1981 World Rally Championship season

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1981 World Rally Championship season

The 1981 World Rally Championship season was the ninth 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 New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
with the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
.

The 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers was won by 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....
driving a Rothmans Rally Team Ford Escort RS1800, the only time a privateer team has won the Drivers' Chmapionship.

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The 1981 World Rally Championship season was the ninth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

World Rally Championship

Rallying

New Zealand

Brazil

Ari Vatanen

Talbot

Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industry's most complex....
with their 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....
. It also saw the beginning of a new era in the sport with the arrival of the Audi Quattro

Audi Quattro

The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....
, the first four-wheel drive rally car. Initially regarded as too heavy and complex for rally stages, it proved its worth with three wins in its debut season, including a maiden victory for 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....
at the 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....
, the only woman to win a WRC event.

Championships

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1981 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturers	Event												Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	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....	FRA	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....	BRA	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....	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....	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....	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....	Total points
1	Talbot Talbot Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industry's most complex....	17	-	17	-	17	15	18	-	-	17	-	16	117
2	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....	-	-	13	18	15	13	17	-	12	-	18	-	106
3	Ford	-	-	9	-	12	18	-	-	18	7	-	16	80
4	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....	15	-	11	12	8	-	-	-	8	15	-	-	69
5	Audi Audi AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	18	-	18	63
6	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....	8	-	18	-	-	16	-	-	16	5	-	-	63
7	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....	18	-	-	-	7	10	15	-	-	-	-	11	61
8	Toyota	-	-	15	-	11	-	-	-	3	-	16	9	54
9	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....	-	-	-	10	-	4	12	-	-	-	11	-	37
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....	10	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28
11	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....	4	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
12	Škoda Škoda ?koda, is a Czech surname, which became a brand name. It may refer to:* ?koda Auto, an automobile manufacturer in the Czech Republic * ?koda Works, an industrial enterprise in Austria-Hungary, then Czechoslovakia and now Czech Republic...	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
13	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
14	Mitsubishi Mitsubishi The , Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese Conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark and legacy....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	4

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1981 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"| **1981 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....	FRA	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....	BRA	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....	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....	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....	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....	Total points
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....	0	15	0	-	-	20	0	20	20	4	2	15	96
2	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...	15	-	6	0	15	10	20	15	-	0	8	0	89
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....	0	20	0	-	0	0	-	-	12	10	-	20	62
4	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....	4	-	20	-	-	15	-	-	15	2	-	0	56
5	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	-	8	15	0	-	-	12	-	55
6	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....	-	-	0	10	0	0	0	-	10	0	20	0	40
7	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	-	15	-	0	0	-	-	0	15	-	0	38
8	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....	0	-	10	-	0	0	-	-	0	20	-	0	30
9	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....	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	10	30
10	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....	0	2	0	-	6	0	-	-	0	-	15	6	29
11	Jean Ragnotti Jean Ragnotti Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti , is a French former Rallying driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship.Ranking among his achievements are his conquering of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1981 World Rally Championship season, alongside compatriot Jean-Marc Andri? against the might of the ultimate four-wheel-drive upstart, the Audi Quattro....	20	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	28
12	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....	6	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26
13	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....	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	23
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....	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	22
15	Anders Kulläng	10	10	0	0	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	2	22
16	Jochi Kleint	12	-	-	8	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
16	Tony Pond Tony Pond Tony Pond was a well-known Great Britain Rallying driver....	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	0	-	0	20
18	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....	3	-	12	-	0	0	-	-	2	-	0	0	17
19	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....	0	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
20	Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland may refer to:Mike Kirkland , former American football quarterbackMike Kirkland , athletic director at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas...	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	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....	0	-	0	-	-	12	-	-	-	0	-	-	12
	Domingo De Vitta	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	12	-	-	-	-	12
	Antonio Fassina Antonio Fassina Antonio "Tony" Fassina is a former rally driver from Italy. He won the Italian Rally Championship in 1976 and 1979 driving a Lancia Stratos, and then again in 1981 behind the wheel of an Opel Ascona....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12
24	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....	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	0	12
25	Terry Kaby	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11
26	Jean-Pierre Ballet	0	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Ernesto Soto	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Michel Mitri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
29	Ricardo Albertengo	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Carlos Torres	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8
	Luigi Battistolli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
32	Lasse Lampi	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	0	8
33	Jean-Claude Lefèbvre	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Iórgos Moschous	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Luis Etchegoyen	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Gustavo Trelles Gustavo Trelles Gustavo Trelles is a Uruguay former rallying driver. He competed actively in the World Rally Championship from 1988 World Rally Championship season to 1993 World Rally Championship season, mainly with a Lancia Delta Integrale, and from 1996 World Rally Championship season to 2002 World Rally Championship season, mainly with a Mitsubishi Lan...	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Miki Biasion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
39	Sören Nilsson	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	5
39	Horacio Maglione	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
41	Rafael 'Cid'	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Yoshio Iwashita	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Jean-Michel Tichadou	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	'Carlo'	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Federico West	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Samir Assef	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
47	Ola Strömberg	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Manuel Queirós Pereira	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jayant Shah	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Gérard Swaton	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Václav Blahna	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Luís Romero	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Julio Berges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Dario Cerrato	0	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Jacques Durieu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
56	Jacques Alméras	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Joaquim Moutinho	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Malcolm Smith Malcolm Smith (motorcyclist) Malcolm Smith is an United States off-road racing legend.Smith's first raced in 1956 atop a 1949 Matchless 500cc motorcycle. Later, he was associated with Husqvarna Motorcycles motorcycles....	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Camille Bartoli	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Pavlos Moschoutis	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Miguel Tubal	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Maria Carmo Zacarias	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
63	Alain Coppier	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Kenjiro Shinozuka Kenjiro Shinozuka Kenjiro Shinozuka is a Japanese rally driver. Since his debut in 1967, his greatest successes have been as a works driver for Mitsubishi Motors....	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Rod Hall	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jean-Felix Farrucci	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Claude Laurent	0	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	0	-	0	0	1
	Antero Laine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	-	0	1
	Federico Ormezzano	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Roger Clark Roger Clark Roger Albert Clark, MBE, was a United Kingdom rally driver during the 1960s and '70s, and the first competitor from his country to win a World Rally Championship event when he triumphed at the 1976 RAC Rally....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1981 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"| **1981 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1981 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
1	49ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 24–30)	32 stages 757 km Tarmac	1	Jean Ragnotti Jean Ragnotti Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti , is a French former Rallying driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship.Ranking among his achievements are his conquering of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1981 World Rally Championship season, alongside compatriot Jean-Marc Andri? against the might of the ultimate four-wheel-drive upstart, the Audi Quattro....		Renault 5 Turbo Renault 5 The Renault 5 was a supermini car produced by the France automaker Renault in two generations between 1972 and 1996. It was sold in many markets, usually as the Renault 5 but in North America as Le Car from 1976 to 1986....	9:55:55
			2	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....	9:58:49
			3			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....	10:02:54

2	31st 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 13–15)	25 stages 369 km Snow/Ice	1	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....	Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....	3:48:07
			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	3:50:00
			3	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....		Ford Escort RS1800	3:51:47

3	14º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 4–7)	46 stages 681 km Gravel/Tarmac	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....	8:27:26
			2	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....		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....	8:36:36
			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....		Toyota Celica 2000GT Toyota Celica The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....	8:43:47

4	29th 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 16–20)	77 controls 5209 km Gravel	1	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....	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 Violet GT	+3:39 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 Violet GT	+3:44 pen
			3	Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland Mike Kirkland may refer to:Mike Kirkland , former American football quarterbackMike Kirkland , athletic director at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas...		Datsun 160J	+4:51 pen

5	25ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France Tour de Corse The Tour de Corse - Rallye de France is a rallying first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It has been part of the World Rally Championship schedule since the inaugural 1973 World Rally Championship season.... (April 30–May 2)	24 stages 1144 km Tarmac	1	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....	14:26.23
			2	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....	14:42:25
			3	Tony Pond Tony Pond Tony Pond was a well-known Great Britain Rallying driver....		Datsun Violet GT	14:45.29

6	28th Acropolis Rally (June 1–4)	57 stages 960 km Gravel	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	13:17:25
			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....	13:22:00
			3	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....	Maurizio Perissinot Maurizio Perissinot Maurizio Perissinot was an Italy rallying co-driver, mainly for Attilio Bettega.He survived the tragic accident at the 1985 Tour de Corse which claimed the life of Bettega....	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....	13:25:19

7	3º Rally Codasur (July 18–23)	18 stages 1341 km Gravel	1	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....	14:22:52
			2	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....	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 Violet GT	15:01:04
			3	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....		Datsun 160J	16:01:19

8	3º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil (August 6–8)	20 stages 714 km Gravel	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	9:39:40
			2	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....	9:48:11
			3			Ford Escort RS Ford Escort Over the years, the name 'Ford Escort' has been used for several models.For more information, see:* Ford Squire* Ford Escort * Ford Escort ...	10:19:46

9	31st 1000 Lakes Rally (August 28–30)	46 stages 440 km Gravel	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	4:07:27
			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....	4:08:26
			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....	Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....	4:10:19

10	23º 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 5–10)	59 stages 751 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	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....		Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....	8:05:50
			2	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....		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....	8:09:15
			3	Antonio Fassina Antonio Fassina Antonio "Tony" Fassina is a former rally driver from Italy. He won the Italian Rally Championship in 1976 and 1979 driving a Lancia Stratos, and then again in 1981 behind the wheel of an Opel Ascona....		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....	8:12:08

11	13ème Rallye 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.... (October 26–31)	56 controls 5087 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 Violet GT	+9:57 pen
			2	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....		Toyota Celica 2000GT Toyota Celica The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of popular coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....	+11:09 pen
			3	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....	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 Violet GT	+11:22 pen

12	30th Lombard RAC Rally (November 22–25)	65 stages 722 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	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....	Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rallying, produced by the Germany automotive industry Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group. It was the first four-wheel drive grand tourer since the Jensen FF of 1966....	8:30:00
			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	8:41:05
			3	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....	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....	8:43:36

1981 World Rally Championship season

Championships

Events

See also