page_title: World Rally Championship
section_title: Champions
hierarchical_section_title: World Rally Championship / Champions
caption_attribution_description: English: Marcus Grönholm in Peugeot 206 WRC at the start of ADAC Rally Deutschland 2002 in Trier.
context_page_description: The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 14 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is usually split into 15–25 special stages which are run against the clock on closed roads.
  The WRC was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the European Rally Championship or the International Championship for Manufacturers, and the series was first contested in 1973. The World Rally Car is the current car specification in the series. It evolved from Group A cars which replaced the banned Group B supercars. World Rally Cars are built on production 1.6-litre four-cylinder cars, but feature turbochargers, anti-lag systems, four-wheel-drive, sequential gearboxes, aerodynamic parts and other enhancements bringing the price of a WRC car to around US$1 million.
caption: Marcus Grönholm at the 2002 Rallye Deutschland with Peugeot 206 WRC.
exif: {}