World Rally Championship 1984

1984 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Stig Blomqvist
Manufacturer:	Audi
Season dates
Number of rallies:	12
<1983 season	1985 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1984 was in January 22, Monte Carlo started and ended on 29 November in the UK . A total of 12 world championship races were held on three continents. Stig Blomqvist from Sweden won the world title for the first and only time. Audi won the design engineer title for the second time after 1982.

The world championship was essentially a three-way battle between Audi, Lancia and Peugeot and their drivers. Lancia continued to rely on the Lancia 037 Evo with mid-engine and rear-wheel drive. This car was essentially only competitive on tarmac.

With the new Peugeot 205 T16, Peugeot combined the concepts of Audi and Lancia: all-wheel drive and mid-engine. During the season, Peugeot, under the direction of Jean Todt , showed the potential of the new concept with victories. In particular, Ari Vatanen was the outstanding Peugeot driver in the 1984 season.

Audi used the Audi Quattro A2 from the previous year throughout the season, while at the same time trying to replace the A2 with the Sport Quattro. The Sport Quattro had a shorter wheelbase compared to its predecessor and the front engine moved even more forward. While Hannu Mikkola and Stig Blomqvist frequently drove the Audi Quattro A2, Röhrl and Mouton almost always drove the Audi Sport Quattro. The Audi Sport Quattro was prone to damage in the 1984 season and was initially difficult to drive, so that neither Michele Mouton nor Walter Röhrl were able to compete for the title.

vehicles

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  Audi quattro A2

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  Lancia 037 S.

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  Toyota Celica TCT

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	rally
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi Quattro A2 Audi Sport Quattro	Walter Röhrl	1, 3, 5-7, 10
			Hannu Mikkola	1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-12
			Stig Blomqvist	All
			Per Eklund	2, 9
			Michèle Mouton	2, 4, 6, 9, 12
			Sarel van der Merwe	3
			Jorge Recalde	8th
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Rally 037evo	Markku Alén	1, 3-7, 9-10
			Jean-Claude Andruet	1, 5
			Attilio Bettega	1, 3, 5-6, 10
			Henri Toivonen	3, 6, 9
			Vic Preston Jr	4th
Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	Nissan 240RS	Timo Salonen	1, 4, 6-7, 12
			Terry Kaby	1, 9, 12
			Erkki Pitkanen	3, 9
			Shekhar Mehta	4, 6, 11-12
			Mike Kirkland	4th
			George Moschous	6th
			Reg Cook	7th
			Pentti Airikkala	9
Jolly Club	Lancia	Lancia Rally 037 evo	Miki biasion	1, 3, 5-6, 10
			Adartico Vudafieri	5, 10
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	RX-7	Achim Warmbold	1, 6
			Minnia Sillankorva	1
			Ingvar Carlsson	6, 12
			Philippe Wambergue	12
			Marianne Hoepfner	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica TCT	Björn Waldegård	3-4, 7, 9, 12
			Juha Kankkunen	3, 7, 9, 12
			Per Eklund	4, 12
			Sandro Munari	4th
Renault Sport Elf	Renault	Renault 5 Turbo	Jean Ragnotti	3, 5
Opel Euro Team	Opel	Opel Manta 400	Guy Fréquelin	4-5
			Rauno Aaltonen	4th
			Jimmy McRae	12
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Visa	Maurice Chomat	4, 9-10
			Philippe Wambergue	4, 9-10
			Christian Rio	4, 9-10
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot	Peugeot 205 T16	Ari Vatanen	5-6, 9-10, 12
			Jean-Pierre Nicolas	5-6, 10th
Rothmans Porsche Rally Team	Porsche	Porsche 911 SC RS	Saeed Al-Hajri	6, 12
			Roger Clark	12
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	VW Golf GTi	Kalle goby	1-3, 5, 9-10, 12

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 21-27 January 1984	1.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Quattro A2	8:52:29	30 4 canceled	753.20 km	209	75
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	+ 01:13
	3.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 12:40
Rally Sweden 10-12 February 1984	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	4:16:45	27	447.70 km	66	41
	2.	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro A2	+ 07:27
	3.	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Audi Quattro A2	+ 16:42
Rally Portugal 6-11 March 1984	1.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	7:35:32	45	685.00 km	70	20th
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 00:27
	3.	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	+ 22:49
Rally Safari 19–23. April 1984	1.	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	2:02 penalty time	105 time controls	5254 km	76	25th
	2.	Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	Opel Manta 400	2:13 penalty time
	3.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	2:25 penalty time
Rally Corsica 3rd – 5th May 1984	1.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	13:24:56	30th	1130.09 km	155	58
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Rally 037	+ 04:15
	3.	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 5 Turbo	+ 08:39
Rally Greece 28-30. May 1984	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:41:51	47	796.62 km	104	32
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 03:07
	3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 14:10
Rally New Zealand 23.-26. June 1984	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:40:41	45	1063.26 km	63	35
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 04:47
	3.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 07:54
Rally Argentina July 27 –1. August 1984	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro A2	10:33:38	23	948.58 km	105	21st
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 03:16
	3.	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Bouno	Audi Quattro A2	+ 05:10
Rally Finland 24.-26. August 1984	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4:07:27	50	460.96 km	144	74
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 02:00
	3.	Henri Toivonen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Rally 037	+ 04:08
Rally Sanremo September 30th – 5th October 1984	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	8:44:34	46	807.69 km	100	35
	2.	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Lancia Rally 037	+ 05:57
	3.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Rally 037	+ 09:24
Rally Ivory Coast October 31st – 5th November 1984	1.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Sport quattro	5:24 penalty time	46 time controls	4012 km	50	6th
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	5:46 penalty time
	3.	Shekhar Mehta	Yvonne Mehta	Nissan 240RS	6:28 penalty time
Rally Great Britain 25.-29. November 1984	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	9:19:48	56	868.54 km	119	52
	2.	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Quattro A2	+ 00:41
	3.	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Toyota Celica TCT	+ 17:19

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 Stig Blomqvist 15th 20th 0 0 (8th) 20th 20th 20th 10 0 20th 0 125 02 Hannu Mikkola 12 - 20th 12 - 15th (12) 15th 0 - 15th 15th 104 03 Markku Alén 3 - 15th 10 20th 12 15th - 15th 0 - - 90 04th Ari Vatanen - - - - 0 0 - - 20th 20th - 20th 60 05 Attilio Bettega 8th - 12 - 4th 10 - - - 15th - - 49 06th Miki biasion 6th - 10 - 15th 0 - - - 12 - - 43 07th Per Eklund - 12 - 0 - - - - 6th - - 12 30th 08th Björn Waldegård - - 0 20th - - 8th - 0 - - 0 28 09 Shekhar Mehta 0 - - 8th - 4th - - - - 12 3 27 10 Timo Salonen 1 - - 4th - 6th 10 - - - - 6th 27 11 Walter Röhrl 20th - 6th - 0 0 0 - - 0 - - 26th 12 Michèle Mouton - 15th - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 10 25th 13 Jean Ragnotti - - 8th - 12 - - - - - - - 20th 14th Jean-Pierre Nicolas - - - - 10 0 - - - 8th - - 18th 15th Rauno Aaltonen - - - 15th - - - - - - - - 15th 16 Jorge Recalde - - - - - - - 12 - - - - 12 Henri Toivonen - - 0 - - 0 - - 12 - - - 18th Kalle goby 2 0 4th - - - - - 0 6th - 0 12 19th Jean-Luc Thérier 10 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 Mats Jonsson - 10 - - - - - - - - - 0 Mario Stillo - - - - - - - 10 - - - - Fabrizio Tabaton - - - - - - - - - 10 - - Alain Ambrosino - - - - - - - - - - 10 - 24 Lars-Erik Torph - 8th - - - - - - - - - 0 8th John Buffum - - - - 8th - - - - - - 0 Yasuhiro Iwase - - - - - - 8th - - - - - Juha Kankkunen - - 0 - - - 0 - 8th - - 0 David Horsey - - - - - - - - - - 8th - Russell Brookes - - - - - - - - - - - 8th 30th Bjorn Johansson - 6th - - - - - - - - - - 6th Vic Pre Jr. - - - 6th - - - - - - - - Jean-Claude Andruet 0 - - - 6th - - - - - - - Reg Cook - - - - - - 6th - - - - - Miguel Torrás - - - - - - - 6th - - - - Patrick Tauziac - - - - - - - - - - 6th - 36 Bernard Darniche 4th - - - 0 - - - - - - - 4th Kenneth Eriksson - 4th - - - - - - - - - 0 Malcolm Stewart - - - - - - 4th - - - - - Carlos Bassi - - - - - - - 4th - - - - Erkki Pitkänen - - 0 - - - - - 4th - - - Massimo Ercolani - - - - - - - - - 4th - - Jimmy McRae - - - - - - - - - - - 4th 43 Stig Andervang - 3 - - - - - - - - - 0 3 Jorge Ortigão - - 3 - - - - - - - - - Franz Wittmann - - - 3 - - 0 - - - - - François Chatriot 0 - - - 3 - - - - - - - Iórgos Moschous - - - - - 3 - - - - - - 'Possum' Bourne - - - - - - 3 - - - - - Hugo Hernández - - - - - - - 3 - - - - Bruno Saby 0 - - - 0 - - - 3 - - 0 Gerhard Kalnay - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 52 Yoshio Iwashita - - - 2 - 1 - - - - - - 3 53 Gunnar Pettersson - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 Christian Dorche 0 - 2 - - - - - - - - - Guy Fréquelin - - - 0 2 - - - - - - - Achim Warmbold 0 - - - - 2 - - - - - - Tony Teesdale - - - - - - 2 - - - - - Monnenmacher Pérez - - - - - - - 2 - - - - Jouko Poysti - - - - - - - - 2 - - 0 Michele Rayneri - - - - - - - - - 2 - - Bertie Fisher - - - - - - - - - - - 2 62 Jerry Åhlin - 1 - - - - - - - - - 0 1 Russell Gooding - - 1 - - - - - - - - 0 Basil Criticos - - - 1 - - - - - - - - Yves Loubet 0 - - - 1 - - - - - - - Blair Robson - - - - - - 1 - - - - - Walter d'Agostini - - - - - - - 1 - - - - Kalevi Aho - - - - - - - - 1 - - - Werner Grissmann - - 0 - - - - - - 1 - - Mikael Ericsson - 0 - - - - - - 0 - - 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 Audi 18th 18th 14th (10) 18th 18th 18th - - 16 120 02 Lancia (10) 16 12 18th 14th 16 - 16 16 - 108 03 Peugeot - - - 12 - - 8th 18th 18th 18th 74 04th Toyota - 10 18th - - 10 - 10 - 14th 62 05 Renault 12 10 - 14th - - 15th 4th - - 55 06th Opel - - 16 2 - - 11 2 7th 10 48 07th Nissan 2 - 10 - 8th 12 - 6th - 8th 46 08th Volkswagen 9 12 - - - - - - 13 - 34 09 Subaru - - - - - 11 - - - - 11 10 Alfa Romeo - - - 9 - - - - - - 9 Fiat - - - - - - - - 9 - 9 12 ford - - - - - 6th - - - - 6th 13 Citroën - 4th - - - - - - - - 4th 14th Vauxhall - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 Mazda - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 Mitsubishi - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 rank Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1984 , February 8, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com