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