1983 World Rally Championship season

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The 1983 World Rally Championship season was the 11th 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. 1983 brought the return of Argentina to the schedule in place of Brazil.

German Walter Röhrl, champion of the previous year despite his manufacturer's failed bid to capture the title, was tapped to drive for the Martini Racing team along with Finn Markku Alén in the new Lancia Rally 037 car. Audi Sport meanwhile carried forward from its successful title run in 1982 led by the same pair of drivers, Finn Hannu Mikkola and Frenchwoman Michèle Mouton, equipped with the Quattro A1 (later in the season upgrading to the A2 model). The team also future champion Swede Stig Blomqvist. Rothmans Opel Rally Team tapped former champion Finn Ari Vatanen and fellow countryman Henri Toivonen to drive the Ascona 400 during the season.

Competition was fierce both for drivers and manufacturers. The works battle quickly centered on the Audi and Lancia, and over the course of the season the two cars would win 10 of the 12 events and sit on 30 of the year's 36 podium positions. Lancia emerged on top, returning the manufacturer to glory for the first time since the company seized three consecutive titles in the mid-1970s. Audi's performance was impressive and the car was improved in the second half of the season, winning three of the final four events to nearly catch the Italian maker. Driver competition was no less intense, with both of the Martini team-mates scoring well through the season. However, they were outpaced by Mikkola, who was able to garner four wins and seven podiums to take the title by a healthy margin in the end. Martini teammate Blomqvist was impressive, finally winning in the last event of the year to place fourth overall, but Mouton's season was a dissappointment, her fifth place finish well off the pace. The Rothmans team meanwhile suffered an unimpressive season, the lone highlight being Vatanen's win in Kenya. This however would prove to be the team's only podium finish, and Ari himself would finish a distant sixth place on the year.

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.

1 Events
2 Championship for manufacturers
3 Championship for drivers
4 See also

[edit] Events

**1983 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

**1983 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Rally	Dates run	Podium drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium cars
51éme Rallye Automobile de Monte Carlo	22-29 January	Walter Röhrl Markku Alén Stig Blomqvist	Lancia 037 Lancia 037 Audi Quattro A1
33rd International Swedish Rally	11-13 February	Hannu Mikkola Stig Blomqvist Lasse Lampi	Audi Quattro A1 Audi 80 Quattro Audi Quattro A1
16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto	2-5 March	Hannu Mikkola Michèle Mouton Walter Röhrl	Audi Quattro A1 Audi Quattro A1 Lancia Rallye 037
31st Marlboro Safari Rally	30 March-4 April	Ari Vatanen Hannu Mikkola Michèle Mouton	Opel Ascona 400 Audi Quattro A1 Audi Quattro A1
27éme Tour De Corse - Rallye de France	5-7 May	Markku Alén Walter Röhrl Adartico Vudafieri	Lancia Rallye 037 Lancia Rallye 037 Lancia Rallye 037
30th Acropolis Rally	30 May-2 June	Walter Röhrl Markku Alén Stig Blomqvist	Lancia Rallye 037 Lancia Rallye 037 Audi Quattro A1
Sanyo Rally New Zealand\|13th Sanyo Rally of New Zealand	25-29 June	Walter Röhrl Timo Salonen Attilio Bettega	Lancia 037 Nissan 240RS Lancia 037
3º Marlboro Rally Argentina	2-6 August	Hannu Mikkola Stig Blomqvist Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro A2 Audi Quattro A2 Audi Quattro A2
33rd 1000 Lakes Rally	26-28 August	Hannu Mikkola Stig Blomqvist Markku Alén	Audi Quattro A2 Audi Quattro A2 Lancia 037
25º Rallye Sanremo	2-5 October	Markku Alén Walter Röhrl Attilio Bettega	Lancia 037 Lancia 037 Lancia 037
15ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire	25-30 October	Björn Waldegård Hannu Mikkola Per Eklund	Toyota Celica TCT Audi Quattro A2 Toyota Celica TCT
32nd Lombard RAC Rally	19-23 November	Stig Blomqvist Hannu Mikkola Jimmy McRae	Audi Quattro A2 Audi Quattro A2 Opel Manta 400

[edit] Championship for manufacturers

**1983 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturers	Event										Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Lancia	18	14	-	18	18	18	(10)	14	18	-	118
2	Audi	14	18	16	-	14	-	18	18	(6)	18	116
3	Opel	10	(9)	18	12	12	-	-	9	12	14	87
4	Nissan	-	4	12	8	8	16	-	4	-	-	52
5	Renault	6	-	-	10	-	-	11	-	-	-	27
7	Toyota	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	6	24
8	Subaru	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	13
9	British Leyland Cars	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11
9	Volkswagen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11
10	Peugeot	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
10	Vauxhall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
12	Mazda	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9
12	Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
14	Citroën	-	2	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	9
15	Talbot	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
16	Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7

**1983 World Rally Championship point awards for manufacturers**
Overall finish	Group finish
Overall 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

[edit] Championship for drivers

**1983 World Rally Championship for Drivers**
Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	ARG	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR	Total points
1	Hannu Mikkola	(10)	20	20	15	-	-	-	20	20	-	15	15	125
2	Walter Röhrl	20	-	12	-	15	20	20	-	-	15	-	-	102
3	Markku Alén	15	-	10	-	20	15	-	8	12	20	-	-	100
4	Stig Blomqvist	12	15	-	-	-	12	-	15	15	-	-	20	89
5	Michèle Mouton	-	10	15	12	-	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	53
6	Ari Vatanen	8	6	-	20	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	44
7	Attilio Bettega	-	-	-	-	10	8	12	-	-	12	-	-	42
8	Lasse Lampi	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	26
9	Shekhar Mehta	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	26
10	Per Eklund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	-	22
11	Björn Waldegård	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20
12	Adartico Vudafieri	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
13	Timo Salonen	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	3	-	-	-	18
14	Henri Toivonen	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	16
15	Jimmy McRae	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	12	15
16	Kalle Grundel	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11
17	Jayant Shah	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
17	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
19	Juha Kankkunen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	10
20	Bruno Saby	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
21	Johnny Hellier	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Reg Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Pentti Airikkala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8
	Miki Biasion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
	Eugène Salim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
	Russell Brookes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
27	Franz Wittmann	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
28	Antonio Zanini	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Wolfgang Stiller	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tony Pond	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Possum Bourne	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Franz Wurz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Dario Cerrato	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	John Buffum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
35	Jean Ragnotti	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Sören Nilsson	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Manoj Shah	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Jean-Sébastien Couloumiès	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Michael Bish	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Ernesto Soto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
41	Jean-Claude Andruet	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Mikael Ericsson	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Terry Kaby	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Paul de Voest	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Alain Coppier	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Peter Watt	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jorge Recalde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Lucky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
49	Mikael Sundström	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	3
50	Francis Serpaggi	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Lars-Erik Walfridsson	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Christian Dorche	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Jean-Michel Guyot	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Philippe Wambergue	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Mike Cameron	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Carlos Celis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Erkki Pitkänen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Bernard Darniche	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
59	Ola Strömberg	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Marc Duez	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jean-Louis Ravenel	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Maurice Chomat	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Gerardo Campo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Gabriele Noberasco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Mats Holmbom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1