1981 World Rally Championship season

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The 1981 World Rally Championship season was the ninth 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 New Zealand with the Brazil.

The 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers was won by Ari Vatanen driving a Rothmans Rally Team Ford Escort RS1800, the only time a privateer team has won the Drivers' Chmapionship. It also saw the beginning of a new era in the sport with the arrival of the Audi Quattro, the first four-wheel drive rally car. Initially regarded as too heavy and complex for rally stages, it proved its worth with three wins in its debut season, including a maiden victory for Michèle Mouton at the Rallye Sanremo, the only woman to win a WRC event.

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[edit] Championships

1981 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points
Flag of Monaco
MON
Flag of Sweden
SWE
Flag of Portugal
POR
Flag of Kenya
KEN
Flag of France
FRA
Flag of Greece
GRC
Flag of Argentina
ARG
Flag of Brazil
BRA
Flag of Finland
FIN
Flag of Italy
ITA
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
CIV
Flag of United Kingdom
GBR
1 Flag of United Kingdom Talbot 17 - 17 - 17 15 18 - - 17 - 16 117
2 Flag of Japan Datsun - - 13 18 15 13 17 - 12 - 18 - 106
3 Flag of United States Ford - - 9 - 12 18 - - 18 7 - 16 80
4 Flag of Germany Opel 15 - 11 12 8 - - - 8 15 - - 69
5 Flag of Germany Audi - - 13 - - - - - 14 18 - 18 63
6 Flag of Italy Fiat 8 - 18 - - 16 - - 16 5 - - 63
7 Flag of France Renault 18 - - - 7 10 15 - - - - 11 61
8 Flag of Japan Toyota - - 15 - 11 - - - 3 - 16 9 54
9 Flag of France Peugeot - - - 10 - 4 12 - - - 11 - 37
10 Flag of Italy Lancia 10 - - - 18 - - - - - - - 28
11 Flag of Germany Porsche 4 - - - 15 - - - - - - - 19
12 Flag of Czechoslovakia Škoda - - - - - 8 - - - - - - 8
13 Flag of United States Dodge - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 6
14 Flag of Japan Mitsubishi - - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 4
1981 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
1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers
Rank Driver Event Total
points
Flag of Monaco
MON
Flag of Sweden
SWE
Flag of Portugal
POR
Flag of Kenya
KEN
Flag of France
FRA
Flag of Greece
GRC
Flag of Argentina
ARG
Flag of Brazil
BRA
Flag of Finland
FIN
Flag of Italy
ITA
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
CIV
Flag of United Kingdom
GBR
1 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen 0 15 0 - - 20 0 20 20 4 2 15 96
2 Flag of France Guy Fréquelin 15 - 6 0 15 10 20 15 - 0 8 0 89
3 Flag of Finland Hannu Mikkola 0 20 0 - 0 0 - - 12 10 - 20 62
4 Flag of Finland Markku Alén 4 - 20 - - 15 - - 15 2 - 0 56
5 Flag of Kenya Shekhar Mehta - - - 20 - 8 15 0 - - 12 - 55
6 Flag of Finland Timo Salonen - - 0 10 0 0 0 - 10 0 20 0 40
7 Flag of Finland Henri Toivonen 8 - 15 - 0 0 - - 0 15 - 0 38
8 Flag of France Michèle Mouton 0 - 10 - 0 0 - - 0 20 - 0 30
9 Flag of Finland Pentti Airikkala - 12 - - - - - - 8 - - 10 30
10 Flag of Sweden Per Eklund 0 2 0 - 6 0 - - 0 - 15 6 29
11 Flag of France Jean Ragnotti 20 - - - 0 - - - - - - 8 28
12 Flag of France Bernard Darniche 6 - - - 20 - - - - - - - 26
13 Flag of Sweden Stig Blomqvist - 8 - - - - - - 3 - - 12 23
14 Flag of Argentina Jorge Recalde - - - - - - 12 10 - - - - 22
15 Flag of Sweden Anders Kulläng 10 10 0 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 2 22
16 Flag of West Germany Jochi Kleint 12 - - 8 - 0 - - - - - - 20
Flag of United Kingdom Tony Pond - - 8 - 12 - - - - 0 - 0 20
18 Flag of Sweden Björn Waldegård 3 - 12 - 0 0 - - 2 - 0 0 17
19 Flag of Finland Rauno Aaltonen 0 - - 15 - - - - - - - - 15
20 Flag of Kenya Mike Kirkland - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 12
Flag of Italy Attilio Bettega 0 - 0 - - 12 - - - 0 - - 12
Flag of Uruguay Domingo De Vitta - - - - - - 0 12 - - - - 12
Flag of Italy Antonio Fassina - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 12
24 Flag of Sweden Björn Johansson - 6 - - - - - - 6 - - 0 12
25 Flag of United Kingdom Terry Kaby - - - - 8 - - - - - - 3 11
26 Flag of France Jean-Pierre Ballet 0 - - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
Flag of Argentina Ernesto Soto - - - - - - 10 - - - - - 10
Flag of France Michel Mitri - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 10
29 Flag of Argentina Ricardo Albertengo - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 10
Flag of Portugal Carlos Torres - - 0 - - - - 8 - - - - 8
Flag of Italy Luigi Battistolli - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 8
32 Flag of Finland Lasse Lampi - 4 - - - - - - 4 - - 0 8
33 Flag of France Jean-Claude Lefèbvre - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 6
Flag of Greece Iórgos Moschous - - - - - 6 - - - - - - 6
Flag of Uruguay Luis Etchegoyen - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Flag of Uruguay Gustavo Trelles - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 6
Flag of Italy Miki Biasion - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
Flag of France Alain Ambrosino - - - 0 - - - - - - 6 - 6
39 Flag of Sweden Sören Nilsson - - - - - - 1 4 - - - - 5
Flag of Argentina Horacio Maglione - 1 - - - - - - - - - 4 5
41 Flag of Spain Rafael 'Cid' - - 4 - - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Japan Yoshio Iwashita - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Italy Jean-Michel Tichadou - - - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
Flag of Greece 'Carlo' - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
Flag of Uruguay Federico West - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
Flag of Lebanon Samir Assef - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 4
47 Flag of Sweden Ola Strömberg - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of Portugal Manuel Queirós Pereira - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of Kenya Jayant Shah - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
Flag of France Gérard Swaton - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
Flag of Czech Republic Václav Blahna - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
Flag of Argentina Luís Romero - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Flag of Uruguay Julio Berges - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
Flag of Italy Dario Cerrato 0 - 0 - - - - - - 3 - - 3
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Jacques Durieu - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
56 Flag of France Jacques Alméras 2 - - - 0 - - - - - - - 2
Flag of Portugal Joaquim Moutinho - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of United States Malcolm Smith - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
Flag of France Camille Bartoli - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2
Flag of Greece Pavlos Moschoutis - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
Flag of Argentina Miguel Tubal - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2
Flag of Brazil Maria Carmo Zacarias - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2
63 Flag of France Alain Coppier 1 - - - 0 - - - - - - - 1
Flag of Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Flag of United States Rod Hall - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Flag of France Jean-Felix Farrucci - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Flag of France Claude Laurent 0 - - - - 1 - - 0 - 0 0 1
Flag of Finland Antero Laine - - - - - - - - 1 0 - 0 1
Flag of Italy Federico Ormezzano - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Flag of United Kingdom Roger Clark - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
1981 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

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1981 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1981 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Event Finish Driver Co-driver Car Time
1 Flag of Monaco
49ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
(January 2430)
1 Flag of France Jean Ragnotti Flag of France Jean-Marc Andrié Renault 5 Turbo 9:55:55
2 Flag of France Guy Fréquelin Flag of France Jean Todt Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 9:58:49
3 Flag of West Germany Jochi Kleint Flag of West Germany Günter Wanger Opel Ascona 400 10:02:54
2 Flag of Sweden
31st International Swedish Rally
(February 1315)
1 Flag of Finland Hannu Mikkola Flag of Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 3:48:07
2 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen Flag of England David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 3:50:00
3 Flag of Finland Pentti Airikkala Flag of Finland Risto Virtanen Ford Escort RS1800 3:51:47
3 Flag of Portugal
14º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(March 47)
1 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Fiat 131 Abarth 8:27:26
2 Flag of Finland Henri Toivonen Flag of England Fred Gallagher Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 8:36:36
3 Flag of Sweden Björn Waldegård Flag of Sweden Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT 8:43:47
4 Flag of Kenya
29th Safari Rally
(April 1620)
1 Flag of Kenya Shekhar Mehta Flag of Kenya Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT +3:39 pen
2 Flag of Finland Rauno Aaltonen Flag of Kenya Lofty Drews Datsun Violet GT +3:44 pen
3 Flag of Kenya Mike Kirkland Flag of Kenya Dave Haworth Datsun 160J +4:51 pen
5 Flag of France
25ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
(April 30May 2)
1 Flag of France Bernard Darniche Flag of France Alain Mahé Lancia Stratos HF 14:26.23
2 Flag of France Guy Fréquelin Flag of France Jean Todt Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 14:42:25
3 Flag of England Tony Pond Flag of England Ian Grindrod Datsun Violet GT 14:45.29
6 Flag of Greece
28th Acropolis Rally
(June 14)
1 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen Flag of England David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 13:17:25
2 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Fiat 131 Abarth 13:22:00
3 Flag of Italy Attilio Bettega Flag of Italy Maurizio Perissinot Fiat 131 Abarth 13:25:19
7 Flag of Argentina
3º Rally Codasur
(July 1823)
1 Flag of France Guy Fréquelin Flag of France Jean Todt Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 14:22:52
2 Flag of Kenya Shekhar Mehta Flag of Kenya Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT 15:01:04
3 Flag of Argentina Jorge Recalde Flag of Argentina Jorge del Bouno Datsun 160J 16:01:19
8 Flag of Brazil
3º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil
(August 68)
1 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen Flag of England David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 9:39:40
2 Flag of France Guy Fréquelin Flag of France Jean Todt Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 9:48:11
3 Flag of Uruguay Domingo De Vitta Flag of Uruguay Daniel Muzio Ford Escort RS 10:19:46
9 Flag of Finland
31st 1000 Lakes Rally
(August 2830)
1 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen Flag of England David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 4:07:27
2 Flag of Finland Markku Alén Flag of Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Fiat 131 Abarth 4:08:26
3 Flag of Finland Hannu Mikkola Flag of Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 4:10:19
10 Flag of Italy
23º Rallye Sanremo
(October 510)
1 Flag of France Michèle Mouton Flag of Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 8:05:50
2 Flag of Finland Henri Toivonen Flag of England Fred Gallagher Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 8:09:15
3 Flag of Italy Antonio Fassina Flag of Italy Rudy Roberto Dalpozzo Opel Ascona 400 8:12:08
11 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
13ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(October 2631)
1 Flag of Finland Timo Salonen Flag of Finland Seppo Harjanne Datsun Violet GT +9:57 pen
2 Flag of Sweden Per Eklund Flag of Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT +11:09 pen
3 Flag of Kenya Shekhar Mehta Flag of Kenya Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT +11:22 pen
12 Flag of United Kingdom
30th Lombard RAC Rally
(November 2225)
1 Flag of Finland Hannu Mikkola Flag of Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:30:00
2 Flag of Finland Ari Vatanen Flag of England David Richards Ford Escort RS1800 8:41:05
3 Flag of Sweden Stig Blomqvist Flag of Sweden Björn Cederberg Talbot Sunbeam Lotus 8:43:36

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