1982 World Rally Championship

1982 World Rally Championship
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The 1982 World Rally Championship was the tenth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies. By this time, the schedule format had become generally stable, with only one or two changes to venues year to year. 1982 marked the return of New Zealand to the schedule in place of Argentina's Rally Codasur.

1982 was marked by the dominance of the Germans, with two German manufacturers, Audi and Opel, taking first and second in the manufacturer's title race, while Opel's driver, German Walter Röhrl, seized the driver's title. Top Audi pilots Michèle Mouton and Hannu Mikkola took second and third in the drivers' race, but their combined efforts were enough to put Audi over the top for the work's cup. Mouton's finish is the best by a female driver to this day.

As with previous seasons, while all 12 events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only 10 of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. The two events in 1982 which applied only to driver standings were Sweden and the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire. Röhrl's strong performance in both of these rallies would have improved Opel's bid for a world title had they counted for manufacturers as well as drivers.

Teams and drivers

Team Constructor Car Drivers Rounds
Germany Audi Sport Audi Audi Quattro Finland Hannu Mikkola 1–3, 5–12
France Michèle Mouton 1–3, 5–12
Italy Michele Cinotto 1, 6, 10
Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2, 9–10
Austria Franz Wittmann 3, 5, 10
Germany Harald Demuth 10, 12
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson 12
Germany Rothmans Opel Rally Team Opel Opel Ascona 400 Germany Walter Röhrl 1–8, 10–11
Germany Jochi Kleint 1, 5, 12
Belgium Guy Colsoul 1
Sweden Björn Johansson 2, 9, 11–12
Finland Henri Toivonen 3, 6, 9–10, 12
Finland Rauno Aaltonen 4
United Kingdom Jimmy McRae 6, 12
Finland Ari Vatanen 12
France Renault Sport Renault Renault 5 Turbo France Bruno Saby 1, 5, 11
France Jean-Luc Thérier 5
France Jean Ragnotti 5, 11
Japan Team Nissan Europe Nissan Nissan Violet GTS Finland Timo Salonen 3–4, 6–7, 9, 12
United Kingdom Tony Pond 3–4, 6–7
Kenya Shekhar Mehta 4, 6–8
Kenya Mike Kirkland 4
Greece George Moschous 6
Finland Erkki Pitkänen 9, 12
United Kingdom Andy Dawson 12
Japan Toyota Team Europe Toyota Toyota Celica 2000 GT Sweden Björn Waldegård 3, 7, 11–12
Sweden Per Eklund 3, 7, 11–12
Lebanon Samir Assef 11
Sweden Ove Andersson 11
Sweden Leif Asterhag 12
Italy Martini Lancia Lancia Lancia Rally 037 Italy Attilio Bettega 5
Finland Markku Alén 5–6, 9–10, 12
Italy Adartico Vudafieri 6, 11
Italy Fabrizio Tabaton 10
France Citroën Competition Citroën Citroën Visa France Christian Rio 5
France Maurice Chomat 5
Japan Team Ralliart Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo Finland Pentti Airikkala 9, 12
Sweden Anders Kulläng 9–10, 12

Championship for manufacturers

1982 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points
Monaco
MON
Portugal
POR
Kenya
KEN
France
FRA
Greece
GRC
New Zealand
NZL
Brazil
BRA
Finland
FIN
Italy
ITA
United Kingdom
GBR
1 West Germany Audi 16 18 - (6) 18 - 10 18 18 18 116
2 West Germany Opel 18 (12) 16 12 16 14 (9) - 14 14 104
3 Japan Nissan - - 18 - 12 12 - 15 - - 57
4 United States Ford - 12 - - 8 9 16 10 - - 55
5 Japan Toyota - 16 - - - 18 - - - 7 41
6 France Renault 10 - - 18 4 - - - 2 - 34
7 West Germany Porsche 14 - - 14 - - - - - - 28
8 Japan Mitsubishi - - 8 - - - - 14 6 - 28
9 Italy Lancia - - - 10 - - - - - 15 25
10 United Kingdom Talbot - - - - - - - 13 - 11 24
11 France Citroën - 14 - - - - - - 9 - 23
12 United Kingdom Vauxhall - - - - - - - 10 - 9 19
13 Italy Ferrari - - - 16 - - - - - - 16
14 Japan Mazda - - - - - 14 - - - - 14
West Germany Volkswagen - - - - - - 14 - - - 14
16 United Kingdom British Leyland Cars - - 12 - - - - - - - 12
17 Japan Subaru - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
18 Italy Fiat - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
1982 World Rally Championship point awards for manufacturers
Overall
finish
Group finish
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 18 - - - - - - - - -
2 17 16 - - - - - - - -
3 16 15 14 - - - - - - -
4 15 14 13 12 - - - - - -
5 14 13 12 11 10 - - - - -
6 13 12 11 10 9 8 - - - -
7 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 - - -
8 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 - -
9 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 -
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

Championship for drivers

1982 World Rally Championship for Drivers
Rank Driver Event Total
points
Monaco
MON
Sweden
SWE
Portugal
POR
Kenya
KEN
France
FRA
Greece
GRC
New Zealand
NZL
Brazil
BRA
Finland
FIN
Italy
ITA
Ivory Coast
CIV
United Kingdom
GBR
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl 20 12 - 15 (10) 15 12 15 - (12) 20 - 109
2 France Michèle Mouton - 8 20 - 4 20 - 20 - 10 - 15 97
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola 15 - - - - - - - 20 15 - 20 70
4 Sweden Stig Blomqvist - 20 - - - - - - 15 20 - 3 58
5 Sweden Per Eklund - 10 15 - - - 15 - - - 15 2 57
6 Sweden Björn Waldegård - - - - - - 20 - - - 12 4 36
7 Finland Henri Toivonen - - - - - 12 - - - 8 - 12 32
8 Kenya Shekhar Mehta - - - 20 - 10 - - - - - - 30
9 France Bruno Saby 8 - - - 8 - - - - - 10 - 26
10 France Jean Ragnotti - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20
11 Finland Timo Salonen - - - - - - 10 - 10 - - - 20
12 France Guy Fréquelin 10 - - - 6 - - - - - - - 16
13 Finland Ari Vatanen - 15 - - - - - - - - - - 15
France Jean-Claude Andruet - - - - 15 - - - - - - - 15
15 France Jean-Luc Thérier 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Austria Franz Wittmann - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 12
Kenya Mike Kirkland - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 12
France Bernard Béguin - - - - 12 - - - - - - - 12
Uruguay Domingo De Vitta - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
Finland Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - 12 - - - 12
21 Finland Markku Alén - - - - 2 - - - - - - 10 12
22 United Kingdom Russell Brookes - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6 12
23 Portugal Carlos Torres - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 10
United Kingdom Tony Pond - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10
Brazil Aparecido Rodrigues - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
26 France Alain Coppier - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 8
Kenya Jayant Shah - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 8
Greece Iórgos Moschous - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 8
New Zealand Rod Millen - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 8
Finland Antero Laine - - - - - - - - 8 - - - 8
France Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 8 - 8
West Germany Harald Demuth - - - - - - - - - - - 8 8
33 France Dany Snobeck 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Finland Lasse Lampi - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
Portugal Mário Silva - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 6
Kenya Rob Collinge - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 6
United Kingdom Jimmy McRae - - - - - 6 - - - - - - 6
New Zealand Tony Teesdale - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Italy Michele Cinotto - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
Ivory Coast Eugène Salim - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
41 West Germany Jochi Kleint 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Sweden Sören Nilsson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
Portugal António Ferreira da Cunha - - 4 - - - - - - - - - 4
Japan Yoshinobu Takahashi - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4
Greece Pavlos Moschoutis - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
France Jean-Louis Leyraud - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
Finland Harri Uotila - - - - - - - - 4 - - - 4
Sweden Anders Kulläng - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
49 France Philippe Touren 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Sweden Kalle Grundel - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
France Christian Dorche - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3
Kenya Frank Tundo - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
France Francis Vincent - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
Greece Leonidas - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
New Zealand Malcolm Stewart - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Finland Jouni Kinnunen - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
Italy Miki Biasion - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
58 France Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Sweden Bengt Thorsell - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
France Olivier Tabatoni - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
Kenya Javaid Alam - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
Greece Anastasios Gemenis - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
New Zealand Paul Adams - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2
Finland Seppo Mustonen - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Italy Livio Lupidi - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
66 West Germany Jürgen Barth 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Sweden Mikael Ericsson - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Brazil Jorge Fleck - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Kenya Ramesh Khoda - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
France Robert Simonetti - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
West Germany Fritz Heisler - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
New Zealand Reg Cook - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Finland Henri Palmroos - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Italy Vittorio Caneva - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
1982 World Rally Championship point awards for drivers
Points awarded by finish 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Events

1982 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1982 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Rally name Stages Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co-driver Car Time
1 Monaco
50ème Rallye Automobile de Monte Carlo
(16–22 January)
32 stages
753 km
Tarmac
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:20:33
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:24:22
3 France Jean-Luc Thérier France Michel Vial Porsche 911 SC 8:32:38
2 Sweden
32nd International Swedish Rally[1]
(12–14 February)
25 stages
358 km
Snow/Ice
1 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 3:40:15
2 Finland Ari Vatanen United Kingdom Terry Harryman Ford Escort RS1800 3:42:51
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 3:44:29
3 Portugal
16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(2–8 March)
40 stages
639 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 France Michèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 7:39:36
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 7:52:43
3 Austria Franz Wittmann West Germany Peter Diekmann Audi Quattro 8:07:25
4 Kenya
30th Marlboro Safari Rally
(8–12 April)
83 controls
5120 km
Gravel
1 Kenya Shekhar Mehta Kenya Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT +4:26 pen
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +5:07 pen
3 Kenya Mike Kirkland Kenya Anton Levitan Datsun Violet GT +6:16 pen
5 France
26éme Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
(6–8 May)
27 stages
1176 km
Tarmac
1 France Jean Ragnotti France Jean-Marc Andrié Renault 5 Turbo 14:11:19
2 France Jean-Claude Andruet France 'Biche' Ferrari 308 GTB 14:16:57
3 France Bernard Béguin France Jean-Jacques Lenne Porsche 911 SC 14:20:11
6 Greece
29th Acropolis Rally
(31 May-3 June)
56 stages
967 km
Gravel
1 France Michèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 12:54:44
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 13:08:23
3 Finland Henri Toivonen United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 13:17:21
7 New Zealand
12th Motogard Rally of New Zealand
(26–29 June)
38 stages
1014 km
Gravel
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård Sweden Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:28:08
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:31:21
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 10:33:37
8 Brazil
4º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil
(11–14 August)
29 stages
706 km
Gravel
1 France Michèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 8:16:24
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:51:49
3 Uruguay Domingo de Vitta Uruguay Daniel Muzio Ford Escort 1.6 10:15:30
9 Finland
32nd 1000 Lakes Rally
(27–29 August)
46 stages
469 km
Gravel
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 4:19:05
2 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 4:19:33
3 Finland Pentti Airikkala Finland Juha Piironen Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo 4:23:22
10 Italy
24º Rallye Sanremo
(3–8 October)
56 stages
735 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 8:37:47
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:40:03
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:40:14
11 Ivory Coast
14ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[1]
(27 October-1 November)
54 controls
4995 km
Gravel
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl West Germany Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +8:43 pen
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT +10:17 pen
3 Sweden Björn Waldegård Sweden Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT +11:00 pen
12 United Kingdom
31st Lombard RAC Rally
(21–25 November)
68 stages
716 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:01:46
2 France Michèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 8:06:03
3 Finland Henri Toivonen United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 8:06:12
  1. 1 2 Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship

See also

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