2012 Monte Carlo Rally 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 2012 World Rally Championship season Next event →
Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monte Carlo
Dates run	January 18 – 22 2012
Stages	18[1] (433.36 km; 269.28 mi)[1]
Stage surface	Tarmac and snow
Overall distance	1,772.52 km (1,101.39 mi)[1]
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT
Crews	82[2] at start, 54 at finish

The 2012 Monte Carlo Rally, officially 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo was the first round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 18 and 22 January 2012.

Report[link]

Sebastien Loeb's Citroen DS3 WRC

Introduction[link]

The rally, returning to the WRC calendar after a three-year absence,^[3] started in Valence on Wednesday 18 January and covers over 1,339 kilometres (832.0 mi), including 433 kilometres (269.1 mi) of special stages. Stages will be run both in daylight and at night, with the route including two passes through the famous Col de Turini stage on Saturday.^[1] The rally became the first in the modern era of the sport to be held over the course of five days. 82 entries were registered for the event.^[2]

Leg One (18 January)[link]

2011 World Champion Sébastien Loeb took an early lead when he won the first stage of the rally, Le Moulinon–Antraigues. However, icy conditions on the second stage, Burzet–St Martial meant that Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead when he adopted an unorthodox tyre strategy, using super-soft and studded tyres on opposite corners of his car. By the end of the stage, Latvala had established a thirty-second lead over Loeb.^[4] Latvala's lead was short-lived, as he crashed out on the second running of Burzet–St Martial when he missed a pace note warning that a corner tightened on entry.^[5] His car fell over a short drop, but could not be retrieved. Ford later confirmed that Latvala had retired from the rally, as the event was not run to "Rally 2" – formerly super-rally – regulations which would normally allow Latvala to restart the rally the next day.^[6]

Latvala's accident meant that Loeb reclaimed the lead of the rally, one minute ahaed of Mini's Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg in the second works Ford Fiesta. Sébastien Ogier finished the day fourth in his Škoda Fabia S2000, which he credited to the mixed conditions minimising the differences in performance between the WRC and Super 2000 cars. Evgeny Novikov was fifth, the first of the privateer WRC cars.^[7]

Leg Two (19 January)[link]

The second day of competition saw the running of six special stages, five of which were won by Loeb;^[8] Sordo won the second run over Labatie D'Andaure–Lalouvesc. Ogier crashed out of the rally on the final stage of the day, the second pass over Lamastre–Gilhoc–Alboussière.^[9] Ogier had been running sixth at the time of the accident. His co-driver, Julien Ingrassia, injured his arm in the crash, though the exact extent of his injuries was not revealed except to say that it was "not broken".^[10]

At the end of the second day, Loeb's lead over Sordo was one minute and thirty-seven seconds, with third-placed Solberg a further three seconds behind.^[8] Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson admitted that he felt Solberg was being "too conservative" with the car and encouraged him to chase Sordo as it was more important for Solberg to become familiar with the car's abilities than it was to score manufacturer points.^[11] Loeb's team-mate Mikko Hirvonen was a further two minutes behind Solberg, holding a narrow lead over Novikov.^[8]

Results[link]

Event standings[link]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:32:39.9	0.0	28
2.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:35:25.4	2:45.5	18
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:35:54.1	3:14.2	15
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:36:46.7	4:06.8	14
5.	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:38:43.3	6:03.4	11
6.	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:40:27.8	7:47.9	8
7.	Pierre Campana	Sabrina de Castelli	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:41:11.3	8:31.4	6
8.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:43:14.5	10:34.6	4
9.	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:48:50.6	16:10.7	2
10.	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:48:56.5	16:16.6	1
S2000 / SWRC
1. (12.)	Kevin Abbring	Lara Vanneste	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:51:36.2	0.0	-
2. (14.)	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:57:06.2	+5:30.0	25*
3. (15.)	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	5:00:05.3	+8:29.1	-
Production Class 4 / PWRC
1. (18.)	Olivier Burri	Jean-Jacques Ferrero	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:08:10.4	0.0	-**
2. (25.)	Richard Frau	Frédéric Vauclare	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:21:55.6	+13:45.2	-**
3. (27.)	Stéphane Cornu	Fabrice Nedel	Renault Mégane RS	5:24:15.6	+16:05.2	-**
4. (28.)	Jerôme Aymard	Sandrine Aymard	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:27:11.8	+19:01.4	-**
5. (30.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:35:14.8	+27:04.4	25
Production Class 8 / PWRC[12]
1. (42.)	Martin Rada	Jaroslav Jugas	Alfa Romeo 147	5:48:32.2	0.0	-**
2. (54.)	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta ST	7:02:39.6	+1:14:07.4	18

* Only team eligible for SWRC points that was classified.

** These teams do not score points in PWRC.

Special stages[link]

^[1]

Day	Stage	Time (UTC+1)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (18 Jan)	SS1	9:03	Le Moulinon – Antraigues 1	36.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	24:04.0	91.92 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	10:21	Burzet – St Martial 1	30.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	21:28.2	85.18 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS3	14:21	Le Moulinon – Antraigues 2	36.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	23:47.0	93.01 km/h
	SS4	16:20	Burzet – St Martial 2	30.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	20:18.2	90.07 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
Leg 2 (19 Jan)	SS5	9:33	Labatie D'Andaure – Lalouvesc 1	19.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:22.5	100.22 km/h
	SS6	10:14	St. Bonnet – St. Julien Molhesabate – St. Bonnet 1	25.22 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:37.7	119.83 km/h
	SS7	11:37	Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière 1	21.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:41.8	94.88 km/h
	SS8	14:50	Labatie D'Andaure – Lalouvesc 2	19.00 km	Dani Sordo	11:14.9	101.35 km/h
	SS9	15:31	St. Bonnet – St. Julien Molhesabate – St. Bonnet 2	25.22 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:29.6	121.12 km/h
	SS10	16:54	Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière 2	21.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:00.6	92.76 km/h
Leg 3 (20 Jan)	SS11	10:02	St-Jean-en-Royans – Font d'Urle	23.28 km	Petter Solberg	12:08.6	115.03 km/h
	SS12	10:43	Cimetiere de Vassieux – Col de Gaudissart	24.13 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:47.7	91.66 km/h
	SS13	15:11	Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze – Eygalayes	29.89 km	Mikko Hirvonen	17:08.7	104.60 km/h
Leg 4 (21 Jan)	SS14	15:11	Moulinet – La Bollène Vésubie 1	23.41 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:38.4	89.81 km/h
	SS15	15:54	Lantosque – Lucéram 1	18.81 km	Petter Solberg	12:57.0	87.15 km/h
	SS16	19:34	Moulinet – La Bollène Vésubie 2	23.41 km	Petter Solberg	15:45.5	89.13 km/h
	SS17	21:17	Lantosque – Lucéram 2	18.81 km	Petter Solberg	13:05.8	86.17 km/h
Leg 5 (22 Jan)	SS18	10:11	Ste Agnès – Col de la Madone (Power stage)	5.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	3:27.8	89.39 km/h

Power Stage[link]

The "Power stage" was a 5.16 km (3.21 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held between Ste-Agnes and Col de la Madone.^[1]

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Sébastien Loeb	3:27.8	0.0	89.39 km/h	3
2	Mikko Hirvonen	3:29.0	+1.2	88.88 km/h	2
3	Evgeny Novikov	3:30.4	+2.6	88.29 km/h	1

References[link]

External links[link]

• The official website for the rally
• The official website of the World Rally Championship

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Stéphane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the 2005 rally.

Marcus Grönholm driving a Peugeot 307 WRC on the 2004 rally.

Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the 1999 rally.

The Monte Carlo Rally or Rally Monte Carlo (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is a rallying event organised each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco which also organises the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The rally now takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monaco and southeast France. Previously, competitors would set off from all four corners of Europe and ‘rally’, in other words, meet, in Monaco to celebrate the end of a unique event. From its inception in 1911 by Prince Albert I, this rally, under difficult and demanding conditions, was an important means of testing the latest improvements and innovations to automobiles. Winning the rally gave the car a great deal of credibility and publicity.

Later History[link]

The 1966 event was the most controversial in the history of the Rally. The first four finishers, driving three Mini-Coopers, Timo Mäkinen, Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, and Roger Clark's 4th-placed Ford Cortina "were excluded for having iodine vapour, single filament bulbs in their standard headlamps instead of double-filament dipping bulbs." ^[1] This elevated Pauli Toivonen (Citroën ID) into first place overall. Rosemary Smith (Hillman Imp) was also disqualified from sixth place, after winning the Coupe des Dames, the ladies' class. In all, ten cars were disqualified.^[2] The controversy that followed damaged the credibility of the event.^[3] The headline in Motor Sport: "The Monte Carlo Fiasco."

From 1973 to 2008 the rally was held in January as the first event of the FIA World Rally Championship, but since 2009 it has been the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) programme. As recently as 1991, competitors were able to choose their starting points from approximately five venues roughly equidistant from Monte Carlo (one of Monaco's administrative areas) itself. With often varying conditions at each starting point (typically comprising dry tarmac, wet tarmac, snow, and ice, sometimes all in a single stage of the rally), this placed a big emphasis on tyre choices, as a driver has to balance the need for grip on ice and snow with the need for grip on dry tarmac. For the driver, this is often a difficult choice as the tyres that work well on snow and ice normally perform badly on dry tarmac.

The Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed on 19 July 2010 that the 79th Monte-Carlo Rally would form the opening round of the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge season.^[4] To mark the centenary event, the Automobile Club de Monaco has also confirmed that Glasgow, Barcelona, Warsaw and Marrakesh have been selected as start points for the rally.

Col de Turini[link]

This rally features one of the most famous special stages in the world. The stage is run from La Bollène-Vésubie to Sospel, or the other way around, over a steep and tight mountain road with many hairpin turns. On this route it passes over the Col de Turini, which normally has ice and/or snow on sections of it at that time of the year. Spectators also throw snow on the road—in 2005, Marcus Grönholm and Petter Solberg both ripped a wheel off their cars when they skidded on snow probably placed there by spectators, and crashed into a wall. Grönholm went on to finish fifth, but Solberg was forced to retire as the damage to his car was extensive.

The Turini is also driven at night, with thousand of fans watching the "Night of Turini", also known as the "Night of the Long Knives" due to the strong high beam lights cutting through the night.^[5][6] In the 2007 edition of the rally, the Turini was not used, but it returned for the 2008 route.^[7] For both the 2009 and 2010 event the stage was run at night and shown live on Eurosport.

Past winners[link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

(list by driver / co-driver and vehicle type)

1911–1929[link]

1930–1949[link]

1950–1972[link]

1973–1985[link]

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
42ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 19 to 26 January 1973 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	18 stages 420 km	1	Jean-Claude Andruet Michèle Petit ("Biche")	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	5h 42m 04s
		2	Ove Andersson Jean Todt	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	5h 42m 30s
		3	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel Vial	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	5h 43m 39s
1974 rally cancelled
43ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 15 to 23 January 1975 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	22 stages 472 km	1	Sandro Munari Mario Manucci	Lancia Stratos HF	6h 25m 59s
		2	Hannu Mikkola Jean Todt	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6h 29m 05s
		3	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye	6h 29m 46s
44ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 17 to 24 January 1976 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	23 stages 530 km	1	Sandro Munari Mario Manucci	Lancia Stratos HF	6h 25m 10s
		2	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF	6h 26m 37s
		3	Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF	6h 31m 23s
45ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 22 to 28 January 1977 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship Round 1 of the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	26 stages 506 km	1	Sandro Munari Silvio Maiga	Lancia Stratos HF	6h 36m 13s
		2	Jean-Claude Andruet Michèle Petit ("Biche")	Fiat 131 Abarth	6h 38m 29s
		3	Antonio Zanini Juan Petisco	SEAT 124 - 1800	6h 47m 07s
46ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 21 to 28 January 1978 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship Round 1 of the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	29 stages 570 km	1	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Vincent Laverne	Porsche 911 Carrera	6h 57m 03s
		2	Jean Ragnotti Jean-Marc Andrié	Renault 5 Alpine	6h 58m 55s
		3	Guy Fréquelin Jacques Delaval	Renault 5 Alpine	6h 59m 55s
47ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 20 to 26 January 1979 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	30 stages 619 km	1	Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé	Team Chardonnet Lancia Stratos HF	8h 13m 38s
		2	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS1800	8h 13m 44s
		3	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Alitalia Fiat Fiat 131 Abarth	8h 17m 47s
48ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 19 to 25 January 1980 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	30 stages 601 km	1	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Fiat Italia Fiat 131 Abarth	8h 42m 20s
		2	Bernard Darniche Alain Mahé	Team Chardonnet Lancia Stratos HF	8h 52m 58s
		3	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Fiat Italia Fiat 131 Abarth	8h 53m 48s
49ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 24 to 30 January 1981 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	32 stages 757 km	1	Jean Ragnotti Jean-Marc Andrié	Renault Elf Renault 5 Turbo	9h 55m 55s
		2	Guy Fréquelin Jean Todt	Talbot Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	9h 58m 49s
		3	Jochi Kleint Gunter Wanger	Opel Euro Händler Opel Ascona 400	10h 2m 54s
50ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 16 to 22 January 1982 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	32 stages 753 km	1	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Rothmans Opel Rally Team Opel Ascona 400	8h 20m 33s
		2	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro	8h 24m 22s
		3	Jean-Luc Thérier Michel Vial	Esso Porsche 911SC	8h 32m 38s
51ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 22 to 29 January 1983 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	30 stages 709 km	1	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037	7h 58m 57s
		2	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037	8h 5m 59s
		3	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1	8h 10m 15s
52ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 21 to 27 January 1984 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	30 stages 722 km	1	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	8h 52m 29s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	8h 53m 53s
		3	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	9h 5m 9s
53ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 26 January to 1 February 1985 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	34 stages 852 km	1	Ari Vatanen Terry Harryman	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	10h 20m 49s
		2	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro	10h 26m 06s
		3	Timo Salonen Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	10h 30m 54s

1986–1999[link]

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
54ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 18 to 24 January 1986 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	36 stages 867 km	1	Henri Toivonen Sergio Cresto	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta S4	10h 11m 24s
		2	Timo Salonen Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 206 Turbo 16 E2	10h 15m 28s
		3	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro E2	10h 18m 46s
55ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 17 to 22 January 1987 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	26 stages 572 km	1	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7h 39m 50s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7h 40m 49s
		3	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport Audi 200 Quattro	7h 44m 0s
56ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 16 to 21 January 1988 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	26 stages 624 km	1	Bruno Saby Jean-François Fauchille	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7h 19m 11s
		2	Alex Fiorio Luigi Pirollo	Jolly Club Lancia Delta HF 4WD	7h 30m 1s
		3	Jean-Pierre Ballet Marie-Christine Lallemont	Privateer Peugeot 205 GTI	7h 42m 46s
57ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 21 to 26 January 1989 Round 2 of the World Rally Championship	24 stages 613 km	1	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale	7h 13m 27s
		2	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale	7h 19m 54s
		3	Bruno Saby Jean-François Fauchille	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF Integrale	7h 21m 8s
58ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 19 to 25 January 1990 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	20 stages 556 km	1	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	5h 56m 52s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four	5h 57m 44s
		3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	6h 0m 31s
59ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 24 to 30 January 1991 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	27 stages 626 km	1	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four	6h 57m 21s
		2	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	7h 2m 20s
		3	François Delecour Anne-Chantal Pauwels	Q8 Team Ford Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	7h 2m 33s
60ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 23 to 28 January 1992 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	26 stages 606 km	1	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale	6h 54m 20s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6h 56m 25s
		3	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Martini Racing Lancia Delta HF Integrale	6h 57m 17s
61ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 21 to 27 January 1993 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	22 stages 594 km	1	Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6h 13m 43s
		2	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6h 13m 58s
		3	Miki Biasion Tiziano Siviero	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6h 16m 59s
62ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 22 to 27 January 1994 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	22 stages 588 km	1	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6h 12m 20s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6h 13m 25s
		3	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555	6h 14m 7s
63ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 22 to 26 January 1995 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship Round 1 of the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers	21 stages 547 km	1	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555	6h 32m 31s
		2	François Delecour Catherine François	RAS Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6h 34m 56s
		3	Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four	6h 36m 28s
64ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 20 to 25 January 1996 Round 1 of the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers, no World Rally Championship	21 stages 427 km	1	Patrick Bernardini Bernard Occelli	Alliance Yacco Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5h 24m 40s
		2	François Delecour Hervé Sauvage	Peugeot Sport Peugeot 306 Maxi	5h 28m 24s
		3	Armin Schwarz Klaus Wicha	H. F. Grifone Toyota Celica GT-Four	5h 31m 52s
65ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 19 to 27 January 1997 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	18 stages 410 km	1	Piero Liatti Fabrizia Pons	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC97	4h 26m 58s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC	4h 27m 53s
		3	Tommi Mäkinen Seppo Harjanne	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	4h 29m 29s
66ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 19 to 21 January 1998 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	18 stages 359 km	1	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla	4h 28m 0.5s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC	4h 28m 41.3s
		3	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	4h 29m 1.5s
67ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 17 to 20 January 1999 Round 1 of the World Rally Championship	14 stages 425 km	1	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5h 16m 50.6s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	5h 18m 35.3s
		3	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	5h 20m 7.4s