1980 World Rally Championship season

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The 1980 World Rally Championship season was the eighth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies. While this number was the same as the previous year, one change was made to the schedule, replacing Québec with the Rally Codasur, marking the first WRC event to be held in South America while simultaneously ending WRC presence in North America for 25 years.

A new driver's champion was crowned, with Fiat backed German driver Walter Röhrl taking the championship convincingly while simultaneously earning for Fiat it's third and final manufacturer's title. Finn Hannu Mikkola and Swede Björn Waldegård again battled to a one point difference in the standings, though this time for second place overall, and this time with Mikkola coming out on top. Fiat's position in the standings was challenged by both Datsun and Ford, but neither could overcome the Italian company's initial lead, settling instead for second and third resepectively. 1980 also saw Mercedes-Benz's best and final effort to compete for a WRC title, placing fourth overall.

For purposes of the championship, neither the Swedish or Finnish rallies were applied to the WRC for Manufacturers.

Contents 1 Championships 2 Events 3 See also

[edit] Championships

1980 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

Rank	Manufacturer	Event										Total points
		MON	POR	KEN	GRC	ARG	NZL	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV
1	Fiat	18	18	-	15	18	17	18	16	-	(11)	120
2	Datsun	-	-	18	17	14	18	-	13	8	5	93
3	Ford	8	12	-	18	11	8	16	-	17	-	90
4	Mercedes	-	13	16	-	17	15	-	-	-	18	79
5	Opel	12	-	13	13	-	-	10	10	13	-	71
6	Talbot	-	16	-	-	-	-	15	-	18	-	49
7	Toyota	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	32
8	Peugeot	-	-	-	2	12	-	-	-	-	16	30
9	Porsche	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	28
10	Lancia	16	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
11	Vauxhall	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	4	-	16
12	Volkswagen	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
13	Renault	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
14	Triumph	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
15	Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7	9
16	FSO	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

1980 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

1980 World Rally Championship for Drivers

Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
		MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRC	ARG	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV
1	Walter Röhrl	20	-	20	-	8	20	-	15	20	15	-	-	118
2	Hannu Mikkola	-	10	-	-	-	15	-	12	12	-	15	-	64
3	Björn Waldegård	12	12	10	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	20	63
4	Ari Vatanen	-	-	-	-	20	-	15	-	15	-	-	-	50
5	Anders Kulläng	10	20	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	48
6	Markku Alén	-	-	15	-	12	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	47
7	Timo Salonen	-	4	-	-	15	-	6	20	-	-	-	-	45
8	Guy Fréquelin	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	-	34
9	Shekhar Mehta	-	-	-	20	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
10	Henri Toivonen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	20	-	28
11	Per Eklund	8	3	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	27
12	Jean-Luc Thérier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	20
13	Vic Preston, Jr.	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	20
14	Jorge Recalde	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18
15	Björn Johansson	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	18
16	Bernard Darniche	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
	Stig Blomqvist	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
	Rauno Aaltonen	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
19	Attilio Bettega	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	15
20	Alain Coppier	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	14
21	Carlos Reutemann	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
23	Michèle Mouton	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	12
24	Ove Andersson	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
25	Jean-Claude Lefèbvre	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	11
26	Mike Kirkland	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	George Fury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
	Bruno Saby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Russell Brookes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
	Samir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
31	Ingvar Carlsson	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
32	Andy Dawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	9
33	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Lasse Lampi	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
35	Timo Mäkinen	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7
36	Pentti Airikkala	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Andrew Cowan	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Domingo De Vitta	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Paul Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Sandro Munari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
41	Jochi Kleint	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
42	Carlos Torres	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Yoshio Iwashita	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Harry Källström	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Francisco Alcuaz	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Tapio Rainio	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Paddy Davidson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Angelo Presotto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Christian Gardavot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	Tony Pond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
51	Johnny Hellier	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Nestor García Veiga	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Erkki Pitkänen	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	David Parkes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Antonillo Zordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Paul Rouby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
57	Salvador Servià	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Bengt Nilsson	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Raymond 'Ray' Rué	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tasos 'Siroco' Livieratos	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Federico West	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Heikki Enomaa	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Glenn McIntyre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Giorgio Bernocchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Jean-Felix Farrucci	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Bror Danielsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Jean-François Vincens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
68	Maciej Stawowiak	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jorge Maggi	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Peter Geitel	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Morrie Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Massimo Paolieri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Jean Bagarry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Naguib Saad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

1980 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

[edit] Events

1980 World Rally Championship event map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

1980 World Rally Championship schedule and results

Rally	Dates run	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
48ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	19–25 January	Walter Röhrl (8h:42m:20s) Bernard Darniche (8h:52m:28s) Björn Waldegård (8h:53m:48s)	Fiat 131 Abarth Lancia Stratos HF Fiat 131 Abarth
30th International Swedish Rally[1]	15–17 February	Anders Kulläng (4h:17m:52s) Stig Blomqvist (4h:19m:22s) Björn Waldegård (4h:21m:39s)	Opel Ascona 400 Saab 99 Turbo Fiat 131 Abarth
13º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto	4–9 March	Walter Röhrl (8h:45m:35s) Markku Alén (8h:59m:54s) Guy Fréquelin (9h:16m:04s)	Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 Abarth Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
28th Safari Rally	3–7 April	Shekhar Mehta (+3m:27s penalties) Rauno Aaltonen (+4m:02s penalties) Vic Preston, Jr. (+5m:07s penalties)	Datsun 160J Datsun 160J Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0
27th Acropolis Rally	26–29 May	Ari Vatanen (12h:55m:44s) Timo Salonen (12h:58m:26s) Markku Alén (13h:02m:48s)	Ford Escort RS1800 Datsun 160J Fiat 131 Abarth
2º Rally Codasur	19–24 July	Walter Röhrl (12h:48m:36s) Hannu Mikkola (13h:04m:35s) Carlos Reutemann (13h:35m:26s)	Fiat 131 Abarth Mercedes 500 SLC Fiat 131 Abarth
30th 1000 Lakes Rally[1]	29–31 August	Markku Alén (4h:24m:11s) Ari Vatanen (4h:25m:07s) Per Eklund (4h:25m:35s)	Fiat 131 Abarth Ford Escort RS1800 Triumph TR 7 V8
11th Motogard Rally of New Zealand	13–17 September	Timo Salonen (12h:06m:57s) Walter Röhrl (12h:09m:38s) Hannu Mikkola (12h:29m:22s)	Datsun 160J Fiat 131 Abarth Mercedes 500 SLC
22º Rallye Sanremo	6–11 October	Walter Röhrl (10h:22m:42s) Ari Vatanen (10h:29m:17s) Hannu Mikkola (10h:36m:52s)	Fiat 131 Abarth Ford Escort RS1800 Ford Escort RS
24ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	24–25 October	Jean-Luc Thérier (14h:51m:43s) Walter Röhrl (15h:02m:06s) Alain Coppier (15h:17m:21s)	Porsche 911 SC Fiat 131 Abarth Porsche 911 SC
29th Lombard RAC Rally	16–19 November	Henri Toivonen (8:17m:33s) Hannu Mikkola (8h:22m:09s) Guy Fréquelin (8h:31m:24s)	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Ford Escort RS1800 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
11ème Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire	9–14 December	Björn Waldegård (+2m:36s penalties) Jorge Recalde (+3m:47s penalties) Alain Ambrosino (+5m:17s penalties)	Mercedes 500 SLC Mercedes 500 SLC Peugeot 504 V6 Coupé

[edit] See also

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