List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series administered by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The WRC was first contested in 1973 though only awarded championship titles to manufacturers to begin with. In 1977 the FIA Cup for Drivers began before being replaced in 1979 with the World Rally Championship for Drivers. There is no official FIA online publication of co-driver champions or when the title was introduced, but according to the printed FIA Yearbooks of Automobile Sport (the official FIA archives of motorsport), the first recorded co-driver world title was awarded in 1982 to Christian Geistdörfer who ran with the driver champion Walter Röhrl that year. The archives of WRC.com had recorded co-driver world champions from 2001, however this page is no longer maintained by WRC.com. eWRC-Results.com, a popular rally results archive has co-driver standings from 1998 onwards on its 'Seasons' pages. The website Juwra.com holds a record of WRC sporting regulations from 2004 and there are references at least to a co-driver championship title from that year. Because of this lack of forthcoming information from either of the official sources FIA or WRC it is not unusual to see conflicting information about who is a champion or not. For example, Nicky Grist may mistakenly be called a co-driver champion for sitting with driver champion Juha Kankkunnen in 1993, however he did not do all the rallies and was outscored by Daniel Grataloup, the official co-driver champion as recorded by the FIA Yearbooks. Some co-drivers may be called champions in years prior to 1982 too, technically speaking they are celebrated as such unofficially. The list below includes these co-drivers, using point scoring systems copied from the drivers championship (or cup from 1977 to 1978).

The driver's and co-driver's championships are separate championships but follow the same structure for accruing points. Since 2010 points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten WRC (overall) drivers and co-drivers that qualify as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. In addition to those points, from 2011 each event holds 1 special stage, the Power Stage, in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five fastest (5, 4, 3, 2, 1).Rule changes summary juwra.com In previous years the points awarded for overall classification has ranged from between 9 and 25 points for a win and having points awarded to the top 6, 8, 10 or even 15 crews. This makes comparing results across years difficult.

Daniel Elena holds the record for the most co-drivers' championships, winning nine during his career. He also holds the record for the most championships won in a row; he won nine consecutive titles from 2004 to 2012. Julien Ingrassia is second, with eight championships won between 2013 and 2021.

List of co-drivers' champions By year

+List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' championsSeasonCountryCo-DriverCarWinsPodiumsNotes1977Lancia Stratos HF34FIA Cup for Drivers1978Lancia Stratos HF / Fiat 131 Abarth37FIA Cup for Drivers1979Mercedes-Benz 450 SL / Ford Escort RS180026First World Rally Championship for Drivers1980Fiat 131 Abarth461981Ford Escort RS1800351982Opel Ascona 40028First officially recorded Co-Driver title awarded1983Audi Quattro A1 / Audi Quattro A2471984Audi Quattro A2561985Peugeot 205 Turbo 16581986Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2361987Lancia Delta HF 4WD251988Lancia Delta Integrale561989Lancia Delta Integrale551990Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)491991Lancia Delta Integrale 16V571992Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)481993Ford Escort RS Cosworth36Only instance of champion drivers and co-drivers from different crews1994Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)361995Subaru Impreza 555251996Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III56Only Co-driver to have won championships with different drivers1997Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 4 91998Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 5 71999Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4 72000Peugeot 206 WRC 4 72001Subaru Impreza WRC 1 62002Peugeot 206 WRC 5 92003Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 4 72004Citroën Xsara WRC 6 122005Citroën Xsara WRC 10 132006Citroën Xsara WRC 8 122007Citroën C4 WRC 8 132008Citroën C4 WRC 11 132009Citroën C4 WRC 7 92010Citroën C4 WRC 8 132011Citroën DS3 WRC 5 92012Citroën DS3 WRC 9 102013Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9 112014Volkswagen Polo R WRC 8 102015Volkswagen Polo R WRC 8 102016Volkswagen Polo R WRC6112017Ford Fiesta WRC292018Ford Fiesta WRC462019Toyota Yaris WRC692020Toyota Yaris WRC252021Toyota Yaris WRC572022Toyota GR Yaris Rally1572023Toyota GR Yaris Rally1382024Hyundai i20 N Rally1262025Toyota GR Yaris Rally1642026Toyota GR Yaris Rally124Source:

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By co-driver

+List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' Champions by co-driverCo-DriverTotalSeasons 9 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 3 1986, 1987, 1991 3 1985, 1996, 1997 2 1980, 1982 2 1988, 1989 2 1990, 1992 2 1998, 1999 2 2000, 2002 2 2022, 2023 1 1977 1 1978 1 1979 1 1981 1 1983 1 1984 1 1993 1 1994 1 1995 1 2001 1 2003 1 2019 1 2024 12026

By nationality +List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' Champions by nationalityCountryCo-DriversTotal wins 613 411 19 55 33 23 12 12 11 11

List of World Rally Championship Co-Drivers' champions

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