World Rally Championship 1978

1978 WRC season

World Champion
Manufacturer:	Fiat
Season dates
Number of rallies:	11
<1977 season	1979 season>

The 1978 World Rally Championship was the sixth World Rally Championship organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It was held in eleven races from January 21 to November 23. Fiat won the manufacturers' championship. A driver's world championship was announced from 1979.

vehicles

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  Fiat 131 Abarth

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  Ford Escort RS 1800

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  Škoda 110R

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  Opel Kadett GT / E

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  Peugeot 504 V6

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  Porsche 911SC

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 Ivory Coast).

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 21-28, 1978	1.	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Porsche 911	6:57:03	29 4 canceled	565.00 km	216	84
	2.	Jean Ragnotti	Renault 5 Alpine	+ 01:52
	3.	Guy Fréquelin	Renault 5 Alpine	+ 02:52
Rally Sweden 10 to 12 February 1978	1.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	6:42:40	39 1 canceled	615.60 km	112	60
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 01:28
	3.	Markku Alén	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 02:46
Safari Rally March 23-27, 1978	1.	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe	8:18	75 time controls	5016 km	72	13
	2.	Vic Preston Jr.	Porsche 911 SC	+ 0:37
	3.	Rauno Aaltonen	Datsun 160J	+ 0:52
Rally Portugal April 19-23, 1978	1.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	7:45:43	46	631.50 km	112	20th
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 04:28
	3.	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 15:28
Rally Greece May 29th to June 2nd 1978	1.	Walter Röhrl	Fiat 131 Abarth	10:00:50	54	772.10 km	160	37
	2.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 10:04
	3.	Shekhar Mehta	Datsun 160J	+ 22:46
Rally Finland 25-27 August 1978	1.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	3:30:10	45	365.70 km	107	55
	2.	Timo Salonen	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 02:04
	3.	Pentti Airikkala	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS	+ 02:40
Rally Canada 13th to 17th September 1978	1.	Walter Röhrl	Fiat 131 Abarth	4:54:23	14th	533.70 km	58	24
	2.	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 08:33
	3.	Anders Kulläng	Opel Kadett GT / E	+ 18:23
Rally Sanremo 3rd to 7th October 1978	1.	Markku Alén	Lancia Stratos HF	10:53:28	56 1 canceled	893.80 km	122	44
	2.	Maurizio Verini	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 10:32
	3.	Francis Vincent	Porsche 911	+ 17:03
Rally Ivory Coast 21. -24. October 1978	1.	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe	2:28 penalty time	37 time controls	5472 km	51	9
	2.	Tomi Mäkinen	Peugeot 504 V6 Coupe	2:43 penalty time
	3.	Jean Ragnotti	Renault 5 Alpine	3:50 penalty time
Rally Corsica 4th to 5th November 1978	1.	Bernard Darniche	Fiat 131 Abarth	6:47:34	10	543.10 km	113	37
	2.	Jean-Claude Andruet	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 04:25
	3.	Sandro Munari	Fiat 131 Abarth	+ 05:25
Rally Great Britain 19th to 23rd November 1978	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Ford Escort RS1800	8:47:23	76	715.37 km	168	61
	2.	Björn Waldegård	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 05:18
	3.	Russell Brookes	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 11:32

Overall rating

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 KEN POR GRE FIN CAN ITA CIV FRA GBR Points 01 Fiat 14th 14th - 18th 18th 18th 18th 16 - 18th (9) 134 02 ford - 18th 7th 16 9 6th 13 13 - - 18th 100 03 Opel (10) 12 - 13 12 11 16 10 - 12 14th 100 04th Porsche 18th - 16 7th - 12 - 14th - 12 - 79 05 Datsun - - 16 - 16 - - - 10 - 10 52 06th Toyota - - - 15th 8th 13 14th - - - - 50 07th Lancia 8th 12 - - 11 - - 18th - - - 49 08th Peugeot - - 18th 9 - - - - 18th - - 45 09 Renault 17th - - - - - - - 16 - - 33 10 British Leyland Cars - - - - - - 12 - - - 12 24 11 Saab - 8th - - - - 10 - - - - 18th 12 Volkswagen - 9 - - - - 8th - - - - 17th 13 Mitsubishi - - 5 - - - - - 11 - - 16 14th Vauxhall - - - - - 14th - - - - - 14th Alfa Romeo - - - - - - - 14th - - - 14th 16 Mercedes - - 12 - - - - - - - - 12 17th Volvo - 10 - - - - - - - - - 10 18th Chrysler - - - - - - - - - - 8th 8th 19th Škoda - - - - 6th - - - - - - 6th 20th Alpine Renault - - - - - - - - - 5 - 5 21st Lada - - - - 4th - - - - - - 4th rank team MON SWE KEN POR GRE FIN CAN ITA CIV FRA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1978 , February 9, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com