List of World Rally Championship people

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

## Administration

* Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the president of the FIA (1986–1993)
* Alfredo César Torres – vice-president of the FISA (1979–1993) and the vice-president of the FIA (1988–1993) and the sport deputy president of the FIA (1993–1997) and the president of the ACP (1980–1997)
* Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006 and left 2010
* Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
* Max Mosley – president of the FIA (1993–2009)
* Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.
* Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006
* Jean Todt – president of the FIA (2009–)

## Team management

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* Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
* Jacky Bozian – director of Bozian Racing
* Pierre Budar – team principal of Citroën Racing (2018–)
* 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 (2007–2008) of the Subaru World Rally Team
* Yves Matton – former team principal of Citroën Racing
* Tommi Mäkinen – team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2016–)
* Michel Nandan – team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2013–)
* 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 (2008–2012)
* 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 M-Sport World Rally Team (and defunct Ford World Rally Team)

## Engineers

* Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
* Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
* Didier Clement – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2015–)
* Nick Clipson – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team
* Philip Dunabin – chief engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1995–1996), engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1989–1994)
* 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 the Citroën Sport (2005–2014)
* Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005), engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (1998–2000)
* Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2008)
* Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–2007)
* Guenther 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)

## 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

## 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

## Drivers

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* 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 – nine-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 Member of the European Parliament)
* Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion

## Co-drivers

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* 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
* Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
* 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

## References

* WRC people at juwra.com

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1. ↑ World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release, July 05, 2006.
2. ↑ https://www.fia.com/profile/officers/morrie-chandler
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4. ↑ http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/january-2018/budar-citroen/page/5130--12-12-.html
5. ↑ https://www.juwra.com/lapworth\_david.html