1983 World Rally Championship

1983 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Hannu Mikkola
Manufacturer:	Lancia
Season dates
Number of rallies:	12
<1982 season	1984 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1983 was in January 22, Monte Carlo started and ended on 23 November in the UK . A total of 12 world championship races were held on four continents. Hannu Mikkola from Finland won the world title for the first and only time. For the first time, a driver with an all-wheel drive vehicle, the Audi quattro , won the World Rally Championship. At the same time, the Lancia 037 is still the last rear-wheel drive vehicle to win the manufacturers' championship.

vehicles

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  Lancia 037

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  Audi Quattro

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  Opel Ascona

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  Renault 5 Turbo

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia 037	Walter Röhrl	1, 3, 5-7, 10
			Markku Alén	1, 3, 5-6, 8-10
			Jean-Claude Andruet	1, 5
			Adartico Vudafieri	3, 8
			Attilio Bettega	5-7, 10th
			Francisco Mayorga	8th
			Pentti Airikkala	9
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi Quattro A1 Audi Quattro A2	Hannu Mikkola	All
			Michèle Mouton	1-10, 12
			Stig Blomqvist	1-3, 6-10, 12
			Leave Lampi	2, 9, 11-12
			Vic Preston Jr	4th
			Shekhar Mehta	8th
			Ruden Luis di Palma	8th
			Bernard Darniche	10
Opel Rally Team	Opel	Opel Ascona 400 Opel Manta 400	Ari Vatanen	1-2, 4, 6, 9-10, 12
			Henri Toivonen	1, 6, 9-10, 12
			Guy Fréquelin	1, 5
			Rauno Aaltonen	4th
			Jimmy McRae	6, 12
Renault Sport Elf	Renault	Renault 5 Turbo	Jean Ragnotti	1, 5-6
Nismo Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	Nissan 240 RS	Timo Salonen	1, 3-4, 6, 9, 12
			Terry Kaby	3
			Shekhar Mehta	4, 6-7
			Mike Kirkland	4th
			Jayant Shah	4th
			Tony Pond	5
			George Moschous	6th
			Reg Cook	7th
Jolly Club	Lancia	Rally 037	Adartico Vudafieri	5, 10
			Miki biasion	10
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Citroën Visa	Maurice Chomat	6, 12
			Philippe Wambergue	6, 12
			Christian Rio	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica TCT	Björn Waldegård	9, 11-12
			Juha Kankkunen	9, 11-12
			Per Eklund	11

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	Co-driver	vehicle	Total time h: min: sec	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rally Monte Carlo 22-29 January 1983	1.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	7:58:57	30 1 canceled	776.80 km	249	88
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 06:52
	3.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A1	+ 11:18
Rally Sweden 11-13 February 1983	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A1	4:28:47	24	476.10 km	137	67
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi 80 Quattro	+ 00:47
	3.	Leave Lampi	Pentti Kuukkala	Audi Quattro A1	+ 04:04
Rally Portugal 2nd - 5th March 1983	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A1	7:17:24	40	674.50 km	86	31
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A1	+ 00:55
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	+ 01:50
Rally Safari March 30th – 4th April 1983	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Opel Ascona 400	396 penalty points	87 Time Controls	5035 km	78	22nd
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A1	402 penalty points
	3.	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro A1	455 penalty points
Rally Corsica 5th - 7th May 1983	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	12:43:38	28 4 canceled	1066.10 km	178	57
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	+ 01:49
	3.	Adartico Vudafieri	Luigi Pirollo	Lancia Rally 037	+ 06:30
Rally Greece May 30th – 2nd June 1983	1.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	11:12:22	45	843.30 km	120	36
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 06:20
	3.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	+ 13:56
Rally New Zealand 25-28 June 1983	1.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	12:10:13	33	1071.09 km	59	33
	2.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Nissan 240RS	+ 15:58
	3.	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	+ 31:29
Rally Argentina 2nd - 6th August 1983	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	10:18:54	18th	1254.34 km	94	27
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	+ 02:34
	3.	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro A2	+ 06:41
Rally Finland 26.-28. August 1983	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	4:23:44	50	472.43 km	174	71
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	+ 00:21
	3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 00:49
Rally Sanremo 2nd - 8th October 1983	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	8:50:17	58	775.89 km	97	36
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037	+ 02:09
	3.	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	+ 05:10
Rally Ivory Coast 25-30. October 1983	1.	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	5:18 penalty time	54 time controls	4600 km	50	8th
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	5:29 penalty time
	3.	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Toyota Celica TCT	6:58 penalty time
Rally Great Britain 19. – 23. November 1983	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	8:50:28	57	835.33 km	129	61
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 09:53
	3.	Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	Opel Manta 400	+ 22:51

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 ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR Points 01 Hannu Mikkola (10) 20th 20th 15th - - - 20th 20th - 15th 15th 125 02 Walter Röhrl 20th - 12 - 15th 20th 20th - - 15th - - 102 03 Markku Alén 15th - 10 - 20th 15th - 8th 12 20th - - 100 04th Stig Blomqvist 12 15th - - - 12 - 15th 15th - - 20th 89 05 Michèle Mouton - 10 15th 12 - - - 12 - 4th - - 53 06th Ari Vatanen 8th 6th - 20th - 10 - - - - - - 44 07th Attilio Bettega - - - - 10 8th 12 - - 12 - - 42 08th Leave Lampi - 12 - - - - - - 4th - - 10 26th 09 Shekhar Mehta - - - - - 6th 10 10 - - - - 26th 10 Per Eklund - - - - - - - - 10 - 12 - 22nd 11 Björn Waldegård - - - - - - - - - - 20th - 20th 12 Adartico Vudafieri - - 8th - 12 - - - - - - - 20th 13 Timo Salonen - - - - - - 15th - 3 - - - 18th 14th Henri Toivonen 6th - - - - - - - - 13 - - 16 15th Jimmy McRae - - - - - 3 - - - - - 12 15th 16 Kalle goby - 8th - - - - - - - - - 3 11 17th Jayant Shah - - - 10 - - - - - - - - 10 Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 10 19th Juha Kankkunen - - - - - - - - 6th - - 4th 10 20th Bruno Saby 1 - - - 8th - - - - - - - 9 21st Johnny Hellier - - - 8th - - - - - - - - 8th Reg Cook - - - - - - 8th - - - - - 8th Pentti Airikkala - - - - - - - - 8th - - - 8th Miki biasion - - - - - - - - - 8th - - 8th Eugène Salim - - - - - - - - - - 8th - 8th Russell Brookes - - - - - - - - - - - 8th 8th 27 Franz Wittmann - - 4th - - 4th - - - - - - 8th 28 Antonio Zanini - - 6th - - - - - - - - - 6th Wolfgang Stiller - - - 6th - - - - - - - - 6th Tony Pond - - - - 6th - - - - - - - 6th Possum Bourne - - - - - - 6th - - - - - 6th Franz Wurz - - - - - - - 6th - - - - 6th Dario Cerrato - - - - - - - - - 6th - - 6th John Buffum - - - - - - - - - - - 6th 6th 35 Jean Ragnotti 4th - - - - - - - - - - - 4th Soeren Nilsson - 4th - - - - - - - - - - 4th Manoj Shah - - - 4th - - - - - - - - 4th Jean-Sébastien Couloumiès - - - - 4th - - - - - - - 4th Michael Bish - - - - - - 4th - - - - - 4th Ernesto Soto - - - - - - - 4th - - - - 4th 41 Jean-Claude Andruet 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Mikael Ericsson - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 Terry Kaby - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 Paul de Voest - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3 Alain Coppier - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 Peter Watt - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 Jorge Recalde - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3 Lucky - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 49 Mikael Sundström - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 3 50 Francis Serpaggi 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Lars-Erik Walfridsson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 Christian Dorche - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 Jean-Michel Guyot - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 Philippe Wambergue - - - - - 2 - - - - - - 2 Mike Cameron - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Carlos Celis - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 Erkki Pitkänen - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 Bernard Darniche - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2 59 Ola Strömberg - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 Marc Duez - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 Jean-Louis Ravenel - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 Maurice Chomat - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 Gerardo Campo - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 Gabriele Noberasco - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 Mats Holmbom - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 rank driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG 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 ARG FIN ITA GBR Points 01 Lancia 18th 14th - 18th 18th 18th (10) 14th 18th - 118 02 Audi 14th 18th 16 - 14th - 18th 18th (6) 18th 116 03 Opel 10 (9) 18th 12 12 - - 9 12 14th 87 04th Nissan - 4th 12 8th 8th 16 - 4th - - 52 05 Renault 6th - - 10 - - 11 - - - 27 06th Toyota - - 10 - - - - 8th - 6th 24 07th Subaru - - - - - 13 - - - - 13 08th British Leyland Cars - - - - - 11 - - - - 11 Volkswagen - - - - - - - - - 11 11 10 Peugeot - - 10 - - - - - - - 10 Vauxhall - - - - - - - - - 10 10 12 Mazda - - - - - 9 - - - - 9 Alfa Romeo - - - - - - - - 9 - 9 14th Citroën - 2 - 5 2 - - - - - 9 15th Talbot - 8th - - - - - - - - 8th 16 Mitsubishi - - - - - 7th - - - - 7th rank Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1983 , February 8, 2015

Web links

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