1988 World Rally Championship

The 1988 World Rally Championship was the 16th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 13 rallies, following the same schedule as the previous season.

1988 World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Miki Biasion
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Lancia
Previous: 1987 Next: 1989

Martini Lancia followed their successful previous season with an even more dominant performance in 1988, winning ten of the eleven rallies in which manufacturer points were awarded. The Lancia Delta HF 4WD proved fast and reliable in the hands of returning drivers Finn Markku Alén and Italian Miki Biasion. During the season, the car was replaced by the Delta HF Integrale, which was an immediate success. Biaison would take the drivers' title, with his Finnish teammate placing second behind him. Third driver Frenchman Bruno Saby also contributed to the effort with a rally win, though was not a major contender for the title. Jolly Club driver, Italian Alex Fiorio, would take third place in the driver championship at the wheel of a Lancia Delta as well.

Ford Motor Company struggled to compete, though it was the only other manufacturer besides Lancia to win a rally, with primary driver Didier Auriol winning the Tour de Corse in his Sierra RS Cosworth. Auriol would only reach 6th in the drivers' competition, while Spanish teammate Carlos Sainz would struggle to reach 11th in the standings. Stig Blomqvist, racing for Rallysport Sweden in a Sierra, would finish best amongst Ford drivers, taking 4th in the championship standings.

1988 marked the withdrawal of Audi Sport from the WRC, although a number of small teams and privateers were successful enough using Audi Quattro versions for the manufacturer to place 3rd amongst manufacturers despite the lack of a works effort. Mazda Rally Team Europe made a significant effort to compete with Finn Timo Salonen as their primary driver for the Mazda 323 4WD. Timo would garner 5th place in the driver standings while the manufacturer gained 4th place.

In addition to the primary driver and manufacturer championships, WRC also awarded the FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars for a second season. Belgian Pascal Gaban won the hotly contested contest in a Mazda 323 against Argentine Jorge Recalde in his Lancia Delta while Italian Giovanni Del Zoppo, another Delta pilot, finished well behind in third place.

Teams and drivers

Team Constructor Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Delta HF Integrale
M Miki Biasion 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9, 12
Bruno Saby 1, 5
Yves Loubet 1, 5
Mikael Ericsson 2–3, 6, 10, 13
Markku Alén 2–3, 6, 10, 12–13
Vic Preston Jr 4
Jorge Recalde 9
Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD M Timo Salonen 1–2, 6, 10, 13
Hannu Mikkola 1–3, 6, 10, 13
Ingvar Carlsson 1–3
Thorbjörn Edling 2, 10
Pascal Gaban 2–3, 6, 10–13
Rod Millen 7
Neil Allport 8
Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Delta HF Integrale
P Alex Fiorio 1–3, 6–7, 10, 12
Yves Loubet 3, 6, 12
Dario Cerrato 12
Philips Renault Elf
Simon Racing
Renault 11 Turbo
5 GT Turbo
M Alain Oreille 1, 5
Richard Frau 1, 5
Christophe Lapierre 1
Citroën Compétitions Citroën AX Sport M Maurice Chomat 1–2, 5
Dany Montagne 1, 3, 5, 12–13
Denise Jacques 1, 3, 5, 12–13
Rufino Fontes 3
Carole Vergnaud 3, 12–13
Laurent Poggi 5
Massimo Ercolani 12
Terry Kaby 13
Top Run SRL Lancia Delta HF 4WD
Delta HF Integrale
M
P
Giovanni del Zoppo 1, 3, 5–7, 10, 12
Jorge Recalde 3, 5–7, 10, 12–13
Massimo Ercolani 6, 10, 13
Fredrik Skoghag 13
Peugeot France Peugeot 205 GTI M Jean-Pierre Ballet 1
Audi Sport Audi Coupé Quattro
200 Quattro
90 Quattro
M Christophe Spiliotis 1
Sebastian Lindholm 2–3, 6, 13
David Llewellin 3
Georg Fischer 3, 7, 9
Rudi Stohl 4, 6, 9, 11
John Buffum 7
Malcolm Stewart 8
Paola de Martini 12
Armin Schwarz 13
Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth M
P
Stig Blomqvist 2–3, 10, 12–13
Didier Auriol 3, 5, 10, 12
Carlos Sainz 3, 5, 10, 12–13
Joaquim Santos 3
John Hellier 4
Pierre-César Baroni 5
Gianfranco Cunico 12
David Llewellin 13
Mark Lovell 13
GM Euro Sport Opel
Vauxhall
Kadett GSI 16V
Astra GTE
M Mats Jonsson 2, 10, 13
Malcolm Wilson 2, 6, 13
Björn Johansson 2
Håkan Eriksson 2
Hannu Mikkola 4
Sepp Haider 4, 8
Derek Bell 13
David Metcalfe 13
Chris Birkbeck 13
Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V P Erwin Weber 3–4
Lars-Erik Torph 4
Konstantinos Apostolou 6, 13
Raimund Baumschlager 12
Toyota Team Europe Toyota Supra Turbo
Celica GT-Four ST165
P Kenneth Eriksson 4–5, 10, 12–13
Juha Kankkunen 4–6, 10, 12–13
Björn Waldegård 4, 6, 13
Jimmy McRae 13
Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX D Per Eklund 4
Alain Ambrosino 4, 11
Mike Kirkland 4
Jayant Shah 4
Stratis Hatzipanayiotou 6
Flory Roothaert 6
Paddy Davidson 8
Fuji Heavy Industries Subaru RX Turbo D Peter 'Possum' Bourne 4, 8
Ian Duncan 4
Patrick Njiru 4
José Celsi 9
Bastos Motul BMW BMW M3 P Bernard Béguin 5
François Chatriot 5
Marc Duez 5
Ari Vatanen 10
Andrea Zanussi 12
Gema Racing Alfa Romeo 75 V6 P Paul Rouby 5
Jacques Panciatici 5
Suzuki Sport Suzuki Cultus GTI Y Alan Carter 7
Nobuhiro Tajima 7
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 M Kenjiro Shinozuka 8, 13
Ari Vatanen 13
Lancia Rally Team Austria Lancia Delta HF Integrale M Franz Wittmann 9

Events

1988 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1988 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Rally name Stages Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co-driver Team Car Time
1 Rallye Monte Carlo
(16–21 January)
26 stages
624 km
Tarmac
1 Bruno Saby Jean-François Fauchille Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD 7:19.11
2 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 7:30.01
3 Jean-Pierre Ballet Marie-Christine Lallement Peugeot France Peugeot 205 GTI 7:42.46
2 Swedish Rally
(4–6 February)
35 stages
491 km
Snow/Ice
1 Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD 5:02.31
2 Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander Rallysport Sweden Ford Sierra XR 4x4 5:04.08
3 Lars-Erik Torph Tina Thörner Team VAG Sweden Audi Coupé Quattro 5:10.03
3 Rallye de Portugal
(1–6 March)
37 stages
589 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Miki Biasion Carlo Cassina Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 6:44.01
2 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 6:52.47
3 Yves Loubet Jean-Bernard Vieu Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD 6:53.23
4 Safari Rally
(31 March – 4 April)
82 controls
4205 km
Gravel
1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 2:51.04
2 Mike Kirkland Robin Nixon Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX 3:03.57
3 Per Eklund Dave Whittock Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX 3:38.26
5 Tour de Corse
(3–6 May)
30 stages
623 km
Tarmac
1 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 7:12.04
2 Yves Loubet Jean-Bernard Vieu Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:15.09
3 Bruno Saby Jean-François Fauchille Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:16:53
6 Acropolis Rally
(29 May – 1 June)
36 stages
526 km
Gravel
1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:03.00
2 Mikael Ericsson Claes Billstam Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:04.43
3 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:10.40
7 Olympus Rally
(23–26 June)
36 stages
502 km
Gravel
1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 5:28.44
2 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale 5:34.07
3 John Buffum John Bellefleur Audi Sport Audi Coupé Quattro 5:44.59
8 Rally New Zealand[1]
(9–12 July)
39 stages
611 km
Gravel
1 Sepp Haider Ferdi Hinterleitner GM Euro Sport Opel Kadett GSI 16V 7:38.39
2 Ray Wilson Stuart Lewis Mobil 1 Racing Mazda 323 4WD 7:57.16
3 Malcolm Stewart John Kennard Audi Sport New Zealand Audi Coupe Quattro 8:02.25
9 Rally Argentina
(2–6 August)
29 stages
588 km
Gtavel
1 Jorge Recalde Jorge del Buono Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:05.16
2 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:08.51
3 Franz Wittmann Jörg Pattermann Lancia Rally Team Austria Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:34.13
10 1000 Lakes Rally
(26–28 August)
39 stages
496 km
Gravel
1 Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 4:35.29
2 Mikael Ericsson Claes Billstam Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 4:38.24
3 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4:45.15
11 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[1]
(20–24 September)
80 controls
3421 km
Gravel
1 Alain Ambrosino Daniel Le Saux Nissan Motorsports International Nissan 200SX +3:34.51 pen
2 Pascal Gaban Willy Lux Mazda Rally Team Belgium Mazda 323 4WD +5:06.33 pen
3 Patrick Tauziac Claude Papin Ralliart Mitsubishi Starion Turbo +7:20.20 pen
12 Rallye Sanremo
(10–14 October)
39 stages
531 km
Tarmac/Gravel
1 Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 6:06.41
2 Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale 6:07.34
3 Dario Cerrato Giuseppe Cerri Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF Integrale 6:08.35
13 RAC Rally
(20–24 November)
52 stages
602 km
Tarmac/Gravel
1 Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale 7:15.37
2 Timo Salonen Voitto Silander Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD 7:19.43
3 Björn Waldegard Fred Gallagher Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 7:22.16
  1. Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship

Championship for manufacturers

1988 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points

MON

SWE

POR

KEN

FRA

GRC

USA

ARG

FIN

ITA

GBR
1 Lancia (20)(20)(20)20(17)202020202020 140
2 Ford 17102014108 79
3 Audi 7144101412(2)(2)10 71
4 Mazda 1012961217 66
5 Toyota 1284814 46
6 Renault 12488 32
7 BMW 1312 25
8 Nissan 176 23
9 Subaru 810 18
10 Peugeot 141 15
11 Volkswagen 644 14
12 Opel 1012 13
13 Suzuki 81 9
14 Mitsubishi 7 7
15 Alfa Romeo 4 4
16 Fiat 2 2

Championship for drivers

1988 World Rally Championship for Drivers
Rank Driver Event Total
points

MON

SWE

POR

KEN

FRA

GRC

USA

NZL

ARG

FIN

CIV

ITA

GBR
1 Miki Biasion 202020201520 115
2 Markku Alén 20610201020 86
3 Alex Fiorio 15151215415 76
4 Stig Blomqvist 158846 41
5 Timo Salonen 81015 33
6 Bruno Saby 2012 32
Didier Auriol 2012 32
8 Mikael Ericsson 1515 30
9 Jorge Recalde 1620 27
10 Yves Loubet 1215 27
11 Carlos Sainz 8684 26
12 Kenneth Eriksson 1066 22
13 Rudi Stohl 3810 21
14 Sepp Haider 20 20
Alain Ambrosino 20 20
16 Pascal Gaban 115 16
17 Björn Waldegård 412 16
18 Mike Kirkland 15 15
Ray Wilson 15 15
20 Jean-Pierre Ballet 12 12
Lars-Erik Torph 12 12
Per Eklund 12 12
John Buffum 12 12
Malcolm Stewart 12 12
Franz Wittmann Sr. 12 12
Patrick Tauziac 12 12
Dario Cerrato 12 12
28 Alain Oreille 101 11
29 Giovanni Del Zoppo 38 11
30 Erik Johansson 10 10
Hannu Mikkola 10 10
François Chatriot 10 10
Georg Fischer 10 10
David Officer 10 10
Alain Oudit 10 10
Pentti Airikkala 10 10
37 Håkan Eriksson 8 8
Juha Kankkunen 8 8
Ross Meekings 8 8
José Celsi 8 8
Adolphe Choteau 8 8
Armin Schwarz 8 8
43 François Chauche 6 6
Björn Johansson 6 6
Ian Duncan 6 6
Jigger 6 6
Marty Roestenburg 6 6
Juan Maria Traverso 6 6
Didier Monin 6 6
50 Christophe Spiliotis 4 4
Bror Danielsson 4 4
Erwin Weber 4 4
Bernard Béguin 4 4
Stratissino 4 4
Nobuhiro Tajima 4 4
Joe McAndrew 4 4
Marcelo Raies 4 4
Roberto Ambrosoli 4 4
59 Malcolm Wilson 3 3
Inverno Amaral 3 3
Paul Rouby 3 3
Kóstas Apostolou 3 3
Rod Millen 3 3
Tetsuo Sano 3 3
Claudio Israel 3 3
Harry Joki 3 3
Soumare Mafell 3 3
Raimund Baumschlager 3 3
Stig-Olov Walfridsson 3 3
70 Tomas Jansson 12 3
Mats Jonsson 12 3
72 Pierre Bos 2 2
Sebastian Lindholm 2 2
Carlos Bica 2 2
'Possum' Bourne 2 2
César Baroni 2 2
Flory Roothaert 2 2
Alan Carter 2 2
Dave Strong 2 2
José Luis Grasso 2 2
Michel Molinie 2 2
Paola De Martini 2 2
83 Richard Frau 1 1
Jim Heather-Hayes 1 1
Michael Lieu 1 1
Murray Walker 1 1
Fernando Urrutia 1 1
Samir Assef 1 1
Paolo Alessandrini 1 1
Kalle Grundel 1 1
1988 World Rally Championship point awards for drivers
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Cup for production car drivers

1988 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
Rank Driver Event Total
points

MON

SWE

POR

KEN

FRA

GRC

USA

NZL

ARG

FIN

CIV

ITA

GBR
1 Pascal Gaban 10131372 45
2 Jorge Recalde 1310137 43
3 Giovanni Del Zoppo 10137 30
4 Grégoire de Mévius 313 16
5 Massimo Ercolani 555 15
6 François Chauche 13 13
Sören Nilsson 13 13
César Baroni 13 13
Dave Strong 13 13
Andrea Aghini 13 13
11 Richard Frau 75 12
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