Teams and Drivers
| Manufacturer teams | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Constructor | Car | Tyre | No | Drivers | Rounds | |||
| Team Mitsubishi Ralliart | Mitsubishi | Lancer Evo IV Lancer Evo 3 |
M | 1 | Tommi Mäkinen | All | |||
| 2 | Uwe Nittel | 1–2, 5–6, 10, 12 | |||||||
| Richard Burns | 3–4, 7–9, 11, 13–14 | ||||||||
| 10 | Uwe Nittel | 8 | |||||||
| 13 | Kenjiro Shinozuka | 13 | |||||||
| 555 Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru | Impreza WRC 97 | P | 3 | Colin McRae | All | |||
| 4 | Piero Liatti | 1, 5–6, 12 | |||||||
| Kenneth Eriksson | 2–4, 7–11, 13–14 | ||||||||
| 8 | Piero Liatti | 14 | |||||||
| Ford Motor Co | Ford | Escort WRC | M | 5 | Carlos Sainz | All | |||
| 6 | Armin Schwarz | 1–6 | |||||||
| Juha Kankkunen | 7–14 | ||||||||
| 16 | Angelo Medeghini | 14 | |||||||
| Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota | Corolla WRC | M | 7 | Didier Auriol | 10–14 | |||
| 8 | Neal Bates | 11, 13 | |||||||
| 9 | Marcus Grönholm | 10, 14 | |||||||
| 10 | Freddy Loix | 12 | |||||||
| Peugeot Sport | Peugeot | 306 Maxi | M | 7 | Gilles Panizzi | 5–6 | |||
| 9 | François Delecour | 5–6 | |||||||
| Major entries not registered as manufacturers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Constructor | Car | Drivers | Rounds |
| RAS Sport | Ford | Escort RS Cosworth | Didier Auriol | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre Richelmi | 4, 8 | |||
| Mobil Ford Motorsport | Stig Blomqvist | 2 | ||
| Blue Rose Team | Jarmo Kytölehto | 2 | ||
| Mats Jonsson | Mats Jonsson | 2 | ||
| Gazprom Rally Team | Alexander Zheludov | 14 | ||
| Escort WRC | Bruno Thiry | 14 | ||
| Totta Peres Competicao | Fernando Peres | 4 | ||
| Belgacom Turbo Team | Gregoire de Mevius | 4, 8, 12, 14 | ||
| Leonídas Kyrkos | Leonídas Kyrkos | 8 | ||
| Blue Rose Team | Jarmo Kytölehto | 10 | ||
| Ford Team Finland | Sebastian Lindholm | 10 | ||
| Jolly Club | Gianfranco Cunico | 12 | ||
| Motorsport Consultancy | Ari Vatanen | 14 | ||
| Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota | Celica GT-Four | Freddy Loix | 1, 4, 8, 10, 13 |
| Isolde Holderied | 1 | |||
| Thomas Rådström | 2, 8 | |||
| Tomas Jansson | 2, 10 | |||
| Marcus Grönholm | 2, 4 | |||
| Ian Duncan | 3 | |||
| Neal Bates | 9 | |||
| Fujimoto Yoshio | 11, 13 | |||
| H.F. Grifone | Raúl Sufan | 4–13 | ||
| Didier Auriol | 6 | |||
| Marcus Grönholm | 6 | |||
| Pierlorenzo Zanchi | 12 | |||
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