1982 World Rally Championship

1982 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Walter Röhrl
Manufacturer:	Opel
Season dates
Number of rallies:	12
<1981 season	1983 season>

The 1982 World Rally Championship was the tenth World Rally Championship organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It was held in twelve races from January 16 to November 25. Audi won the brand championship. For the fourth time an official driver world champion was determined. The German Walter Röhrl won this with an Opel Ascona .

vehicles

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  Opel Ascona 400

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  Audi quattro

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	Co-driver	rally
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Talbot	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	12
			Guy Fréquelin	Jean-François Fauchille	12
Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	Nissan Violet GTS Nissan Silvia Turbo	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	3-4, 6-7, 9, 12
			Tony Pond	Rob Arthur	3-4, 6-7
			Shekhar Mehta	Mike Doughty	4th
				Yvonne Mehta	6-7
			Mike Kirkland	Anton Levitan	3
			Andy Dawson	Kevin Gormley	12
Opel Rally Team	Opel	Opel Ascona 400	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	1-8, 10-11
			Jochi Kleint	Gunter Wanger	1, 5, 12
			Henri Toivonen	Fred Gallagher	3, 6, 9-10, 12
			Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	4th
			Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	6, 12
			Bjorn Johansson	Bruno Berglund	11
			Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	12
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi quattro	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	1-3, 5-10, 12
				Roland Gumpert	11
			Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	1-3, 5-12
			Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederb	2, 9-10
			Michele Cinotto	Emilio Radaelli	1, 6, 10
			Franz Wittmann	Peter Diekmann	3, 5-6, 10
			Harald Demuth	Arwed Fischer	10
				John Daniels	12
Renault Elf	Renault	Renault 5 Turbo	Jean Ragnotti	Jean-Marc Andrié	5, 11
			Bruno Saby	Françoise Sappey	5
				Daniel Le Saux	11
			Jean-Luc Thérier	Michel Vial	5
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica 2000GT	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	3, 7, 11
				Ragnar Spjuth	12
			Per Eklund		3, 7, 11
				Dave Whittock	12
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Rally 037	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	5-6, 9-10, 12
			Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	5
			Adartico Vudafieri		6, 11
			Fabrizio Tabaton	Luciano Tedeschini	10
Mitsubishi Team Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo	Pentti Airikkala	Juha Piironen	9, 12
			Anders Kulläng	Bruno Berglund	9-10, 12
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Golf GTI	Per Eklund	Ragnar Spjuth	10

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 Ivory Coast Rally and 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
Monte Carlo Rally January 16-22, 1982	1.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	8:20:33	32	747.81 km	299	91
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Audi Quattro	+ 03:49
	3.	Jean-Luc Thérier	Porsche 911 SC	+ 12:05
Rally Sweden 12-14 February 1982	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Audi Quattro	3:40:15	25th	366.51 km	116	68
	2.	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS1800	+ 02:36
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	+ 04:14
Rally Portugal March 3-6, 1982	1.	Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro	7:39:36	40	637.07 km	91	23
	2.	Per Eklund	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 13:07
	3.	Franz Wittmann	Audi Quattro	+ 27:49
Safari Rally April 8-12, 1982	1.	Shekhar Mehta	Nissan Violet GT	4:26 time penalty	83 Time controls	5120 km	73	21st
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	5:07 time penalty
	3.	Mike Kirkland	Nissan Violet GT	6:16 time penalty
Rally France 6-8 May 1982	1.	Jean Ragnotti	Renault 5 Turbo	14:11:19	27	1176.10 km	178	48
	2.	Jean-Claude Andruet	Ferrari 308 GTB	+ 05:38
	3.	Bernard Béguin	Porsche 911 SC	+ 08:52
Rally Greece May 31st to June 3rd 1982	1.	Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro	12:54:44	56	1004.58 km	136	33
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	+ 13:39
	3.	Henri Toivonen	Opel Ascona 400	+ 22:37
Rally New Zealand June 26-29, 1982	1.	Björn Waldegård	Toyota Celica 2000GT	10:28:08	38	1014.26 km	66	31
	2.	Per Eklund	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 03:13
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	+ 05:29
Rally Brazil 11-14 August 1982	1.	Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro	8:16:24	29	705.98 km	55	5
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	+ 35:25
	3.	Domingo De Vitta	Ford Escort	+ 1:59:06
Rally Finland 27-29 August 1982	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Audi Quattro	4:19:05	46	470.82 km	154	68
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Audi Quattro	+ 00:28
	3.	Pentti Airikkala	Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo	+ 04:17 am
San Remo Rally 3rd to 8th October 1982	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Audi Quattro	8:37:47	56	735.44 km	90	27
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Audi Quattro	+ 02:16
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	+ 02:27
Ivory Coast Rally October 27 to November 1, 1982	1.	Walter Röhrl	Opel Ascona 400	8:43:00	54 time controls	4995 km	51	6th
	2.	Per Eklund	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 01:34
	3.	Björn Waldegård	Toyota Celica 2000GT	+ 02:17
Rally Great Britain November 21-25, 1982	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Audi Quattro	8:01:46	68	711.73 km	149	63
	2.	Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro	+ 04:17 am
	3.	Henri Toivonen	Opel Ascona 400	+ 04:26

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

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

rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR Points 01 Walter Röhrl 20th 12 - 15th (10) 15th 12 15th - (12) 20th - 109 02 Michèle Mouton - 8th 20th - 4th 20th - 20th - 10 - 15th 97 03 Hannu Mikkola 15th - - - - - - - 20th 15th - 20th 70 04th Stig Blomqvist - 20th - - - - - - 15th 20th - 3 58 05 Per Eklund - 10 15th - - - 15th - - - 15th 2 57 06th Björn Waldegård - - - - - - 20th - - - 12 4th 36 07th Henri Toivonen - - - - - 12 - - - 8th - 12 32 08th Shekhar Mehta - - - 20th - 10 - - - - - - 30th 09 Bruno Saby 8th - - - 8th - - - - - 10 - 26th 10 Jean Ragnotti - - - - 20th - - - - - - - 20th 11 Timo Salonen - - - - - - 10 - 10 - - - 20th 12 Guy Fréquelin 10 - - - 6th - - - - - - - 16 13 Ari Vatanen - 15th - - - - - - - - - - 15th Jean-Claude Andruet - - - - 15th - - - - - - - 15th 15th Jean-Luc Thérier 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 Franz Wittmann - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 12 Mike Kirkland - - - 12 - - - - - - - - 12 Bernard Béguin - - - - 12 - - - - - - - 12 Domingo De Vitta - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12 Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - 12 - - - 12 21st Markku Alén - - - - 2 - - - - - - 10 12 22nd Russell Brookes - - - - - - - - 6th - - 6th 12 23 Carlos Torres - - 10 - - - - - - - - - 10 Tony Pond - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10 Aparecido Rodrigues - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 10 26th Alain Coppier - - 8th - - - - - - - - - 8th Jayant Shah - - - 8th - - - - - - - - 8th Iórgos Moschous - - - - 8th - - - - - - - 8th Rod Millen - - - - - - 8th - - - - - 8th Antero Laine - - - - - - - - 8th - - - 8th Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 8th - 8th Harald Demuth - - - - - - - - - - - 8th 8th 33 Dany Snobeck 6th - - - - - - - - - - - 6th Leave Lampi - 6th - - - - - - - - - - 6th Mario Silva - - 6th - - - - - - - - - 6th Rob Collinge - - - 6th - - - - - - - - 6th Jimmy McRae - - - - - 6th - - - - - - 6th Tony Teesdale - - - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th Michele Cinotto - - - - - - - - - 6th - - 6th Eugène Salim - - - - - - - - - - 6th - 6th 41 Jochi Kleint 4th - - - - - - - - - - - 4th Soeren Nilsson - 4th - - - - - - - - - - 4th Antonio Ferreira da Cunha - - 4th - - - - - - - - - 4th Yoshinobu Takahashi - - - 4th - - - - - - - - 4th Pavlos Moschoutis - - - - - 4th - - - - - - 4th Jean-Louis Leyraud - - - - - - 4th - - - - - 4th Harri Uotila - - - - - - - - 4th - - - 4th Anders Kulläng - - - - - - - - - 4th - - 4th 49 Philippe tours 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Kalle goby - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 Christian Dorche - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 Frank Tundo - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3 Francis Vincent - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 Alexandros Maniatopoulos - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 3 Malcolm Stewart - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 Jouni Kinnunen - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 Miki biasion - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 58 Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Bengt Thor - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 Olivier Tabatoni - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Javaid Alam - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 Anastasios Gemenis - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2 Paul Adams - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Seppo Mustonen - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 Livio Lupidi - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 66 Jürgen Barth 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Mikael Ericsson - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 Jorge Fleck - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 Ramesh Khoda - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 Robert Simonetti - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 Fritz Heisler - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Reg Cook - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Henri Palmroos - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Vittorio Caneva - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 Malcolm Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

The number of world championship runs in the driver’s world championship does not correspond to the number of world championship runs in the manufacturers' championship.

rank Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA GBR Points 01 Audi 16 18th - (6) 18th - 10 18th 18th 18th 116 02 Opel 18th (12) 16 12 16 14th (9) - 14th 14th 104 03 Nissan - - 18th - 12 12 - 15th - - 57 04th ford - 12 - - 8th 9 16 10 - - 55 05 Toyota - 16 - - - 18th - - - 7th 41 06th Renault 10 - - 18th 4th - - - 2 - 34 07th Porsche 14th - - 14th - - - - - - 28 08th Mitsubishi - - 8th - - - - 14th 6th - 28 09 Lancia - - - 10 - - - - - 15th 25th 10 Talbot - - - - - - - 13 - 11 24 11 Citroën - 14th - - - - - - 9 - 23 12 Vauxhall - - - - - - - 10 - 9 19th 13 Ferrari - - - 16 - - - - - - 16 14th Mazda - - - - - 14th - - - - 14th Volkswagen - - - - - - 14th - - - 14th 16 British Leyland Cars - - 12 - - - - - - - 12 17th Subaru - - 10 - - - - - - - 10 18th Fiat - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th rank Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL BRA FIN ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1982 , February 8, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com