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1995 season saw more drama than most seasons before it or since. The single biggest news was Toyota's illegal turbo which saw team banned from WRC for 1996 season. Team orders boiled over twice in different teams, at Mitsubishi in Sweden between Tommi Makinen and Kenneth Eriksson and later at Subaru in Catalunya between Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. And finally there was the Ford's decision to move rallying from Boreham to RAS at Belgium and disastrous season for the team.
The second year of rotational calendar saw number of events plunge to lowest since oil-crisis ridden 1974.
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In order to cap the improved performance of the rally cars, FIA reduced the diameter of the mandatory turbo restrictor from 38mm to 34mm. Reduction itself had been anticipated but most had believed that reduction would be just two millimeters, as it had been last time. This caught some teams unaware.
Another change was a switch to more complicated scoring scheme in manufacturers championship. Positive part was that two cars scored for the manufacturer, less positive change was the fore-mentioned complexity.
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Only one new car was introduced, Mitsubishi's Lancer Evo III which went into action in Corsica. Other teams relied on their existing material even though Toyota's Celica ST205 was relatively new and constant source of agony for the team.
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1995 FIA World Rally Champion, Colin McRae
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Drivers scoring their
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first win
no new winners
first drivers' point
P. Camandona (Monte Carlo)
A. Navarra (Catalunya)
J. Bassas (Catalunya)
I. Postel (Catalunya)
M. Kamioka (Great Britain)
first stage win
T. Radstrom (Sweden)
T. Jansson (Sweden)
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