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1986 World Rally Championship

14th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Juha Kankkunen World Manufacturers' Champion: Peugeot The 1986 World Rally Championship was the 14th 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 popular Group B rally cars, which were banned after the fatal crashes at the Rally Portugal, where three spectators were killed and more than 30 injured, and at the Tour de Corse, where Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died in a fireball accident. This was the year where Group B (first introduced in 1982) was at its peak, and the 1986 season saw some of the most powerful and sophisticated rally cars ever built, some of which were mid-engined, like the Lancia Delta S4 and the Ford RS200. The drivers' championship was won by Peugeot's Juha Kankkunen, followed by two other "Flying Finns", Lancia's Markku Alén and Kankkunen's teammate Timo Salonen. The manufacturers' title was taken by Peugeot, after a close battle with the Martini-sponsored Lancia team.

Summary

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 in wintery snow and ice, Toivonen had to retire due to an engine failure and Juha Kankkunen won the event with his Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2, ahead of Toivonen's teammate Markku Alén. At the next rally in Portugal, Joaquim Santos lost control of his Ford RS200 and plunged into the crowd, killing three spectators and injuring more than 30. All the factory team drivers decided to withdraw from the race, giving the win to home country's relatively unknown driver, Joaquim Moutinho.

After veteran Swede Björn Waldegård's triumph at the extremely arduous and difficult Safari Rally in Kenya driving a Toyota Celica TCT over Alén and his Lancia 037 Evo (which was the S4's predecessor and used only by Lancia for the Safari Rally; the S4 was not used for the Safari Rally due to Lancia determining that it was too new and not developed enough for that rally), another fatal accident at the Tour de Corse on the French island of Corsica would change the course of rallying. Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto in their Lancia went off the side of the road, plunged down a ravine and landed on its roof. The aluminium fuel tank underneath the driver's seat was ruptured by the trees and exploded. Toivonen and Cresto had no time to get out and both men burned to death in their seats. The accident had no witnesses close enough to clearly see the accident.

This caused Jean-Marie Balestre and the FISA to immediately 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. Peugeot boss Jean Todt was outraged over the ban and pursued legal action against the federation. After Lancia's remaining car retirement, the Tour de Corse was eventually won by Peugeot's Bruno Saby, which marked his career-first WRC victory. The Acropolis Rally in Greece and the New Zealand Rally were won consecutively by Kankkunen; and the third driver to take his debut win during the season was Lancia's Miki Biasion, who edged out teammate Alén to win the Rally Argentina.

Finnish drivers finished first, second and third in the Jyväskylä Rally (otherwise known as the Finnish Rally, the fastest race of the year), with Salonen and Kankkunen giving Peugeot a 1-2 result, with Alén coming in third for Lancia. This was not much of a surprise, as this rally had only ever been won by Finnish and Swedish drivers until 1990. The Ivory Coast Rally, which was considered to be the most demanding, gruelling and certainly the most attrition-filled rally of the year (a rally where drivers had an unbelievable one in ten chance of finishing) was skipped by all of the Group B teams except Toyota, and was won by Waldegård in his Celica, completing his World Championship African rally sweep. The season included more controversy when the organizers of the Rallye Sanremo 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 FISA annulled the results of the whole event. Peugeot then became the manufacturers' champions, but Kankkunen was not sure about his title over Alén until three weeks after the season ended, at the RAC Rally in the United Kingdom, specifically Wales and England. Salonen won this race, with Alen finishing second and Kankkunen third, this was enough for Kankkunen to take the Driver's Championship. The last WRC round of the year was the first Olympus Rally in the state of Washington in the northwest United States, which Alén won, with Kankkunen finishing second.

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 Coupé 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.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
18 January	24 January	MON 54th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	36	881.20 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
14 February	16 February	SWE 36th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	30	556.79 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
5 March	8 March	POR 20th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	48	703.50 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
29 March	2 April	KEN 34th Marlboro Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	N/A	4190 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
1 May	3 May	FRA 30th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	30	1122.34 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
2 June	4 June	GRC 33rd Bosch Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	46	689.92 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
5 July	8 July	NZL 17th AWA Clarion Rally of New Zealand	Auckland	Gravel	35	597.76 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
6 August	9 August	ARG 6th Marlboro Rally of Argentina	Buenos Aires	Gravel	27	624.35 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
5 September	7 September	FIN 36th Rally of the 1000 Lakes	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	48	389.97 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
24 September	27 September	CIV 18th Rallye Cote d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	Gravel	N/A	3763 km	Drivers only
13 October	17 October	ITA 28th Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Mixed	40	532.60 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
16 November	19 November	GBR 42nd Lombard RAC Rally	Bath, Somerset	Gravel	45	515.04 km	Drivers & Manufacturers
4 December	7 December	USA 14th Toyota Olympus Rally	Tacoma, Washington	Gravel	40	540.65 km	Drivers only
Sources:

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds
FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	205 Turbo 16 E2		FIN Timo Salonen	1–3, 5–7, 9, 11–12
FIN Juha Kankkunen	1–4, 6–9, 11–13
FRA Bruno Saby	1, 5–6, 8, 11
FRA Michèle Mouton	1, 5
KEN Shekhar Mehta	4
SWE Stig Blomqvist	9
ITA Andrea Zanussi	11
ITA Paolo Alessandrini	11
FIN Mikael Sundström	12
USA Jon Woodner	13
DEU Audi Sport	Quattro Sport S1		DEU Walter Röhrl	1, 3, 6
FIN Hannu Mikkola	1, 6
AUT Rudi Stohl	1, 3–4, 6–8, 10–11
SWE Mikael Ericsson	2
SWE Gunner Pettersson	2
NZL Malcolm Stewart	7
AUT Wilfred Wiedner	10
FRA Adolphe Choteau	10
DEU Harald Demuth	12
USA John Buffum	13
ITA Martini Lancia	Delta S4
Rally 037 evo*		FIN Markku Alén	1–9, 11–13
FIN Henri Toivonen	1–3, 5
ITA Miki Biasion	1, 3–8, 11
KEN Vic Preston Jr	4
KEN Greg Criticos	4
KEN John Hellier	4
SWE Mikael Ericsson	6–7, 9, 12
ARG Jorge Recalde	8
SWE Kalle Grundel	9
ITA Dario Cerrato	11
ITA Paolo Alessandriani	13
GBR Austin Rover World Rally Team	Metro 6R4		GBR Tony Pond	1, 3, 5, 11–12
GBR Malcolm Wilson	1–3, 5, 9, 11–12
SWE Per Eklund	2, 9, 12
BEL Marc Duez	3, 11–12
FRA Didier Auriol	5
FIN Harri Toivonen	9, 12
GBR David Llewellin	12
GBR Jimmy McRae	12
FRA Citroën Compétitions	BX 4TC		FRA Jean-Claude Andruet	1–2, 6
FRA Philippe Wambergue	1–2, 6
FRA Maurice Chomat	6
GBR [Ford World Rally Team	Ford Motor Co	[RS200		SWE Stig Blomqvist	2–3, 6, 12
SWE Kalle Grundel	2–3, 6, 12
PRT Joaquim Santos	3
GBR Mark Lovell	12
SWE Stig Andervang	12
JPN Toyota Team Europe	Celica TCT		SWE Björn Waldegård	4, 10, 13
DEU Erwin Weber	4, 10
SWE Lars-Erik Torph	4, 10, 13
KEN Robin Ulyate	10
NZL Steve Millen	13
DEU Opel Euro Team	Manta 400		KEN Basil Criticos	4, 8
JPN Mazda Rally Team Europe	Familia 4WD		SWE Ingvar Carlsson	1–2, 9, 12
DEU Achim Warmbold	1
NZL Rod Millen	7, 13
DEU Volkswagen Motorsport	Golf GTi		AUT Franz Wittmann	1, 3–6, 8
SWE Kenneth Eriksson	1–9, 11–12
JPN Fuji Heavy Industries	RX Turbo		KEN Mike Kirkland	4, 7
NZL Possum Bourne	4, 7, 13
KEN Frank Tundo	4, 7
FRA Renault Elf Philips	11 Turbo		FRA Jean Ragnotti	5, 11
CZE Škoda Motorsport	Škoda 130 LR		CZE Ladislav Krecek	6, 9
CZE Svatopluk Kvaizar	6, 9
ITA Jolly Club	Uno Turbo		ITA Giovanni del Zoppo	1, 3, 5–6, 11
ITA Michele Rayneri	1, 5–6, 11
ITA Alex Fiorio	1, 3, 5, 11
JPN Team Nissan Europe	240RS		KEN Jayant Shah	4
GRC George Moschous	6
GRC Stratis Hatzipanayiotou	6
NZL Reg Cook	7
NZL Paddy Davidson	7
FRA Alain Ambrosino	10
GBR Louise Aitken-Walker	12
FRA Société Diac	R5 Maxi Turbo		FRA François Chatriot	5
DEU Rothmans Porsche Rally Team	911SC RS		QAT Saeed Al-Hajri	6

Lancia ran out of time to build the safari version of the Delta S4

Events

Map

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

Schedule and results

Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers	Rank	Driver	Co-driver
MCO Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
(18–24 January)	36 stages
867 km
Tarmac/Snow	1	FIN Henri Toivonen	USA Sergio Cresto	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	10:11:24
2	FIN Timo Salonen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	10:15:28
3	FIN Hannu Mikkola	SWE Arne Hertz	FRG Audi Sport	Audi Sport Quattro S1	10:18:46
SWE Swedish Rally
(14–16 February)	30 stages
558 km
Snow/Ice	1	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:09:19
2	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:11:13
3	SWE Kalle Grundel	GBR Terry Harryman	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford RS200	5:15:35
PRT Rallye de Portugal
(5–8 March)	42 stages
556 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	PRT Joaquim Moutinho	PRT Edgar Fortes	PRT Renault Galp	Renault 5 Turbo	7:50:44
2	PRT Carlos Bica	PRT Cândido Júnior	PRT Duriforte Construções	Lancia Rally 037	8:04:11
3	ITA Giovanni Del Zoppo	ITA Loris Roggia	ITA Jolly Club	Fiat Uno Turbo	8:07:36
KEN Safari Rally
(29 March–2 April)	63 controls
4190 km
Gravel	1	SWE Björn Waldegård	GBR Fred Gallagher	JPN Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+5:06 pen
2	SWE Lars-Erik Torph	SWE Bo Thorszelius	JPN Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+5:34 pen
3	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	+6.12 pen
FRA Tour de Corse
(1–3 May)	24 stages
1017 km
Tarmac	1	FRA Bruno Saby	FRA Jean-François Fauchille	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	11:52:44
2	FRA François Chatriot	FRA Michel Périn	FRA Société Diac	Renault 5 Maxi Turbo	12:06:32
3	FRA Yves Loubet	FRA Jean-Marc Andrié	FRA Alfa Romeo Rothmans Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	12:45:59
GRC Acropolis Rally
(2–4 June)	38 stages
575 km
Gravel	1	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	7:20:01
2	ITA Miki Biasion	ITA Tiziano Siviero	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	7:21:38
3	FRA Bruno Saby	FRA Jean-François Fauchille	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	7:29:55
NZL Rally New Zealand
(5–8 July)	34 stages
597 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:43:45
2	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:45:25
3	ITA Miki Biasion	ITA Tiziano Siviero	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:53:36
ARG Rally Argentina
(6–9 August)	26 stages
569 km
Gravel	1	ITA Miki Biasion	ITA Tiziano Siviero	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	6:36:26
2	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	6:36:50
3	SWE Stig Blomqvist	SWE Bruno Berglund	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	6:40:42
FIN 1000 Lakes Rally
(5–7 September)	47 stages
382 km
Gravel	1	FIN Timo Salonen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	3:32:45
2	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	3:33:09
3	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	3:34:30
Ivory Coast Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
(24–27 September)	73 controls
3763 km
Gravel	1	SWE Björn Waldegård	GBR Fred Gallagher	JPN Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+1:29 pen
2	SWE Lars-Erik Torph	SWE Bo Thorszelius	JPN Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+1:37 pen
3	FRG Erwin Weber	FRG Günter Wanger	JPN Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+2:27 pen
ITA Rallye Sanremo
(13–17 October)	39 stages
488 km
Gravel/Tarmac	1	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:31:35
2	ITA Dario Cerrato	ITA Giuseppe Cerri	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:32:53
3	ITA Miki Biasion	ITA Tiziano Siviero	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:33:17
GBR RAC Rally
(16–19 November)	45 stages
517 km
Gravel	1	FIN Timo Salonen	FIN Seppo Harjanne	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:21:11
2	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:22:33
3	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:27:16
USA Olympus Rally
(4–7 December)	39 stages
525 km
Gravel	1	FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Kivimäki	ITA Martini Racing	Lancia Delta S4	5:26:10
2	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Piironen	FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5:29:36
3	USA John Buffum	GBR Neil Wilson	USA Audi Of America	Audi Sport Quattro	5:50:24

: FISA later annulled the results.

Standings

Drivers' championship

Rank	Driver	Event	Total
points	MCO
MON	SWE
SWE	PRT
POR	KEN
KEN	FRA
FRA	GRC
GRC	NZL
NZL	ARG
ARG	FIN
FIN	Ivory Coast
CIV	ITA
ITA	GBR
GBR	USA
USA	1	118	2	104	3	63	4	48	5	47	6	40	7	38	8	28	9	26	10	25	11	22	22	13	20	20	15	16	16	15	15	18	12	12	12	12	22	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	29	8	8	8	8	8	34	8	35	7	36	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	44	5	45	4	4	4	4	49	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	60	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	70	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	* - Note: FISA annulled the results for the Rallye Sanremo
FIN Juha Kankkunen	5	1	WD	5		1	1	Ret	2		*	3	2
FIN Markku Alén	Ret	2	WD	3	WD	Ret	2	2	3		*	2	1
FIN Timo Salonen	2	Ret	WD		Ret	Ret	5		1		*	1
SWE Björn Waldegård				1						1	*		5
ITA Miki Biasion	Ret		WD	Ret	WD	2	3	1			*
SWE Lars-Erik Torph				2						2	*		4
FRA Bruno Saby	6				1	3		Ret			*
SWE Mikael Ericsson		4				Ret	4		5		*	Ret
SWE Kalle Grundel		3	WD			Ret			6		*	5
SWE Kenneth Eriksson	9	7	WD	Ret	8	7	7	5	12		*	11
SWE Stig Blomqvist		Ret	WD			Ret		3	4		*	Ret
FRG Erwin Weber				4						3	*
FIN Henri Toivonen	1	Ret	WD		Ret						*
PRT Joaquim Moutinho			1								*
AUT Rudi Stohl	17		WD	Ret		6	12	6		7	*
PRT Carlos Bica			2								*
FRA François Chatriot					2						*
FIN Hannu Mikkola	3										*
ITA Giovanni Del Zoppo	Ret		3		Ret	Ret					*
FRA Yves Loubet					3						*
USA John Buffum											*		3
FRG Walter Röhrl	4		WD								*
PRT Jorge Ortigão			4								*
FRA Jean Ragnotti					4						*
QAT Saeed Al-Hajri						4					*
ARG Jorge Recalde								4			*
KEN Robin Ulyate										4	*
FIN Mikael Sundström									Ret		*	4
SWE Gunnar Pettersson		5							Ret		*
MCO Auguste Turiani	Ret		5			Ret					*
FRA Jean-Claude Torre					5						*
GRC Stratis Hatzipanayiotou						5					*
Ivory Coast Samir Assef										5	*
SWE Per Eklund		Ret							7		*	7
AUT Franz Wittmann	10		WD	12	Ret	9		7			*
FRA Jean-Claude Andruet	Ret	6				Ret					*
FRA Jean-Sébastien Couloumiès			6								*
KEN Mike Kirkland				6			Ret				*
FRA Paul Rouby					6						*
NZL Neil Allport							6				*
AUT Wilfried Wiedner										6	*
GBR Tony Pond	Ret		WD		Ret						*	6
ITA Paolo Alessandrini											*		6
NZL Rod Millen							10				*		7
ESP Salvador Servià	7										*
PRT Ramiro Fernandes			7								*
KEN Frank Tundo				7			Ret				*
FRA Michel Neri					7						*
FRA Alain Oreille	8				Ret						*
SWE Roger Ericsson		8									*
ITA Giovanni Recordati			8		Ret	19					*
KEN Shekhar Mehta				8							*
GRC Iórgos Moschous						8					*
NZL Paddy Davidson							8				*
CHL José Celsi								8			*
FIN Harri Toivonen									8		*	Ret
FRA Alain Ambrosino										8	*
GBR Jimmy McRae											*	8
NZL Possum Bourne				Ret			Ret				*		8
SWE Björn Johansson		9									*
PRT António Segurado			9								*
KEN Greg Criticos				9							*
FRA Gilbert Casanova					9						*
NZL Reg Cook							9				*
ARG Ernesto Soto								9			*
FIN Lasse Lampi									9		*
FRA Patrick Copetti										9	*
GBR David Llewellin											*	9
NZL Clive Smith											*		9
SWE Sören Nilsson		10									*
PRT António Coutinho			10								*
KEN Johnny Hellier				10							*
FRA Christian Gardavot					10						*
ITA Michele Rayneri	Ret		Ret		Ret	10					*
KEN Basil Criticos				11				10			*
GBR Malcolm Wilson	Ret	Ret	WD		Ret				10		*	17
Ivory Coast Martial Yacé										10	*
SWE Ingvar Carlsson	Ret	Ret							Ret		*	10
USA Paul Choiniere											*		10
	CZE Ladislav Krecek						12			26		*
	CZE Svatopluk Kvaizar						14			37		*
	ITA Alex Fiorio	Ret		Ret		WD	Ret					*
	FRA Philippe Wambergue	Ret	Ret				Ret					*
	FRA Michele Mouton	Ret				Ret						*
	GER Achim Warmbold	Ret										*
	POR Joaquim Santos			Ret								*
	TAN Jayant Shah				Ret							*
	KEN Vic Preston Jr.				Ret							*
	FRA Didier Auriol					Ret						*
	FRA Maurice Chomat						Ret					*
	NZL Malcolm Stewart							Ret				*
	FRA Adolphe Choteau										Ret	*
	BEL Marc Duez			WD								*	Ret

Manufacturers' championship

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

Pointscoring systems

Drivers' championship

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

Manufacturers' championship

Points awarded by overall finish	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th		7th		8th		9th		10th
12	10

Points awarded by group finish	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th		7th		8th
8	7

References

"FIA World Rally Championship 1986". RallyBase.
Noakes, Andrew. "Group Therapy". PistonHeads.com.
Maruszewska, Witolda. "Henri Toivonen biography". Post 14.
"Who is... Jean Todt?". Grandprix.com.
Biewer, Chris. "1986 World Rally Championship Summary". Rallye-Info.com.
"WRC 1986". [[eWRC-results.com]].
"1986 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive.
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