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1982 World Rally Championship

10th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Walter Röhrl World Manufacturers' Champion: Opel The 1982 World Rally Championship 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 Opel and Audi taking first and second in the manufacturer's title race. Opel's driver, German Walter Röhrl, seized the driver's title. 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.

TOC

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
16 January	22 January	MON 50th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	32	747.81 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
12 February	14 February	SWE 32nd International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	25	366.51 km	Drivers only
3 March	6 March	POR 16th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	40	637.07 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
8 April	12 April	KEN 30th Marlboro Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	N/A	5016 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
6 May	8 May	FRA 26th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	27	1176.10 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
31 May	3 June	GRC 29th Rothmans Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	57	1004.58 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
26 June	29 June	NZL 13th Motogard Rally of New Zealand	Auckland	Gravel	38	1014.26 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
July	July	ARG Rally Codasur	Tucumán	Gravel	??	??	Drivers & Manufacturers
11 August	14 August	BRA 4th Marlboro Rallye do Brasil	São Paulo	Gravel	29	705.98 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
27 August	29 August	FIN 32nd Rally of the 1000 Lakes	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	47	479.82 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
3 October	9 October	ITA 24th Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	56	735.44 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
27 October	1 November	CIV 14th Marlboro Rallye Cote d'Ivoire	Abidjan	Gravel	N/A	5001 km	Drivers only
21 November	25 November	GBR 38th Lombard RAC Rally	York	Gravel	69	711.73 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:

Rally Codasur was cancelled due to an economic crisis in Argentina and the outbreak of the Falklands war. Rally Brazil became part of the Manufacturers championship to compensate.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	Drivers
GER Audi Sport	Quattro		FIN Hannu Mikkola	1–3, 5–12
FRA Michèle Mouton	1–3, 5–12
ITA Michele Cinotto	1, 6, 10
SWE Stig Blomqvist	2, 9–10
AUT Franz Wittmann	3, 5, 10
GER Harald Demuth	10, 12
GBR Malcolm Wilson	12
USA John Buffum	12
DEU Rothmans Opel Rally Team	Ascona 400		GER Walter Röhrl	1–8, 10–11
GER Jochi Kleint	1, 5, 12
SWE Björn Johansson	2, 9, 11–12
FIN Henri Toivonen	3, 6, 9–10, 12
FIN Rauno Aaltonen	4
GBR Jimmy McRae	6, 12
FIN Ari Vatanen	12
GBR Bill Dobie	12
FRA Charles Pozzi	308 GTB		FRA Jean-Claude Andruet	1, 5
FRA Guy Chasseuil	5
FRA Porsche Alméras	911 SC		FRA Guy Fréquelin	1, 5
SWE Björn Waldegård	1
FRA Jean-Luc Thérier	1, 3
ITA Sandro Munari	4
FRA Bernard Béguin	5
FRA Francis Vincent	5
FRA Jacques Alméras	5
FRA Pierre Orsini	5
SWE Per Eklund	9
FRA Renault Sport	5 Turbo		FRA Bruno Saby	1, 5, 11
FRA Dany Snobeck	1
FRA Jean-Luc Thérier	5
FRA Jean Ragnotti	5, 11
FRA François Chatriot	5
FRA Jean-Pierre Manzagol	5
FRA Citroën Compétitions	Visa		FRA Alain Coppier	1, 3, 5–6, 9, 12
FRA Christian Dorche	1–3, 5–6, 10, 12
FRA Olivier Tabatoni	2–3, 6, 9–10, 12
FRA Christian Rio	5
FRA Maurice Chomat	5
JPN Team Ralliart	Lancer 2000 Turbo		SWE Lars Carlsson	1
NED André Jetten	1
FIN Pentti Airikkala	9, 12
SWE Anders Kulläng	9–10, 12
FRA Peugeot France	505 V6
104 ZS		FRA Claude Laurent	1, 5
FRA François Chauche	1, 5, 12
FRA René Defour	1, 5, 12
FRA Alain Ambrosino	11
GBR David Sutton Motorsport	Escort RS 1800		FIN Ari Vatanen	2, 9
FIN Lasse Lampi	2, 9
FIN Harri Toivonen	9, 12
JPN Team Nissan Europe	Violet GT/160 J
Violet GTS		SWE Sören Nilsson	2, 12
FIN Timo Salonen	3–4, 6–7, 9, 12
GBR Tony Pond	3–4, 6–7
KEN Shekhar Mehta	4, 6–8
KEN Mike Kirkland	4
KEN Jayant Shah	4
GRE George Moschous	6
FIN Erkki Pitkänen	9, 12
FIN Peter Geitel	9, 12
GBR Andy Dawson	12
JPN Toyota Team Europe	Celica 2000 GT (RA45)
Celica 2000 GT (RA64)		SWE Leif Asterhag	2, 12
SWE Björn Waldegård	3, 7, 11–12
SWE Per Eklund	3, 7, 11–12
LBN Samir Assef	11
SWE Ove Andersson	11
ITA Martini Lancia	Rally 037		ITA Attilio Bettega	5
FIN Markku Alén	5–6, 9–10, 12
ITA Adartico Vudafieri	6, 11
ITA Fabrizio Tabaton	10
FRA BMW France	M1		FRA Bernard Darniche	5
FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Sunbeam Lotus
FIN Antero Laine	9
ITA Federico Ormezzano	10
SWE Stig Blomqvist	12
FRA Guy Fréquelin	12
GBR Chris Lord	12
GBR Blydenstein Racing	Chevette 2300 HSR		GBR Russell Brookes	9, 12
GBR Tony Pond	12
GBR Terry Kaby	12
GBR George Hill	12
GBR Russell Gooding	12

Championship for manufacturers

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

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

Championship for drivers

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

Points awarded by finish	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th		7th		8th		9th		10th
20	15

Events

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers	Rank	Driver
Monte Carlo Rally
(16–22 January)	SWE
Swedish Rally
(12–14 February)	PRT
Rallye de Portugal
(2–8 March)	KEN
Safari Rally
(8–12 April)	FRA
Tour de Corse
(6–8 May)	GRC
Acropolis Rally
(31 May–3 June)	NZL
Rally New Zealand
(26–29 June)	BRA
Rallye do Brasil
(11–14 August)	FIN
1000 Lakes Rally
(27–29 August)	ITA
Rallye Sanremo
(3–8 October)	Ivory Coast
Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(27 October–1 November)	GBR
RAC Rally
(21–25 November)
1	32 stages
753 km
Tarmac	1	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	8:20:33
2	FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro	8:24:22
3	FRA Jean-Luc Thérier	FRA Michel Vial	Porsche 911 SC	8:32:38
2	25 stages
358 km
Snow/Ice	1	SWE Stig Blomqvist	SWE Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro	3:40:15
2	FIN Ari Vatanen	GBR Terry Harryman	Ford Escort RS1800	3:42:51
3	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	3:44:29
3	40 stages
639 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	FRA Michèle Mouton	ITA Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro	7:39:36
2	SWE Per Eklund	SWE Ragnar Spjuth	Toyota Celica 2000GT	7:52:43
3	AUT Franz Wittmann	West Germany Peter Diekmann	Audi Quattro	8:07:25
4	83 controls
5120 km
Gravel	1	KEN Shekhar Mehta	KEN Mike Doughty	Datsun Violet GT	+4:26 pen
2	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	+5:07 pen
3	KEN Mike Kirkland	KEN Anton Levitan	Datsun Violet GT	+6:16 pen
5	27 stages
1176 km
Tarmac	1	FRA Jean Ragnotti	FRA Jean-Marc Andrié	Renault 5 Turbo	14:11:19
2	FRA Jean-Claude Andruet	FRA 'Biche'	Ferrari 308 GTB	14:16:57
3	FRA Bernard Béguin	FRA Jean-Jacques Lenne	Porsche 911 SC	14:20:11
6	56 stages
967 km
Gravel	1	FRA Michèle Mouton	ITA Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro	12:54:44
2	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	13:08:23
3	FIN Henri Toivonen	GBR Fred Gallagher	Opel Ascona 400	13:17:21
7	38 stages
1014 km
Gravel	1	SWE Björn Waldegård	SWE Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica 2000GT	10:28:08
2	SWE Per Eklund	SWE Ragnar Spjuth	Toyota Celica 2000GT	10:31:21
3	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	10:33:37
8	29 stages
706 km
Gravel	1	FRA Michèle Mouton	ITA Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro	8:16:24
2	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	8:51:49
3	URY Domingo de Vitta	URY Daniel Muzio	Ford Escort 1.6	10:15:30
9	46 stages
469 km
Gravel	1	FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro	4:19:05
2	SWE Stig Blomqvist	SWE Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro	4:19:33
3	FIN Pentti Airikkala	FIN Juha Piironen	Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo	4:23:22
10	56 stages
735 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	SWE Stig Blomqvist	SWE Björn Cederberg	Audi Quattro	8:37:47
2	FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro	8:40:03
3	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	8:40:14
11	54 controls
4995 km
Gravel	1	FRG Walter Röhrl	FRG Christian Geistdörfer	Opel Ascona 400	+8:43 pen
2	SWE Per Eklund	SWE Ragnar Spjuth	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+10:17 pen
3	SWE Björn Waldegård	SWE Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+11:00 pen
12	68 stages
716 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro	8:01:46
2	FRA Michèle Mouton	ITA Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro	8:06:03
3	FIN Henri Toivonen	GBR Fred Gallagher	Opel Ascona 400	8:06:12

References

"WRC 1982". [[eWRC-results.com]].
"1982 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
(September 1982). "RALLY REVIEW, September 1982".
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