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The1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8rallies. The drivers' world championship was won byColin McRae in aSubaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mateCarlos Sainz.[1] The manufacturers' title was won bySubaru.[2]
Toyota was caught using illegalturbo restrictors at theRally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by theFIA. FIA presidentMax Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers,Juha Kankkunen,Didier Auriol andArmin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."[3]
The 1995 championship was contested over Eight rounds in Europe and Oceania.
| Rd. | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
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| 1 | 23 January | 26 January |  63rd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | Monte Carlo | Mixed | 21 | 546.80 km |
| 2 | 10 February | 12 February |  44th International Swedish Rally | Karlstad,Värmland County | Snow | 25 | 501.12 km |
| 3 | 8 March | 10 March |  29th TAP Rallye de Portugal | Figueira da Foz, Coimbra | Gravel | 33 | 476.56 km |
| 4 | 3 May | 5 May |  39th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | Ajaccio, Corsica | Tarmac | 22 | 481.17 km |
| 5 | 27 July | 30 July |  26th Smokefree Rally New Zealand | Manukau, Auckland | Gravel | 33 | 560.89 km |
| 6 | 15 September | 18 September |  8th Telstra Rally Australia | Perth, Western Australia | Gravel | 30 | 503.88 km |
| 7 | 23 October | 25 October |  31st Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España | Lloret de Mar,Catalonia | Tarmac | 23 | 474.35 km |
| 8 | 19 November | 22 November |  51st Network Q RAC Rally | Chester, Cheshire | Gravel | 28 | 510.70 km |
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| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Disqualified (DSQ) | |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |
| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | AUS | ESP | GBR | Points |
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| 1 | Rui Madeira | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 69 | |
| 2 |  Jorge Recalde | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 40 | |||
| 3 |  Isolde Holderied | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 32 | ||
| 4 |  Masao Kamioka | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | |||||
| 5 | Ed Ordynski | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| 6 |  Philippe Camandona | 1 | Ret | 13 | ||||||
| Kenneth Bäcklund | 1 | 13 | ||||||||
| Uwe Nittel | 8 | 8 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Stig-Olov Walfridsson | 2 | 10 | |||||||
 Hans Stacey | 2 | Ret | 10 | |||||||
 Karamjit Singh | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||||
| 12 | Hermann Gaßner | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | Anders Rådström | 3 | 7 | |||||||
| Yoshihiro Kataoka | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
 Mohammed Ben Sulayem | 7 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | AUS | ESP | GBR | Points |
| Sources:[6][7] | ||||||||||
| Rally name | Dates run | Podium drivers (finishing time) | Podium cars |
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| Rallye Monte Carlo | 22 January–26 January |
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| Swedish Rally | 10 February–12 February |
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| Rallye de Portugal | 8 March–10 March |
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| Tour de Corse | 3 May–5 May |
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| Rally New Zealand | 27 July–30 July |
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| Rally Australia | 15 September–18 September |
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| Rally Catalunya | 23 October–25 October |
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| RAC Rally | 19 November–22 November |
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| Source:[4] | |||
