1982 World Rally Championship season

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1982 World Rally Championship season

The 1982 World Rally Championship season was the tenth 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....
. By this time, the schedule format had become generally stable, with only one or two changes to venues year to year. 1982 marked the return of New Zealand

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....
to the schedule in place of Argentina

Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
's Rally Codasur.

1982 was marked by the dominance of the Germans, with two German manufacturers, 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."...
and 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....
, taking first and second in the manufacturer's title race, while Opel's driver, German 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....
, seized the driver's title.

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The 1982 World Rally Championship season was the tenth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

World Rally Championship

Rallying

New Zealand

Argentina

Audi

Opel

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....
, seized the driver's title. Top Audi pilots 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....
and 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....
took second and third in the drivers' race, but their combined efforts were enough to put Audi over the top for the work's cup. Mouton's finish is the best by a female driver to this day.

As with previous seasons, while all 12 events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only 10 of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. The two events in 1982 which applied only to driver standings were Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
and the 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....
. Röhrl's strong performance in both of these rallies would have improved Opel's bid for a world title had they counted for manufacturers as well as drivers.

Championship for manufacturers

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1982 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers**
Rank	Manufacturers	Event										Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	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....	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....	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....	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....	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	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."...	16	18	-	(6)	18	-	10	18	18	18	116
2	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....	18	(12)	16	12	16	14	(9)	-	14	14	104
3	Nissan	-	-	18	-	12	12	-	15	-	-	57
4	Ford	-	12	-	-	8	9	16	10	-	-	55
5	Toyota	-	16	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	7	41
6	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....	10	-	-	18	4	-	-	-	2	-	34
7	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....	14	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	28
8	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....	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	14	6	-	28
9	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	-	-	-	-	-	15	25
10	Talbot Talbot Talbot is an automobile brand, whose history is one of the industry's most complex....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	11	24
11	Citroën Citroën Citro?n is a France automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by Andr? Citro?n, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA....	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	23
12	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....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	19
13	Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari Joint stock company....	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
14	Mazda Mazda is a Japanese automaker based in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is part owned by the Ford Motor Company.During 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales....	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	14
14	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
16	British Leyland Cars British Leyland Motor Corporation British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd . It was partly nationalization in 1975 with the government creating a new holding company called British Leyland Ltd which became BL Ltd in 1978....	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
17	Subaru Subaru is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
18	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....	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1982 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

Championship for drivers

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1982 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....	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....	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	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	12	-	15	(10)	15	12	15	-	(12)	20	-	109
2	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....	-	8	20	-	4	20	-	20	-	10	-	15	97
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....	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	-	20	70
4	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....	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	20	-	3	58
5	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....	-	10	15	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	15	2	57
6	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....	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	12	4	36
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....	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	8	-	12	32
8	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
9	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....	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	26
10	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
11	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....	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	20
12	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...	10	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
13	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....	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
13	Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Claude Andruet is a retired France professional Rallying driver who competed in the World Rally Championship.Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 42?me Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, 1974 World Rally Championship season Tour de Corse and 1977 World Rally Championship season San Remo Rally....	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
15	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....	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Franz Wittmann	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	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
	Bernard Béguin	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Domingo De Vitta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
	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	-	-	-	12
21	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....	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	12
22	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....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	12
23	Carlos Torres Carlos Torres Carlos Torres is an astronomer of the University of Chile. Between 1968 and 1982, he discovered or co-discovered a number of asteroids from the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station....	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Tony Pond Tony Pond Tony Pond was a well-known Great Britain Rallying driver....	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Aparecido Rodrigues	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
26	Alain Coppier	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Jayant Shah	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Iórgos Moschous	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Rod Millen Rod Millen Rod Millen is a rally racing competitor and vehicle designer. He has raced in numerous genres of motorsport, including rally racing, off-road racing, hillclimbing, and drifting....	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Antero Laine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8
	Alain Ambrosino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
	Harald Demuth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
33	Dany Snobeck	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Lasse Lampi	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Mário Silva Mario Silva Mario Silva, Member of Parliament is a Canada politician and is one of two MPs of Portuguese descent in the Canadian Parliament. Silva is a former a Toronto City Councillor and acting mayor He moved to federal politics, being elected for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2004 in the riding of Davenport ....	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Rob Collinge	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Jimmy McRae Jimmy McRae Jimmy McRae is a Scotland rallying driver. He is the father of World Rally Championship drivers Alister McRae, and the late 1995 World Rally Championship season List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions Colin McRae....	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tony Teesdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Michele Cinotto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	Eugène Salim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
41	Jochi Kleint	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Sören Nilsson	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	António Ferreira da Cunha	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi is a professional baseball player from Chiba, Chiba, Japan. He currently plays right field for the Yomiuri Giants, and is one of the most well-known players in Japanese baseball....	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Pavlos Moschoutis	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Jean-Louis Leyraud	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Harri Uotila	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Anders Kulläng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
49	Philippe Touren	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Kalle Grundel	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Christian Dorche	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Frank Tundo	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Francis Vincent	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Leonidas	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Malcolm Stewart Malcolm Stewart Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart, 1st Baronet was a United Kingdom businessman. He incorporated The London Brick Company in the 1920s which was at the time reputed to be the largest brick making company in the United Kingdom....	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jouni Kinnunen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Miki Biasion	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
58	Jean-Pierre Ballet	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Bengt Thorsell	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Olivier Tabatoni	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Javaid Alam	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Anastasios Gemenis	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Paul Adams Paul Adams Paul Adams may refer to:Paul Adams , rally driver and former politician from New ZealandPaul Adams , South African cricketer*Paul Adams English BBC television news correspondent...	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Seppo Mustonen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Livio Lupidi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
66	Jürgen Barth Jürgen Barth J?rgen Barth is a German engineer and a former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth.Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful driver in sports car racing....	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Mikael Ericsson Mikael Ericsson Mikael Ericsson is a Swedish people former rally driver. During his career he competed in 40 events in the World Rally Championship, including two victories consecutively in 1989 World Rally Championship season, his best year, when he finished fourth overall....	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Jorge Fleck	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ramesh Khoda	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Robert Simonetti	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Fritz Heisler	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Reg Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Henri Palmroos	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Vittorio Caneva	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Malcolm Wilson Malcolm Wilson (rally) Malcolm Wilson is a United Kingdom former rally driver. He is the father of current World Rally Championship driver Matthew Wilson.After a successful driving career of his own, he went on to manage and run the BP Ford World Rally Team with his M-Sport operation, based at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth in Cumbria, England....	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1982 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"| **1982 World Rally Championship event map**
Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/Ice	Red = Mixed Surface

align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| **1982 World Rally Championship schedule and results**
Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time
1	50ème Rallye Automobile de Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Rally The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique.... (January 16-22)	32 stages 753 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....		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....	8:20:33
			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....	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....	8:24:22
			3	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....	8:32:38

2	32nd 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 12-14)	25 stages 358 km Snow/Ice	1	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....	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....	3:40:15
			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....		Ford Escort RS1800 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 ...	3:42:51
			3	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....		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....	3:44:29

3	15º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 2-8)	40 stages 639 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....	7:39:36
			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"....	7:52:43
			3			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....	8:07:25

4	30th Marlboro 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 8- 12)	83 controls 5120 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	+4:26 pen
			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....		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....	+5:07 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 Violet GT	+6:16 pen

5	26éme 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.... (May 6-8)	27 stages 1176 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....	14:11:19
			2	Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Claude Andruet Jean-Claude Andruet is a retired France professional Rallying driver who competed in the World Rally Championship.Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 42?me Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, 1974 World Rally Championship season Tour de Corse and 1977 World Rally Championship season San Remo Rally....		Ferrari 308 GTB Ferrari 308 GTB The Ferrari 308 GTB were RMR layout sports cars manufactured by the Italian company Ferrari in the 1970s-1980s. They made up the lower end of the company's range....	14:16:57
			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....	14:20:11

6	29th 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 31-June 3)	56 stages 967 km Gravel	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....	12:54:44
			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....		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....	13:08:23
			3	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....	Fred Gallagher Fred Gallagher (co-driver) Fred Gallagher is a World Rally Championship winning co-driver and motorsport personality....	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....	13:17:21

7	12th 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.... (June 26-29)	38 stages 1014 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....		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"....	10:28:08
			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"....	10:31:21
			3	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....		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....	10:33:37

8	4º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil Rally of Brazil Rally Brazil is the largest rally racing event held in South America. Currently part of the South American Rally Championship , it has been incorporated into the World Rally Championship calendar, in 1981 World Rally Championship season and 1982 World Rally Championship season.... (August 11-14)	29 stages 706 km Gravel	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....	8:16:24
			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....		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....	8:51:49
			3			Ford Escort 1.6 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 ...	10:15:30

9	32nd 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 27- 29)	46 stages 469 km Gravel	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....	4:19:05
			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....	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....	4:19:33
			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....		Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo Mitsubishi Lancer The Mitsubishi Lancer is a small family car built by Mitsubishi Motors. It has been known as the Colt Lancer, Dodge Colt, Chrysler Valiant Lancer, Chrysler Lancer, Eagle Summit, Hindustan Lancer, Soueast Motors Lioncel, Mitsubishi Carisma, and Mitsubishi Mirage in various countries at diff...	4:23:22

10	24º 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 3-8)	56 stages 735 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	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....	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....	8:37:47
			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....	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....	8:40:03
			3	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....		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....	8:40:14

11	14ème 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 27-November 1)	54 controls 4995 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....		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....	+8:43 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"....	+10:17 pen
			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"....	+11:00 pen

12	31st Lombard RAC Rally November 21-25)	68 stages 716 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....	8:01:46
			2	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....	8:06:03
			3	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....	Fred Gallagher Fred Gallagher (co-driver) Fred Gallagher is a World Rally Championship winning co-driver and motorsport personality....	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....	8:06:12

1982 World Rally Championship season

Championship for manufacturers

Championship for drivers

Events

See also