The 46th season of the World Rally Championship begins
Thursday, January 25, with the 86th running of the Rallye Automobile
Monte-Carlo in Monaco and France. The scheduled 17-stage, 394.74-kilometer
event will serve as the season-opening event for the seventh consecutive WRC
season.
World Rally
Championship Statistics
- Total Races Contested: 571
- Drivers With At Least One Win: 77 (First:
Jean-Claude Andruet; 77th: Elfyn Evans)
- Manufacturers With At Least One Win: 21
- Nations With At Least One Win: 17
- Most Victories (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (78)
- Most Victories (Manufacturer): Citroen (98)
- Most Victories (Nation): France (184)
- Most Championships (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (9)
- Most Championships (Manufacturer): Lancia (10)
- Most Championships (Nation): France (15)
Notes of Interest
- A driver named Sebastien has won the last 14 WRC
titles. Sebastien Loeb is a nine-time champion, having won championships between
2004 and 2012. Sebastien Ogier has won the last five, from 2013-2017. They
represent 14 of 15 WRC driving titles earned by France since 1977 (when the FIA
Cup for Rally Drivers was introduced). Didier Auriol won the title in 1994.
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Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Statistics (Since 1911 unless noted)
- Most Victories (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (7)
- Most Victories (Manufacturer): Lancia (13)
- Previous Races Contested: 85
- Number of Stages: 935 (since 1973)
- Distances of Stages: Approximately 22,205 kilometers (since 1973)
- Most Consecutive Victories: Sebastien Ogier (4; 2014-2017)
o Most Stages: 36 (1986)
o Fewest Stages: 13 (2011)- Distances of Stages: Approximately 22,205 kilometers (since 1973)
o Longest Event: 867 kilometers (1986)
o Shortest Event: 329 kilometers (2007)- Most Consecutive Victories: Sebastien Ogier (4; 2014-2017)
Notes of Interest
- The 2017 Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo was won
by Sebastien Ogier, who has won the last four races in Monte Carlo, an event
record.
- Two of the scheduled 17 stages in 2017 were
canceled. The last time all scheduled stages were contested came in 2016 (16
stages).
- French-born drivers have won the last seven Rally
Monte Carlo events, with Ogier winning the last four, Sebastien Loeb winning
the two before that (2012 and 2013) and Bryan Bouffier winning in 2011.
Overall, French drivers have won 10 of the last 11 events. Mikko Hirvonen is
the only non-French driver to win the Rally Monte-Carlo since 2007, the Finn
winning in 2010.
o To that point, only French or Finnish drivers have won the last 20 Rally Monte Carlo events. The last to do so – Carlos Sainz of Spain in 1998.
- The last time a French driver failed to podium in the Rally Monte Carlo was in 2000 (currently 17 consecutive events with at least one French driver on podium).
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been held annually since 1975. The 1974 event was canceled due to the world energy crisis.
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been part of the World Rally Championship each year since 2012.
o To that point, only French or Finnish drivers have won the last 20 Rally Monte Carlo events. The last to do so – Carlos Sainz of Spain in 1998.
- The last time a French driver failed to podium in the Rally Monte Carlo was in 2000 (currently 17 consecutive events with at least one French driver on podium).
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been held annually since 1975. The 1974 event was canceled due to the world energy crisis.
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been part of the World Rally Championship each year since 2012.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Rally Monte Carlo; List of World
Rally Championship Drivers’ championships
- World Rally Championship website: http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/calendar/monte-carlo-2018/page/683--683-682-.html
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