1982 World Rally Championship season

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The 1982 World Rally Championship season was the tenth 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. 1982 marked the return of New Zealand to the schedule in place of Argentina's Rally Codasur.

1982 was marked by the dominance of the Germans, with two German manufacturers, Audi and Opel, taking first and second in the manufacturer's title race, while Opel's driver, German Walter Röhrl, seized the driver's title. Top Audi pilots Michèle Mouton and Hannu Mikkola took second and third in the drivers' race, but their combined efforts were enough to put Audi over the top for the work's cup. Mouton's finish is the best by a female driver to this day.

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. Röhrl's strong performance in both of these rallies would have improved Opel's bid for a world title had they counted for manufacturers as well as drivers.

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Championship for manufacturers

1982 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points

MON
POR
KEN
FRA
GRC
NZL
BRA
FIN
ITA
GBR
1 Audi 16 18 - (6) 18 - 10 18 18 18 116
2 Opel 18 (12) 16 12 16 14 (9) - 14 14 104
3 Nissan - - 18 - 12 12 - 15 - - 57
4 Ford - 12 - - 8 9 16 10 - - 55
5 Toyota - 16 - - - 18 - - - 7 41
6 Renault 10 - - 18 4 - - - 2 - 34
7 Porsche 14 - - 14 - - - - - - 28
8 Mitsubishi - - 8 - - - - 14 6 - 28
9 Lancia - - - 10 - - - - - 15 25
10 Talbot - - - - - - - 13 - 11 24
11 Citroën - 14 - - - - - - 9 - 23
12 Vauxhall - - - - - - - 10 - 9 19
13 Ferrari - - - 16 - - - - - - 16
14 Mazda - - - - - 14 - - - - 14
Volkswagen - - - - - - 14 - - - 14
16 British Leyland Cars - - 12 - - - - - - - 12
17 Subaru - - 10 - - - - - - - 10
18 Fiat - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
1982 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

Championship for drivers

1982 World Rally Championship for Drivers
Rank Driver Event Total
points

MON
SWE
POR
KEN
FRA
GRC
NZL
BRA
FIN
ITA
CIV
GBR
1 Walter Röhrl 20 12 - 15 (10) 15 12 15 - (12) 20 - 109
2 Michèle Mouton - 8 20 - 4 20 - 20 - 10 - 15 97
3 Hannu Mikkola 15 - - - - - - - 20 15 - 20 70
4 Stig Blomqvist - 20 - - - - - - 15 20 - 3 58
5 Per Eklund - 10 15 - - - 15 - - - 15 2 57
6 Björn Waldegård - - - - - - 20 - - - 12 4 36
7 Henri Toivonen - - - - - 12 - - - 8 - 12 32
8 Shekhar Mehta - - - 20 - 10 - - - - - - 30
9 Bruno Saby 8 - - - 8 - - - - - 10 - 26
10 Jean Ragnotti - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 20
11 Timo Salonen - - - - - - 10 - 10 - - - 20
12 Guy Fréquelin 10 - - - 6 - - - - - - - 16
13 Ari Vatanen - 15 - - - - - - - - - - 15
Jean-Claude Andruet - - - - 15 - - - - - - - 15
15 Jean-Luc Thérier 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Franz Wittmann - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 12
Mike Kirkland - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 12
Bernard Béguin - - - - 12 - - - - - - - 12
Domingo De Vitta - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - 12 - - - 12
21 Markku Alén - - - - 2 - - - - - - 10 12
22 Russell Brookes - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6 12
23 Carlos Torres - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 10
Tony Pond - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10
Aparecido Rodrigues - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 10
26 Alain Coppier - - 8 - - - - - - - - - 8
Jayant Shah - - - 8 - - - - - - - - 8
Iórgos Moschous - - - - 8 - - - - - - - 8
Rod Millen - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 8
Antero Laine - - - - - - - - 8 - - - 8
Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 8 - 8
Harald Demuth - - - - - - - - - - - 8 8
33 Dany Snobeck 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 6
Lasse Lampi - 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6
Mário Silva - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 6
Rob Collinge - - - 6 - - - - - - - - 6
Jimmy McRae - - - - - 6 - - - - - - 6
Tony Teesdale - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Michele Cinotto - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 6
Eugène Salim - - - - - - - - - - 6 - 6
41 Jochi Kleint 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
Sören Nilsson - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
António Ferreira da Cunha - - 4 - - - - - - - - - 4
Yoshinobu Takahashi - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4
Pavlos Moschoutis - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
Jean-Louis Leyraud - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
Harri Uotila - - - - - - - - 4 - - - 4
Anders Kulläng - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 4
49 Philippe Touren 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3
Kalle Grundel - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3
Christian Dorche - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3
Frank Tundo - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3
Francis Vincent - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3
Leonidas - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3
Malcolm Stewart - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Jouni Kinnunen - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3
Miki Biasion - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
58 Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Bengt Thorsell - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
Olivier Tabatoni - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2
Javaid Alam - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2
Anastasios Gemenis - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2
Paul Adams - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2
Seppo Mustonen - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Livio Lupidi - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2
66 Jürgen Barth 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Mikael Ericsson - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Jorge Fleck - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Ramesh Khoda - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Robert Simonetti - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Fritz Heisler - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Reg Cook - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Henri Palmroos - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Vittorio Caneva - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
1982 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

Events

1982 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1982 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Round Rally name Stages Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co-driver Car Time
1
50ème Rallye Automobile de Monte Carlo
(January 16-22)		 32 stages
753 km
Tarmac		 1 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:20:33
2 Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:24:22
3 Jean-Luc Thérier Michel Vial Porsche 911 SC 8:32:38
2
32nd International Swedish Rally[1]
(February 12-14)		 25 stages
358 km
Snow/Ice		 1 Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 3:40:15
2 Ari Vatanen Terry Harryman Ford Escort RS1800 3:42:51
3 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 3:44:29
3
15º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(March 2-8)		 40 stages
639 km
Gravel/Tarmac		 1 Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 7:39:36
2 Per Eklund Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 7:52:43
3 Franz Wittmann Peter Diekmann Audi Quattro 8:07:25
4
30th Marlboro Safari Rally
(April 8- 12)		 83 controls
5120 km
Gravel		 1 Shekhar Mehta Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT +4:26 pen
2 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +5:07 pen
3 Mike Kirkland Anton Levitan Datsun Violet GT +6:16 pen
5
26éme Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
(May 6-8)		 27 stages
1176 km
Tarmac		 1 Jean Ragnotti Jean-Marc Andrié Renault 5 Turbo 14:11:19
2 Jean-Claude Andruet 'Biche' Ferrari 308 GTB 14:16:57
3 Bernard Béguin Jean-Jacques Lenne Porsche 911 SC 14:20:11
6
29th Acropolis Rally
(May 31-June 3)		 56 stages
967 km
Gravel		 1 Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 12:54:44
2 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 13:08:23
3 Henri Toivonen Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 13:17:21
7
12th Motogard Rally of New Zealand
(June 26-29)		 38 stages
1014 km
Gravel		 1 Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:28:08
2 Per Eklund Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:31:21
3 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 10:33:37
8
4º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil
(August 11-14)		 29 stages
706 km
Gravel		 1 Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 8:16:24
2 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:51:49
3 Domingo de Vitta Daniel Muzio Ford Escort 1.6 10:15:30
9
32nd 1000 Lakes Rally
(August 27- 29)		 46 stages
469 km
Gravel		 1 Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 4:19:05
2 Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 4:19:33
3 Pentti Airikkala Juha Piironen Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo 4:23:22
10
24º Rallye Sanremo
(October 3-8)		 56 stages
735 km
Gravel/Tarmac		 1 Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg Audi Quattro 8:37:47
2 Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:40:03
3 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:40:14
11
14ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[1]
(October 27-November 1)		 54 controls
4995 km
Gravel		 1 Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +8:43 pen
2 Per Eklund Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT +10:17 pen
3 Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT +11:00 pen
12
31st Lombard RAC Rally
November 21-25)		 68 stages
716 km
Gravel/Tarmac		 1 Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz Audi Quattro 8:01:46
2 Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 8:06:03
3 Henri Toivonen Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 8:06:12
  1. ^ a b Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship

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