1976 World Rally Championship

1976 WRC season

World Champion
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	10
<1975 season	1977 season>

The 1976 World Rally Championship was the fourth World Rally Championship organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It was held in ten races from January 17th to November 30th. Lancia won the manufacturers' championship. A driver world champion was not determined.

vehicles

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  Ford Escort RS 1800

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  Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR

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  Lancia Stratos HF

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance of the connecting routes between the individual special stages is not included (except for the rally safari and Morocco).

colour Underground gold gravel silver asphalt blue Ice / snow bronze Mixed

rally	rank	driver	vehicle	Total time h: min: sec	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Monte Carlo Rally January 17 to 24, 1976	1.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	6:25:10	23	530.50 km	148	48
	2.	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 01:27
	3.	Bernard Darniche	Fiat Lancia Stratos HF	+ 06:13
Rally Sweden February 20-23, 1976	1.	Per Eklund	Saab 96 V4	8:08:26	34	722.00 km	63	28
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 96 V4	+ 01:36
	3.	Anders Kulläng	Opel Ascona	+ 22:44
Rally Portugal March 10-14, 1976	1.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	5:41:26	n / A	468.70 km	59	21st
	2.	Ove Andersson	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 02:58
	3.	Manuel Queirós Pereira	Opel Kadett GT / E	+ 45:11
Safari rally April 15-19, 1976	1.	Joginder Singh	Mitsubishi Lancer	1:57 penalty time	n / A	4950 km	65	14th
	2.	Robin Ulyate	Mitsubishi Lancer	2:12 penalty time
	3.	Andrew Cowan	Mitsubishi Lancer	2:42 penalty time
Rally Greece May 22-28, 1976	1.	Harry Källström	Datsun 160J	8:43:14	n / A	716.00 km	136	34
	2.	Tasos Livieratos	Renault Alpine A110	+ 05:24
	3.	Shekhar Mehta	Mitsubishi Galant	+ 26:39
Rally Morocco June 22-27, 1976	1.	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Peugeot 504	20:20:15	9	1661.00 km	95	19th
	2.	Simo Lampinen	Peugeot 504	+ 22:37
	3.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 1:18:23
Rally Finland August 27-29, 1976	1.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	4:10:18	45	428.00 km	91	48
	2.	Pentti Airikkala	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 00:45
	3.	Hannu Mikkola	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 03:14
Rally Sanremo October 6-9, 1976	1.	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF	10:27:40	n / A	780.00 km	133	40
	2.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 00:04
	3.	Raffaele Pinto	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 09:33
Rally Corsica 6th to 7th November 1976	1.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	8:23:55	9	630.00 km	87	11
	2.	Bernard Darniche	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 00:17
	3.	Jean-Pierre Manzagol	Alpine-Renault A310 V6	+ 25:19
Rally Great Britain November 27-30, 1976	1.	Roger Clark	Ford Escort RS1800	6:02:26	76 6 canceled	504.00 km	200	71
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 99 EMS	+ 04:37
	3.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 05:29

Overall rating

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

rank team MON SWE POR KEN GRE MAR FIN ITA FRA GBR Points 01. Lancia 20th 10 20th - - 12 - 20th 20th 10 112 02. Opel 10 12 12 - 8th - - 8th 3 4th 57 03. ford 8th - 4th - - - 15th - - 20th 47 04th Saab - 20th - - - - 8th - - 15th 43 05. Datsun - - 6th 4th 20th - 6th - - 3 39 06th Toyota - - 15th - - - 12 - - 8th 35 07th Fiat 6th - - - - - 20th 6th - - 32 08th. Peugeot - - - 10 - 20th - - 1 - 31 09. Alpine Renault - - - - 15th - - - 12 - 27 10. Mitsubishi - - - 20th - - - - - - 20th 11. Porsche 4th - - - - - - 2 8th - 14th 12. Alfa Romeo 1 - - 1 10 - - - - - 12 13. Citroën - - - - - 10 - - - - 10 14th Lada - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th Renault - - - - - 6th - - - - 6th 16. Volvo - 4th - - - - - - - - 4th BMW - - - - 4th - - - - - 4th 18th Mazda - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 Volkswagen - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 20th British Leyland Cars - - - - - - - - - 2 2 21st Wartburg - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 rank team MON SWE POR KEN GRE MAR FIN ITA FRA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1976 , February 9, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com