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
			Kenjiro Shinozuka	2-
			Minna Sillankorva	1-3, 7
			Luis Climent Asensio	4-5
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
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-
			Kenneth Eriksson	1-
			Armin Schwarz	1
			Marco Brighetti	3
Notable privateer entries
Subaru	Impreza 555		Piero Liatti	1, 6
			Rui Madeira	5
			Angelo Medeghini	5
Template:USA Ford	Escort WRC		Gustavo Louro	4
	Escort RS Cosworth		Jarmo Kytölehto	2
			Mats Jonsson	2
			Template:BEL Bruno Thiry	5
Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205		Ian Duncan	3
			Raúl Sufan	4-5, 7

2-Litre World Cup

Constructor Car M Driver Rounds Škoda [?] Felicia Kit Car Template:Manufacturer Pavel Sibera 1, 4-6 Paolo Andreucci 1, 5-6 Stig Blomqvist 2-3 Per Svan 2 Ari Mökkönen 4 Emil Triner 7 Gabriel Raies 7 Emil Triner 1 Pavel Sibera 2, 7 Flavio Alonso 4-5 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 Template:FRA François Delecour 6 Template:GBR Alister McRae 7 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 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 Hyundai [?] Coupé Kit Car Template:Manufacturer TBA Notable privateer entries Volkswagen Golf Kit Car Jörgen Jonasson 2 Harry Joki 2 Tapio Laukkanen 2 Template:FRA Renault Mégane Kit Car Jonas Kruse 2 José Carlos Macedo 4 Template:AUT Raphael Sperrer 4-5 Pedro Azeredo 4 Miguel Martínez-Conde 5 Template:FRA Serge Jordan 6 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 87 2 Carlos Sainz Ret 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 82 3 Template:GBR Richard Burns 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 1 65 4 Tommi Mäkinen 3 10 2 1 3 Ret Ret 60 5 Marcus Grönholm 6 Ret 2 4 31 6 Kenneth Eriksson Ret 2 Ret 4 9 8 Ret 30 7 Template:FRA Didier Auriol 5 9 5 Ret 5 16 Ret 26 8 Template:BEL Freddy Loix Ret 7 Ret 3 7 7 Ret 24 9 Template:FRA Philippe Bugalski 4 Ret 4 20 10 Kenjiro Shinozuka Ret Ret 6 23 24 5 14 11 Template:FRA Patrick Bernardini 6 Ret 24 6 Ret 16 12 12 Template:FRA Gilles Panizzi 10 34 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 11 13 Thomas Rådström 4 10 14 Ian Duncan 4 10 15 Raúl Sufan 8 Ret 6 9 16 Mats Jonsson 5 8 17 Luis Climent Asensio 5 14 8 18 Piero Liatti Ret 5 8 19 Jesús Puras 21 33 14 25 16 6 19 6 20 Template:AUT Manfred Stohl 18 22 8 Ret 8 6 21 Franco Cunico 9 8 5 22 Armin Schwarz 7 4 23 Jonathan Toroitich 7 4 24 Gustavo Louro 7 4 25 Gustavo Trelles 23 Ret Ret 27 7 4 26 Template:GBR Gwyndaf Evans Ret 21 9 12 Ret 15 9 4 27 Harri Rovanperä 8 16 Ret 11 19 20 Ret 3 28 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 3 29 Adruzilo Lopes 9 13 10 12 3 30 Template:FRA Serge Jordan 9 1 31 Template:GBR Mark Tilbury 10 1 32 Miguel Campos 10 1 33 Template:FRA Benoît Rousselot 10 1 34 Gabriel Raies 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 1 167 2 4 6 Ret 6 3 3 2 Template:USA Ford 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 149 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 4 4 3 Mitsubishi 3 10 2 1 3 24 5 76 19 Ret Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 4 Toyota 5 2 5 4 5 8 Ret 60 7 9 Ret Ret 9 16 Ret 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 Template:FRA Citroën 3 15 4 12 1 1 11 71 10 16 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 2 Nissan 1 3 Ret 1 8 12 Ret 62 6 11 Ret 10 13 3 Volkswagen 9 6 1 4 1 58 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret 4 Template:FRA Peugeot 2 17 11 2 5 8 58 7 Ret 19 3 Ret 10 5 Template:USA Ford Ret 5 2 2 Ret 8 2 56 Ret 11 6 SEAT 4 13 Ret 6 Ret 4 6 43 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 7 7 Škoda 5 1 Ret 10 Ret 16 3 41 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret