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1995 WRC Season Trivia Quiz

How well do you know the 1995 World Rally Championship Season? We're about to find out. From simple questions to hard ones...

A multiple-choice quiz by Bruce D. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Bruce D

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
146,231

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
336

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who was the 1995 World Rally Drivers champion? Hint

Carlos Sainz

Didier Auriol

Juha Kankkunen

Colin McRae

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who was the 1995 Manufacturer's champion? Hint

Subaru

Mitsubishi

Toyota

Ford

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who was the 1995 Formula 2 World Champion? Hint

Skoda

SEAT

Peugeot

Opel

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who won the most rallies in the 1995 WRC? Hint

Carlos Sainz

Didier Auriol

Colin McRae

Tommi Makinen

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Question 5 of 25

5. Why was Toyota disqualified from the championship? Hint

Cars were not homologated

Illegal brakes

Illegal turbochargers

Didn't pay registration fees

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was controversial about the Swedish Rally? Hint

Mitsubishi placed team orders on Eriksson and Makinen

Kankkunen got the last set of proper snow tyres rather than Auriol

All the Subaru's retired with the same engine problem

The two regular Toyota drivers were beaten by teammate Radstrom

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who nearly won the Corsican rally until wheel bearing failure caused him to retire just 2 stages from home? Hint

Didier Auriol

Freddy Loix

Francios Delecour

Bruno Thiry

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who led the manufacturer's championship after the Monte Carlo Rally (Round 1)? Hint

Subaru

Toyota

Mitsubishi

Ford

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Question 9 of 25

9. Why did Tommi Makinen lose third place on the final day of the Monte Carlo Rally? Hint

Transmission problems

Bad pace notes

Accident damage

Ran out of fuel

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Question 10 of 25

10. How many rounds counted towards the Drivers and Manufacturers championship? Hint

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Question 11 of 25

11. How many rounds counted towards the Formula 2 World Championship? Hint

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which of these drivers won two events in 1995, including a fantastic dice with Colin McRae in Australia? Hint

Kenneth Eriksson

Juha Kankkunen

Tommi Makinen

Didier Auriol

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Question 13 of 25

13. What was the gap between Kenneth Eriksson and Colin McRae at the end of leg 2 of Rally Australia? Hint

2 seconds

5 seconds

10 seconds

0 seconds

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Question 14 of 25

14. Who won the F2-only Safari rally overall? Hint

Richard Burns

Kenjiro Shinozuka

Ian Duncan

Yoshio Fujimoto

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was the official name of the Toyota used by Toyota Team Europe in 1995? Hint

Toyota Celica GT-4

Toyota Celica GT-Four

Toyota Celica Turbo 4wd

Toyota Corolla WRC

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who won the F2-only Acropolis Rally overall? Hint

Aris Vovos

Miki Biasion

Ari Vatanen

Rudi Stohl

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which local driver won the Argentina Rally (F2-only) overall? Hint

Jorge Recalde

Gabriel Raies

Gustavo Trelles

Carlos Reutemann

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Question 18 of 25

18. What happened to Tommi Makinen while leading both the New Zealand and RAC Rallies? Hint

Crashed out

Co-Driver was sick

Mechanical failure

Ran out of fuel

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Question 19 of 25

19. What was significant about McRae's title victory? Hint

He was the first British World Champion

He was the last person to win the championship in a Group A car

His father had been World Champion

It was the last appearance of the Group A Impreza

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who won the 1000 Lakes Rally overall? Hint

Tommi Makinen

Jarmo Kytolehto

Juha Kankkunen

Ari Vatanen

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who did not finish in Sweden and Portugal, but finished 2nd in Finland, all in private cars, and went on to become World Champion five years later? Hint

Richard Burns

Marcus Gronholm

Tommi Makinen

Didier Auriol

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Question 22 of 25

22. Won finished 4th in the Drivers championship? Hint

Francios Delecour

Tommi Makinen

Bruno Thiry

Kenneth Eriksson

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who was Group N World Champion? Hint

Rui Madeira

Isolde Holderied

Gustavo Trelles

Jorge Recalde

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who was Mitsubishi's tarmac specialist for 1995? Hint

Francios Delecour

Andrea Aghini

Bruno Thiry

Piero Liatti

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who was the Ladies Cup Champion? Hint

Isolde Holderied

Christine Driano

Louis AtkinsWalker

Eija Jurvanen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the 1995 World Rally Drivers champion?

Answer: Colin McRae

After a slow start to the season, McRae fough back to win the title at the last round in Great Britain.

2. Who was the 1995 Manufacturer's champion?

Answer: Subaru

For most of the season Mitsubishi lead the championship, but two consecutive 1-2-3 finishes by Subaru in the final two rounds sealed the title.

3. Who was the 1995 Formula 2 World Champion?

Answer: Peugeot

Opel scored more points than Peugeot but did not participate in events outside of Europe, which was a requirement, and so Peugeot were given the title.

4. Who won the most rallies in the 1995 WRC?

Answer: Carlos Sainz

Sainz won 3 rallies to McRae's 2.

5. Why was Toyota disqualified from the championship?

Answer: Illegal turbochargers

In probably the most embarrasing moment in rallying, Toyota were found to have deliberately altered their turbochargers to allow more air into the engine.

6. What was controversial about the Swedish Rally?

Answer: Mitsubishi placed team orders on Eriksson and Makinen

Mitsubishi issued team orders stating Eriksson would be allowed to win, when Makinen was ahead overall. Makinen stopped in front of the press cameras on the final stage to let his teammate through. Andrew Cowan had lots of explaining to do.

7. Who nearly won the Corsican rally until wheel bearing failure caused him to retire just 2 stages from home?

Answer: Bruno Thiry

Thiry led from Stage 1 to Stage 20, before the wheel bearing failed handing the win to Didier Auriol.

8. Who led the manufacturer's championship after the Monte Carlo Rally (Round 1)?

Answer: Ford

Subaru won the rally with Carlos Sainz but Ford managed to get two cars to the finish, Delecour 2nd and 35th.

9. Why did Tommi Makinen lose third place on the final day of the Monte Carlo Rally?

Answer: Transmission problems

Makinen was on course to beat Kankkunen to third when he was stuck in rear-wheel drive for the final day.

10. How many rounds counted towards the Drivers and Manufacturers championship?

Answer: 8

The FIA's controversial "rotation system" meant that 1995 was the shortest championship in the history of the WRC.

11. How many rounds counted towards the Formula 2 World Championship?

Answer: 10

The F2 championship shared Monte Carlo, Sweden, Portugal, Corsica, and New Zealand with the main WRC.

12. Which of these drivers won two events in 1995, including a fantastic dice with Colin McRae in Australia?

Answer: Kenneth Eriksson

Eriksson was given the win in Sweden due to team orders and then fought like crazy with McRae in Australia.

13. What was the gap between Kenneth Eriksson and Colin McRae at the end of leg 2 of Rally Australia?

Answer: 0 seconds

Amazingly, after 21 stages and 385.64km of rallying they finised day 2 dead level on time!

14. Who won the F2-only Safari rally overall?

Answer: Yoshio Fujimoto

Fujimoto won by nearly 1 hour in his Toyota Celica Turbo 4wd.

15. What was the official name of the Toyota used by Toyota Team Europe in 1995?

Answer: Toyota Celica GT-Four

The Celica GT-Four had first been tried by Kankkunen in Australia 1994 and was used by the whole team from the start of 1995. The Celica GT-4 was the original Celica used in the WRC (1988-1992), the Turbo 4wd was next (1992-1994) and the Corolla WRC did not debut until 1997.

16. Who won the F2-only Acropolis Rally overall?

Answer: Aris Vovos

With no works cars to compete against Aris Vovos won his home event in an ageing Lancia HF Intergrale.

17. Which local driver won the Argentina Rally (F2-only) overall?

Answer: Jorge Recalde

No works cars, so an easy win for the local man in an Intergrale.

18. What happened to Tommi Makinen while leading both the New Zealand and RAC Rallies?

Answer: Crashed out

A bad pace note caused him to crash out of New Zealand, and an accident caused fatal damage to his Lancer while leading in Great Britain.

19. What was significant about McRae's title victory?

Answer: He was the first British World Champion

He was the first driver from Britain to win the title. Since then Richard Burns has won the title as well.

20. Who won the 1000 Lakes Rally overall?

Answer: Tommi Makinen

Makinen dominated the event when Kankkunen crashed out on Stage 1.

21. Who did not finish in Sweden and Portugal, but finished 2nd in Finland, all in private cars, and went on to become World Champion five years later?

Answer: Marcus Gronholm

Gronholm retired with gearbox failure in Sweden, crashed out of Portugal, but kept it on the road to finish second in Finland. He would become world champion with Peugeot in 2000 and 2002.

22. Won finished 4th in the Drivers championship?

Answer: Francios Delecour

Delecour had a difficult season but still managed 4th in the title chase.

23. Who was Group N World Champion?

Answer: Rui Madeira

Madeira dominated the Group N title chase, taking maximum points on 4 of the 8 rounds. He also helped Mitsubishi gain some valuable manufacturers points in Portugal and Catalunya.

24. Who was Mitsubishi's tarmac specialist for 1995?

Answer: Andrea Aghini

Aghini did well, finishing 7th in the championship with 6th, 3rd, and 5th overall placings.

25. Who was the Ladies Cup Champion?

Answer: Isolde Holderied

Holderied drove for the semi-works Ralliart Germany team running in Group N and was the only lady to compete for the championship. A one horse race if ever there was one.

Source: Author Bruce D

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