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2002 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

GRONHOLM WINS 2002 CHAMPIONSHIP
His 2nd world title in 3 years. Co-driver Timo Raitainen.
Gronholm finished with 5 wins and 77 points; 40 points ahead and more than double the runner-up driver.
FINAL DRIVER STANDING: 1 GRONHOLM, 2 SOLBERG, 3 SAINZ, 4 McRAE, 5 BURNS, 6 PANIZZI
PEUGEOT DOMINATION
3rd consecutive world manufacturer title. 9 wins from 13 rallies.FINAL MANUFACTURER STANDING: 1 PEUGEOT, 2 FORD, 3 SUBARU, 4 HYUNDAI, 5 SKODA, 6 MITSUBISHI

• SAINZ LIKELY TO JOIN CITROEN
  MITSUBISHI TO CONTEST PART TIME
  GRONHOLM WINS RACE OF CHAMPIONS
  NEW POINTS SYSTEM
  VALIMAKI JOINS HYUNDAI
  2003 CALENDAR CONFIRMED
  AURIOL JOINS SKODA

• VALENTINO ROSSI TO DRIVE IN UK
  NEW F1 STYLE POINTS SYSTEM IN 2003
  BLUNDELL TO DRIVE SUPER 1600 IN UK
  COLIN MCRAE TO JOIN CITROEN
  ALISTAIR MCRAE TO MISS RALLY OF NZ
  PEUGEOT GETS MARLBORO SPONSORSHIP

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CALENDAR:

• 14 round championship - 2002 calendar

New German Rally will be introduced in 2002, replacing Portugese Rally

DRIVER CHANGES:

• Tommi Makinen joins Subaru ater 7 years with Mitsubishi
• Richard Burns joins Peugeot after 3 years with Subaru
• Francois Delecour joins Mitsubishi after 1 year with Ford
• Alistair McRae joins Mitsubishi from Hyundai
• Freddy Loix and Armin Schwarz joins Hyundai
• Kenneth Eriksson joins Skoda

TEAM CHANGES:

• both Citroen and Skoda will contest all 14 rounds

OTHER CHANGES:

• each team will be able to nominate 3 cars for manufacturer championship (compared to 2 cars in 2001); points will then be allocated to top 2 finishing cars

2002
Driver Champion:
M Gronholm

2002
Manufacturer
Champion:
Peugeot

2001
Driver Champion:
R Burns

2001
Manufacturer
Champion:
Peugeot

*COLIN McRAE BECOMES THE FIRST DRIVER IN HISTORY TO WIN 25 WORLD RALLIES

Karamjit Singh wins 2002 Production Car championship

2002 WORLD RALLY DRIVER STANDING:
(after Round 14 of 14, Great Britain Rally, Nov 17, 2002)

• 1 Marcus Gronholm, FIN, Peugeot, 77 points
• 2 Petter Solberg, NOR, Subaru, 37 points
• 3 Carlos Sainz, SPA, Ford, 36 points
• 4 Colin McRae, UK, Ford, 35 points
• 5 Richard Burns, UK, Peugeot, 34 points
• 6 Gilles Panizzi, Peugeot, 31 points
• Harri Rovanpera, FIN, Peugeot, 30 points
• Tommi Makinen, FIN, Subaru, 23 points
• Sebastein Loeb, FRA, Citroen, 18 points

2002 JUNIOR WORLD RALLY DRIVER STANDING:
(after Round 6 of 6)

• 1 Daniel Sola, SPA, Citroen 37 points
• 2 Andrea Dallavilla, ITA, Citroen, 29 points
• 3 Tuohino, FIN, Citroen 15 points
• 4 Giandomenico Basso, Fiat 14 points
• 5 Nicola Caldani, ITA, Peugeot 206, 13 points
• 6 Francois Duval*, BEL, Ford Puma 12 points

Driver
Champion:
2002 Gronholm
2001 Burns
2000 Gronholm
1999 Makinen

Manufacturer
Champion:
2000 Peugeot
1999 Toyota

• 1 Peugeot 165 points
• 2 Ford 104 points
• 3 Subaru 67 points
• Hyundai 10 point
• Skoda 9 point
• Mitsubishi 9 point
• (Citroen is not eligible for manufacturer points)

FINAL STANDING:

• 1 Singh (MAL), Proton, 32 pts;
• 2 Sohlberg (FIN) 26 pts;
• 3 Ferreyros 23 pts;
• 4 Arai 22 pts;
• 5 Rowe 13 pts;
• 6 Trelles 12 pts