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1978 World Rally Championship

6th season of the World Rally Championship series

Markku Alén World Manufacturers' Champion: Fiat The 1978 World Rally Championship was the sixth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The schedule remained largely similar to the previous year, with the exception of the removal of the Rally New Zealand from the schedule.

1978 was the last season with an official world championship only for manufacturers. Scoring was modified in 1977 to a more complex system including points both for overall and group placement. A car would still have to place in the overall top 10 to score points. In addition to the Championship for Manufacturers, the FIA awarded the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers. All rallies of the WRC, in addition to another ten events, were counted towards the drivers' totals. In 1979, the Cup for Drivers was incorporated into the WRC as the World Rally Championship for Drivers.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
21 January	27 January	MON 46th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	29	565 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
3 February	5 February	FIN 13th Marlboro Arctic Rally	Rovaniemi, Lapland	Snow	43	??	Cup for Drivers
10 February	12 February	SWE 28th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	38	615.6 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
23 March	27 March	KEN 26th Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	N/A	5016 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
19 April	24 April	POR 12th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	46	633.4 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
29 May	2 June	Greece 25th Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	54	772.1 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
3 June	7 June	SCO 33rd Esso-Lombard Scottish Rally	Aviemore	Gravel	59	370 km	Cup for Drivers
6 July	9 July	POL 38th Rajd Polski	Wroclaw	Mixed	53	578.9 km	Cup for Drivers
25 August	27 August	FIN 28th Jyväskylän Suurajot - Rally of the 1000 Lakes	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	45	367.2 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
2 September	9 September	NZL 9th Motogard Rally of New Zealand	Auckland	Gravel	??	893 km	Cup for Drivers
13 September	17 September	CAN 6th Critérium Molson du Québec	Montreal	Mixed	14	533.7 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
16 September	21 September	FRA 37th Tour de France Automobile	Biarritz, Nice	Mixed	47	1009.5 km	Cup for Drivers
2 October	8 October	ITA 20th Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	55	893.8 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
13 October	18 October	ITA 6th Giro d'Italia	Torino	Tarmac	??	535 km	Cup for Drivers
14 October	18 October	AUS 13th Southern Cross International Rally	Sydney	Mixed	33	1513.16 km	Cup for Drivers
20 October	22 October	ESP 26th RACE Rallye de España	Circuito del Jarama	Mixed	??	??	Cup for Drivers
21 October	24 October	CIV 10th Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Gravel	N/A	5472 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
4 November	5 November	FRA 22nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	10	543.1 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
19 November	23 November	GBR 34th Lombard RAC Rally	Birmingham	Gravel	76	715.37 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:

Rounds that were only part of the FIA Cup for Rally Drivers are not officially recognised as WRC events.

Events

Map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/ice	Red = Mixed surface

Schedule and results

Rally	Dates run	Championships	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars	Monaco
Monte Carlo Rally	Finland
Arctic Rally	Sweden
Swedish Rally	Kenya
Safari Rally	Portugal
Rallye de Portugal	Greece
Acropolis Rally Greece	Scotland
Scottish Rally	Poland
Rajd Polski	Finland
1000 Lakes Rally	New Zealand
Rally New Zealand	Canada
Critérium du Québec	France
Tour de France Automobile	Italy
Rallye Sanremo	Australia
Southern Cross Rally	Spain
Rallye de España	Ivory Coast
Rallye Côte d'Ivoire	France
Tour de Corse	UK
RAC Rally
21–28 January	Manufacturers
Drivers
3–5 February	Drivers
10–12 February	Manufacturers
Drivers
23–27 March	Manufacturers
Drivers
19–23 April	Manufacturers
Drivers
29 May–2 June	Manufacturers
Drivers
3–7 June	Drivers
6–9 July	Drivers
25–27 August	Manufacturers
Drivers
2–5 September	Drivers
13–17 September	Manufacturers
Drivers
16–21 September	Drivers
3–7 October	Manufacturers
Drivers
14–18 October	Drivers
20–22 October	Drivers
21–24 October	Manufacturers
Drivers
4–5 November	Manufacturers
Drivers
19–23 November	Manufacturers
Drivers

Standings

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Monaco
MON	Sweden
SWE	Kenya
KEN	Portugal
POR	Greece
GRC	Finland
FIN	Canada
CAN	Italy
ITA	Ivory Coast
CIV	France
FRA	United Kingdom
GBR	Points	1	134	2	100	3	100	4	79	5	52	6	50	7	49	8	45	9	33	10	24	11	18	12	17	13	16	14	14	14	16	12	17	10	18	8	19	6	20	5	21	4	Pos.	Manufacturer	Monaco
MON	Sweden
SWE	Kenya
KEN	Portugal
POR	Greece
GRC	Finland
FIN	Canada
CAN	Italy
ITA	Ivory Coast
CIV	France
FRA	United Kingdom
GBR	Points
Italy Fiat	14	14	-	18	18	18	18	16	-	18	(9)
US Ford	-	18	7	16	9	6	13	13	-	-	18
Germany Opel	(10)	12	-	13	12	11	16	10	-	12	14
Germany Porsche	18	-	16	7	-	12	-	14	-	12	-
Japan Datsun	-	-	16	-	16	-	-	-	10	-	10
Japan Toyota	-	-	-	15	8	13	14	-	-	-	-
Italy Lancia	8	12	-	-	11	-	-	18	-	-	-
France Peugeot	-	-	18	9	-	-	-	-	18	-	-
France Renault	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
UK British Leyland Cars	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
Sweden Saab	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-
Germany Volkswagen	-	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
Japan Mitsubishi	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
UK Vauxhall	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-
Italy Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-
Germany Mercedes	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden Volvo	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA Chrysler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Czechoslovakia Škoda	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
France Alpine-Renault	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
USSR Lada	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

FIA Cup for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	Monaco
MON	Finland
ARC	Sweden
SWE	Kenya
KEN	Portugal
POR	Greece
GRC	Scotland
SCO	Poland
POL	Finland
FIN	New Zealand
NZL	Canada
CAN	France
TDF	Italy
ITA	Italy
GIR	Australia
AUS	Spain
ESP	Ivory Coast
CIV	France
FRA	United Kingdom
GBR	Points	1	52	2	31	3	30	4	14	5	13	6	13	7	11	8	11	9	10	10	10	Pos.	Driver	Monaco
MON	Finland
ARC	Sweden
SWE	Kenya
KEN	Portugal
POR	Greece
GRC	Scotland
SCO	Poland
POL	Finland
FIN	New Zealand
NZL	Canada
CAN	France
TDF	Italy
ITA	Italy
GIR	Australia
AUS	Spain
ESP	Ivory Coast
CIV	France
FRA	United Kingdom
GBR	Points
Finland Markku Alén	-	4	(4)	-	9	6	0	-	9	-	6	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	0
France Jean-Pierre Nicolas	9	-	-	9	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	9	0	0
Finland Hannu Mikkola	-	-	6	-	6	-	9	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
France Michèle Mouton	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	2	-
United Kingdom Russell Brookes	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
West Germany Walter Röhrl	3	-	-	-	0	(9)	-	-	-	-	9	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	1
France Bernard Darniche	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Finland Ari Vatanen	-	9	2	-	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
France Jean Ragnotti	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Finland Pentti Airikkala	-	-	0	-	-	-	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Pointscoring systems

Manufacturers' championship

Overall
finish	Group finish	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	18	-
2	17	16
3	16	15
4	15	14
5	14	13
6	13	12
7	12	11
8	11	10
9	10	9
10	9	8

References

"WRC 1978". [[eWRC-results.com]].
"1978 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.

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