Björn Waldegård

Björn Waldegård

Nation:	Sweden
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Monte Carlo Rally 1973
Last rally:	Rally Safari 1992
Co-driver:	Hans Thorszelius Fred Gallagher
Team:	Toyota Kenya Toyota Team Europe Westlands Motors Premoto Toyota Pro Motor Sport Publimmo Racing SEACI
Vehicle:	Lancia Stratos HF Ford Escort RS1800 Mercedes 500 SLC Toyota Celica 2000GT Toyota Celica TCT Toyota Celica GT-Four
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 95 16 35 290
Championship title:	1979
Points:	428
As of September 3, 2014

Björn Waldegård (born November 12, 1943 in Solna , Sweden ; † August 29, 2014 ) was a Swedish rally driver who was still active in motorsport with historic rally cars . He lived in Rimbo near Uppsala . In the last few years he started together with his son Mattias in a Porsche 911 Carrera . Waldegård's nickname is “Walle”.

Career

Waldegård was rally world champion in 1979 in a Ford Escort RS1800 and in 1974 in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR behind Austrian Franz Wurz rallycross vice- European champion . Overall, he was successful in rallying for over 40 years.

His connection to racing vehicles has recently been shown above all in a representative manner, for example as a driver of racing taxis on the occasion of the international Arosa ClassicCar hill climb . Waldegård died at the age of 70 of complications from cancer.

statistics

Results in the World Rally Championship

WRC victories

No.	year	rally	Co-driver	automobile
1	1975	Rally Sweden	Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF
2	1975	Rally San Remo	Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF
3	1976	Rally San Remo	Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF
4th	1977	Rally safari	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
5	1977	Rally Greece	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
6th	1977	Rally Great Britain	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
7th	1978	Rally Sweden	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
8th	1979	Rally Greece	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
9	1979	Rally Canada	Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800
10	1980	Rally Ivory Coast	Hans Thorszelius	Mercedes 500 SLC
11	1982	Rally New Zealand	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica 2000GT
12	1983	Rally Ivory Coast	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT
13	1984	Safari rally	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT
14th	1986	Safari rally	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT
15th	1986	Rally Ivory Coast	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT
16	1990	Safari rally	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica GT-Four

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
1973	Björn Waldegård	Fiat 124 Abarth Rally	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	MAR	GRE	POLE	FIN	AUT	ITA	United States	GBR	FRA		0	-
			DNF		DNF		6th
		Volkswagen Beetle 1302 S.
				6th
		Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7
						DNF
		BMW 2002
								DNF				DNF
		BMW 2002 Tii
											4th
	BMW Motorsport GmbH	BMW 2002
														7th
1974	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT	POR	KEN	FIN	ITA	CAN	United States	GBR	FRA							0	-
			DNF
	Björn Waldegård	Porsche 911
				2
		Opel Ascona
					10
	Dealer Team Toyota	Toyota Corolla
									7th
1975	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF	MON	SWE	KEN	GRE	MAR	POR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR					0	-
				1	3					1
		Fiat 124 Abarth Rally
							DNF
		Toyota Corolla
								DNF
	Lancia Alitalia	Lancia Stratos HF
						DNF						DNF
1976	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	MAR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR					0	-
			2	DNF		DNF				1
		Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII
												3
	Lancia Alitalia	Lancia Stratos HF
							DNF
1977	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	NZL	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	FRA	GBR				0	-
					2	1			3		5		1
	ford
								1
1978	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	CIV	FRA	GBR				0	-
				1		DNF
		Porsche 911
					4th
	Eaton Yale	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII
													2
1979	ford	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	CAN	FRA	GBR	CIV			120	1
			2	2	2				3	1			9
	Rothmans
							1
	DT Dobie / Daimler-Benz	Mercedes 450 SLC
						6th
	Björn Waldegård	Mercedes 450 SLC
														2
1980	Fiat Italia	Fiat 131 Abarth	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	ARG	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV			63	3
			3
	Fiat Sweden
				3
	C. Santos - Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC
					4th
	DT Dobie / Daimler-Benz
						10
	Daimler Benz
							DNF
	Daimler Benz	Mercedes 500 SLC
								DNF
	Cable-Price Corp.
										5
	SEACI
														1
	Toyota Team Great Britain	Toyota Celica 2000GT
													DNF
1981	Publimmo Racing	Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			17th	18th
			8th
	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica 2000GT
					3		DNF	DNF			9
	Toyota Premoto Toyota
													DNF
	Toyota Team Great Britain
														DNF
1982	Porsche Alméras	Porsche 911 SC	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			36	6th
			DNF
	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica 2000GT
					DNF
	Toyota New Zealand
									1
	Premoto Toyota
													3
	Toyota Team Great Britain
														7th
1983	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			20th	11
											12
	Premoto Toyota
													1
	Toyota Team Great Britain
														DNF
	Pro motorsport	Ferrari 308 GTB
												DNF
1984	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			28	8th
					DNF						DNF
	Westlands Motors
						1
	Toyota New Zealand
									5
	Toyota Great Britan
														DNF
1985	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			34	8th
											7th			DNF
	Westlands Motors
						2
	Premoto Toyota
													2
	Toyota New Zealand
									DNF
1986	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica Twincam Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	United States		48	4th
						1						1			5
1987	Toyota Europe	Toyota Supra	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		6th	36
						DNF			6th				DNF
1988	Toyota Europe	Toyota Supra Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		16	17th
						7th
		Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)
								DNF
	Toyota Great Britain
															3
1989	Toyota Europe	Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR		10	29
				DNF	DNF
	Toyota Team Kenya	Toyota Supra Turbo
						4th
1990	Toyota Team Kenya	Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR			12	20th
					1
1991	Toyota Team Kenya	Toyota Celica GT-Four	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	10	26th
						4th
1992	Martini Racing	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	0	-
						DNF

Note: It was not until 1979 that an official driver world champion was determined for the first time.

Source:

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1971	Écurie Jean Sage	Porsche 911S	Bernard Chenevière	Rank 13

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1970	JW Automotive	Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
							5
1971	Leo Kinnunen Jean Sage	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
										16	13
1972	Straehle KG	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
												10

Web links

Commons : Björn Waldegård  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Björn Waldegård. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English). 
• Björn and Mattias Waldegård in 2006

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Björn Waldegård , ewrc-results.com, September 3, 2014
2. ^ First rally world champion Björn Waldegaard has died. In: Der Standard from August 30, 2014 (accessed August 30, 2014).
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com Björn Waldegård , accessed on March 25, 2016.