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The following list people play, or have played significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

Administration

• Max Mosley - president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the sport's governing and rulemaking body
• Jacques Regis - president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission, until March 2006.
• Shekhar Mehta - president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[1]
• Morrie Chandler - appointed president of the World Rally Championship Commission in July 2006.^[2]

Team management

• David Richards - ex-co-driver, and now Subaru World Rally Team team principal
• Malcolm Wilson - ex-driver, and now BP Ford World Rally Team WRC team principal
• Nobuhiro Tajima - ex-driver, and now Suzuki World Rally Team principal

Commentary & publicity

• Robbie Head - ex-driver, and commentator

Drivers

Main article: list of World Rally Championship drivers

• Marcus Grönholm - world champion 2000 and 2002
• Sébastien Loeb - reigning world champion, champion 2004 and 2005
• Colin McRae - world champion 1995, first British world champion
• Tommi Mäkinen - 4 time world champion 1996/97/98/99
• Petter Solberg - world champion 2003
• Ari Vatanen - world champion 1981 (now MEP)
• Michèle Mouton - most successful female rally driver

Co-Drivers

• Michael Park - co-driver to Markko Märtin
• Jorg Bastuck - co-driver to Aaron Burkart, Junior WRC driver
• Arne Hertz - co-driver to Hannu Mikkola

Deaths in the World Rally Championship

• Michael Park (d.18 September 2005) - co-driver to Markko Märtin^[3]
• Jorg Bastuck (d.24 March 2006) - co-driver to Aaron Burkart^[4]
• Henri Toivonen (d.2 May 1986) - driver to co- driver Sergio Cresto, who perished in the same crash as Toivonen.

Other

References

See also

• list of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions