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1998 WRC Season Trivia Quiz

The quest continues. How much do you know?

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

Author
Bruce D

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
147,346

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Tough

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1. Who was the world champion driver? Hint

Marcus Gronholm

Carlos Sainz

Tommi Makinen

Richard Burns

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2. Who was manufacturer's champion? Hint

Subaru

Ford

Toyota

Mitsubishi

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3. Who was Group N champion? Hint

Manfred Stohl

Marc Duez

Marco Gianti

Gustavo Trelles

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4. Who won the F2 championship? Hint

SEAT

Renault

Hyundai

Peugeot

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5. At which event did SEAT debut their new World Rally Car? Hint

Rally Australia

Acropolis Rally

Rally Catalunya

Rally Finland

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6. Who led most of the year in the driver's championship? Hint

Colin McRae

Carlos Sainz

Tommi Makinen

Juha Kankkunen

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7. Sweden was Kenneth Eriksson's last event for Subaru. Which team did he then join? Hint

SEAT

Hyundai

Toyota

Ford

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8. Who took their first WRC win on the Safari Rally? Hint

Bruno Thiry

Richard Burns

Ian Duncan

Harri Rovanpera

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9. By how much did Colin McRae beat Carlos Sainz to win the Rally of Portugal? Hint

1.7sec

10sec

2.1sec

5.6sec

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10. Which driver replaced Didier Auriol as the nominated driver for Toyota Team Europe at the Catalunya Rally? Hint

Freddy Loix

Francios Delecour

Bruno Thiry

Gilles Panizzi

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11. Who replaced Bruno Thiry at the Safari and Portugese rallies? Hint

Juha Kankkunen

Freddy Loix

Sebastian Lindholm

Ari Vatanen

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12. What was significant about Carlos Sainz's win in New Zealand? Hint

First 1-2 finish for the Corolla WRC

His record-breaking 22nd WRC win

His first win in New Zealand

The closet finish ever in the WRC

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13. Who was Subaru's second nominated driver on Rally Finland? Hint

Sebastian Lindholm

Ari Vatanen

Piero Liatti

Jarmo Kytolehto

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14. Why could Liatti not let McRae passed in San Remo? Hint

McRae was too far behind

Sainz was too close to allow Liatti to drop back and only let McRae through

McRae was out already

McRae was ahead of him already

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15. What did Sainz think of Makinen's win in Rally Australia? Hint

Sainz had driven badly

Makinen was using a illegal turbo

Makinen had jumped the start of a stage but had not been given a penalty

Makinen was late at a service park

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16. What happened to Tommi Makinen on Rally GB? Hint

Crashed into a concrete block

Tranmission failed

Engine blew

Slid off the road

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17. What happened to Carlos Sainz on Rally GB? Hint

Engine failed

Crashed out

Finished 4th overall

Broke his gearbox

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18. Why was Rally GB important for Ford? Hint

First appearance of the Focus

The last time before Malcolm Wilson took over

Last rally for Ford

The last appearance of the Escort

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19. What was new for the WRC in 1998? Hint

No slicks allowed

Limited number of days

Restricted service parks

Timing to a tenth of a second

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20. A new series was run in the WRC in 1998. What was it? Hint

Junior WRC

Production Cup

Teams Cup

Super 1600

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21. Which manufacturers demonstrated new World Rally Cars during 1998? Hint

Ford, Peugeot

Ford, Peugeot, SEAT, Skoda

Skoda

Peugeot

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22. Which team ran different colour design on their cars for every event? Hint

Mitsubishi

Toyota

Ford

Subaru

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23. Who was Peugeot's third driver for their WRC team in 1999? Hint

Marcus Gronholm

Bruno Thiry

Harri Rovanpera

Freddy Loix

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24. Who was Subaru second nominated driver on Rally GB? Hint

Jarmo Kytolehto

Piero Liatti

Alister McRae

Sebastian Lindholm

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25. Who signed a massive deal with Ford to drive for them in 1999? Hint

Richard Burns

Colin McRae

Carlos Sainz

Petter Solberg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the world champion driver?

Answer: Tommi Makinen

Makinen clinched a closely fought championship by coming from behind and taking the title on a final dramatic round.

2. Who was manufacturer's champion?

Answer: Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi clinched their first, and so far only, world championship by a great combined effort of Makinen and Richard Burns.

3. Who was Group N champion?

Answer: Gustavo Trelles

Trelles took his third title in a row.

4. Who won the F2 championship?

Answer: SEAT

SEAT clinched the title despite changing to a World Rally Car from round 9 - Rally Finland.

5. At which event did SEAT debut their new World Rally Car?

Answer: Rally Finland

After dominating the F2 championship, SEAT took the plunge and moved to the WRC class with a new World Rally Car, which would later be renamed the Cordoba WRC. Such was their domination of F2 that they still won that title without officially doing the last three events!

6. Who led most of the year in the driver's championship?

Answer: Carlos Sainz

Sainz won the Monte and lead the championship until Round 6 - Corsica, but retook the lead on the very next event in Argentina, losing it again in Greece before taking the lead again in New Zealand, which he would not lose until Australia.

7. Sweden was Kenneth Eriksson's last event for Subaru. Which team did he then join?

Answer: Hyundai

Eriksson left Subaru to join the Hyundai F2 team to help them towards getting a full World Rally Car done by 2000.

8. Who took their first WRC win on the Safari Rally?

Answer: Richard Burns

Burns had an eventful rally but eventually won the event by 10 minutes. He went off the road on every day of the event!

9. By how much did Colin McRae beat Carlos Sainz to win the Rally of Portugal?

Answer: 2.1sec

This became the closet WRC finish in history, with Sainz chasing McRae down all of the final day.

10. Which driver replaced Didier Auriol as the nominated driver for Toyota Team Europe at the Catalunya Rally?

Answer: Freddy Loix

Toyota decided that Auriol needed some motivation and chose Loix as their nominated driver for this event. Auriol won the event, beating Loix by 53.4sec!

11. Who replaced Bruno Thiry at the Safari and Portugese rallies?

Answer: Ari Vatanen

While on the recce for the Safari, Thiry's car broke down and Kankkunen picked them up to give them a lift. Whilst driving back to base they hit a bump and Thiry broke a rib. This put him out of the next two event and Ari Vatanen was asked to join the team. Vatanen finished 3rd overall on the Safari!

12. What was significant about Carlos Sainz's win in New Zealand?

Answer: His record-breaking 22nd WRC win

At this event, Sainz passed Kankkunen's record of 21 wins.

13. Who was Subaru's second nominated driver on Rally Finland?

Answer: Jarmo Kytolehto

Jarmo Kytolehto joined the team for this event, finishing 8th overall and not helping the team score points.

14. Why could Liatti not let McRae passed in San Remo?

Answer: Sainz was too close to allow Liatti to drop back and only let McRae through

Sainz was close enough to McRae to stop Subaru from forcing Liatti to take a penalty, as it would have dropped him behind Sainz as well and would have lost points in the manufacturer's championship.

15. What did Sainz think of Makinen's win in Rally Australia?

Answer: Makinen had jumped the start of a stage but had not been given a penalty

Makinen was judged to have jumped the start of stage by a electronic beam, which timed his jump to be 0.04sec. The rules didn't really cover electronic judgement of a jump start and so the penalty was dropped. Sainz was not pleased!

16. What happened to Tommi Makinen on Rally GB?

Answer: Crashed into a concrete block

Makinen hit a concrete block during stage 6 ripping off his right rear wheel and forcing the police to stop him on the road section after the stage. He was out of the title deciding round. It didn't matter in the end ... he was still world champion at the end of the season.

17. What happened to Carlos Sainz on Rally GB?

Answer: Engine failed

The engine failed in his Corolla WRC just 500 metres away from the end of the final stage and just 500 metres away from winning the world championship! Luis Moya threw his helmet through the back window in anger.

18. Why was Rally GB important for Ford?

Answer: The last appearance of the Escort

The Escort finally retired from the WRC on this event, 30 years after it made its debut.

19. What was new for the WRC in 1998?

Answer: Timing to a tenth of a second

The new timing system was used for the first time this season with only the Safari rally running to the old timing system.

20. A new series was run in the WRC in 1998. What was it?

Answer: Teams Cup

The Teams cup was started in 1998 and won by HF Grifone using Corolla WRCs.

21. Which manufacturers demonstrated new World Rally Cars during 1998?

Answer: Ford, Peugeot, SEAT, Skoda

Ford (September 98), Peugeot (tested in November 98), SEAT (shown in May 98), and Skoda (November 98) all showed new World Rally Cars to be used during 1999.

22. Which team ran different colour design on their cars for every event?

Answer: Toyota

Toyota started from the Safari rally to customise their colour schemes to match each event they went to.

23. Who was Peugeot's third driver for their WRC team in 1999?

Answer: Marcus Gronholm

Gronholm would join the team for selected events in 99, followed by a full programme in 2000.

24. Who was Subaru second nominated driver on Rally GB?

Answer: Alister McRae

For the first time two brothers were teammates and both lead the event after SS1! Alister crashed out.

25. Who signed a massive deal with Ford to drive for them in 1999?

Answer: Colin McRae

Source: Author Bruce D

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