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French drivers have won the most titles with 18 championships between 3 drivers. Kalle Rovanperä is the youngest world champion he was 22 years old when he won the 2022 World Rally Championship. He also holds the record for the most championships won in a row he won his nine titles consecutively from 2004 to 2012. Sébastien Loeb holds the record for the most drivers' championships, winning nine during his career. In addition to those points, from 2011 each event holds 1 special stage, the Power Stage, in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five fastest drivers (5, 4, 3, 2, 1). In the current points system, points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten WRC (overall) drivers that qualify as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. The driver's championship and manufacturer's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. Points from these events are calculated towards the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' world championships. Įach season normally consists of 12 to 16 rallies driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. The first official world champion in rallying was Björn Waldegård in 1979. The drivers' championship was first awarded in 19 as an FIA Cup for Drivers title, to Sandro Munari and Markku Alén, respectively.

The WRC was formed from well-known and popular international rallies, most of which had previously been part of the European Rally Championship and/or the International Championship for Manufacturers the series was first contested in 1973. Each rally is split into 15–25 special stages, which are run against the clock on closed roads. The series currently consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces that range from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice.

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series administrated by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.