1977 World Rally Championship

1977 WRC season

World Champion
Manufacturer:	Fiat
Season dates
Number of rallies:	11
<1976 season	1978 season>

The 1977 World Rally Championship was the fifth World Rally Championship organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It was held in eleven races from January 22nd to November 24th. Fiat won the manufacturers' championship. A driver world champion was not determined.

vehicles

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  Lancia Stratos HF

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  Ford Escort RS 1800

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  Škoda 130 RS

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  Fiat 131 Abarth

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  Porsche 911SC

Competitions

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

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
Rally Monte Carlo January 22-28, 1977	1.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	6:36:13	26th	540.50 km	198	47
	2.	Jean-Claude Andruet	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 02:16
	3.	Antonio Zanini	Seat 124D Especial 1800	+ 10:54
Rally Sweden 11-13 February 1977	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 99	8:02:17	70	472.00 km	90	37
	2.	Bror Danielsson	Opel Kadett GT / E	+ 06:02
	3.	Anders Kulläng	Opel Kadett GT / E	+ 06:15
Rally Portugal March 1-6, 1977	1.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	6:51:47	20th	579.90 km	103	27
	2.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 03:56
	3.	Ove Andersson	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 04:21
Safari rally April 7-11, 1977	1.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	11:05	81 time controls	5949 km	61	12
	2.	Rauno Aaltonen	Datsun 160J	+ 00:35
	3.	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 02:09
Rally New Zealand May 1-7, 1977	1.	Fulvio Bacchelli	Fiat 131 Abarth	24:29:55	81	2157.36 km	100	35
	2.	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 01:34
	3.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 21:59
Rally Greece May 28th to June 3rd 1977	1.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	9:31:57	51	765.00 km	167	29
	2.	Roger Clark	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 05:47
	3.	Harry Källström	Datsun 160J	+ 15:22
Rally Finland August 26-28, 1977	1.	Kyösti Hämäläinen	Ford Escort RS1800	4:26:06	45	452.90 km	99	44
	2.	Timo Salonen	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 04:25
	3.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 10:16
Rally Canada 14th to 18th September 1977	1.	Timo Salonen	Fiat 131 Abarth	5:13:54	17th	536.40 km	51	15th
	2.	Simo Lampinen	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 04:37
	3.	Roger Clark	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 07:02
Rally Sanremo October 4th to 8th 1977	1.	Jean-Claude Andruet	Fiat 131 Abarth	10:27:43	33	867.35 km	133	38
	2.	Maurizio Verini	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 01:57
	3.	Antonio Fassina	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 08:47
Rally Corsica 5th to 6th November 1977	1.	Bernard Darniche	Fiat 131 Abarth	8:13:40	9	645.80 km	120	34
	2.	Raffaele Pinto	Lancia Stratos HF	+ 03:27
	3.	Fulvio Bacchelli	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 10:27
Rally Great Britain November 20-24, 1977	1.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	8:21:26	69	674.45 km	180	67
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 02:23
	3.	Russell Brookes	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 10:29

Manufacturers' championship WRC

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

rank team MON SWE POR KEN NZL GRE FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR Points 01 Fiat 16 14th 18th - 18th (12) 16 18th 18th 18th (6) 136 02 ford - 14th 16 18th 16 18th 18th 14th (10) - 18th 132 03 Toyota - 10 14th - 8th - 12 8th - - 16 68 04th Opel 9 17th 13 - - 4th 8th - 13 - 1 65 05 Lancia 18th - - 14th - - - - 12 16 - 60 06th Datsun - - - 16 - 14th - 10 - - - 40 07th Porsche 14th - 4th - - - - - 9 8th - 35 08th Saab - 18th - - - - - 10 - - 2 30th 09 Mitsubishi - - - 12 3 - - 13 - - - 28 10 Chrysler - - - - - 10 14th - - - - 24 11 Renault - - - - - 7th - - 11 - - 18th 12 British Leyland Cars - - - - - - - 12 - - 4th 16 13 Peugeot - - - 6th - - - - - 9 - 15th 14th Seat 14th - - - - - - - - - - 14th 15th Citroën - - - - - 13 - - - - - 13 16 Alpine Renault 10 - - - - - - - - - - 10 Mazda - - - - 10 - - - - - - 10 18th Volvo - 8th - - - - - - - - - 8th 19th Skoda - - - - - - 7th - - - - 7th Alfa Romeo - - - - - - - - 7th - - 7th 21st Lada - 4th - - - - - - - - - 4th rank team MON SWE POR KEN NZL GRE FIN CAN ITA FRA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1977 , February 9, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com