The

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...

(WRC) is a

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series administered by

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(FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The WRC was first contested in

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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 Christian Geistdörfer (born 1 February 1953 in Munich) is a German former rally co-driver. His career in motorsport lasted from 1975 to 1990. From 1977 to 1987, he co-drove to German rally driver Walter Röhrl, winning the World Rally Champio ...

who ran with the driver champion

Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl (; born 7 March 1947) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW. Röhrl had 14 victories over his career, with his notable achievements including winnin ...

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 The archives of WRC.com had recorded co-driver world champions from 2001, however this page is no longer maintained by WRC.com.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 Nicholas Mark Grist (born 1 November 1961) is a British former rally co-driver from Wales, born in Ebbw Vale. His factory team career in the World Rally Championship lasted from 1993 to 2002. He won 21 rallies with more than one driver. 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

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, 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 The Power Stage (abbreviated as PS) is a Special stage (rallying), special stage that usually runs as the final stage of a rally in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and European Rally Championship (ERC). Additional championship points are avail ...

, in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five fastest (5, 4, 3, 2, 1). 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 Daniel Elena (born 26 October 1972) also known as "Danos" is a Monégasque rally co-driver working most notably with Sébastien Loeb. Between them the pair have won the World Rally Championship (WRC) nine times with Citroën, later competing w ...

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

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Julien Ingrassia Julien Ingrassia (born 26 November 1979) is a retired French people, French rally (sports), rally co-driver. Working with Sébastien Ogier, he became World Rally Champion in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 with Volkswagen Motorsport, 2017 World Rall ...

is second, with eight championships won between

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List of co-drivers' champions

By year

Season still in progress.

By co-driver

By nationality

References

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External links

World Rally Championship official site

FIA official site

eWRC-Results rally results archive
* World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions

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