1986 World Rally Championship season

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The 1986 World Rally Championship season was the 13th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 13 rallies, including all twelve venues of the previous season as well as the addition of the Olympus Rally. This marked the return of the WRC to the United States and North America, as well as the first world rally to be held on the western side of the continent. The December rally would also be the only WRC event to feature Group B competition in the United States.

The 1986 season was notable for being the last World Rally Championship season driven with the powerful and popular Group B rally cars. The drivers' championship was won by Juha Kankkunen of Finland, followed by two other Flying Finns, Markku Alén and Timo Salonen. The manufacturers' title was taken by Peugeot, after a close battle with Lancia.^[1]

The season began with the Monte Carlo Rally and Henri Toivonen took the win with his Lancia Delta S4, making himself the favourite for the title. At the International Swedish Rally, Toivonen had to retire due to an engine failure and Kankkunen won the event with his Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2, ahead of Toivonen's teammate Alén. At the next rally in Portugal, Joaquim Santos lost control of his Ford RS200 plunging into the crowd, killing three spectators and injuring more than 30.^[2]. All the factory teams decided to withdraw from the race, giving the win to home country's relatively unknown driver, Joaquim Moutinho.

At the Tour de Corse, happened another fatal accident that would change the course of rallying. Toivonen's and his co-driver, Sergio Cresto's, Lancia went off the side of the road, plunged down a ravine and landed on its roof. The aluminum fuel tank underneath the driver's seat was ruptured by the trees and exploded. Toivonen and Cresto had no time to get out and burned to death on their seats. The accident had no witnesses.^[3] This caused the Jean-Marie Balestre and the FISA immediately to freeze the development of the Group B cars, and ban them from competing for the 1987 season. Audi and Ford decided to withdraw from competing, while other teams continued with their Group B models until the end of the season.

The season ended with more controversy when the organizers of the San Remo Rally disqualified the entire Peugeot team from the event due to illegal side skirts. However, the cars were proven legal by the FIA, and the Italian organizers were blamed for not allowing French Peugeots to take the win ahead of the Italian Lancias. Eventually, the FIA annulled the results of the whole event. Peugeot then became the manufacturers' champions, but Peugeot's Kankkunen was not sure about his title over Lancia's Alén until three weeks after the season ended.^[4]

1986 marked the only season in which the FIA issued the World Championship for Drivers of Group A Cars. Swede Kenneth Eriksson, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V took the title ahead of Austrian Rudi Stohl in his Audi Coupe Quattro, a lower powered version of the Group B Quattros. This championship became unnecessary in future years due to the elimination of Group B cars. From 1987 onwards, Group A cars would be the vehicles used by drivers competing for the main World Rally Championship for Drivers.

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

[edit] Events

**1986 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

**1986 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver	Co Driver	Car	Time
1	54ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 18–24)	36 stages 867 km Tarmac	1	Henri Toivonen	Sergio Cresto	Lancia Delta S4	10:11:24
			2	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	10:15:28
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Quattro S1	10:18:46

2	36th International Swedish Rally (February 14–16)	30 stages 558 km Snow/Ice	1	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:09:19
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	5:11:13
			3	Kalle Grundel	Terry Harryman	Ford RS200	5:15:35

3	19º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 5–8)	42 stages 556 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Joaquim Moutinho	Edgar Fortes	Renault 5 Turbo	7:50:44
			2	Carlos Bica	Cândido Júnior	Lancia Rally 037	8:04:11
			3	Giovanni Del Zoppo	Loris Roggia	Fiat Uno Turbo	8:07:36

4	34th Marlboro Safari Rally (March 29–April 2)	63 controls 4190 km Gravel	1	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	+5:06 pen
			2	Lars-Erik Torph	Bo Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	+5:34 pen
			3	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rallye 037	+6.12 pen

5	30ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (1–3)	24 stages 1017 km Tarmac	1	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	11:52:44
			2	François Chatriot	Michel Périn	Renault 5 Maxi Turbo	12:06:32
			3	Yves Loubet	Jean-Marc Andrié	Alfa Romeo GTV6	12:45:59

6	33rd Acropolis Rally (June 2–4)	38 stages 575 km Gravel	1	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	7:20:01
			2	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta S4	7:21:38
			3	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	7:29:55

7	16th AWA Clarion Rally of New Zealand (July 5–8)	34 stages 597 km Gravel	1	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:43:45
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	5:45:25
			3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta S4	5:53:36

8	6º Marlboro Rally Argentina (August 6–9)	26 stages 569 km Gravel	1	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta S4	6:36:26
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	6:36:50
			3	Stig Blomqvist	Bruno Berglund	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	6:40:42

9	36th 1000 Lakes Rally (September 5–7)	47 stages 382 km Gravel	1	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	3:32:45
			2	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	3:33:09
			3	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	3:34:30

10	18ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire^[5] (September 24–27)	73 controls 3763 km Gravel	1	Björn Waldegård	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	+1:29 pen
			2	Lars-Erik Torph	Bo Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	+1:37 pen
			3	Erwin Weber	Günter Wanger	Toyota Celica TCT	+2:27 pen

11	28º Rallye Sanremo (October 13–17)	39 stages 488 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	5:31:35
			2	Dario Cerrato	Giuseppe Cerri	Lancia Delta S4	5:32:53
			3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta S4	5:33:17

12	35th Lombard RAC Rally (November 16–19)	45 stages 517 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:21:11
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	5:22:33
			3	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:27:16

13	21st Olympus Rally^[5] (December 4–7)	39 stages 525 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	5:26:10
			2	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:29:36
			3	John Buffum	Neil Wilson	Audi Sport Quattro	5:50:24

^ FIA World Rally Championship 1986. RallyBase. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
^ Noakes, Andrew. Group Therapy. PistonHeads.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
^ Maruszewska, Witolda. Henri Toivonen biography. Post 14. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
^ Biewer, Chris. 1986 World Rally Championship Summary. Rallye-Info.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
^ ^a ^b Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship

[edit] Championship for manufacturers

**1986 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturers	Event											Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Peugeot	17	20	-	(10)	20	20	20	(14)	20	*	20	137
2	Lancia	20	17	-	(14)	-	17	17	20	14	*	17	122
3	Volkswagen	9	10	-	-	9	11	12	14	-	*	-	65
4	Audi	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	29
5	Ford	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	10	24
6	Toyota	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	20
7	Renault	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	*	-	14
8	Subaru	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	13
9	Austin Rover	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	*	8	12
10	Citroën	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	10
11	Mazda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	9	9
12	Opel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	*	-	5
* - Note: FISA annulled the results for the San Remo Rally

**1986 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

**1986 World Rally Championship for Drivers**
Rank	Driver	Event													Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	Total points
1	Juha Kankkunen	8	20	-	8	-	20	20	-	15	-	*	12	15	118
2	Markku Alén	-	15	-	12	-	-	15	15	12	-	*	15	20	104
3	Timo Salonen	15	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	20	-	*	20	-	63
4	Björn Waldegård	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	20	*	-	8	48
5	Miki Biasion	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	20	-	-	*	-	-	47
6	Lars-Erik Torph	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	15	*	-	10	40
7	Bruno Saby	6	-	-	-	20	12	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	38
8	Mikael Ericsson	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	-	*	-	-	28
9	Kalle Grundel	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	*	8	-	26
10	Kenneth Eriksson	2	4	-	-	3	4	4	8	-	-	*	-	-	25
11	Stig Blomqvist	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	*	-	-	22
11	Erwin Weber	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	*	-	-	22
13	Henri Toivonen	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	20
13	Joaquim Moutinho	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	20
15	Rudi Stohl	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	4	*	-	-	16
16	Carlos Bica	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	15
16	François Chatriot	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	15
18	Hannu Mikkola	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	12
	Giovanni Del Zoppo	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	12
	Yves Loubet	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	12
	John Buffum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	12	12
22	Walter Röhrl	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	10
	Jorge Ortigão	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	10
	Jean Ragnotti	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	10
	Saeed Al-Hajri	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	10
	Jorge Recalde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	*	-	-	10
	Robin Ulyate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	*	-	-	10
	Mikael Sundström	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	10	-	10
29	Gunnar Pettersson	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	8
	Auguste Turiani	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	8
	Jean-Claude Torre	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	8
	Stratis Hatzipanayiotou	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	8
	Samir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	*	-	-	8
34	Per Eklund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	*	4	-	8
35	Franz Wittmann	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	*	-	-	7
36	Jean-Claude Andruet	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	6
	Jean-Sébastien Couloumiès	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	6
	Mike Kirkland	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	6
	Paul Rouby	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	6
	Neil Allport	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	*	-	-	6
	Wilfried Wiedner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	*	-	-	6
	Tony Pond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	6	-	6
	Paolo Alessandrini	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	6	6
44	Rod Millen	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	*	-	4	5
45	Salvador Servià	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	4
	Ramiro Fernandes	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	4
	Frank Tundo	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	4
	Michel Neri	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	4
49	Alain Oreille	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Roger Ericsson	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Giovanni Recordati	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Shekhar Mehta	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Iórgos Moschous	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Paddy Davidson	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	*	-	-	3
	José Celsi	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	*	-	-	3
	Harri Toivonen	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	*	-	-	3
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	*	-	-	3
	Jimmy McRae	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	3	-	3
	Possum Bourne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	3	3
60	Björn Johansson	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	2
	António Segurado	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	2
	Greg Criticos	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	2
	Gilbert Casanova	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	2
	Reg Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	*	-	-	2
	Ernesto Soto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	*	-	-	2
	Lasse Lampi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	*	-	-	2
	Patrick Copetti	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	*	-	-	2
	David Llewellin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	2	-	2
	Clive Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	2	2
70	Sören Nilsson	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	1
	António Coutinho	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	1
	Johnny Hellier	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	1
	Christian Gardavot	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	1
	Michele Rayneri	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	*	-	-	1
	Basil Criticos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	*	-	-	1
	Malcolm Wilson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	*	-	-	1
	Martial Yacé	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	*	-	-	1
	Ingvar Carlsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	1	-	1
	Paul Choiniere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	1	1
* - Note: FISA annulled the results for the San Remo Rally

**1986 World Rally Championship point awards for drivers**
Points awarded by finish	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points awarded by finish	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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