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	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	Rally Australia	Gravel	Asia & Oceania
14	23–25 November	RAC Rally	Gravel	Europe

Teams and drivers

World Rally Championship

Manufacturer entries
Constructor	Car	M	Driver	Rounds
Mitsubishi [?]	Lancer Evolution	M	Tommi Mäkinen	1-14
			Wayne Muckle	1, 9
			Kenjiro Shinozuka	2-14
			Minna Sillankorva	1-3, 7-8, 10
			Luis Climent Asensio	4-5
			Bambang Hartono	11
			Piergiorgio Bedini	12
			Juha Kankkunen	13-14
Subaru [?]	Impreza WRC	M	Colin McRae	1-14
			Richard Burns	1-14
			Patrick Bernardini	1, 6
			Thomas Rådström	2
			Franco Cunico	4-5, 12
			Ari Vatanen	10
			Alister McRae	14
			Jimmy McRae	14
Ford [?]	Escort WRC	M	Carlos Sainz	1-14
			Freddy Loix	1-14
			Philippe Bugalski	1, 5-6, 12
			Marcus Grönholm	2-4, 7-11, 13-14
Toyota [?]	Celica GT-Four ST205	M	Didier Auriol	1-9
			Kenneth Eriksson	1-9
			Armin Schwarz	1
			Marco Brighetti	3
	Corolla WRC		Didier Auriol	10-14
			Kenneth Eriksson	10-14
Notable privateer entries
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo		Uwe Nittel	8, 10, 12
			Ed Ordynski	13
Subaru	Impreza WRC		Piero Liatti	12
	Impreza 555		Piero Liatti	1, 6
			Rui Madeira	5
			Angelo Medeghini	5, 10
			Aris Vovos	8
			Masao Kamioka	4, 8
			Possum Bourne	9, 13
			Andrea Navarra	12
			Renato Travaglia	12
Ford	Escort WRC		Gustavo Louro	4
			Leonidas Kirkos	8
			Juha Kankkunen	10
			Jarmo Kytölehto	10
			Bruno Thiry	12
	Escort RS Cosworth		Jarmo Kytölehto	2
			Mats Jonsson	2
			Bruno Thiry	5
			Sebastian Lindholm	10
Toyota	Corolla WRC		Neal Bates	13
	Celica GT-Four ST205		Tomas Jansson	2, 10
			Ian Duncan	3
			Raúl Sufan	4-5, 7-
			Thomas Rådström	8
			Neal Bates	9
			Yoshio Fujimoto	11, 13
			Andrea Aghini	12
	Celica GT-Four ST185		Markko Märtin	10

2-Litre World Cup

Constructor Car M Driver Rounds Škoda [?] Felicia Kit Car M 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 M Pavel Sibera 10--14 Ari Mökkönen 10 Paolo Andreucci 12 Stig Blomqvist 14 Olli Harkki 10 Justin Dale 14 Peugeot [?] 306 Maxi Kit Car M François Chatriot 1 Adruzilo Lopes 1, 5-6, 12 Patrick Bernardini 2, 4-5, 7-14 Grégoire de Mevius 2, 4, 8-9, 11, 13-14 François Delecour 6 Alister McRae 7, 10 Grégoire de Mevius 1, 5-6, 12 Adruzilo Lopes 4 François Chatriot 5, 12 Benoît Rousselot 6 Kris Princen 6, 12, 14 François Delecour 12 SEAT [?] Ibiza Kit Car M Oriol Gómez 1-14 Erwin Weber 1-14 Carles Solé 5 Volkswagen [?] Golf Kit Car M Manfred Stohl 1-4, 7-11, 13-14 Toni Gardemeister 1-4, 7-11, 13-14 Raimund Baumschlager 1-4, 7-11, 13-14 Ford [?] Escort Kit Car M Gwyndaf Evans 1-14 David Higgins 5-6, 14 Stephen Finlay 14 Nissan [?] Sunny Kit Car M Harri Rovanperä 1-11 Patrick Snijers 1-2, 4-6, 8, 10 Karamjit Singh 11 Olivier Burri 1 Rui Madeira 4 François Chatriot 6 Almera Kit Car M Harri Rovanperä 12-14 Patrick Snijers 12, 14 Andrea Dallavilla 12 Mark Higgins 14 Citroën [?] ZX Kit Car M Gilles Panizzi 1-14 Jesús Puras 1-14 Jaime Azcona 5 Fabien Doenlen 6 Tapio Laukkanen 10 Tony Hardianto 11 Corrado Fontana 12 Hyundai [?] Coupé Kit Car M Gilberto Pianezzola 10-14 Esa Saarenpää 10 Fabio Danti 12 Wayne Bell 14 Notable privateer entries Opel Astra GSi Magnus Rindeby 2 Per Svan 10 Sandro Sottile 12 Volkswagen Golf Kit Car Jörgen Jonasson 2 Harry Joki 2 Tapio Laukkanen 2 Renault Mégane Kit Car Jonas Kruse 2, 10 José Carlos Macedo 4 Raphael Sperrer 4-5, 10, 12 Pedro Azeredo 4 Miguel Martínez-Conde 5 Serge Jordan 6 Piero Longhi 12 Suzuki Baleno Wagon Kit Car Nobuhiro Tajima 9, 11, 13 Škoda Felicia Kit Car Magnus Rindeby 10 SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Renaud Verreydt 12 Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Wayne Bell 13 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 ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS GBR Pts 1 Colin McRae 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 3 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 167 2 Tommi Mäkinen 3 10 2 1 3 Ret Ret 3 3 4 3 2 Ret 124 3 Richard Burns 2 3 6 Ret 13 3 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 3 115 4 Carlos Sainz Ret 1 3 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 3 Ret 9 Ret 111 5 Didier Auriol 5 9 5 Ret 5 16 Ret Ret 5 2 4 5 4 77 6 Kenneth Eriksson Ret 2 Ret 4 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 1 Ret 2 72 7 Marcus Grönholm 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 4 Ret 5 6 55 8 Freddy Loix Ret 7 Ret 3 7 7 Ret Ret 6 20 6 7 7 44 9 Piero Liatti Ret 5 1 28 10 Philippe Bugalski 4 Ret 4 6 26 11 Gilles Panizzi 10 34 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 28 Ret 22 4 Ret 21 12 Kenjiro Shinozuka Ret Ret 6 23 24 5 Ret Ret 15 7 Ret 9 20 13 Thomas Rådström 4 5 18 14 Bruno Thiry Ret 3 15 15 Patrick Bernardini 6 Ret 24 6 Ret 16 Ret Ret 40 Ret 13 Ret 12 16 Ian Duncan 4 10 17 Aris Vovos 4 10 18 Raúl Sufan 8 Ret 6 10 14 23 Ret 25 11 10 19 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 6 9 20 Mats Jonsson 5 8 21 Luis Climent Asensio 5 14 8 22 Juha Kankkunen Ret 5 8 23 Manfred Stohl 18 22 8 Ret 8 15 Ret 21 9 15 8 24 Jesús Puras 21 33 14 25 16 6 19 Ret 30 41 19 Ret Ret 6 25 Leonidas Kirkos 6 6 26 Adruzilo Lopes 9 13 10 12 8 6 27 Franco Cunico 9 8 12 5 28 Armin Schwarz 7 4 29 Jonathan Toroitich 7 4 30 Gustavo Louro 7 4 31 Gustavo Trelles 23 Ret Ret 27 7 13 11 18 4 32 Uwe Nittel Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 4 33 Sebastian Lindholm 7 4 34 Neal Bates 8 10 4 35 Gwyndaf Evans Ret 21 9 12 Ret 15 9 14 Ret Ret 13 16 19 4 36 Harri Rovanperä 8 16 Ret 11 19 20 Ret 20 20 28 Ret Ret 12 3 37 Masao Kamioka Ret 8 3 38 Yoshio Fujimoto 8 14 3 39 Possum Bourne Ret 8 3 40 Serge Jordan 9 2 41 Minna Sillankorva 26 Ret Ret Ret 9 14 2 42 Geoff Argyle 9 2 43 Ari Vatanen 9 2 44 Mark Tilbury 10 1 45 Miguel Campos 10 1 46 Benoît Rousselot 10 1 47 Gabriel Raies 10 1 48 Greg Graham 10 17 1 49 Tomas Jansson 11 10 1 50 Raimund Baumschlager 24 24 12 Ret 12 16 24 29 10 25 1 51 François Chatriot 16 11 18 10 1 WRC manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS GBR Points 1 Subaru 1 3 1 9 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 12 1 282 2 4 6 Ret 6 3 3 Ret 2 5 Ret Ret 3 2 Ford 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 6 6 226 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 4 4 Ret 6 20 6 7 7 3 Mitsubishi 3 10 2 1 3 24 5 3 3 4 3 2 5 153 19 Ret Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 9 17 14 7 20 9 4 Toyota 5 2 5 4 5 8 Ret Ret 5 2 1 5 2 150 7 9 Ret Ret 9 16 Ret Ret 7 4 4 Ret 4 2-Litre World Cup manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN INA ITA AUS GBR Points 1 Volkswagen 9 6 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 175 Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 2 Nissan 1 3 Ret 1 8 12 Ret 4 2 5 3 Ret 1 131 6 11 Ret 10 13 7 12 Ret Ret 3 Citroën 3 15 4 12 1 1 11 Ret 7 14 8 1 Ret 102 10 16 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 4 Ford Ret 5 2 2 Ret 8 2 1 Ret Ret 5 6 4 100 Ret 11 5 Peugeot 2 17 11 2 5 8 5 Ret 13 7 2 Ret 95 7 Ret 19 3 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 6 Škoda 5 1 Ret 10 Ret 16 3 Ret 3 Ret 6 Ret 6 65 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 SEAT 4 13 Ret 6 Ret 4 6 Ret 4 7 Ret 7 Ret 61 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Hyundai 9 4 8 9 17 11 Ret