1985 World Rally Championship

1985 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Timo Salonen
Manufacturer:	Peugeot
Season dates
Number of rallies:	12
<1984 season	1986 season>

The FIA - World Rally Championship in 1985 was in January 18, Monte Carlo started and ended on 7 December in the UK . A total of 12 world championship races were held on four continents. Timo Salonen from Finland won the world title for the first and only time.

vehicles

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  Peugeot 205 T16

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  Audi quattro Sport S1

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  Lancia Delta S4

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  Renault 5 Turbo

Teams and drivers

team	Manufacturer	automobile	driver	Co-driver	rally
Audi Sport	Audi	Audi Sport quattro Audi Sport quattro E2	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	1-4, 6-9
			Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	1-3, 5-7, 10
				Phil Short	12
			Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	2, 4, 9, 12
			Michèle Mouton		11
Martini Racing	Lancia	Lancia Rally 037 Lancia Delta S4	Henri Toivonen	Juha Piironen	1, 9-10, 12
			Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	4-5, 9-10, 12
			Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	4-5
			Vic Preston Jr.	John Lyall	4th
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	1-8
			Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	1-10, 12
			Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	1, 4-5, 10
			Carlos Reutemann		8th
			Kalle goby	Claes Billstam
				Terry Harryman	12
			Mikael Sundström	Paul White	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Toyota Celica TCT	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	4, 9, 11-12
				Michel Lizin	7th
			Juha Kankkunen	Fred Gallagher	4, 7, 9, 11-12
Renault Elf Philips	Renault	Renault 5 Maxi Turbo	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	5
Opel Euro Team	Opel	Opel Manta 400	Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	4th
			Erwin Weber	Gunter Wanger	4, 12
			Guy Fréquelin	Christian Gilbert	5
			Jimmy McRae	Ian Grindrod	12
			Russell Brookes	Mike Broad	12
Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	Nissan 240RS	Shekhar Mehta	Rob Combes	4th
				Yvonne Mehta	6-8
			Mike Kirkland	Anton Levitan	4, 6
			Alain Ambrosino	Daniel Le Saux	4th
			Jayant Shah	Ivan Smith	4th
			Iórgos Moschous	Dimítris Vazakas	6th
			Reg Cook	Wayne Jones	7th
			Terry Kaby	Kevin Gormley	12
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	Ingvar Carlsson	Benny Melander	2, 6, 12
			Achim Warmbold	Michèle Petit	6th
			Rod Millen	Brian Rainbow	12
Computervision Rallying with Mobil	MG	MG Metro 6R4	Tony Pond	Rob Arthur	12
			Malcolm Wilson	Nigel Harris	12
Citroën Competitions	Citroën	Citroën Visa 1000 Pistes	Jean-Claude Andruet	Annick Peuvergne	1
			Philippe Wambergue	Bernard Martin-Dondoz	1
			Maurice Chomat	Didier Breton	1
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Golf GTI	Jochi Kleint	Werner Hohenadel	3, 5-6, 9-10
			Franz Wittmann	Ferdi Hinterleitner	3, 5, 9-10
				Max Ogrisek	6th

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 January 26th – January 1st February 1985	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 T16	10:20:49	34 1 canceled	851.70 km	117	68
	2.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport quattro	+ 05:17
	3.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16	+ 10:05
Rally Sweden 15.-17. February 1985	1.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 T16	4:38:49	29	513.63 km	115	56
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Sport quattro	+ 01:49
	3.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16	+ 03:26
Rally Portugal 6-9 March 1985	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16	8:07:25	47	730.50 km	94	28
	2.	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Rally 037	+ 04:47
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport quattro	+ 05:58
Rally Safari 4–8. April 1984	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	5:18 penalty time	88 time controls	5167 km	71	20th
	2.	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	5:52 penalty time
	3.	Mike Kirkland	Anton Levitan	Nissan 240RS	6:01 penalty time
Rally Corsica 2nd - 4th May 1985	1.	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault 5 Turbo	12:54:15	29	1075.90 km	139	45
	2.	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	+ 12:32
	3.	Bernard Béguin	Jean-Jacques Lenne	Porsche 911 SC RS	+ 25:49
Rally Greece 27. – 30. May 1985	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	10:20:19	47	811.02 km	110	45
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Sport quattro	+ 04:15
	3.	Ingvar Carlsson	Benny Melander	Mazda RX-7	+ 48:06
Rally New Zealand June 29th – 2nd July 1985	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	8:29:16	46	935.50 km	67	39
	2.	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 T16	+ 01:07
	3.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport quattro	+ 02:26
Rally Argentina July 31 –3. August 1985	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	10:04:33	23	956.71 km	138	39
	2.	Wilfred Wiedner	Franz Zehetner	Audi Quattro A2	+ 13:56
	3.	Carlos Reutemann	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	+ 31:14
Rally Finland 23-25 August 1985	1.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	4:10:35	50	453.44 km	176	83
	2.	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Sport quattro S1	+ 00:48
	3.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037	+ 03:39
Rally Sanremo September 29th – 4th October 1985	1.	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport quattro S1	7:10:10	45	687.78 km	98	33
	2.	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 T16 E2	+ 06:29
	3.	Henri Toivonen	Juha Piironen	Lancia Rally 037	+ 07:52
Rally Ivory Coast October 30th – 3rd November 1985	1.	Juha Kankkunen	Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica TCT	4:46 penalty time	63 Time Controls	4103 km	50	8th
	2.	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica TCT	4:46 penalty time
	3.	Alain Ambrosino	Daniel Le Saux	Nissan 240RS	6:19 penalty time
Rally Great Britain 24.-28. November 1985	1.	Henri Toivonen	Neil Wilson	Lancia Delta S4	9:32:05	63	896.98 km	155	62
	2.	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4	+ 00:56
	3.	Tony Pond	Rob Arthur	MG Metro 6R4	+ 02:27

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 1 Timo Salonen (3) 3 1 (7) DNF 1 1 1 1 2 DNF 127 2 Stig Blomqvist 4th 2 4th DNF 2 4th DNF 2 75 3 Walter Röhrl 2 DNF 3 DNF DNF 3 1 DNF 59 4th Ari Vatanen 1 1 DNF DNF DNF DNF 2 DNF 55 5 Juha Kankkunen 1 DNF DNF 1 5 48 6th Henri Toivonen 6th 4th 3 1 48 7th Markku Alén DNF DNF 3 4th 2 37 8th Björn Waldegård 2 DNF 7th 2 DNF 32 9 Mike Kirkland 3 7th 4th 26th 10 Per Eklund 5 6th 4th 24 11 Bruno Saby 5 DNF 2 DNF 23 12 Miki biasion 9 2 DNF 6th 23 13 Jean Ragnotti 1 20th 14th Shekhar Mehta DNF 4th DNF 4th 20th 15th Alain Ambrosino 6th 3 18th 16 Ingvar Carlsson 8th 3 10 16 17th Wilfried Wiedner 2 15th 18th Bernard Béguin 3 12 Carlos Reutemann 3 12 Tony Pond 3 12 21st Werner Grissmann 5 DNF 8th 11 22nd Hannu Mikkola 4th DNF DNF DNF 10 Rauno Aaltonen 4th 10 Billy Coleman 4th 10 25th Erwin Weber 5 11 8th 26th Yves Loubet 5 8th Saeed Al-Hajri 5 8th Malcolm Stewart 5 8th Ernesto Soto 5 8th Kalle goby 5 DNF 8th Dario Cerrato 5 8th Eugène Salim 5 8th 33 Mikael Ericsson 7th 8th DNF 7th 34 Gunnar Pettersson 6th DNF 6th José Miguel 6th 6th Bertrand Balas 6th 6th Achim Warmbold 6th 6th Reg Cook 6th 6th Mario Stillo 6th 6th Alessandro Molino 6th 6th Jimmy McRae 6th 6th 42 Dany Snobeck 7th 4th Carlos Bica 7th 4th Jean-Claude bouquet 7th 4th Ian Tulloch 7th 4th Jayant Shah DNF 7th 4th Giovanni Del Zoppo 7th 4th Gilles Petit de Granville 7th 4th Terry Kaby 7th 4th 50 Franz Wittmann DNF DNF 9 12 9 4th 51 Jean-Claude Andruet 8th 3 Santinho Mendes 8th 3 Yasuhiro Iwase 8th 3 Camille Bartoli 8th 3 Iórgos Moschous 8th 3 Possum Bourne 8th 3 Sady Bordin 8th 3 Doïc Dieval 8th 3 Russell Brookes 8th 3 60 Lars-Erik Torph 11 9 2 61 Mats Jonsson 9 13 2 62 Jorge Ortigão 9 2 Ashok Patel 9 2 Jean-Jacques Poaletti 9 2 Jim Donald 9 2 Federico West 9 2 Rod Millen 9 2 68 Auguste Turiani 21st 11 10 1 69 Maurice Chomat 10 1 Kenneth Eriksson 10 1 Pedro Faria 10 1 Carlo Vittuli 10 1 Patrick Bernardini 10 1 Stratis Hatzipanayiotou 10 1 Tony Teesdale 10 1 Luis Etchegoyen 10 1 Sebastian Lindholm 10 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 SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA GBR Points 01 Peugeot 18th 18th 18th (6) (16) 18th 18th 18th 18th 16 - 142 02 Audi 16 16 14th - - 16 14th 16 16 18th (12) 126 03 Lancia 8th - 16 - - - - - 14th 14th 18th 70 04th Nissan - - 4th 14th - 12 8th 12 - - 6th 56 05 Toyota - - 10 18th - - - - 6th - 10 24 06th Renault 6th - - - 18th - - 14th - - - 38 07th Volkswagen - - - - - 10 - - 9 10 - 29 08th Opel - 4th - 12 - - - - - 1 8th 25th 09 Porsche - - - - 14th 10 - - - - - 24 10 Mazda - 6th - - - 14th - - - - 2 22nd 11 ford - - 8th - - - 6th 7th - - - 21st 12 Subaru - - - 9 - - 11 - - - - 20th 13 Alfa Romeo - - - - 14th - - - - - - 14th Austin Rover - - - - - - - - - - 14th 14th 15th BMW - - - - 9 - - - - - - 9 Chevrolet - - - - - - - 9 - - - 9 17th Talbot - - - - 8th - - - - - - 8th 18th Citroën 4th - - - - - - - - - - 4th rank Manufacturer MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN ITA GBR Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1985 , February 8, 2015

Web links

• http://www.wrc.com