1984 World Rally Championship season

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The 1984 World Rally Championship season was the 12th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies following the same schedule as the previous season.

German team Audi Sport put together three of the top drivers in the world, with previous season champion Finn Hannu Mikkola returning to the team along with rising star Stig Blomqvist, a Swede. Former world champion German driver Walter Röhrl was also added from Martini Racing. Martini kept Markku Alén as tehir primary driver for the season.

Blomqvist and Mikkola dominated the season in the Audi Quattro A2, with Blomqvist proving the best with five rally wins. Audi established an early lead, winning six of the first eight events, including sweeping the podium at the first two rallies. Mikkola had to settle for second overall despite a consistently strong season in which he took eight podium finishes. Alén was only able to reach third place, only capturing a single rally win in his Lancia Rally 037. Late in the season, Finn Ari Vatanen returned to the world rally scene in a Peugeot 205 T16, winning three of the final four rallies and reaching fourth place in the overall standings. His performance showed that Peugeot had a winner that could beat the Audi, which they would do in the coming years of B Class dominance.

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 1984 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

**1984 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

**1984 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Round	Event	Finish	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
1	52ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 21–27)	1	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Quattro A2	8:52:29
		2	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	8:53:42
		3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	9:05:09

2	34th International Swedish Rally (February 10–12)	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	4:16:45
		2	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro A2	4:24:12
		3	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Audi Quattro A2	4:33:27

3	17º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 7–10)	1	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	7:35:32
		2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	7:35:59
		3	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	7:58:21

4	32nd Marlboro Safari Rally (April 19–23)	1	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	+2:02 pen
		2	Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	Opel Manta 400	+2:13 pen
		3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+2:25 pen

5	28ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (May 3–5)	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	13:24:56
		2	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Rally 037	13:29:11
		3	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 5 Turbo	13:33:16

6	31st Acropolis Rally (May 28–31)	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:41:51
		2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	10:44:58
		3	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	10:56:01

8	14th Sanyo Rally of New Zealand (June 23–26)	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:40:41
		2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	10:45:28
		3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	10:48:10

7	4º Marlboro Rally Argentina (July 27–August 1)	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:33:38
		2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	10:36:54
		3	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Bouno	Audi Quattro A2	10:38:48

9	34th 1000 Lakes Rally (August 24–26)	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4:07:27
		2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	4:08:26
		3	Henri Toivonen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Rally 037	4:10:19

10	26º Rallye Sanremo (September 30–5)	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	8:44:34
		2	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	8:50:01
		3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Rally 037	8:53:58

11	16ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (October 31–November 5)	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Quattro	+5:24 pen
		2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+5:46 pen
		3	Shekhar Mehta	Yvonne Mehta	Nissan 240RS	+6:28 pen

12	33rd Lombard RAC Rally (November 25–29)	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	9:19:48
		2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	9:20:29
		3	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Toyota Celica TCT	9:37:07

[edit] Championship for manufacturers

**1984 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	Audi	18	18	14	(10)	18	18	18	-	-	16	120
2	Lancia	(10)	16	12	18	14	16	-	16	16	-	108
3	Peugeot	-	-	-	12	-	-	8	18	18	18	74
4	Toyota	-	10	18	-	-	10	-	10	-	14	62
5	Renault	12	10	-	14	-	-	15	4	-	-	55
6	Opel	-	-	16	2	-	-	11	2	7	10	48
7	Nissan	2	-	10	-	8	12	-	6	-	8	46
8	Volkswagen	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	34
9	Subaru	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	11
10	Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
10	Fiat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
12	Ford	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
13	Citroën	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
14	Vauxhall	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Mazda	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Mitsubishi	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2

**1984 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

**1984 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	Stig Blomqvist	15	20	0	0	(8)	20	20	20	10	0	20	0	125
2	Hannu Mikkola	12	-	20	12	-	15	(12)	15	0	-	15	15	104
3	Markku Alén	3	-	15	10	20	12	15	-	15	0	-	-	90
4	Ari Vatanen	-	-	-	-	0	0	-	-	20	20	-	20	60
5	Attilio Bettega	8	-	12	-	4	10	-	-	-	15	-	-	49
6	Miki Biasion	6	-	10	-	15	0	-	-	-	12	-	-	43
7	Per Eklund	-	12	-	0	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	12	30
8	Björn Waldegård	-	-	0	20	-	-	8	-	0	-	-	0	28
9	Shekhar Mehta	0	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	12	3	27
10	Timo Salonen	1	-	-	4	-	6	10	-	-	-	-	6	27
11	Walter Röhrl	20	-	6	-	0	0	0	-	-	0	-	-	26
12	Michèle Mouton	-	15	-	0	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	10	25
13	Jean Ragnotti	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
14	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	-	-	-	-	10	0	-	-	-	8	-	-	18
15	Rauno Aaltonen	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
16	Jorge Recalde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
16	Henri Toivonen	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
18	Kalle Grundel	2	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	0	6	-	0	12
19	Jean-Luc Thérier	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Mats Jonsson	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	10
	Mario Stillo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
	Fabrizio Tabaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
24	Lars-Erik Torph	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8
	John Buffum	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	8
	Yasuhiro Iwase	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Juha Kankkunen	-	-	0	-	-	-	0	-	8	-	-	0	8
	David Horsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
	Russell Brookes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
30	Björn Johansson	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Vic Preston, Jr.	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Jean-Claude Andruet	0	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Reg Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Miguel Torrás	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Patrick Tauziac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
36	Bernard Darniche	4	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Kenneth Eriksson	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	4
	Malcolm Stewart	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Carlos Bassi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Erkki Pitkänen	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Massimo Ercolani	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	Jimmy McRae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
43	Stig Andervang	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	3
	Jorge Ortigão	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Franz Wittmann	-	-	-	3	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	3
	François Chatriot	0	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3
	Iórgos Moschous	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	'Possum' Bourne	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Hugo Hernández	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Bruno Saby	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	3	-	-	0	3
	Gerhard Kalnay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
52	Yoshio Iwashita	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
53	Gunnar Pettersson	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Christian Dorche	0	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Guy Fréquelin	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Achim Warmbold	0	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tony Teesdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Monnenmacher Pérez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Jouko Pöysti	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	0	2
	Michele Rayneri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Bertie Fisher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
62	Jerry Åhlin	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1
	Russell Gooding	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1
	Basil Criticos	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Yves Loubet	0	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Blair Robson	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Walter d'Agostini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Kalevi Aho	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Werner Grissmann	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Mikael Ericsson	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	1	1