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1997 World Rally Championship

The 1997 World Rally Championship was the 25th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season saw many changes in the championship. Most notably, Group A was partially replaced by the World Rally Car with manufacturers given the option which regulations to construct to. One inherent benefit to manufacturers by adopting WRC regulations was removing the need to mass-produce road-going versions of the cars that they competed with, under the previous rules for homologation. This meant that vehicles such as the Escort RS Cosworth and Subaru Impreza Turbo no longer had to be mass-produced for general sale in order to compete at World Championship level, and thus acting as a means of attracting increased competition and involvement by manufacturers. In the few years that follow, the Championship saw the added presence of WRC cars from companies such as Toyota, Hyundai, Seat, Citroën, and Peugeot, who would all compete under WRC regulations without having to manufacture equivalent specialised road cars for public sale. Both Ford and Subaru switched to WRC in 1997, except Mitsubishi who stayed with Group A to maintain the links to their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution road cars. Subaru's transition was much more gradual for similar reasons with the early Subaru Impreza WRCs still largely Group A in nature.

Events also became shorter and more compact, event rotation system used in previous three seasons was dropped and registered manufacturers were required to contest the expanded 14 event calendar for the first time. In due course the World Rally Car rules would bring new manufactures into the sport, but at the start of 1997 it was still Subaru versus Mitsubishi versus Ford as before, although, by mid season Toyota Team Europe were back with a Corolla World Rally Car. The Drivers' championship was very tightly contested and in the end Tommi Mäkinen won his second drivers' world championship in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV by a single point ahead of Subaru Impreza WRC driver Colin McRae after the final round in Great Britain. Carlos Sainz was third in the leading Ford Escort WRC. The Manufacturers' title was won by Subaru with Ford second and Mitsubishi third.

One major flaw in the new class system was exposed by the increasing speed of the naturally aspirated front-wheel-drive FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup cars. The tarmac specification cars built by Peugeot and Renault that competed in the all-tarmac French and Spanish championships became major threats on WRC tarmac events Rallye Catalunya and the Tour de Corse with Gilles Panizzi defeating all but two of the WRC four-wheel-drive turbos in his Peugeot 306 Maxi, taking third place in both events.

Calendar

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The 1997 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Round Dates Race
1 19–22 January   Monte Carlo Rally
2 7–10 February   Swedish Rally
3 1–3 March   Safari Rally
4 23–26 March   Rally Portugal
5 14–16 April   Rally Catalunya
6 5–7 May   Tour de Corse
7 22–24 May   Rally Argentina
8 8–10 June   Acropolis Rally
9 2–5 August   Rally New Zealand
10 29–31 August   Rally Finland
11 19–21 September   Rally Indonesia
12 12–15 October   Rally Sanremo
13 30 October-2 November   Rally Australia
14 23–25 November   RAC Rally
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Teams and drivers

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Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No. Driver Co-Driver Rounds
  Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV M 1   Tommi Mäkinen   Seppo Harjanne All
Lancer Evo III 2   Uwe Nittel   Christina Thörner 1–2, 5–6, 10, 12
Carisma GT Evo IV   Richard Burns   Robert Reid 3–4, 7–9, 11, 13–14
Lancer Evo III Y 11   Ed Ordynski   Mark Stacey 13
13   Kenjiro Shinozuka   Fred Gocentas 13
  555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97 P 3   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist All
4   Piero Liatti   Fabrizia Pons 1, 5–6, 12
  Kenneth Eriksson   Staffan Parmander 2–4, 7–11, 13–14
8   Piero Liatti   Fabrizia Pons 14
Impreza 555 10   Peter 'Possum' Bourne   Craig Vincent 9
  Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Ford Escort WRC M 5   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya All
6   Armin Schwarz   Denis Giraudet 1–5
  Phil Mills 6
  Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo 7–14
16   Angelo Medeghini   Barbara Medeghini 14
  Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC M 7   Didier Auriol   Denis Giraudet 10–14
8   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen 10
9 14
9   Neal Bates   Coral Taylor 11
8 13
9   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets 12

Non Manufacturer Entries

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Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
  R.A.S. Sport Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth M   Didier Auriol   Jean-Marc Andrié 1
  Jean-Pierre Richelmi   Thierry Barjou 4, 8
  Dieter Depping M   Dieter Depping   Dieter Hawranke 1
  Bo-Be Plastindustri AB P   Mats Jonsson   Johnny Johansson 2
  Mobil Ford Motorsport M   Stig Blomqvist   Benny Melander 2
  Blue Rose Team M   Jarmo Kytölehto   Arto Kapanen 2
Escort WRC 10
  Totta Peres Competição M   Fernando Peres   Ricardo Caldeira 4
  Belgacom Turbo Team M   Grégoire de Mevius   Jean-Marc Fortin 4, 8, 12, 14
  Leonídas Kirkos M   Leonídas Kirkos   Nikos Panou 8
  Ford Team Finland M   Sebastian Lindholm   Timo Hantunen 10
  Jolly Club P   Gianfranco Cunico   Pierangelo Scalvini 12
  Motorsport Consultancy P   Ari Vatanen   Roger Freeman 14
  Gazprom Rally Team M   Bruno Thiry   Stéphane Prévot 14
Ford Escort RS Cosworth M   Alexander Zheludov   Viktor Timkovskiy 14
  Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) M   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets 1, 4, 8, 10, 13
  Toyota Castrol Deutschland P   Isolde Holderied   Catherine François 1
  Toyota Denmark Rally Team M   Henrik Lundgaard   Freddy Pedersen 1
  Toyota Castrol Team Sweden M   Thomas Rådström   Lars Bäckman 2
  Denis Giraudet 8
  'Gullabo'   Pecka Svensson 2
  Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen 2
  Toyota Kenya M   Ian Duncan   David Williamson 3
  Toyota Castrol Finland M   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen 4
  H.F. Grifone SRL   Raúl Sufan   Martin Christie 4–5, 7–13
  Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen 7
  Didier Auriol   Denis Giraudet 7
  Andrea Aghini   Loris Roggia 12
  Pier Lorenzo Zanchi   Dario D'Esposito 12
  Toyota Team Australia D   Neal Bates   Coral Taylor 9
  Shell Helix Motor Oils M   Pasi Hagström   Tero Gardemeister 10
  Tein Sport M   Yoshio Fujimoto   Arne Hertz 11, 13
  Jonathan Toroitich Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185) F   Jonathan Toroitich   Ibrahim Choge 3
  Olivier Burri Subaru Impreza 555 P   Olivier Burri   Christophe Hofmann 1
  F.Dor Rally Team P   Frédéric Dor   Kevin Gormley 3, 9
  Didier Breton 4, 8, 10
Impreza S5 WRC '97 12
  Subaru Allstars Impreza 555 P   Rui Madeira   Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 4–5
  Yukihiko Sakurai   Ronan Morgan 4, 8, 14
  Impreza Recaro Fujitsubo D   Masao Kamioka   Kevin Gormley 4, 8, 14
  A.R.T Engineering P   Angelo Medeghini   Barbara Medeghini 5, 10
  Andrea Navarra   Renzo Casazza 8
  Alessandro Alessandrini 12, 14
  Massimo Ercolani   Antonio Borri 12
  Armodios Vovos P   Armodios Vovos   Ioánnis Alvanos 8
  Joe McAndrew P   Joe McAndrew   Bob Haldane 9
  Procar Rally Team P   Andrea Dallavilla   Danilo Fappani 12
  Diego Oldrati   Paolo Lizzi 12
  Renato Travaglia ?   Renato Travaglia   Flavio Zanella 12
  Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn M   Krzysztof Hołowczyc   Maciej Wisławski 14
  Subaru Rally Team Australia Impreza WRX STi RA P   Greg Graham   Glenn Macneall 9
Impreza 555 P   Peter 'Possum' Bourne   Craig Vincent 13
  Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III P   Uwe Nittel   Christina Thörner 8
  Ralliart New Zealand Lancer Evo IV F   Geoff Argyle   Raymond Bennett 9

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Major Entries

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Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
  Škoda Motorsport Škoda Felicia Kit Car M   Emil Triner   Julius Gál 1
  Karel Jirátko 2, 4–5, 7–8
  Miloš Hůlka 10
Octavia Kit Car 12–13
Felicia Kit Car   Pavel Sibera   Petr Gross 1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 13
Octavia Kit Car 10, 12
Felicia Kit Car   Jindřich Štolfa   Miroslav Fanta 10, 12
  Fabio Danti   Marcello Olivari 12
  East Belgian Racing Team   Bernard Munster   Jean-François Elst 14
  SEAT Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car M   Harri Rovanperä   Voitto Silander 1, 4–5, 7
Ibiza Kit Car Evo2 9–14
Ibiza Kit Car   Oriol Gómez   Marc Martí 1, 5, 7, 14
Ibiza Kit Car Evo2 8–13
Ibiza Kit Car   Erwin Weber   Manfred Hiemer 4
Ibiza Kit Car Evo2 8, 11
Ibiza Kit Car   Bruno Thiry   Stéphane Prévot 5
  Renaud Verreydt   Dominique Dricot 12
Ibiza Kit Car Evo2   Gwyndaf Evans   Howard Davies 14
  David Higgins Ibiza Kit Car   David Higgins   Rory Kennedy 14
  Technocar Ibiza GTi 16V ?   "Stratissino"   Giorgos Petropoulos 8
  Andorra Auto Club M   Ferran Font   Eduard Andueza 4, 8
  Joan Sureda 11
  Vítor Pascoal Ibiza GTi 16V ?   Vítor Pascoal   Duarte Costa 4
  Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden Volkswagen Golf III GTi 16V ?   Jörgen Jonasson   Nicklas Jonasson 2
  Harry Joki   Ingemar Karlsson 2
  Blue Rose Team Golf III Kit Car ?   Tapio Laukkanen   Risto Mannisenmäki 2, 10
  S.B.G. Sport P   Alister McRae   David Senior 2, 4, 13–14
  Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GSi 16V M   Per Svan   Johan Olsson 2, 10, 14
  Hawk Racing Club Srl ?   Sandro Sottile   Piero Barbieri 12
  Scuderia Dei Fiori Corsa B GSi ?   Andrea Maselli   Nicola Arena 12
  Renault Team Sweden Renault Mégane Maxi P   Jonas Kruse   Anders Olsson 2
  Håkan Ekholm 10
  Renault Gest Galp M   José Carlos Macedo   Miguel Borges 4
  Pedro Azeredo   Fernando Prata 4
  Remus Racing P   Raphael Sperrer   Per Carlsson 4–5, 10, 12
  Renault Sport España M   Miguel Martínez-Conde   Felipe Alonso Fernández 5
  Société Diac M   Philippe Bugalski   Jean-Paul Chiaroni 6
  Serge Jordan   Jack Boyère 6
  "Leonidas" M   "Leonidas"   Maria Pavli-Korre 8
  Italian Promotor Sport M   Corrado Fontana   Daniele Pelliccioni 12
  Paolo Andreucci   Simona Fedeli 12
  Renault Dealer Rallying UK M   Robbie Head   Bryan Thomas 14
  Martin Rowe   Nicky Beech 14
  Mikael Bonnevier Clio Williams ?   Mikael Bonnevier   Peter Johansson 2
  "Dim" ?   "Dim"   Konstantinos Stefanis 8
  Oscar Chiaramello 18 GTX ?   Oscar Chiaramello   Fernando Chiaramello 7
  Ricardo Costanzo   Ricardo Costanzo   Jose Claudio Ocampo 7
  Promoracing Finland Nissan Sunny GTi ?   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander 2, 10
  Nissan Motorsports Europe Micra Kit Car Y   Mark Higgins   Phil Mills 10
  Masahiro Takasaki   Hiroaki Hamada 9–13
  Geoff Jones   Rhydian Welson 5–6
Almera Kit Car   Mark Higgins   Phil Mills 14
  Silverstone Rally Tyre Team Proton Satria Kit Car S   Russell Palmer   Brian Harwood 3
  Azar Anwar Daewoo Cielo ?   Azar Anwar   Arshad Khan 3
  Rory Green Hyundai Elantra ?   Rory Green   Orson Taylor 3
  Jimmy Wahome ?   Jimmy Wahome   Tom Muriuki 3
  Hyundai Rally Sport Coupé ?   Robert Nicoli   Jim Carlton 9, 13
  Wayne Bell   Iain Stewart 9, 11, 13
  Dean Herridge M   Dean Herridge   Lyndall Drake 13
  Jimmy McRae Accent X3 M   Jimmy McRae   Rob Arthur 14
  Peugeot Esso Competição Peugeot 306 Maxi M   Adruzilo Lopes   Luís Lisboa 4
  Peugeot Sport M   Gilles Panizzi   Herve Panizzi 5–6
  François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup 5–6
  Peugeot Sport España M   Jaime Azcona   Julius Billmaier 5
  "Fabrou" 106 XSi ?   "Fabrou"   Marc Boyer 4
  Ford España Ford Escort Maxi Kit Car M   Daniel Alonso Villarón   Salvador Belzunces 5
  Citroën Hispania Citroën ZX Kit Car M   Jesús Puras   Marc Martí 5
  Citroën Sport Saxo Kit Car   Patrick Magaud   Michel Périn 6
  Kostas Argiriou Toyota Starlet EP91 ?   Kostas Argiriou   Tzannis Vlahos 8
  Silverstone Suzuki Sport Suzuki Baleno Wagon Kit Car S   Nobuhiro Tajima   Ross Runnalls 9
  Glenn Macneall 11
  Claire Parker 13
  Timor Motorsport Timor S 515i ?   Andy Yachmoon   Ichwan Habib Nasution 11
  Faried Thalib   Bambang Gunawan 11
  Honda UK Rally Team Honda Civic D   Neil Wearden   Trevor Agnew 12, 14
  Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi ?   Ross Mackenzie   Tony Brandon 13
  Rick Bates   Jenny Brittan 13
  Kia Motorsport Korea Kia Sephia ?   Park Jeong-Ryong   Damien Long 13

Results and standings

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Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		 Pts 
1   Tommi Mäkinen 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 2 6 63
2   Colin McRae Ret 4 1 Ret 4 1 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 62
3   Carlos Sainz 2 2 Ret Ret 10 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 4 Ret 3 51
4   Juha Kankkunen Ret 2 3 2 2 6 Ret 2 29
5   Kenneth Eriksson 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 Ret Ret 28
6   Piero Liatti 1 2 5 2 7 24
7   Richard Burns 2 Ret Ret 4 4 4 4 4 21
8   Armin Schwarz 4 6 4 3 Ret 9 11
9   Freddy Loix 16 2 Ret 37 5 7 8
10   Gilles Panizzi 3 3 8
11   Didier Auriol Ret 5 8 Ret 8 3 Ret 6
12   Marcus Grönholm 8 Ret 4 Ret 5 5
13   Ian Duncan 3 4
14   Jarmo Kytölehto Ret 3 4
15   Thomas Rådström 5 5 4
16   Possum Bourne 5 5 4
17   Grégoire De Mévius 4 7 Ret Ret 3
18   François Delecour DSQ 4 3
19   Sebastian Lindholm 4 3
20   Uwe Nittel 5 Ret 8 8 6 7 Ret 3
21   Jonathan Toroitich 5 2
22   Jean-Pierre Richelmi 5 Ret 2
23   Angelo Medeghini 5 Ret 10 2
24   Tomas Jansson 7 5 2
25   Yoshio Fujimoto 5 Ret 2
26   Henrik Lundgaard 6 1
27   Frédéric Dor 6 17 11 23 29 15 1
28   Masao Kamioka 6 Ret 14 1
29   Rui Madeira 15 6 1
30   Philippe Bugalski 6 1
31   Gustavo Trelles 9 16 7 13 6 13 7 17 Ret 1
32   Neal Bates 6 Ret 8 1
33   Pasi Hagström 6 1
34   Karamjit Singh 11 6 Ret 17 1
35   Ed Ordynski 6 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		 Pts 
Sources:[3][4]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		Points
1   555 Subaru World Rally Team 3 Ret 4 1 Ret 4 1 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 114
4 1 1 Ret Ret 2 5 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 2 Ret Ret
2   Ford Motor Co 5 2 2 Ret Ret 10 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 4 Ret 3 91
6 4 6 4 3 Ret 9 Ret 2 3 2 2 6 Ret 2
3   Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 3 3 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 2 6 86
2 5 Ret 2 Ret 8 8 Ret 4 4 7 4 Ret 4 4
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		Points
Sources:[4][3]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Group N Cup

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		 Pts 
1   Gustavo Trelles 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 84
2   Luís Climent 3 Ret Ret 2 7 Ret 1 26
  Manfred Stohl 3 6 2 5 3 6 4 26
4   Shigeyuki Konishi Ret 2 1 21
  Karamjit Singh 3 1 Ret 4 21
6   Kenneth Bäcklund 1 13
  Johnny Hellier 1 13
  Jean-Marie Santoni 1 13
  Jouko Puhakka 1 13
  Mario Stagni 1 13
  Reece Jones 2 Ret 3 13
12   Hideaki Miyoshi Ret 3 3 10
13   Armin Kremer 2 8
  Stig-Olov Walfridsson 2 8
  Sobiesław Zasada 2 8
  Antonello Fidanza 2 8
  Jacques Andreani 2 8
  Roberto Sanchez 2 8
  Olli Harkki 2 Ret 8
  Luca Baldini 2 8
  Yoshihiro Kataoka Ret Ret 2 8
  Jeremy Easson 2 8
14   Juha Kangas 3 5 7
23   Anwar Azar 3 5
  David Nafría 3 5
  Achim Mörtl 3 5
  Pavlos Moschoutis 3 5
  Marko Ipatti 3 5
  Boris Popovič 3 5
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		KEN
  		POR
  		ESP
  		FRA
  		ARG
  		GRE
  		NZL
  		FIN
  		INA
  		ITA
  		AUS
  		GBR
  		 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Events

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1997 World Rally Championship event map
 
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Ice/Snow Red = Mixed Surface
1997 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally Name Dates Run Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars
  Monte Carlo Rally 19 January–22 January
  1.   Piero Liatti (4h:26m:58s)
  2.   Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:53s)
  3.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:29m:29s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  Swedish Rally 7 February–10 February
  1.   Kenneth Eriksson (3h:51m:49s)
  2.   Carlos Sainz (3h:52m:05s)
  3.   Tommi Mäkinen (3h:52m:15s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  Safari Rally 1 March–3 March
  1.   Colin McRae (11h:29m:00s)
  2.   Richard Burns (11h:36m:04s)
  3.   Ian Duncan (11h:40m:18s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution IV
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  Rally Portugal 23 March–26 March
  1.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:53m:01s)
  2.   Freddy Loix (4h:57m:06s)
  3.   Armin Schwarz (4h:59m:34s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Ford Escort WRC
  Rally Catalunya 14 April–16 April
  1.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:46s)
  2.   Piero Liatti (4h:08m:53s)
  3.   Gilles Panizzi (4h:11m:55s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  3. Peugeot 306 Maxi
  Tour de Corse 5 May–7 May
  1.   Colin McRae (4h:31m:08s)
  2.   Carlos Sainz (4h:31m:16s)
  3.   Gilles Panizzi (4h:31m:46s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Peugeot 306 Maxi
  Rally Argentina 22 May–24 May
  1.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:25m:38s)
  2.   Colin McRae (4h:26m:39s)
  3.   Kenneth Eriksson (4h:30m:06s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  Acropolis Rally 8 June–10 June
  1.   Carlos Sainz (4h:56m:24s)
  2.   Juha Kankkunen (4h:56m:41s)
  3.   Tommi Mäkinen (5h:01m:27s)
  1. Ford Escort WRC
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  Rally New Zealand 2 August–5 August
  1.   Kenneth Eriksson (4h:14m:11s)
  2.   Carlos Sainz (4h:14m:24s)
  3.   Juha Kankkunen (4h:14m:30s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
  Rally Finland 29 August–31 August
  1.   Tommi Mäkinen (3h:16m:18s)
  2.   Juha Kankkunen (3h:16m:25s)
  3.   Jarmo Kytölehto (3h:18m:18s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
  Rally Indonesia 19 September–21 September
  1.   Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:30s)
  2.   Juha Kankkunen (4h:37m:46s)
  3.   Kenneth Eriksson (4h:38m:49s)
  1. Ford Escort WRC
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  Rally Sanremo 13 October–15 October
  1.   Colin McRae (4h:08m:25s)
  2.   Piero Liatti (4h:08m:31s)
  3.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:37s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  Rally Australia 30 October–2 November
  1.   Colin McRae (4h:05m:31s)
  2.   Tommi Mäkinen (4h:05m:37s)
  3.   Didier Auriol (4h:05m:52s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
  RAC Rally 23 November–25 November
  1.   Colin McRae (3h:54m:31s)
  2.   Juha Kankkunen (3h:57m:18s)
  3.   Carlos Sainz (3h:58m:24s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 97
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "WRC 1997". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "1997 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Season 1997 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1997". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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