Legendary Rally Drivers
Legendary Rally Drivers is a structured people dataset with 17 entries. Its fields include Name, Country, Years Active. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 17 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Name, Country, Years Active, WRC Titles, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Years Active span
- 1962 to 2017
- Across 17 preview rows
- WRC Titles range
- 1 to 9
- Across 17 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Country, and Years Active across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 17 downloadable records
Name↕ | Country↕ | Years Active↕ | WRC Titles↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sebastien Loeb | France | 1999-present | 9 | Nine consecutive WRC drivers' titles (2004-2012) with Citroen, also Dakar podiums and Pikes Peak record |
Sebastien Ogier | France | 2008-present | 8 | Eight WRC drivers' titles with VW, M-Sport Ford and Toyota, current most successful active rally driver |
Tommi Makinen | Finland | 1987-2003 | 4 | Four consecutive WRC titles with Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (1996-1999), later ran Toyota WRC team |
Colin McRae | United Kingdom | 1986-2007 | 1 | Youngest WRC champion at the time (1995 with Subaru), namesake of the iconic rally video game series |
Juha Kankkunen | Finland | 1983-2002 | 4 | Four WRC titles across Peugeot, Lancia and Toyota, first driver to win the title with three different makes |
Carlos Sainz | Spain | 1987-2005 | 2 | Two WRC titles with Toyota, three Dakar Rally overall wins including at age 58, Matador nickname |
Marcus Gronholm | Finland | 1989-2007 | 2 | Two WRC titles with Peugeot (2000, 2002), nearly unbeatable on gravel stages in his prime |
Walter Rohrl | Germany | 1968-1987 | 2 | Two WRC titles with Fiat and Opel, legendary technician known for his work with Audi Quattro S1 |
Ari Vatanen | Finland | 1974-2003 | 1 | 1981 WRC champion with Ford, four-time Dakar Rally winner, star of the Climb Dance film at Pikes Peak |
Didier Auriol | France | 1984-2003 | 1 | First French WRC champion (1994 with Toyota), 20 career rally wins |
Miki Biasion | Italy | 1981-1997 | 2 | Back-to-back WRC titles with Lancia Delta Integrale (1988, 1989), safari rally specialist |
Richard Burns | United Kingdom | 1990-2003 | 1 | 2001 WRC champion with Subaru, first English driver to win the title, career cut short by illness |
Stig Blomqvist | Sweden | 1971-2006 | 1 | 1984 WRC champion with Audi Quattro, Swedish Rally specialist across four decades of competition |
Hannu Mikkola | Finland | 1968-1994 | 1 | 1983 WRC champion with Audi Quattro, helped establish the all-wheel-drive era of rallying |
Bjorn Waldegard | Sweden | 1962-1992 | 1 | First ever official WRC drivers' champion in 1979 with Ford, longtime Safari Rally specialist |
Kalle Rovanpera | Finland | 2017-present | 2 | Youngest ever WRC champion in 2022 at age 22, second title in 2023 with Toyota |
Ott Tanak | Estonia | 2009-present | 1 | First Estonian WRC champion (2019 with Toyota), breaking the Loeb-Ogier duopoly |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Legendary Rally Drivers organized?
The table starts in the source data's default order. You can sort and filter the loaded rows by the displayed fields.
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This dataset contains 17 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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