List of World Rally Championship people

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The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

Contents 1 Administration 2 Team management 3 Engineers 4 Rally officials 5 Commentators and journalists 6 Drivers 7 Co-drivers 8 Deaths in the WRC 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Administration

• Jean-Marie Balestre - president of the FISA (1979-1991) and the FIA (1986-1993)
• Morrie Chandler - appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006^[1]
• Nazir Hoosein - chief steward of the World Rally Championship
• Max Mosley - president of the FIA, the sport's governing and rulemaking body
• Shekhar Mehta - president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[2]
• Jacques Regis - president of the WRC commission until March 2006

[edit] Team management

• Ove Andersson - former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
• Jacky Bozian - director of Bozian Racing
• Xavier Carlotti - team manager of Peugeot (1999-2002)
• Aime Chatard - rally programme manager of Michelin (1993-2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
• François Chatriot - former driver, team manager for Citroën and Peugeot
• Andrew Cowan - former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
• Derek Dauncey - team manager of Mitsubishi
• Pierre Dupasquier - head of Michelin's competition department (1973-1984 and 1990-2005)
• Tony Fall - former driver, team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team
• Guy Fréquelin - former driver, director of Citroën Sport (1989-2006)
• Pavel Janeba - team manager of Škoda Motorsport (1990-2003)
• David Lapworth - team principal (2000-2006) and technical director (2007-) of the Subaru World Rally Team
• Jean-Pierre Nicolas - former driver, sporting director of Peugeot Sport
• Corrado Provera - director of Peugeot Sport (1998-2005)
• Olivier Quesnel - co-founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport, director of Citroën Sport (2008-)
• David Richards - former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
• Phil Short - team manager of Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995-2000)
• Nobuhiro Tajima - former driver, team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
• Jean Todt - former co-driver, founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport
• David Whitehead - team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998-2003)
• Malcolm Wilson - former driver, team principal of the BP Ford World Rally Team

[edit] Engineers

• Simon Carrier - chief designer of M-Sport
• Christophe Chapelain - chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006-)
• Mario Fornaris - chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003-2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998-2002)
• Lasse Lampi - former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
• Christian Loriaux - chief engineer of M-Sport (2002-), engineer at Prodrive (1991-2002)
• Xavier Mestelan-Pinon - chief engineer of Citroën Sport (2005-)
• Dietmar Metrich - chief engineer of Škoda Motorsport (2001-2005)
• Graham Moore - chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002-2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006-)
• Michel Nandan - technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999-2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006-)
• Günther Steiner - chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997-2001)
• Jean-Claude Vaucard - chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993-2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982-1993)

[edit] Rally officials

• Garry Connelly - clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988-2002)
• Fred Gallagher - former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
• Seppo Harjanne - former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
• René Isoart - clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
• Simo Lampinen - former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland

[edit] Commentators and journalists

• Jim Bamber - cartoonist
• John Davenport - former co-driver and author
• Robbie Head - former driver and commentator
• Martin Holmes - former co-driver and author

[edit] Drivers

• Markku Alén - 1978 FIA Cup champion
• Didier Auriol - 1994 world champion
• Miki Biasion - 1988 and 1989 world champion
• Stig Blomqvist - 1984 world champion
• Richard Burns - 2001 world champion
• Marcus Grönholm - 2000 and 2002 world champion
• Juha Kankkunen - four-time world champion
• Sébastien Loeb - five-time world champion
• Colin McRae - 1995 world champion, first British world champion
• Michèle Mouton - most successful female rally driver
• Tommi Mäkinen - four-time world champion
• Hannu Mikkola - 1983 world champion
• Sandro Munari - 1977 FIA Cup champion
• Walter Röhrl - 1980 and 1982 world champion
• Carlos Sainz - 1990 and 1992 world champion
• Timo Salonen - 1985 world champion
• Petter Solberg - 2003 world champion
• Ari Vatanen - world champion 1981 (now MEP)
• Björn Waldegård - 1979 world champion

[edit] Co-drivers

• Björn Cederberg - co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
• Daniel Elena - co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
• Fred Gallagher - co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
• Christian Geistdörfer - co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
• Denis Giraudet - co-driver to Didier Auriol
• Nicky Grist - co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
• Seppo Harjanne - co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
• Arne Hertz - co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
• Ilkka Kivimäki - co-driver to Markku Alén
• Risto Mannisenmäki - co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
• Phil Mills - co-driver to Petter Solberg
• Luís Moya - co-driver to Carlos Sainz
• Michael Park - co-driver to Markko Märtin
• Juha Piironen - co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
• Timo Rautiainen - co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
• Robert Reid - co-driver to Richard Burns
• Derek Ringer - co-driver to Colin McRae
• David Richards - co-driver to Ari Vatanen
• Tiziano Siviero - co-driver to Miki Biasion
• Hans Thorszelius - co-driver to Björn Waldegård
• Jean Todt - co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin

[edit] Deaths in the WRC

• Jörg Bastuck (d. 24 March 2006 at the Rally Catalunya) - co-driver to Aaron Burkart^[3]
• Attilio Bettega (d. 2 May 1985 at the Tour de Corse) - driver
• Rodger Freeth (d. 18 September 1993 at the Rally Australia) - co-driver to Possum Bourne
• Michael Park (d. 18 September 2005 at the Wales Rally GB) - co-driver to Markko Märtin^[4]
• Henri Toivonen (d. 2 May 1986 at the Tour de Corse) - driver to co-driver Sergio Cresto, who perished in the same crash
• Lars-Erik Torph (d. 23 January 1989 at the Monte Carlo Rally) - driver to co-driver Bertil-Rune Rehnfeldt, who perished in the same crash

[edit] See also

• List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions

[edit] References