Which driver won the 1995 World Rally Championship?

Colin McRae won the 1995 World Rally Championship for drivers.

McRae captured the title in a Subaru Impreza 555 during the championship’s 23rd season. Across the eight-round calendar, he scored 90 points, finishing five points ahead of Subaru teammate Carlos Sainz. McRae won the Rally New Zealand and the RAC Rally, and his other strong finishes helped him overcome retirements at both the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally and the Swedish Rally.

The 1995 campaign made McRae the first British driver to win the World Rally Championship Drivers’ title. Subaru also won the manufacturers’ championship that year, beginning a run of three consecutive manufacturers’ titles from 1995 through 1997.

The season included a major controversy: Toyota was excluded and banned for using illegal turbo restrictors at Rally Catalunya, while its drivers lost their championship points. That affected the wider standings, but McRae’s stored answer remains the official drivers’ champion for 1995. Tommi Mäkinen and Richard Burns won titles in later years, not this season.