1980 World Rally Championship season

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1980 World Rally Championship season

The 1980 World Rally Championship season was the eighth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

The F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on June 20, 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users....
(FIA) World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
(WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies

Rallying

Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars....
. While this number was the same as the previous year, one change was made to the schedule, replacing Québec

Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
with the Rally Codasur, marking the first WRC event to be held in South America

South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
while simultaneously ending WRC presence in North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
for 25 years.

A new driver's champion was crowned, with Fiat

Fiat

Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....
backed German driver Walter Röhrl

Walter Röhrl

Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....
taking the championship convincingly while simultaneously earning for Fiat it's third and final manufacturer's title.

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The 1980 World Rally Championship season was the eighth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

World Rally Championship

Rallying

Quebec

South America

North America

Fiat

Walter Röhrl

Hannu Mikkola

Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....
and Swede Björn Waldegård

Björn Waldegård

Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....
again battled to a one point difference in the standings, though this time for second place overall, and this time with Mikkola coming out on top. Fiat's position in the standings was challenged by both Datsun

Datsun

Datsun was an automobile marque. There never was an actual "Datsun" company, as the brand name was used in production only by DAT Motors and its successor, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd....
and Ford, but neither could overcome the Italian company's initial lead, settling instead for second and third resepectively. 980 also saw Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
's best and final effort to compete for a WRC title, placing fourth overall.

For purposes of the championship, neither the Swedish or Finnish rallies were applied to the WRC for Manufacturers.

Championships

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturer	Event										Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	POR	KEN Safari Rally The Safari Rally is considered by many to be the world's toughest Rally racing. It was first held from May 27 to June 1, 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as a celebration of the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....	GRC Acropolis Rally Greece The Acropolis Rally of Greece is a Rallying competition, part of the World Rally Championship schedule. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around Athens during the Greek hot summer period....	ARG Rally Argentina The Rally Argentina is an Argentina rally racing competition and a stage of the World Rally Championship. It's currently the only South American event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the Calamuchita area near Villa Carlos Paz in C?rdoba Province, Argentina, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes....	NZL Rally New Zealand The Rally of New Zealand is the oldest World Rally Championship event to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Rally New Zealand was first held in Taupo in 1969 and was subsequently staged in Canterbury, New Zealand before moving back to the North Island, New Zealand in 1971....	ITA Rallye Sanremo Rallye Sanremo is a Rallying competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 World Rally Championship season to the 2003 World Rally Championship season....	FRA	GBR Rally GB Wales Rally GB is the largest and most high profile rallying in the United Kingdom. It is a round of the FIA World Rally Championship and Motor Sports Association British Rally Championship and is based in and around the city of Cardiff in Wales....	CIV Rallye Côte d'Ivoire The Rallye C?te d'Ivoire is a rallying held annually in the Ivory Coast in Africa. In common with other races on the continent, it is known for its arduous conditions and high attrition rate among competitors....	Total points
1	Fiat Fiat Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....	18	18	-	15	18	17	18	16	-	(11)	120
2	Datsun Nissan Motors , shortened to Nissan is a multinational corporation automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....	-	-	18	17	14	18	-	13	8	5	93
3	Ford Ford Motor Company The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....	8	12	-	18	11	8	16	-	17	-	90
4	Mercedes Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....	-	13	16	-	17	15	-	-	-	18	79
5	Opel Opel Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899....	12	-	13	13	-	-	10	10	13	-	71
6	Talbot Talbot Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industry's most complex....	-	16	-	-	-	-	15	-	18	-	49
7	Toyota	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	14	32
8	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major France automobile brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citro?n. Its parent company PSA Peugeot Citro?n is the second largest carmaker in Europe, behind Volkswagen....	-	-	-	2	12	-	-	-	-	16	30
9	Porsche Porsche Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	28
10	Lancia Lancia Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....	16	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
11	Vauxhall Vauxhall Motors Vauxhall Motors is a UK automobile company. It is a subsidiary of General Motors , and is part of GM Europe. Most current Vauxhall models are right-hand drive derivatives of GM's Opel brand....	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	4	-	16
12	Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen Passenger Cars, also known as VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany and is the original as well as the largest brand by sales volume within the Volkswagen Group....	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
13	Renault Renault Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., it is currently the world's 4th largest automaker.It owns the Romanian automaker Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault Samsung Motors....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
14	Triumph Triumph Motor Company The Triumph Motor Company had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann and Moritz Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles, from premises in London and from 1889 started making his own machines in Coventry, England....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
15	Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries....	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7	9
16	FSO FSO car factory Fabryka Samochod?w Osobowych is a Poland automobile manufacturer, located in Warsaw....	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 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

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 World Rally Championship for Drivers**
Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE Swedish Rally The Uddeholm Swedish Rally , formerly the Swedish Rally, is an automobile rallying competition held in V?rmland, Sweden in early February....	POR	KEN Safari Rally The Safari Rally is considered by many to be the world's toughest Rally racing. It was first held from May 27 to June 1, 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as a celebration of the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom....	GRC Acropolis Rally Greece The Acropolis Rally of Greece is a Rallying competition, part of the World Rally Championship schedule. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around Athens during the Greek hot summer period....	ARG Rally Argentina The Rally Argentina is an Argentina rally racing competition and a stage of the World Rally Championship. It's currently the only South American event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the Calamuchita area near Villa Carlos Paz in C?rdoba Province, Argentina, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes....	FIN Rally Finland The Neste Oil Rally Finland is a rallying event driven in the Jyv?skyl? area in Central Finland. It is the biggest annually organised public event in the Nordic countries, gathering over 500,000 spectators every year....	NZL Rally New Zealand The Rally of New Zealand is the oldest World Rally Championship event to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Rally New Zealand was first held in Taupo in 1969 and was subsequently staged in Canterbury, New Zealand before moving back to the North Island, New Zealand in 1971....	ITA Rallye Sanremo Rallye Sanremo is a Rallying competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 World Rally Championship season to the 2003 World Rally Championship season....	FRA	GBR Rally GB Wales Rally GB is the largest and most high profile rallying in the United Kingdom. It is a round of the FIA World Rally Championship and Motor Sports Association British Rally Championship and is based in and around the city of Cardiff in Wales....	CIV Rallye Côte d'Ivoire The Rallye C?te d'Ivoire is a rallying held annually in the Ivory Coast in Africa. In common with other races on the continent, it is known for its arduous conditions and high attrition rate among competitors....	Total points
1	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....	20	-	20	-	8	20	-	15	20	15	-	-	118
2	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	-	10	-	-	-	15	-	12	12	-	15	-	64
3	Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....	12	12	10	1	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	20	63
4	Ari Vatanen Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....	-	-	-	-	20	-	15	-	15	-	-	-	50
5	Anders Kulläng	10	20	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	48
6	Markku Alén Markku Alén Markku Allan Al?n is a Finland former Rallying and race car driver. He drove for Fiat, Lancia, Subaru World Rally Team and Toyota Team Europe in the World Rally Championship, and still holds the List of World Rally Championship records for most stage wins in the series....	-	-	15	-	12	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	47
7	Timo Salonen Timo Salonen Timo Salonen is a Finland former rallying driver and the 1985 World Rally Championship season world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport....	-	4	-	-	15	-	6	20	-	-	-	-	45
8	Guy Fréquelin Guy Fréquelin Guy Fr?quelin is a former France rallying and sports car driver.Perhaps Fr?quelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wheel of a briefly competitive Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in the driver's classification of the World Rally Championship 1981 results World Ral...	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	-	34
9	Shekhar Mehta Shekhar Mehta Chandrashekhar "Shekhar" Mehta was a Uganda-born Kenyan Rallying. He won the Safari Rally a record five times , including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rally Championship....	-	-	-	20	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	30
10	Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen was a Finland rallying driver born in Jyv?skyl?, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli Toivonen, was the 1968 European Rally Championship for Porsche and his brother, Harri Toivonen, became a professional circuit racing....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	20	-	28
11	Per Eklund Per Eklund Per Eklund, born on June 26 1946 in Sk?nnerud , Eda Municipality of V?rmland in Sweden, is a Rallying and Rallycross driver who lives in Arvika....	8	3	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	4	27
12	Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Th?rier is a France former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	20
13	Vic Preston, Jr.	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	20
14	Jorge Recalde Jorge Recalde Jorge Ra?l Recalde was an Argentina World Rally Championship driver.Nicknamned El C?ndor de Valle de Traslasierra he was an enthusiastic promoter of motorsports in the C?rdoba, Argentina region of Argentina....	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	18
15	Björn Johansson Björn Johansson Bj?rn Johansson, or "B?na" as his nickname was, is a retired Swedish people professional ice hockey defenceman . He was drafted in the first round of both the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft and the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft, by the California Golden Seals and Toronto Toros, respectively....	-	8	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	18
16	Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche is a French people former rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship in 1976 and 1978, each time behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos....	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
	Stig Blomqvist Stig Blomqvist Stig Lennart Blomqvist is a Sweden rally driver. Blomqvist won the Swedish Rally several times, and was the 1984 World Rally Championship....	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
	Rauno Aaltonen Rauno Aaltonen Rauno August Aaltonen , also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finland former professional rallying driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s....	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
19	Attilio Bettega Attilio Bettega Attilio Bettega was an Italy rallying driver.Bettega was born in Molveno, province of Trento. In 1982 World Rally Championship season, he joined the Lancia squad driving the Lancia 037 after some years with Fiat....	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	15
20	Alain Coppier	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	14
21	Carlos Reutemann Carlos Reutemann Carlos Alberto Reutemann , nicknamed "Lole", is an Argentina former racing driver , and later a prominent politician in his native province of Santa Fe Province, for the Justicialist Party....	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
21	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
23	Michèle Mouton Michèle Mouton Mich?le Mouton is a former France rallying driver. She is the most successful and well-known female rally driver of all time, as well as arguably the most successful female in auto racing as a whole....	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	12
24	Ove Andersson Ove Andersson Ove Andersson was a Sweden Rallying driver and the first head of Toyota's Toyota F1. His nickname was "P?ven" ....	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
25	Jean-Claude Lefèbvre	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	11
26	Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland may refer to:Mike Kirkland , former American football quarterbackMike Kirkland , athletic director at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas...	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan Motors, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
	Bruno Saby Bruno Saby Bruno Saby is a Rallying from France.In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in the World Rally Championship....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Russell Brookes Russell Brookes Russell Brookes is an English former rallying driver. He won the British Rally Championship with a Ford Escort RS1800 in 1977 and with an Opel Manta 400 in 1985....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
	Samir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
31	Ingvar Carlsson	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
32	Andy Dawson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	9
33	Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Pierre Nicolas Jean-Pierre Nicolas is a retired France professional Rallying driver who competed mainly in the 1970s.Nicolas took five WRC event wins in the World Rally Championship....	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
33	Lasse Lampi	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
35	Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen Timo M?kinen, born 18 March 1938, in Helsinki, Finland, was one of the original "Flying Finn " of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-trick of wins in the RAC Rally, at the wheel of a Ford Escort #Ford Escort Mark I , preceded only by Erik Carlsson in that feat....	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7
36	Pentti Airikkala Pentti Airikkala Pentti Airikkala was one of the 'Flying Finn ' who have dominated world rallying for the past four decades. His career was more sporadic than many of his contemporaries, and he competed in only three World Rally Championship events regularly; the two Scandinavian rallies and the RAC Rally in the United Kingdom....	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Andrew Cowan Andrew Cowan Andrew Cowan is a Scotland former rally driver, and the founder and senior director of Ralliart until his retirement on 30 November 2005....	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Domingo De Vitta	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Paul Adams Paul Adams (New Zealand) Paul Adams is a politician and former rally racing champion from New Zealand.Adams was originally a carpenter and joiner, but later established a business manufacturing outdoor playground equipment....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Sandro Munari Sandro Munari Sandro Munari is a former motor racing and rallying driver from Italy....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
41	Jochi Kleint	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
42	Carlos Torres	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Yoshio Iwashita	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Harry Källström Harry Källström Harry "Sputnik" K?llstr?m is a retired Sweden professional rallying driver who debuted in 1957 and competed in the World Rally Championship in the 1970s....	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Francisco Alcuaz	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Tapio Rainio	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Paddy Davidson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Angelo Presotto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Christian Gardavot	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	Tony Pond Tony Pond Tony Pond was a well-known Great Britain Rallying driver....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
51	Johnny Hellier	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Nestor García Veiga	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Erkki Pitkänen	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	David Parkes David Parkes David Parkes was an Irish people soccer player during the 1960s and 1970s.Parkes made his League of Ireland debut for St Patricks Athletic in 1967 and signed for Bohemian FC in 1969....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Antonillo Zordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Paul Rouby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
57	Salvador Servià	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Bengt Nilsson	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Raymond 'Ray' Rué	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tasos 'Siroco' Livieratos	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Federico West	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Heikki Enomaa	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Glenn McIntyre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Giorgio Bernocchi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Jean-Felix Farrucci	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Bror Danielsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Jean-François Vincens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
68	Maciej Stawowiak	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jorge Maggi	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Peter Geitel	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Morrie Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Massimo Paolieri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Jean Bagarry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	George Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Naguib Saad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 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

Events

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1980 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
1	48ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 19-25)	30 stages 601 km Tarmac	1	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	8:42:20
			2	Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche Bernard Darniche is a French people former rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship in 1976 and 1978, each time behind the wheel of a Lancia Stratos....		Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos The Lancia Stratos HF, widely known as Lancia Stratos is an automobile made by Italy car manufacturer Lancia. The HF stands for High Fidelity....	8:52:58
			3	Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	8:53:48

2	30th International Swedish Rally Swedish Rally The Uddeholm Swedish Rally , formerly the Swedish Rally, is an automobile rallying competition held in V?rmland, Sweden in early February.... (February 15-17)	29 stages 413.5 km Snow/Ice	1			Opel Ascona 400 Opel Ascona The Opel Ascona was a mid-size car automobile produced by Opel, the Germany subsidiary of General Motors Corporation. It had three generations produced from 1970 to 1988....	4:17:52
			2	Stig Blomqvist Stig Blomqvist Stig Lennart Blomqvist is a Sweden rally driver. Blomqvist won the Swedish Rally several times, and was the 1984 World Rally Championship....	Björn Cederberg Björn Cederberg Bj?rn Cederberg , nicknamed "Kapten" , was a notable Sweden rallying co-driver. His most famous and successful partnership was with Stig Blomqvist, in a Saab 99 Turbo, with whom he shared success in a number of international motor rallies, from 1979-1982....	Saab 99 Turbo Saab 99 The 99 is an automobile produced by Saab Automobile from 1968 to 1984....	4:19:22
			3	Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	4:21:39

3	13º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 4-9)	47 stages 673.5 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	8:45:35
			2	Markku Alén Markku Alén Markku Allan Al?n is a Finland former Rallying and race car driver. He drove for Fiat, Lancia, Subaru World Rally Team and Toyota Team Europe in the World Rally Championship, and still holds the List of World Rally Championship records for most stage wins in the series....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	8:59:54
			3	Guy Fréquelin Guy Fréquelin Guy Fr?quelin is a former France rallying and sports car driver.Perhaps Fr?quelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wheel of a briefly competitive Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in the driver's classification of the World Rally Championship 1981 results World Ral...	Jean Todt Jean Todt Jean Todt was the executive director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor. On October 25, 2006, he was appointed as the company's Chief executive officer....	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Chrysler Sunbeam The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small Supermini car 3-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland....	9:16:04

4	28th Safari Rally Safari Rally The Safari Rally is considered by many to be the world's toughest Rally racing. It was first held from May 27 to June 1, 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as a celebration of the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.... (April 3-7)	95 controls 5333 km Gravel	1		Mike Doughty Mike Doughty Mike Doughty is an American singer and songwriter. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s; in the 2000s he became a solo artist. His most famous songs include "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" and "I Hear the Bells," both of which gained prominence from being featured on popular television shows....	Datsun 160J	+3:27 pen
			2	Rauno Aaltonen Rauno Aaltonen Rauno August Aaltonen , also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finland former professional rallying driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s....		Datsun 160J	+4:02 pen
			3		John Lyall John Lyall John Angus Lyall was an England Football and Coach of Scottish descent. He was born in in Ilford, Essex.Lyall was a useful defender for West Ham United F.C....	Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 Mercedes-Benz R107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the G-class/wagon....	+5:07 pen

5	27th Acropolis Rally Acropolis Rally Greece The Acropolis Rally of Greece is a Rallying competition, part of the World Rally Championship schedule. The rally is held on very dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around Athens during the Greek hot summer period.... (May 25-29)	56 stages 964 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Ari Vatanen Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....	David Richards David Richards (racing) David Pender Richards Order of the British Empire is the chairman of Prodrive, and a former team principal of the British American Racing and Benetton Formula Formula One motor racing teams....	Ford Escort RS1800	12:55:44
			2	Timo Salonen Timo Salonen Timo Salonen is a Finland former rallying driver and the 1985 World Rally Championship season world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport....	Seppo Harjanne Seppo Harjanne Seppo Harjanne is a Finland former Rallying co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Timo Salonen from 1979 World Rally Championship season to 1988 World Rally Championship season and for Tommi M?kinen from 1990 World Rally Championship season to 1997 World Rally Championship season....	Datsun 160J	12:58:26
			3	Markku Alén Markku Alén Markku Allan Al?n is a Finland former Rallying and race car driver. He drove for Fiat, Lancia, Subaru World Rally Team and Toyota Team Europe in the World Rally Championship, and still holds the List of World Rally Championship records for most stage wins in the series....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	13:02:48

6	2º Rally Codasur Rally Argentina The Rally Argentina is an Argentina rally racing competition and a stage of the World Rally Championship. It's currently the only South American event in the World Rally Championship, and it's held in the Calamuchita area near Villa Carlos Paz in C?rdoba Province, Argentina, on narrow slope roads best known for their watersplashes.... (July 19-24)	18 stages 1224.4 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	12:48:36
			2	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Arne Hertz Arne Hertz Arne Hertz . was a famous Sweden co-driver in motor rallying.His name first became prominent when co-driving for Stig Blomqvist , with whom he first won the RAC Rally, in 1971....	Mercedes 500 SLC Mercedes-Benz R107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the G-class/wagon....	13:04:35
			3	Carlos Reutemann Carlos Reutemann Carlos Alberto Reutemann , nicknamed "Lole", is an Argentina former racing driver , and later a prominent politician in his native province of Santa Fe Province, for the Justicialist Party....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	13:35.26

7	30th 1000 Lakes Rally Rally Finland The Neste Oil Rally Finland is a rallying event driven in the Jyv?skyl? area in Central Finland. It is the biggest annually organised public event in the Nordic countries, gathering over 500,000 spectators every year.... (August 29-31)	48 stages 472 km Gravel	1	Markku Alén Markku Alén Markku Allan Al?n is a Finland former Rallying and race car driver. He drove for Fiat, Lancia, Subaru World Rally Team and Toyota Team Europe in the World Rally Championship, and still holds the List of World Rally Championship records for most stage wins in the series....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	4:24:11
			2	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Arne Hertz Arne Hertz Arne Hertz . was a famous Sweden co-driver in motor rallying.His name first became prominent when co-driving for Stig Blomqvist , with whom he first won the RAC Rally, in 1971....	Ford Escort RS1800	4:25:07
			3	Per Eklund Per Eklund Per Eklund, born on June 26 1946 in Sk?nnerud , Eda Municipality of V?rmland in Sweden, is a Rallying and Rallycross driver who lives in Arvika....		Triumph TR 7 V8 Triumph TR7 The Triumph TR7 was a sports car manufactured from September 1974 to October 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company, part of British Leyland, in the United Kingdom....	4:35:25

8	11th Motogard Rally of New Zealand Rally New Zealand The Rally of New Zealand is the oldest World Rally Championship event to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Rally New Zealand was first held in Taupo in 1969 and was subsequently staged in Canterbury, New Zealand before moving back to the North Island, New Zealand in 1971.... (September 13-17)	40 stages 1040 km Gravel	1	Timo Salonen Timo Salonen Timo Salonen is a Finland former rallying driver and the 1985 World Rally Championship season world champion for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport....	Seppo Harjanne Seppo Harjanne Seppo Harjanne is a Finland former Rallying co-driver. He is best known for co-driving for Timo Salonen from 1979 World Rally Championship season to 1988 World Rally Championship season and for Tommi M?kinen from 1990 World Rally Championship season to 1997 World Rally Championship season....	Datsun 160J	12:06:57
			2	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	12:09:38
			3	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Arne Hertz Arne Hertz Arne Hertz . was a famous Sweden co-driver in motor rallying.His name first became prominent when co-driving for Stig Blomqvist , with whom he first won the RAC Rally, in 1971....	Mercedes 500 SLC Mercedes-Benz R107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the G-class/wagon....	12:29:22

9	22º Rallye Sanremo Rallye Sanremo Rallye Sanremo is a Rallying competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 World Rally Championship season to the 2003 World Rally Championship season.... (October 6-11)	50 stages 821 km Gravel	1	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	10:22:42
			2	Ari Vatanen Ari Vatanen Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finland rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament. Vatanen won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1981 and the Paris Dakar Rally four times....	David Richards David Richards (racing) David Pender Richards Order of the British Empire is the chairman of Prodrive, and a former team principal of the British American Racing and Benetton Formula Formula One motor racing teams....	Ford Escort RS1800	10:29:17
			3	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Arne Hertz Arne Hertz Arne Hertz . was a famous Sweden co-driver in motor rallying.His name first became prominent when co-driving for Stig Blomqvist , with whom he first won the RAC Rally, in 1971....	Ford Escort RS	10:36:52

10	24ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (October 24-25)	18 stages 1128 km Tarmac	1	Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Th?rier is a France former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events....		Porsche 911 SC Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....	14:51:43
			2	Walter Röhrl Walter Röhrl Walter R?hrl is a German rallying and auto motor-racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford Motor Company and BMW....		Fiat 131 Abarth Fiat 131 The Fiat 131, additionally called "Mirafiori", is a small/medium family car produced by the Italy Automotive industry, Fiat from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited at 1974 Turin Auto Show....	15:02:06
			3			Porsche 911 SC Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a sports car made by Porsche Aktiengesellschaft of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design is notable for being rear engined like the Porsche-designed Volkswagen Beetle it had been based on....	15:17:21

11	29th Lombard RAC Rally (November 16-19)	70 stages 708 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen Henri Toivonen was a Finland rallying driver born in Jyv?skyl?, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli Toivonen, was the 1968 European Rally Championship for Porsche and his brother, Harri Toivonen, became a professional circuit racing....	Paul White Paul White Paul White may refer to:Paul White Paul White, Baron Hanningfield , British life peerPaul Dudley White, cardiologistPaul Frederick White, anaesthesiologist...	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Chrysler Sunbeam The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small Supermini car 3-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland....	8:17:33
			2	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rallying driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times....	Arne Hertz Arne Hertz Arne Hertz . was a famous Sweden co-driver in motor rallying.His name first became prominent when co-driving for Stig Blomqvist , with whom he first won the RAC Rally, in 1971....	Ford Escort RS1800	8:22:09
			3	Guy Fréquelin Guy Fréquelin Guy Fr?quelin is a former France rallying and sports car driver.Perhaps Fr?quelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wheel of a briefly competitive Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in the driver's classification of the World Rally Championship 1981 results World Ral...	Jean Todt Jean Todt Jean Todt was the executive director of Scuderia Ferrari, the Ferrari company's Formula One constructor. On October 25, 2006, he was appointed as the company's Chief executive officer....	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Chrysler Sunbeam The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small Supermini car 3-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland....	8:31:24

12	11ème Rallye Bandama Côte d'Ivoire Rallye Côte d'Ivoire The Rallye C?te d'Ivoire is a rallying held annually in the Ivory Coast in Africa. In common with other races on the continent, it is known for its arduous conditions and high attrition rate among competitors.... (December 9-14)	62 controls 5336 km Gravel	1	Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård Bj?rn Waldeg?rd from Rimbo is a former Sweden Rallying driver, and the winner of the inaugural List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions in 1979....		Mercedes 500 SLC Mercedes-Benz R107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the G-class/wagon....	+2:36 pen
			2	Jorge Recalde Jorge Recalde Jorge Ra?l Recalde was an Argentina World Rally Championship driver.Nicknamned El C?ndor de Valle de Traslasierra he was an enthusiastic promoter of motorsports in the C?rdoba, Argentina region of Argentina....		Mercedes 500 SLC Mercedes-Benz R107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the G-class/wagon....	+3:47 pen
			3			Peugeot 504 V6 Peugeot 504 The Peugeot 504 is a large family car manufactured in Europe by France automaker Peugeot between 1968 and 1983, with production continuing until 2005 in Nigeria and Kenya....	+5:17 pen

1980 World Rally Championship season

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