTN/AFRA No. 65 Citroën SportReportJPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01N/AFRA Citroën Saxo S1600NOR Petter SolbergGBR Phil MillsN/AESP Dani SolàESP Álex RomaníSource: Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers in each event. Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6thPoints1064321 Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE FRAFRA ESPESP CYPCYP ARGARG GREGRE KENKEN FINFIN GERGER ITAITA NZLNZL AUSAUS GBRGBR  Pts  1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 5 1 2 4 1 DSQ 2 Ret 1 3 2 1 1 Ret 77 2 Norway Petter Solberg 6 Ret 5 5 5 2 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 37 3 Spain Carlos Sainz 3 3 6 Ret 11 1 3 Ret 4 8 Ret 4 4 3 36 4 Great Britain Colin McRae 4 6 Ret 6 6 3 1 1 Ret 4 8 Ret Ret 5 35 5 Great Britain Richard Burns 8 4 3 2 2 DSQ Ret Ret 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 34 6 France Gilles Panizzi 7 16 1 1 10 Ret Ret 6 1 7 DNS 11 31 7 Finland Harri Rovanperä Ret 2 11 7 4 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 9 2 2 7 30 8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 3 DSQ 4 22 9 Estonia Markko Märtin 12 DNS 8 8 8 4 6 4 5 6 5 Ret 5 2 20 10 France Sébastien Loeb 2 17 Ret 7 5 10 1 7 Ret 18 11 France Philippe Bugalski Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 7 12 Sweden Thomas Rådström Ret 37 Ret 8 3 Ret Ret 4 13 Finland Toni Gardemeister 10 Ret 12 11 15 5 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 8 6 10 3 14 Great Britain Alister McRae 14 5 10 13 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 15 Belgium Bruno Thiry 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 5 13 2 16 Finland Juha Kankkunen 8 Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 2 17 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 13 Ret Ret 17 9 6 14 Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 8 13 1 18 Spain Jesús Puras 12 Ret 6 1 19 Belgium Freddy Loix Ret Ret 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 28 6 Ret 8 1 20 Great Britain Mark Higgins 6 1 Pos. Position Driver MONMON SWESWE FRAFRA ESPESP CYPCYP ARGARG GREGRE KENKEN FINFIN GERGER ITAITA NZLNZL AUSAUS GBRGBR  Pts Sources:Season 2002 – Championship standings https://www.juwra.com/season_2002_points.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 8 April 2024FIA World Rally Championship Standings 2002 https://motorsportstats.com/series/fia-world-rally-championship/standings/2002 Motorsport Stats 8 April 2024 Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE FRAFRA ESPESP CYPCYP ARGARG GREGRE KENKEN FINFIN GERGER ITAITA NZLNZL AUSAUS GBRGBR Points 1 FRA Peugeot Total 1 (7) (4) (3) 2 2 EX Ret Ret 2 1 (4) Ret Ret Ret 165 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 2 USA Ford Motor Co 4 2 3 4 Ret (9) 1 3 Ret 4 (6) Ret 4 4 3 104 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 3 JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team 10 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 3 EX 4 67 11 5 Ret 3 3 4 2 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 12 9 Ret Ret 4 KOR Hyundai World Rally Team 17 Ret Ret 10 10 6 Ret 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret (9) Ret Ret 10 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 5 CZE Škoda Motorsport 14 9 Ret Ret 11 8 5 10 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 7 9 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) 6 JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 7 7 (9) 5 6 9 Ret 8 Ret Ret 6 6 8 Ret Ret 9 8 10 4 8 9 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMON SWESWE FRAFRA ESPESP CYPCYP ARGARG GREGRE KENKEN FINFIN GERGER ITAITA NZLNZL AUSAUS GBRGBR PointsSources: JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMON ESPESP GREGRE GERGER ITAITA GBRGBR  Pts  1 ESP Dani Solà Ret 1 4 1 3 137 2 ITA Andrea Dallavilla Ret 2 2 2 1 629 3 FIN Janne Tuohino Ret 5 1 Ret 10 415 4 ITA Giandomenico Basso Ret 3 Ret 7 2 314 5 ITA Nicola Caldani 2 Ret 3 Ret 413 6 BEL François Duval 1 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret12 7 GBR Niall McShea Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 26 8 GER Niki Schelle 6 8 Ret 3 7 Ret5 9 ITA Gianluigi Galli 4 Ret Ret 5 5 10 LBN Roger Feghali 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 11 GBR Martin Rowe Ret 10 5 5 Ret Ret4 12 SWE Daniel Carlsson 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret3 13 SMR Mirco Baldacci Ret Ret Ret 4 13 Ret3 14 AUT David Doppelreiter 5 9 Ret Ret2 15 FIN Jussi Välimäki Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 52 16 NOR Alexander Foss 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret1 17 FIN Kosti Katajamäki Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret1 Pos. Position Driver MONMON ESPESP GREGRE GERGER ITAITA GBRGBR Pts PWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver SWESWE FRAFRA CYPCYP ARGARG KENKEN FINFINNZLNZLAUSAUS  Pts  1 MYS Karamjit Singh 1 3 1 3 Ret 332 2 FIN Kristian Sohlberg 1 Ret Ret 2 1 Ret26 3 PER Ramón Ferreyros 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 323 4 JPN Toshihiro Arai 2 Ret 2 Ret Ret 122 5 ITA Alex Fiorio 4 Ret Ret 1 4 222 6 GBR Martin Rowe 6 3 Ret Ret 2 513 7 URU Gustavo Trelles Ret 4 2 412 8 BUL Dimitar Iliev 7 2 4 Ret Ret9 9 NOR Bernt Kollevold 8 8 6 5 6 65 10 FIN Marko Ipatti 3 Ret 4 11 ITA Luca Baldini 9 3 Ret Ret4 12 ITA Giovanni Manfrinato Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret4 13 LIT Saulius Girdauskas 5 54 14 ARG Marcos Ligato Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret4 15 ITA Alfredo De Dominicis Ret Ret 4 Ret 73 16 AUT Beppo Harrach 5 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret2 17 ITA Stefano Marrini 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 81 Pos. Position Driver SWESWE FRAFRA CYPCYP ARGARG KENKEN FINFINNZLNZLAUSAUS Pts Events Round Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars 1Monaco Monte Carlo Rally18 January–20 January Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:59m:30.7s) France Sébastien Loeb (4h:00m:44.8s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:00m:46.4s)Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02 2Sweden Swedish Rally1 February–3 February Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:07m:28.6s) Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:08m:53.1s) Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:09m:54.4s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02 3France Tour de Corse8 March–10 March France Gilles Panizzi (3h:54m:40.3s) Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:55m:20.8s) United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:55m:32.7s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC 4Spain Rally Catalunya22 March–24 March France Gilles Panizzi (3h:34m:09.0s) United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:34m:46.3s) France Philippe Bugalski (3h:35m:22.5s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC 5Cyprus 1960 Cyprus Rally19 April–21 April Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:21m:25.7s) United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:22m:22.5s) Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:24.7s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002 6Argentina Rally Argentina17 May–19 May Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:08m:12.1s) Norway Petter Solberg (4h:08m:16.1s) United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:10m:31.2s)Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02 7Greece Acropolis Rally14 June–16 June United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:27m:43.8s) Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:28m:08.3s) Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:29m:29.4s)Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02 8Kenya Safari Rally12 July–14 July United Kingdom Colin McRae (7h:58m:28.0s) Finland Harri Rovanperä (8h:01m:18.9s) Sweden Thomas Rådström (8h:17m:06.6s)Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC 9Finland Rally Finland8 August–11 August Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:52.5s) United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:19m:19.8s) Norway Petter Solberg (3h:20m:42.1s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002 10Germany Rallye Deutschland23 August–25 August France Sébastien Loeb (3h:47m:17.3s) United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:47m:31.6s) Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:48m:36.4s)Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC 11Italy Rallye Sanremo20 September–22 September France Gilles Panizzi (4h:10m:15.6s) Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:10m:36.5s) Norway Petter Solberg (4h:11m:22.0s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002 12New Zealand Rally New Zealand4 October–6 October Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:58m:45.4s) Finland Harri Rovanperä (4h:02m:33.0s) Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:03m:11.7s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002 13Australia Rally Australia31 October–3 November Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:56.5s) Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:36m:53.8s) Norway Petter Solberg (3h:37m:25.2s)Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002 14Great Britain Rally of Great Britain14 November–17 November Norway Petter Solberg (3h:30m:36.4s) Estonia Markko Märtin (3h:31m:00.8s) Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:32m:12.1s)Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Focus RS WRC 02 References External links FIA World Rally Championship 2002 at ewrc-results.com World Rally Championship Category:World Rally Championship seasons