The 1990 World Rally Championship was the 18th season of the

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World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

. The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by

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in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of

Didier Auriol Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...

and

Juha Kankkunen Juha Matti Pellervo Kankkunen (; born 2 April 1959) is a Finnish former rally driver. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1983 to 2002. He won 23 world rallies and four drivers' world championship titles, which we ...

. The manufacturers' title was won by

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, ahead of

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and

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Teams and Drivers

Events

Results

Driver championship

Manufacturer championship

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 1990
at ewrc-results.com

a
World Rally Archive
{{World Rally Championship results

World Rally Championship seasons