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1984 World Rally Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Motorsport season Template:World Rally Championship The 1984 World Rally Championship was the 12th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies following the same schedule as the previous season. Stig Blomqvist beat the defending world champion and Audi teammate Hannu Mikkola to the drivers' title. Audi took their second manufacturers' title, ahead of Lancia and the debuting Peugeot.

Summary

File:Portugal 84 Audi Quattro A2.jpg
Walter Röhrl at the 1984 Rally Portugal

German team Audi Sport put together four of the top drivers in the world, with the defending world champion Hannu Mikkola returning to the team along with Stig Blomqvist. Michèle Mouton had a part-time contract and two-time champion Walter Röhrl was added from Martini Racing. Lancia Martini kept Markku Alén as their primary driver for the season and also featured Miki Biasion and Attilio Bettega. Lancia boss Cesare Fiorio had also signed Henri Toivonen from Porsche, stating that "Audi will have four top drivers next year so it would be very difficult competing with only two."[1]

File:Michèle Mouton - 1984 RAC Rally.jpg
Michèle Mouton at the 1984 RAC Rally

Blomqvist and Mikkola dominated the season in the Audi Quattro A2, with Blomqvist proving the best with five rally wins. Audi established an early lead, winning six of the first eight events, including sweeping the podium at the first two rallies. Mikkola had to settle for second overall despite a consistently strong season in which he took eight podium finishes. Alén was only able to reach third place, only capturing a single rally win in his Lancia Rally 037.

Late in the season, Ari Vatanen returned to the world rally scene in a Peugeot 205 T16, winning three of the final four rallies and reaching fourth place in the overall standings. His performance showed that Peugeot Sport, headed by Jean Todt, had a winner that could beat the Audi, which they would do in the coming years of Group B dominance.

As with previous seasons, while all twelve events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only ten of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. The two events in 1984 which applied only to driver standings were the Swedish Rally and the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire.

Calendar

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Points
1 21 January 27 January Template:Flagicon 52nd Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Monte Carlo Mixed 30 753.20 km Drivers & Manufacturers
2 10 February 12 February Template:Flagicon 34th International Swedish Rally Karlstad, Värmland County Snow 27 447.70 km Drivers only
3 6 March 10 March Template:Flagicon 18th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto Estoril, Lisbon Mixed 45 685 km Drivers & Manufacturers
4 19 April 23 April Template:Flagicon 32nd Marlboro Safari Rally Nairobi Gravel N/A 5254 km Drivers & Manufacturers
5 3 May 5 May Template:Flagicon 28th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France Ajaccio, Corsica Tarmac 30 1130.09 km Drivers & Manufacturers
6 26 May 31 May Template:Flagicon 31st Rothmans Acropolis Rally Athens Gravel 47 796.62 km Drivers & Manufacturers
7 23 June 26 June Template:Flagicon 15th Sanyo Rally of New Zealand Auckland Gravel 45 1063.26 km Drivers & Manufacturers
8 27 July 1 August Template:Flagicon 4th Marlboro Rally of Argentina YPF Buenos Aires Gravel 24 948.58 km Drivers & Manufacturers
9 24 August 26 August Template:Flagicon 34th Rally of the 1000 Lakes Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 51 460.96 km Drivers & Manufacturers
10 30 September 5 October Template:Flagicon 26th Rallye Sanremo Sanremo, Liguria Mixed 56 807.69 km Drivers & Manufacturers
11 31 October 4 November Template:Flagicon 16th Rallye Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Gravel N/A 4012 km Drivers only
12 25 November 29 November Template:Flagicon 40th Lombard RAC Rally Chester, Cheshire Gravel 56 868.54 km Drivers & Manufacturers
Sources:[2][3]

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Rounds
Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2
Quattro Sport
Template:Michelin
Template:Pirelli
Template:Flagicon Walter Röhrl 1, 3, 5–7, 10
Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola 1, 3–4, 6–9, 11–12
Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist All
Template:Flagicon Per Eklund 2, 9
Template:Flagicon Michèle Mouton 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
Template:Flagicon Lasse Lampi 2, 9
Template:Flagicon Sarel van der Merwe 3
Template:Flagicon Franz Wittmann 4, 7
Template:Flagicon Bernard Darniche 5
Template:Flagicon John Buffum 6, 12
Template:Flagicon Jorge Recalde 8
Template:Flagicon Rubén Luis di Palma 8
Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo Template:Pirelli Template:Flagicon Markku Alén 1, 3–7, 9–10
Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Andruet 1, 5
Template:Flagicon Attilio Bettega 1, 3, 5–6, 10
Template:Flagicon Henri Toivonen 3, 6, 9
Template:Flagicon Vic Preston Jr 4
Template:Flagicon Greg Criticos 4
Template:Flagicon Team Nissan Europe Nissan 240RS Template:Dunlop Template:Flagicon Timo Salonen 1, 4, 6–7, 12
Template:Flagicon Terry Kaby 1, 9, 12
Template:Flagicon Sören Nilsson 2
Template:Flagicon Erkki Pitkanen 3, 9
Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta 4, 6, 11–12
Template:Flagicon Mike Kirkland 4
Template:Flagicon Jayant Shah 4, 6
Template:Flagicon George Moschous 6
Template:Flagicon Stratis Hatzipanayiotou 6
Template:Flagicon Reg Cook 7
Template:Flagicon Pentti Airikkala 9
Template:Flagicon Peter Geitel 9, 12
Template:Flagicon Renault Elf Renault 5 Turbo Template:Michelin
Template:Pirelli
Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier 1
Template:Flagicon Bruno Saby 1, 5, 9
Template:Flagicon François Chatriot 1, 5
Template:Flagicon Dany Snobeck 1
Template:Flagicon Jean Ragnotti 3, 5
Template:Flagicon Joaquim Moutinho 3
Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Manzagol 5
Template:Flagicon Didier Auriol 5
Template:Flagicon Camille Bartoli 5
Template:Flagicon Jolly Club Lancia Rally 037 evo Template:Pirelli Template:Flagicon Miki Biasion 1, 3, 5–6, 10
Template:Flagicon Adartico Vudafieri 5, 10
Template:Flagicon Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda RX-7 Template:Pirelli Template:Flagicon Achim Warmbold 1, 6
Template:Flagicon Minna Sillankorva 1
Template:Flagicon Ingvar Carlsson 6, 12
Template:Flagicon Philippe Wambergue 12
Template:Flagicon Marianne Hoepfner 12
Template:Flagicon Citroën Compétitions Citroën Visa Template:Michelin Template:Flagicon Christian Dorche 1, 3
Template:Flagicon Maurice Chomat 4, 9–10
Template:Flagicon Philippe Wambergue 4, 9–10
Template:Flagicon Christian Rio 4, 9–10
Template:Flagicon Oliver Tabatoni 5–6, 9
Template:Flagicon Mark Lovell 12
Template:Flagicon Opel Euro Team Opel Ascona 400
Manta 400
Template:Michelin Template:Flagicon Mats Jonsson 2, 12
Template:Flagicon Alex Jackson 2
Template:Flagicon Guy Frequelin 4–5
Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen 4
Template:Flagicon Yasuhiro Iwase 4, 8
Template:Flagicon Alain Ambrosino 11
Template:Flagicon Jimmy McRae 12
Template:Flagicon Russell Brookes 12
Template:Flagicon Phil Collins 12
Template:Flagicon Bertie Fisher 12
Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica TCT Template:Pirelli Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård 3–4, 7, 9, 12
Template:Flagicon Juha Kankkunen 3, 7, 9, 12
Template:Flagicon Per Eklund 4, 12
Template:Flagicon Sandro Munari 4
Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Template:Michelin Template:Flagicon Ari Vatanen 5–6, 9–10, 12
Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas 5–6, 10
Template:Flagicon Rothmans Porsche Rally Team Porsche 911SC RS Template:Michelin Template:Flagicon Saeed Al-Hajri 6, 12
Template:Flagicon Roger Clark 12
Template:Flagicon Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTi Template:Pirelli Template:Flagicon Kalle Grundel 1–3, 5, 9–10, 12

Events

Map

File:WRC-1983.png
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/ice Red = Mixed surface

Schedule and results

Round Rally name Stages Podium finishers
Rank Driver Co-driver Team Car Time
1 Template:Flagicon Rallye Monte Carlo
(21–27 January)
30 stages
722 km
Tarmac
1 Template:Flagicon Walter Röhrl Template:Flagicon Christian Geistdörfer Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 8:52:29
2 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 8:53:42
3 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 9:05:09
2 Template:Flagicon Swedish Rally[4]
(10–12 February)
27 stages
450 km
Snow/Ice
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 4:16:45
2 Template:Flagicon Michèle Mouton Template:Flagicon Fabrizia Pons Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 4:24:12
3 Template:Flagicon Per Eklund Template:Flagicon Dave Whittock Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 4:33:27
3 Template:Flagicon Rallye de Portugal
(6–11 March)
45 stages
684 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 7:35:32
2 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Template:Flagicon Ilkka Kivimäki Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 7:35:59
3 Template:Flagicon Attilio Bettega Template:Flagicon Maurizio Perissinot Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 7:58:21
4 Template:Flagicon Safari Rally
(19–23 April)
105 controls
5254 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård Template:Flagicon Hans Thorszelius Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica TCT +2:02 pen
2 Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen Template:Flagicon Lofty Drews Template:Flagicon Opel Euro Team Opel Manta 400 +2:13 pen
3 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 +2:25 pen
5 Template:Flagicon Tour de Corse
(3–5 May)
30 stages
1119 km
Tarmac
1 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Template:Flagicon Ilkka Kivimäki Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 13:24:56
2 Template:Flagicon Miki Biasion Template:Flagicon Tiziano Siviero Template:Flagicon Jolly Club Lancia Rally 037 evo 13:29:11
3 Template:Flagicon Jean Ragnotti Template:Flagicon Pierre Thimonier Template:Flagicon Renault Elf Renault 5 Turbo 13:33:16
6 Template:Flagicon Acropolis Rally
(28–31 May)
47 stages
830 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:41:51
2 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:44:58
3 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Template:Flagicon Ilkka Kivimäki Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 10:56:01
7 Template:Flagicon Rally New Zealand
(23–26 June)
45 stages
1044 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:40:41
2 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Template:Flagicon Ilkka Kivimäki Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 10:45:28
3 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:48:10
8 Template:Flagicon Rally Argentina
(27 July – 1 August)
23 stages
948 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:33:38
2 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:36:54
3 Template:Flagicon Jorge Recalde Template:Flagicon Jorge del Bouno Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 10:38:48
9 Template:Flagicon 1000 Lakes Rally
(24–26 August)
50 stages
457 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Ari Vatanen Template:Flagicon Terry Harryman Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 4:07:27
2 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén Template:Flagicon Ilkka Kivimäki Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 4:08:26
3 Template:Flagicon Henri Toivonen Template:Flagicon Juha Piironen Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 4:10:19
10 Template:Flagicon Rallye Sanremo
(30 September – 5 October)
46 stages
777 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Template:Flagicon Ari Vatanen Template:Flagicon Terry Harryman Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 8:44:34
2 Template:Flagicon Attilio Bettega Template:Flagicon Maurizio Perissinot Template:Flagicon Martini Racing Lancia Rally 037 evo 8:50:01
3 Template:Flagicon Miki Biasion Template:Flagicon Tiziano Siviero Template:Flagicon Jolly Club Lancia Rally 037 evo 8:53:58
11 Template:Flagicon Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[4]
(31 October – 5 November)
46 controls
4012 km
Gravel
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist Template:Flagicon Björn Cederberg Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro +5:24 pen
2 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 +5:46 pen
3 Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta Template:Flagicon Yvonne Mehta Template:Flagicon Team Nissan Europe Nissan 240RS +6:28 pen
12 Template:Flagicon RAC Rally
(November 25–29)
56 stages
863 km
Gravel/Tarmac
1 Template:Flagicon Ari Vatanen Template:Flagicon Terry Harryman Template:Flagicon Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 9:19:48
2 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola Template:Flagicon Arne Hertz Template:Flagicon Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2 9:20:29
3 Template:Flagicon Per Eklund Template:Flagicon Dave Whittock Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica TCT 9:37:07

Standings

Drivers' championship

Rank Driver Event Total
points
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MON
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SWE
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POR
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KEN
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FRA
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GRC
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NZL
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ARG
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FIN
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ITA
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CIV
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GBR
1 Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist 15 20 0 0 (8) 20 20 20 10 0 20 0 125
2 Template:Flagicon Hannu Mikkola 12 20 12 15 (12) 15 0 15 15 104
3 Template:Flagicon Markku Alén 3 15 10 20 12 15 15 0 90
4 Template:Flagicon Ari Vatanen 0 0 20 20 20 60
5 Template:Flagicon Attilio Bettega 8 12 4 10 15 49
6 Template:Flagicon Miki Biasion 6 10 15 0 12 43
7 Template:Flagicon Per Eklund 12 0 6 12 30
8 Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård 0 20 8 0 0 28
9 Template:Flagicon Shekhar Mehta 0 8 4 12 3 27
10 Template:Flagicon Timo Salonen 1 4 6 10 6 27
11 Template:Flagicon Walter Röhrl 20 6 0 0 0 0 26
12 Template:Flagicon Michèle Mouton 15 0 0 0 10 25
13 Template:Flagicon Jean Ragnotti 8 12 20
14 Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Nicolas 10 0 8 18
15 Template:Flagicon Rauno Aaltonen 15 15
16 Template:Flagicon Jorge Recalde - 12 12
Template:Flagicon Henri Toivonen 0 0 12
18 Template:Flagicon Kalle Grundel 2 0 4 0 6 0 12
19 Template:Flagicon Jean-Luc Thérier 10 10
Template:Flagicon Mats Jonsson 10 0
Template:Flagicon Mario Stillo 10
Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Tabaton 10
Template:Flagicon Alain Ambrosino 10
24 Template:Flagicon Lars-Erik Torph 8 0 8
Template:Flagicon John Buffum 8 0
Template:Flagicon Yasuhiro Iwase 8
Template:Flagicon Juha Kankkunen 0 0 8 0
Template:Flagicon David Horsey 8
Template:Flagicon Russell Brookes 8
30 Template:Flagicon Björn Johansson 6 6
Template:Flagicon Vic Preston, Jr. 6
Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Andruet 0 6
Template:Flagicon Reg Cook 6
Template:Flagicon Miguel Torrás 6
Template:Flagicon Patrick Tauziac 6
36 Template:Flagicon Bernard Darniche 4 0 4
Template:Flagicon Kenneth Eriksson 4 0
Template:Flagicon Malcolm Stewart 4
Template:Flagicon Carlos Bassi 4
Template:Flagicon Erkki Pitkänen 0 4
Template:Flagicon Massimo Ercolani 4
Template:Flagicon Jimmy McRae 4
43 Template:Flagicon Stig Andervang 3 0 3
Template:Flagicon Jorge Ortigão 3
Template:Flagicon Franz Wittmann 3 0
Template:Flagicon François Chatriot 0 3
Template:Flagicon Iórgos Moschous 3
Template:Flagicon 'Possum' Bourne 3
Template:Flagicon Hugo Hernández 3
Template:Flagicon Bruno Saby 0 0 3 0
Template:Flagicon Gerhard Kalnay 3
52 Template:Flagicon Yoshio Iwashita 2 1 3
53 Template:Flagicon Gunnar Pettersson 2 2
Template:Flagicon Christian Dorche 0 2
Template:Flagicon Guy Fréquelin 0 2
Template:Flagicon Achim Warmbold 0 2
Template:Flagicon Tony Teesdale 2
Template:Flagicon Monnenmacher Pérez 2
Template:Flagicon Jouko Pöysti 2 0
Template:Flagicon Michele Rayneri 2
Template:Flagicon Bertie Fisher 2
62 Template:Flagicon Jerry Åhlin 1 0 1
Template:Flagicon Russell Gooding 1 0
Template:Flagicon Basil Criticos 1
Template:Flagicon Yves Loubet 0 1
Template:Flagicon Blair Robson 1
Template:Flagicon Walter d'Agostini 1
Template:Flagicon Kalevi Aho 1
Template:Flagicon Werner Grissmann 0 1
Template:Flagicon Mikael Ericsson 0 0 1

Manufacturers' championship

Rank Manufacturers Event Total
points
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MON
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POR
Template:Flagicon
KEN
Template:Flagicon
FRA
Template:Flagicon
GRC
Template:Flagicon
NZL
Template:Flagicon
ARG
Template:Flagicon
FIN
Template:Flagicon
ITA
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GBR
1 Template:Flagicon Audi 18 18 14 (10) 18 18 18 16 120
2 Template:Flagicon Lancia (10) 16 12 18 14 16 16 16 108
3 Template:Flagicon Peugeot 12 8 18 18 18 74
4 Template:Flagicon Toyota 10 18 10 10 14 62
5 Template:Flagicon Renault 12 10 14 15 4 55
6 Template:Flagicon Opel 16 2 11 2 7 10 48
7 Template:Flagicon Nissan 2 10 8 12 6 8 46
8 Template:Flagicon Volkswagen 9 12 13 34
9 Template:Flagicon Subaru 11 11
10 Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo 9 9
Template:Flagicon Fiat 9 9
12 Template:Flagicon Ford 6 6
13 Template:Flagicon Citroën 4 4
14 Template:Flagicon Vauxhall 2 2
Template:Flagicon Mazda 2 2
Template:Flagicon Mitsubishi 2 2

Pointscoring systems

Drivers' championship

Points awarded by finish 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Manufacturers' championship

Overall
finish
Group 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

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