1997 Alt-WRC season

The 1997 Alt-WRC is the first season of CarloSpace's Alt-WRC series.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Rally	Surface	Continent
1	19–22 January	Monte Carlo Rally	Tarmac Monte	Europe
2	7–10 February	Swedish Rally	Snow	Europe
3	1–3 March	Safari Rally	Heavy Gravel	Africa
4	23–26 March	Rally Portugal	Gravel	Europe
5	14–16 April	Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	Europe
6	5–7 May	Template:FRA Tour de Corse	Tarmac	Europe
7	22–24 May	Rally Argentina	Heavy Gravel	Americas
8	8–10 June	Acropolis Rally	Heavy Gravel	Europe
9	2–5 August	Rally New Zealand	Smooth Gravel	Asia & Oceania
10	29–31 August	Rally Finland	Smooth Gravel	Europe
11	19–21 September	Rally Indonesia	Gravel	Asia & Oceania
12	12–15 October	Rally Sanremo	Tarmac	Europe
13	30 October-2 November	Template:AUS Rally Australia	Gravel	Asia & Oceania
14	23–25 November	Template:GBR RAC Rally	Gravel	Europe

Teams and drivers

World Rally Championship

Manufacturer entries
Constructor	Car	M	Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi [?]	Lancer Evolution	Template:Manufacturer	Tommi Mäkinen	1-
			Wayne Muckle	1, 9
			Kenjiro Shinozuka	2-
			Minna Sillankorva	1-3, 7-8, 10
			Luis Climent Asensio	4-5
			Bambang Hartono	11
Subaru [?]	Impreza WRC	Template:Manufacturer	Template:GBR Colin McRae	1-
			Template:GBR Richard Burns	1-
			Template:FRA Patrick Bernardini	1, 6
			Thomas Rådström	2
			Franco Cunico	4-5
			Ari Vatanen	10
Template:USA Ford [?]	Escort WRC	Template:Manufacturer	Carlos Sainz	1-
			Template:BEL Freddy Loix	1-
			Template:FRA Philippe Bugalski	1, 5-6
			Marcus Grönholm	2-4, 7-
Toyota [?]	Celica GT-Four ST205	Template:Manufacturer	Template:FRA Didier Auriol	1-9
			Kenneth Eriksson	1-9
			Armin Schwarz	1
			Marco Brighetti	3
	Corolla WRC		Template:FRA Didier Auriol	10-
			Kenneth Eriksson	10-
Notable privateer entries
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo		Uwe Nittel	8, 10
Subaru	Impreza 555		Piero Liatti	1, 6
			Rui Madeira	5
			Angelo Medeghini	5, 10
			Aris Vovos	8
			Masao Kamioka	4, 8
Template:USA Ford	Escort WRC		Gustavo Louro	4
			Leonidas Kirkos	8
			Juha Kankkunen	10
			Jarmo Kytölehto	10
	Escort RS Cosworth		Jarmo Kytölehto	2
			Mats Jonsson	2
			Template:BEL Bruno Thiry	5
			Sebastian Lindholm	10
Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205		Tomas Jansson	2, 10
			Ian Duncan	3
			Raúl Sufan	4-5, 7-
			Thomas Rådström	8
			Template:AUS Neal Bates	9
			Yoshio Fujimoto	11
	Celica GT-Four ST185		Markko Märtin	10

2-Litre World Cup

Constructor Car M Driver Rounds Škoda [?] Felicia Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Pavel Sibera 1, 4-6, 8-9 Paolo Andreucci 1, 5-6 Stig Blomqvist 2-3 Per Svan 2 Ari Mökkönen 4, 9 Emil Triner 7-8 Gabriel Raies 7 Emil Triner 1 Pavel Sibera 2, 7 Flavio Alonso 4-5 Octavia Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Pavel Sibera 10- Ari Mökkönen 10 Olli Harkki 10 Template:FRA Peugeot [?] 306 Maxi Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Template:FRA François Chatriot 1 Adruzilo Lopes 1, 5-6 Template:FRA Patrick Bernardini 2, 4-5, 7- Template:BEL Grégoire de Mevius 2, 4, 8-9, 11 Template:FRA François Delecour 6 Template:GBR Alister McRae 7, 10 Template:BEL Grégoire de Mevius 1, 5-6 Adruzilo Lopes 4 Template:FRA François Chatriot 5 Template:FRA Benoît Rousselot 6 Template:BEL Kris Princen 6 SEAT [?] Ibiza Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Oriol Gómez 1- Erwin Weber 1- Carles Solé 5 Volkswagen [?] Golf Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Template:AUT Manfred Stohl 1-4, 7- Toni Gardemeister 1-4, 7- Template:AUT Raimund Baumschlager 1-4, 7- Template:USA Ford [?] Escort Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Template:GBR Gwyndaf Evans 1- Template:GBR David Higgins 5-6 Nissan [?] Sunny Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Harri Rovanperä 1- Template:BEL Patrick Snijers 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10 Template:MAS Karamjit Singh 11 Template:SUI Olivier Burri 1 Rui Madeira 4 Template:FRA François Chatriot 6 Template:FRA Citroën [?] ZX Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Template:FRA Gilles Panizzi 1- Jesús Puras 1- Jaime Azcona 5 Template:FRA Fabien Doenlen 6 Tapio Laukkanen 10 Tony Hardianto 11 Hyundai [?] Coupé Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Gilberto Pianezzola 10- Esa Saarenpää 10 Notable privateer entries Opel Astra GSi Magnus Rindeby 2 Per Svan 10 Volkswagen Golf Kit Car Jörgen Jonasson 2 Harry Joki 2 Tapio Laukkanen 2 Template:FRA Renault Mégane Kit Car Jonas Kruse 2, 10 José Carlos Macedo 4 Template:AUT Raphael Sperrer 4-5, 10 Pedro Azeredo 4 Miguel Martínez-Conde 5 Template:FRA Serge Jordan 6 Škoda Felicia Kit Car Magnus Rindeby 10 Suzuki Baleno Wagon Kit Car Nobuhiro Tajima 9, 11 Results and standings Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 Drivers' championship Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA Template:FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS Template:AUS GBR Template:GBR Pts 1 Template:GBR Colin McRae 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 3 1 1 127 2 Carlos Sainz Ret 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 97 3 Tommi Mäkinen 3 10 2 1 3 Ret Ret 3 3 87 4 Template:GBR Richard Burns 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 1 Ret 2 80 5 Marcus Grönholm 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 4 41 6 Kenneth Eriksson Ret 2 Ret 4 9 8 Ret Ret 7 34 7 Template:FRA Didier Auriol 5 9 5 Ret 5 16 Ret Ret 5 34 8 Template:BEL Freddy Loix Ret 7 Ret 3 7 7 Ret Ret 6 30 9 Template:FRA Philippe Bugalski 4 Ret 4 20 10 Thomas Rådström 4 5 18 11 Kenjiro Shinozuka Ret Ret 6 23 24 5 Ret Ret 14 12 Template:FRA Patrick Bernardini 6 Ret 24 6 Ret 16 Ret Ret 12 13 Template:FRA Gilles Panizzi 10 34 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 28 11 14 Ian Duncan 4 10 15 Aris Vovos 4 10 16 Raúl Sufan 8 Ret 6 10 14 10 17 Mats Jonsson 5 8 18 Luis Climent Asensio 5 14 8 19 Piero Liatti Ret 5 8 20 Jesús Puras 21 33 14 25 16 6 19 Ret 30 6 21 Leonidas Kirkos 6 6 22 Template:AUT Manfred Stohl 18 22 8 Ret 8 15 Ret 6 23 Franco Cunico 9 8 5 24 Armin Schwarz 7 4 25 Jonathan Toroitich 7 4 26 Gustavo Louro 7 4 27 Gustavo Trelles 23 Ret Ret 27 7 13 11 4 28 Uwe Nittel Ret Ret 7 4 29 Template:GBR Gwyndaf Evans Ret 21 9 12 Ret 15 9 14 Ret 4 30 Harri Rovanperä 8 16 Ret 11 19 20 Ret 20 20 3 31 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 3 32 Masao Kamioka Ret 8 3 33 Adruzilo Lopes 9 13 10 12 3 34 Template:AUS Neal Bates 8 3 35 Template:FRA Serge Jordan 9 2 36 Minna Sillankorva 26 Ret Ret Ret 9 2 37 Geoff Argyle 9 2 38 Template:GBR Mark Tilbury 10 1 39 Miguel Campos 10 1 40 Template:FRA Benoît Rousselot 10 1 41 Gabriel Raies 10 1 42 Greg Graham 10 1 WRC manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA Template:FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS Template:AUS GBR Template:GBR Points 1 Subaru 1 3 1 9 2 1 1 1 1 222 2 4 6 Ret 6 3 3 Ret 2 2 Template:USA Ford 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 4 180 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 4 4 Ret 6 3 Mitsubishi 3 10 2 1 3 24 5 3 3 102 19 Ret Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 9 17 4 Toyota 5 2 5 4 5 8 Ret Ret 5 72 7 9 Ret Ret 9 16 Ret Ret 7 2-Litre World Cup manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA Template:FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS Template:AUS GBR Template:GBR Points 1 Volkswagen 9 6 1 4 1 2 1 93 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Nissan 1 3 Ret 1 8 12 Ret 4 2 91 6 11 Ret 10 13 7 3 Template:FRA Citroën 3 15 4 12 1 1 11 Ret 7 77 10 16 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 Template:USA Ford Ret 5 2 2 Ret 8 2 1 Ret 76 Ret 11 5 Template:FRA Peugeot 2 17 11 2 5 8 5 Ret 66 7 Ret 19 3 Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 Škoda 5 1 Ret 10 Ret 16 3 Ret 3 53 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 SEAT 4 13 Ret 6 Ret 4 6 Ret 4 53 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret