1988 World Rally Championship season

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The 1988 World Rally Championship season was the 15th 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.

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 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 withdrawl 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 condest 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.

1 Events
2 Championship for manufacturers
3 Championship for drivers
4 Cup for production car drivers
5 See also

[edit] 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	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time
1	56ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 16–January 21)	1	Bruno Saby	Jean-Francois 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 205 GTI	7:42.46

2	38th International Swedish Rally (February 4–February 6)	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	5:02.31
		2	Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	Rallysport Sweden	Lancia Delta HF	5:04.08
		3	Lars-Erik Torph	Tina Thörner		Audi Coupe Quattro	5:10.03

3	22º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 1–March 6)	1	Miki Biasion	Carlo Cassina	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta 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	36th Marlboro Safari Rally (March 31–April 4)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta 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	32ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (May 3–May 6)	1	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Ford Motor Company	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	7:12.04
		2	Yves Loubet	Jean-Bernard Vieu	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:15.09
		3	Bruno Saby	Jean-Francois Fauchille	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale

6	35th Acropolis Rally (May 29–June 1)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:03.00
		2	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:04.43
		3	Alex Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:10.40

7	23rd Olympus Rally (June 23–June 26)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	5:28.44
		2	Alex Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta Integrale	5:34.07
		3	John Buffum	John Bellefleur		Audi Coupe Quattro	5:44.59

8	18th Rothman's Rally New Zealand (July 9–July 12)	1	Sepp Haider	Ferdi Hinterleitner	GM Euro Sport	Opel Kadett GSI 16V	7:38.39
		2	Ray Wilson	Stuart Lewis		Mazda 323 4WD	7:57.16
		3	Malcolm Stewart	John Kennard		Audi Coupe Quattro	8:02.25

9	8º Marlboro Rally Argentina (August 2–August 6)	1	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Buono	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:05.16
		2	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:08.51
		3	Franz Wittman	Jörg Patterman	Lancia Rally Team Austria	Lancia Delta Integrale	7:34.13

10	38th 1000 Lakes Rally (August 26–August 28)	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	4:35.29
		2	Mikael Ericsson	Claes Billstam	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	4:38.24
		3	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Ford Motor Company	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	4:45.15

11	20ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (September 20–September 24)	1	Alain Ambrosino	Daniel Le Saux		Nissan 200SX	+3:34.51 pen
		2	Pascal Gaban	Willy Lux		Mazda 323 4WD	+5:06.33 pen
		3	Patrick Tauziac	Claude Papin		Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	+7:20.20 pen

12	30º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia (October 10–October 14)	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:06.41
		2	Alex Fiorio	Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:07.34
		3	Dario Cerrato	Giuseppe Cerri	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta Integrale	6:08.35

13	37th Lombard RAC Rally (November 20–November 24)	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta 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 Great Britain	Toyota Celica GT-Four	7:22.16

[edit] Championship for manufacturers

**1988 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturers	Event											Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Lancia	(20)	(20)	(20)	20	(17)	20	20	20	20	20	20	140
2	Ford	-	17	10	-	20	-	-	-	14	10	8	79
3	Audi	7	14	-	4	-	10	14	12	(2)	(2)	10	71
4	Mazda	10	-	12	-	-	9	6	-	12	-	17	66
5	Toyota	-	-	-	12	8	-	-	4	-	8	14	46
6	Renault	12	-	4	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	32
7	BMW	13	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
8	Nissan	-	-	-	17	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	23
9	Subaru	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	18
10	Peugeot	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	15
11	Volkswagen	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	14
12	Opel	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	13
13	Suzuki	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	9
14	Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7
15	Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
16	Fiat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2

[edit] Championship for drivers

**1988 World Rally Championship for Drivers**
Rank	Driver	Event													Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Miki Biasion	-	-	20	20	-	20	20	-	15	-	-	20	-	115
2	Markku Alén	-	20	6	-	-	10	-	-	-	20	-	10	20	86
3	Alex Fiorio	15	-	15	-	-	12	15	-	-	4	-	15	-	76
4	Stig Blomqvist	-	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	6	41
5	Timo Salonen	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	15	33
6	Bruno Saby	20	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
6	Didier Auriol	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	32
8	Mikael Ericsson	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	30
9	Jorge Recalde	-	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	20	-	-	-	-	27
10	Yves Loubet	-	-	12	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
11	Carlos Sainz	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	4	26
12	Kenneth Eriksson	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	22
13	Rudi Stohl	-	-	-	3	-	8	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	21
14	Sepp Haider	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	20
14	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	20
16	Pascal Gaban	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	16
17	Björn Waldegård	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	16
18	Mike Kirkland	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
18	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
	Patrick Tauziac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
	Dario Cerrato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12
28	Alain Oreille	10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
29	Giovanni Del Zoppo	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	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	Hakan Eriksson	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Juha Kankkunen	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Ross Meekings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Jose Celsi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8
	Adolphe Choteau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
	Armin Schwarz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
43	Francois 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	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3
70	Mats Jonsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	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
	Smir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Paolo Alessandrini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Kalle Grundel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

**1988 World Rally Championship point awards for drivers**
Points awarded by finish	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points awarded by finish	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

[edit] Cup for production car drivers

**1988 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars**
Rank	Driver	Event													Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Pascal Gaban	-	-	10	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13	7	2	45
2	Jorge Recalde	-	-	13	-	-	-	10	-	-	13	-	-	7	43
3	Giovanni Del Zoppo	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	7	-	-	-	30
4	Grégoire De Mévius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	13	16
5	Massimo Ercolani	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	15
6	Francois Chauche	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
	Sören Nilsson	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
	César Baroni	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13
	Dave Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	13
	Andrea Aghini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
11	Richard Frau	7	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12