Greatest Rally Drivers

He had seven overall wins and a drivers championship in 1985.

Greatest rally drivers. 2 3 united kingdom. We find out who the best rally drivers in the world were looking up to when they were growing up. Of course there are driven like ove andersson mild biasion ari vatanen and jean pierre nicolas who have won both the monte carlo and the safari events at extremes of the rally firmament. Rallyhero worship with the wrcs finest.

Though he may not have looked the part with his stocky build thick glasses and tenacious smoking habit timo salonen was the winningest rally driver during wrcs insane group b years. 2 2 west germany. Rallyhero worship with the wrcs finest. From 1987 until 2001 prost held the record for most grand prix victories.

Formula one is the top series in motorsports with the greatest drivers in the world. And as with any sport fans of race cars love to discuss who is the greatest driver of all time. Rohrl also won the monte carlo rally four times for as many marques and claimed 14 world rally championship wins overall. Race car fans are a passionate bunch.

List of world rally championship drivers champions by nationality country drivers total wins france. Active drivers listed in bold in the tables are those who have entered a wrc event within the past twelve months. Alain prost is a famous french racing driver. In 1999 prost received the world sports awards.

Whether formula one or nascar fans of racing hotly debate the merits of various driverstheir championships rivalries and the trophies that got away. But there were many more varied examples that were raised by our panel. We find out who the best rally drivers in the world were looking up to when they were growing up. Who then is read more read.

A four time formula one drivers champion only michael schumacher seven time championship has equalled or surpassed his number of titles. This is an incomplete list of drivers who have entered a world rally championship event.