World Rally Championship special stage
The Power Stage (abbreviated as PS ) is a special stage that usually runs as the final stage of a rally in the World Rally Championship (WRC)[ a] and European Rally Championship (ERC). Additional championship points are available to the fastest five crews through the stage regardless of where they actually finished in the rally.[ 2] Unlike normal special stages, which are timed to a tenth of a second, the timing of the Power Stage is to a thousandth of a second.[ 3]
Points scoring systems
The bonus scoring system was once used at the 1999 Tour de Corse and 1999 Rally Finland .[ 4] [ 5] Re-introduced in 2011 , the top three crews through the stage could score extra bonus points, with the fastest crew receiving three points, the second-fastest receiving two points, and the third-fastest receiving one point.[ 5] In 2017 , the scoring system was amended so the five fastest drivers through the stage were awarded points from five for first to one for fifth.[ 6] Manufacturers, WRC-2 and WRC-3 categories were also eligible to score Power Stage points in 2021. From 2022, WRC-2 awarded Power Stage points from three for first place, to one for third place. However, it was axed from 2024 onwards.[ 7] Power Stage points are no longer awarded in WRC-3.
Power Stages were also introduced during the 2022 European Rally Championship , using the final stage of each rally and awarding points to the five fastest crews in a similar fashion to the WRC.[ 8] [ 9]
Cancelled Power Stages
This list does not include cancelled rallies.
WRC Winners
By drivers
Eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier has the most Power Stage victories.
No.
Driver
Active years
Wins
First win
Last win
1.
Sébastien Ogier
2008 –present
45
2011 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Japan
2.
Thierry Neuville
2009 –2010 , 2012 –present
26
2013 Rally Finland
2024 Rally Poland
3.
Ott Tänak
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
22
2012 Rallye de France
2024 Rally Latvia
4.
Kalle Rovanperä
2017 –present
18
2020 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Sweden
5.
Jari-Matti Latvala
2002 –2020 , 2023
15
2011 Rallye de France
2018 Wales Rally GB
6.
Sébastien Loeb
1999 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020 , 2022
7
2011 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye Deutschland
7.
Kris Meeke
2002 –2008 , 2011 , 2013 –2019
6
2011 Rally Catalunya
2019 Tour de Corse
8.
Mikko Hirvonen
2002 –2014
5
2011 Rally México
2012 Wales Rally GB
8.
Dani Sordo
2003 –present
5
2012 Rally de Portugal
2021 Rally Catalunya
8.
Esapekka Lappi
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
5
2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
2023 Rally Sweden
11.
Petter Solberg
1998 –2012 , 2018 –2019
4
2011 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
11.
Elfyn Evans
2007 , 2011 , 2013 –present
4
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2023 Central European Rally
13.
Andreas Mikkelsen
2006 –present
3
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
13.
Takamoto Katsuta
2016 –present
3
2020 Rally Monza
2024 Central European Rally
15.
Didier Auriol
1984 –2003 , 2005
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
15.
Adrien Fourmaux
2009 –present
2
2024 Croatia Rally
2024 Acropolis Rally
17.
Mads Østberg
2006 –2021
1
2014 Rally Sweden
2014 Rally Sweden
17.
Hayden Paddon
2007 –2019 , 2022
1
2016 Rally Argentina
2016 Rally Argentina
17.
Craig Breen
2009 –2012 , 2014 –2023
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
Notes: [ b]
By co-drivers
No.
Co-Driver
Active years
Wins
First win
Last win
1.
Julien Ingrassia
2008 –2021
41
2011 Rally Sweden
2021 Croatia Rally
2.
Martin Järveoja
2010 –present
20
2017 Rally de Portugal
2024 Rally Latvia
3.
Jonne Halttunen
2011 –2014 , 2017 –present
18
2020 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Sweden
4.
Miikka Anttila
1999 –2020
15
2011 Rallye de France
2018 Wales Rally GB
4.
Nicolas Gilsoul
2007 –2008 , 2012 –2020 , 2023
15
2013 Rally Finland
2020 Rally Turkey
6.
Martijn Wydaeghe
2013 –2019 , 2021 –present
11
2021 Rally Italia Sardegna
2024 Rally Poland
7.
Daniel Elena
1998 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020
7
2011 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye Deutschland
8.
Jarmo Lehtinen
1997 –2014 , 2018 –2020
5
2011 Rally México
2012 Wales Rally GB
8.
Janne Ferm
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
5
2017 Rally Italia Sardegna
2023 Rally Sweden
10.
/ Chris Patterson
1993 , 1997 –2018 , 2021
4
2011 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
10.
Paul Nagle
2004 , 2006 –2008 , 2011 –2022
4
2011 Rally Catalunya
2018 Monte Carlo Rally
12.
Vincent Landais
2012 –present
3
2023 Rally Mexico
2024 Rally Japan
12.
Scott Martin
2004 –present
3
2021 Rally Finland
2023 Central European Rally
14.
Denis Giraudet
1981 –1984 , 1989 , 1991 –1993 , 1995 –2017 , 2019
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
14.
Carlos del Barrio
1991 –1992 , 1994 –2000 , 2002 , 2004 –2007 , 2010 –2014 , 2018 –2022
2
2012 Rally de Portugal
2013 Rallye de France-Alsace
14.
Ola Fløene
1995 , 2000 –2019 , 2021
2
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2015 Rally Catalunya
14.
Marc Martí
1992 –1993 , 1995 –2010 , 2012 , 2014 –2022
2
2017 Rallye Deutschland
2017 Rally Catalunya
14.
Sebastian Marshall
2008 , 2010 –2019 , 2021
2
2019 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Tour de Corse
14.
Daniel Barritt
2000 , 2002 –2021
2
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2020 Rally Monza
14.
Jonas Andersson
2002 –present
2
2014 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Finland
14.
Alexandre Coria
2016 , 2019 , 2021 –present
2
2024 Croatia Rally
2024 Acropolis Rally
14.
Aaron Johnston
2019 –present
2
2024 Rally Finland
2024 Central European Rally
23.
Kuldar Sikk
2003 –2015 , 2017 –2020
1
2012 Rallye de France
2012 Rallye de France
23.
John Kennard
1985 , 1987 –1989 , 1991 , 1998 , 2007 –2017 , 2019 , 2022
1
2016 Rally Argentina
2016 Rally Argentina
23.
Raigo Mõlder
2009 , 2014 –2016 , 2020
1
2016 Wales Rally GB
2016 Wales Rally GB
23.
Anders Jæger-Amland
2014 –2020
1
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
23.
Cándido Carrera
2010 –2016 , 2018 –2019 , 2021 –present
1
2021 Rally Catalunya
2021 Rally Catalunya
23.
Benjamin Veillas
1999 , 2008 , 2015 –2019 , 2021 –present
1
2022 Rally Catalunya
2022 Rally Catalunya
23.
James Fulton
2020 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
Notes: [ b]
Most wins per season
WRC Point scorers
By drivers
No.
Driver
Active years
Times
First score
Last score
Points
1.
Sébastien Ogier
2008 –present
114
2011 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Chile
329
2.
Thierry Neuville
2009 –2010 , 2012 –present
93
2012 Rallye de France
2024 Rally Japan
296
3.
Ott Tänak
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
73
2012 Rally de Portugal
2024 Rally Chile
250
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala
2002 -2020 , 2023 –present
72
2011 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Finland
154
5.
Elfyn Evans
2007 , 2011 , 2013 –present
55
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2024 Rally Japan
151
6.
Kalle Rovanperä
2017 –present
36
2020 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Chile
150
7.
Esapekka Lappi
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
26
2017 Rally de Portugal
2024 Rally Finland
78
8.
Dani Sordo
2003 –present
36
2011 Rallye de France
2023 Acropolis Rally
75
9.
Andreas Mikkelsen
2006 –present
30
2012 Rallye Deutschland
2024 Rally Japan
62
10.
Sébastien Loeb
1999 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020 , 2022
27
2011 Rally Sweden
2022 Safari Rally
57
11.
Kris Meeke
2002 –2008 , 2011 , 2013 –2019
23
2011 Rally Catalunya
2019 Rallye Deutschland
55
12.
Takamoto Katsuta
2016 –present
25
2020 Rally Monza
2024 Rally Japan
52
13.
Mikko Hirvonen
2002 –2014
17
2011 Rally Mexico
2014 Rallye Deutschland
43
14.
Craig Breen
2009 –2012 , 2014 –2023
14
2017 Tour de Corse
2023 Rally Sweden
32
15.
Mads Østberg
2006 –2021
12
2012 Rally México
2023 Rally Italia Sardegna
25
16.
Teemu Suninen
2014 –present
9
2018 Rally de Portugal
2023 Rally Finland
22
17.
Petter Solberg
1998 –2012 , 2018 –2019
10
2011 Rally México
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
21
18.
Adrien Fourmaux
2022 –present
7
2022 Safari Rally
2024 Central European Rally
18
19.
Hayden Paddon
2007 –2019 , 2022 –present
4
2016 Rally Mexico
2017 Rally Sweden
7
20.
Didier Auriol
1984 –2003 , 2005
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
6
20.
Juho Hänninen
2006 –2011 , 2013 –2015 , 2017 , 2023 -present
4
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2013 Rally Finland
6
20.
Evgeny Novikov
2007 –2009 , 2011 –2013
4
2012 Monte Carlo Rally
2013 Wales Rally GB
6
20.
Stéphane Lefebvre
2013 –present
2
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Poland
6
24.
Tommi Mäkinen
1987 –2003
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
4
24.
Gus Greensmith
2022 –present
2
2022 Safari Rally
2022 Acropolis Rally
4
24.
Mauro Miele
2018 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
4
27.
Robert Kubica
2013 –2016
2
2015 Tour de Corse
2015 Wales Rally GB
3
28.
Kevin Abbring
2007 –2012 , 2014 –2018 , 2020 –2021
1
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2
28.
Oliver Solberg
2019 –present
1
2022 Rally New Zealand
2022 Rally New Zealand
2
29.
Carlos Sainz
1987 –2005
1
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Tour de Corse
1
29.
Toni Gardemeister
1996 –2008 , 2010
1
1999 Rally Finland
1999 Rally Finland
1
29.
Nasser Al-Attiyah
2004 –2015
1
2012 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Argentina
1
29.
Emil Lindholm
2022 –present
1
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Croatia Rally
1
29.
Fabrizio Zaldivar
2019 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
1
Notes: [ b]
By co-drivers
No.
Co-Driver
Active years
Times
First score
Last score
Points
1.
Julien Ingrassia
2008 –2021
96
2011 Rally Sweden
2021 Rally Monza
276
2.
Martin Järveoja
2010 –present
69
2017 Rally Mexico
2024 Rally Chile
241
3.
Nicolas Gilsoul
2007 –2008 , 2012 –2020 , 2023
53
2012 Rallye de France
2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
159
4.
Miikka Anttila
1999 –2020
71
2011 Rally Sweden
2019 Rally Turkey
153
5.
Jonne Halttunen
2011 –2014 , 2017 –present
36
2020 Rally Sweden
2024 Rally Chile
150
6.
Martijn Wydaeghe
2013 –2019 , 2021 –present
39
2021 Monte Carlo Rally
2024 Rally Japan
137
7.
Scott Martin
2004 –present
48
2017 Tour de Corse
2024 Rally Japan
133
8.
Janne Ferm
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
26
2017 Rally de Portugal
2024 Rally Finland
78
9.
Paul Nagle
2004 , 2006 –2008 , 2011 –2022
25
2011 Rally Catalunya
2022 Acropolis Rally
57
10.
Jarmo Lehtinen
1997 –2014 , 2018 –2020
20
2011 Rally Mexico
2020 Monte Carlo Rally
51
10.
Daniel Elena
1998 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020
24
2011 Rally Sweden
2020 Rally Turkey
51
12.
Aaron Johnston
2019 –present
24
2021 Rally Finland
2024 Rally Japan
50
13.
Vincent Landais
2012 –present
14
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
2024 Rally Japan
41
14.
Anders Jæger-Amland
2014 –2020
15
2016 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Rally Finland
35
15.
Daniel Barritt
2000 , 2002 –2021
12
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2020 Rally Monza
30
15.
Carlos del Barrio
1991 –1992 , 1994 –2000 , 2002 , 2004 –2007 , 2010 –2014 , 2018 –present
15
2011 Rallye de France
2021 Monte Carlo Rally
30
17.
Marc Martí
1992 –1993 , 1995 –2010 , 2012 , 2014 –present
12
2015 Rally Argentina
2017 Rally Catalunya
27
18.
/ Chris Patterson
1993 , 1997 –2018 , 2021
10
2011 Rally México
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
21
19.
Sebastian Marshall
2008 , 2010 –2019 , 2021
6
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rallye Deutschland
19
20.
Alexandre Coria
2022 –present
7
2022 Safari Rally
2024 Central European Rally
18
21.
Ola Fløene
1995 , 2000 –2019 , 2021
10
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2015 Wales Rally GB
17
22.
Jonas Andersson
2002 –present
14
2012 Rally México
2022 Acropolis Rally
16
22.
Cándido Carrera
2010 –2016 , 2018 –2019 , 2021 –present
6
2021 Rally Catalunya
2023 Acropolis Rally
16
24.
Torstein Eriksen
2011 –2012 , 2015 , 2017 –present
5
2018 Rally Finland
2024 Rally Japan
15
25.
Benjamin Veillas
1999 , 2008 , 2015 –2019 , 2021 –present
4
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Rally Catalunya
12
26.
Mikko Markkula
2001 –2019 , 2021 –present
3
2018 Rally de Portugal
2023 Rally Finland
8
27.
Denis Giraudet
1981 –1984 , 1989 , 1991 –1993 , 1995 –2017 , 2019
3
1999 Tour de Corse
2012 Monte Carlo Rally
7
27.
John Kennard
1985 , 1987 –1989 , 1991 , 1998 , 2007 –2017 , 2019 , 2022 –present
4
2016 Rally Mexico
2017 Rally Sweden
7
29.
Gabin Moreau
2013 –2018
2
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Poland
6
29.
Marko Salminen
2008 , 2011 –2021
3
2019 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Rally de Portugal
6
29.
Isabelle Galmiche
2007 , 2013 , 2017 , 2022 –present
2
2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2022 Safari Rally
6
29.
James Fulton
2020 –present
2
2022 Rally Japan
2023 Rally Sweden
6
33.
Ilka Minor
1997 –2007 , 2010 –2016 , 2018 –present
3
2013 Acropolis Rally
2013 Wales Rally GB
5
33.
Raigo Mõlder
2009 , 2014 –2016 , 2020
2
2015 Rally Poland
2016 Wales Rally GB
5
33.
Kaj Lindström
1996 –2006 , 2009 –2015 , 2017 , 2019
3
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Catalunya
5
36.
Risto Mannisenmäki
1982 , 1986 –1990 , 1992 –2001 , 2003
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
4
36.
Kuldar Sikk
2003 –2015 , 2017 –2020
2
2012 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye de France
4
36.
Luca Beltrame
2007 , 2017 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
4
39.
Maciej Szczepaniak
1999 –2000 , 2002 –2003 , 2006 –present
2
2015 Tour de Corse
2015 Wales Rally GB
3
40.
Borja Rozada
2007 , 2009 –2018 , 2020 –present
2
2021 Rally Italia Sardegna
2021 Safari Rally
2
40.
Elliott Edmondson
2013 , 2015 –present
1
2022 Rally New Zealand
2022 Rally New Zealand
2
42.
Luis Moya
1988 –2002
1
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Tour de Corse
1
42.
Paavo Lukander
1996 –2004
1
1999 Rally Finland
1999 Rally Finland
1
42.
Giovanni Bernacchini
1998 –2017 , 2020
1
2012 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Argentina
1
42.
Reeta Hämäläinen
2022 –present
1
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Croatia Rally
1
42.
Marcelo Der Ohannesian
2011 , 2015 , 2018 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
1
Notes: [ b]
Most points per season
Gallery
Notes
^ 2018 Wales Rally GB used fourth to last stage as the power stage.[ 1]
^ a b c d Statistics updated as of the 2024 Rally Japan .
^ a b 1999 consisted of 14 rallies, but Power Stage was only run on two.
^ a b 2013 consisted of 13 rallies, but Power Stage was cancelled in Monte Carlo.
^ a b 2020 consisted of seven rallies, but Power Stage was cancelled in Mexico.
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