1985 WRC season
World Champion
Driver:
Finland Timo Salonen
Manufacturer:
France 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
Teams and drivers
team
Manufacturer
automobile
driver
Co-driver
rally
Germany Audi Sport
Audi
Audi Sport quattro Audi Sport quattro E2
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Sweden Bjorn Cederberg
1-4, 6-9
Germany Walter Röhrl
Germany Christian Geistdörfer
1-3, 5-7, 10
United Kingdom Phil Short
12
Finland Hannu Mikkola
Sweden Arne Hertz
2, 4, 9, 12
France Michèle Mouton
11
Italy Martini Racing
Lancia
Lancia Rally 037 Lancia Delta S4
Finland Henri Toivonen
Finland Juha Piironen
1, 9-10, 12
Finland Markku Alén
Finland Ilkka Kivimäki
4-5, 9-10, 12
Italy Attilio Bettega
Italy Maurizio Perissinot
4-5
Kenya Vic Preston Jr.
Kenya John Lyall
4th
France Peugeot Talbot Sport
Peugeot
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
Finland Ari Vatanen
United Kingdom Terry Harryman
1-8
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
1-10, 12
France Bruno Saby
France Jean-François Fauchille
1, 4-5, 10
Argentina Carlos Reutemann
8th
Sweden Kalle goby
Sweden Claes Billstam
United Kingdom Terry Harryman
12
Finland Mikael Sundström
United Kingdom Paul White
12
Japan Toyota Team Europe
Toyota
Toyota Celica TCT
Sweden Björn Waldegård
Sweden Hans Thorszelius
4, 9, 11-12
Belgium Michel Lizin
7th
Finland Juha Kankkunen
United Kingdom Fred Gallagher
4, 7, 9, 11-12
France Renault Elf Philips
Renault
Renault 5 Maxi Turbo
France Jean Ragnotti
France Pierre Thimonier
5
Germany Opel Euro Team
Opel
Opel Manta 400
Finland Rauno Aaltonen
Kenya Lofty Drews
4th
Germany Erwin Weber
Germany Gunter Wanger
4, 12
France Guy Fréquelin
France Christian Gilbert
5
United Kingdom Jimmy McRae
United Kingdom Ian Grindrod
12
United Kingdom Russell Brookes
United Kingdom Mike Broad
12
Japan Team Nissan Europe
Nissan
Nissan 240RS
Kenya Shekhar Mehta
Kenya Rob Combes
4th
Kenya Yvonne Mehta
6-8
Kenya Mike Kirkland
Kenya Anton Levitan
4, 6
France Alain Ambrosino
France Daniel Le Saux
4th
Kenya Jayant Shah
Kenya Ivan Smith
4th
Greece Iórgos Moschous
Greece Dimítris Vazakas
6th
New Zealand Reg Cook
New Zealand Wayne Jones
7th
United Kingdom Terry Kaby
United Kingdom Kevin Gormley
12
Japan Mazda Rally Team Europe
Mazda
Mazda RX-7
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
Sweden Benny Melander
2, 6, 12
Germany Achim Warmbold
France Michèle Petit
6th
New Zealand Rod Millen
United Kingdom Brian Rainbow
12
United Kingdom Computervision Rallying with Mobil
MG
MG Metro 6R4
United Kingdom Tony Pond
United Kingdom Rob Arthur
12
United Kingdom Malcolm Wilson
United Kingdom Nigel Harris
12
France Citroën Competitions
Citroën
Citroën Visa 1000 Pistes
France Jean-Claude Andruet
France Annick Peuvergne
1
France Philippe Wambergue
France Bernard Martin-Dondoz
1
France Maurice Chomat
France Didier Breton
1
Germany Volkswagen Motorsport
Volkswagen
Volkswagen Golf GTI
Germany Jochi Kleint
Germany Werner Hohenadel
3, 5-6, 9-10
Austria Franz Wittmann
Austria Ferdi Hinterleitner
3, 5, 9-10
Austria 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
Monaco Rally Monte Carlo January 26th – January 1st February 1985
1.
Finland Ari Vatanen
England Terry Harryman
Peugeot 205 T16
10:20:49
34 1 canceled
851.70 km
117
68
2.
Germany Walter Röhrl
Germany Christian Geistdörfer
Audi Sport quattro
+ 05:17
3.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16
+ 10:05
Sweden Rally Sweden 15.-17. February 1985
1.
Finland Ari Vatanen
England Terry Harryman
Peugeot 205 T16
4:38:49
29
513.63 km
115
56
2.
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Sweden Bjorn Cederberg
Audi Sport quattro
+ 01:49
3.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16
+ 03:26
Portugal Rally Portugal 6-9 March 1985
1.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16
8:07:25
47
730.50 km
94
28
2.
Italy Miki biasion
Italy Tiziano Siviero
Lancia Rally 037
+ 04:47
3.
Germany Walter Röhrl
Germany Christian Geistdörfer
Audi Sport quattro
+ 05:58
Kenya Rally Safari 4–8. April 1984
1.
Finland Juha Kankkunen
United Kingdom Fred Gallagher
Toyota Celica TCT
5:18 penalty time
88 time controls
5167 km
71
20th
2.
Sweden Björn Waldegård
Sweden Hans Thorszelius
Toyota Celica TCT
5:52 penalty time
3.
Kenya Mike Kirkland
Kenya Anton Levitan
Nissan 240RS
6:01 penalty time
France Rally Corsica 2nd - 4th May 1985
1.
France Jean Ragnotti
France Pierre Thimonier
Renault 5 Turbo
12:54:15
29
1075.90 km
139
45
2.
France Bruno Saby
France Jean-François Fauchille
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
+ 12:32
3.
France Bernard Béguin
France Jean-Jacques Lenne
Porsche 911 SC RS
+ 25:49
Greece Rally Greece 27. – 30. May 1985
1.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
10:20:19
47
811.02 km
110
45
2.
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Sweden Bjorn Cederberg
Audi Sport quattro
+ 04:15
3.
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
Sweden Benny Melander
Mazda RX-7
+ 48:06
New Zealand Rally New Zealand June 29th – 2nd July 1985
1.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
8:29:16
46
935.50 km
67
39
2.
Finland Ari Vatanen
England Terry Harryman
Peugeot 205 T16
+ 01:07
3.
Germany Walter Röhrl
Germany Christian Geistdörfer
Audi Sport quattro
+ 02:26
Argentina Rally Argentina July 31 –3. August 1985
1.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
10:04:33
23
956.71 km
138
39
2.
Austria Wilfred Wiedner
Austria Franz Zehetner
Audi Quattro A2
+ 13:56
3.
Argentina Carlos Reutemann
France Jean-François Fauchille
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
+ 31:14
Finland Rally Finland 23-25 August 1985
1.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
4:10:35
50
453.44 km
176
83
2.
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
Sweden Bjorn Cederberg
Audi Sport quattro S1
+ 00:48
3.
Finland Markku Alén
Finland Ilkka Kivimäki
Lancia Rally 037
+ 03:39
Italy Rally Sanremo September 29th – 4th October 1985
1.
Germany Walter Röhrl
Germany Christian Geistdörfer
Audi Sport quattro S1
7:10:10
45
687.78 km
98
33
2.
Finland Timo Salonen
Finland Seppo Harjanne
Peugeot 205 T16 E2
+ 06:29
3.
Finland Henri Toivonen
Finland Juha Piironen
Lancia Rally 037
+ 07:52
Ivory Coast Rally Ivory Coast October 30th – 3rd November 1985
1.
Finland Juha Kankkunen
United Kingdom Fred Gallagher
Toyota Celica TCT
4:46 penalty time
63 Time Controls
4103 km
50
8th
2.
Sweden Björn Waldegård
Sweden Hans Thorszelius
Toyota Celica TCT
4:46 penalty time
3.
France Alain Ambrosino
France Daniel Le Saux
Nissan 240RS
6:19 penalty time
United Kingdom Rally Great Britain 24.-28. November 1985
1.
Finland Henri Toivonen
United Kingdom Neil Wilson
Lancia Delta S4
9:32:05
63
896.98 km
155
62
2.
Finland Markku Alén
Finland Ilkka Kivimäki
Lancia Delta S4
+ 00:56
3.
United Kingdom Tony Pond
United Kingdom 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
Monaco MON
Sweden SWE
Portugal POR
Kenya KEN
France FRA
Greece GRE
New Zealand NZL
Argentina ARG
Finland FIN
Italy ITA
Ivory Coast CIV
United Kingdom GBR
Points
1
Finland Timo Salonen
(3)
3
1
(7)
DNF
1
1
1
1
2
DNF
127
2
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
4th
2
4th
DNF
2
4th
DNF
2
75
3
Germany Walter Röhrl
2
DNF
3
DNF
DNF
3
1
DNF
59
4th
Finland Ari Vatanen
1
1
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
2
DNF
55
5
Finland Juha Kankkunen
1
DNF
DNF
1
5
48
6th
Finland Henri Toivonen
6th
4th
3
1
48
7th
Finland Markku Alén
DNF
DNF
3
4th
2
37
8th
Sweden Björn Waldegård
2
DNF
7th
2
DNF
32
9
Kenya Mike Kirkland
3
7th
4th
26th
10
Sweden Per Eklund
5
6th
4th
24
11
France Bruno Saby
5
DNF
2
DNF
23
12
Italy Miki biasion
9
2
DNF
6th
23
13
France Jean Ragnotti
1
20th
14th
Kenya Shekhar Mehta
DNF
4th
DNF
4th
20th
15th
France Alain Ambrosino
6th
3
18th
16
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
8th
3
10
16
17th
Austria Wilfried Wiedner
2
15th
18th
France Bernard Béguin
3
12
Argentina Carlos Reutemann
3
12
United Kingdom Tony Pond
3
12
21st
Austria Werner Grissmann
5
DNF
8th
11
22nd
Finland Hannu Mikkola
4th
DNF
DNF
DNF
10
Finland Rauno Aaltonen
4th
10
Ireland Billy Coleman
4th
10
25th
Germany Erwin Weber
5
11
8th
26th
France Yves Loubet
5
8th
Qatar Saeed Al-Hajri
5
8th
New Zealand Malcolm Stewart
5
8th
Argentina Ernesto Soto
5
8th
Sweden Kalle goby
5
DNF
8th
Italy Dario Cerrato
5
8th
Ireland Eugène Salim
5
8th
33
Sweden Mikael Ericsson
7th
8th
DNF
7th
34
Sweden Gunnar Pettersson
6th
DNF
6th
Portugal José Miguel
6th
6th
France Bertrand Balas
6th
6th
Germany Achim Warmbold
6th
6th
New Zealand Reg Cook
6th
6th
Argentina Mario Stillo
6th
6th
Italy Alessandro Molino
6th
6th
United Kingdom Jimmy McRae
6th
6th
42
France Dany Snobeck
7th
4th
Portugal Carlos Bica
7th
4th
France Jean-Claude bouquet
7th
4th
New Zealand Ian Tulloch
7th
4th
Kenya Jayant Shah
DNF
7th
4th
Italy Giovanni Del Zoppo
7th
4th
Ivory Coast Gilles Petit de Granville
7th
4th
United Kingdom Terry Kaby
7th
4th
50
Austria Franz Wittmann
DNF
DNF
9
12
9
4th
51
France Jean-Claude Andruet
8th
3
Portugal Santinho Mendes
8th
3
Japan Yasuhiro Iwase
8th
3
France Camille Bartoli
8th
3
Greece Iórgos Moschous
8th
3
New Zealand Possum Bourne
8th
3
Brazil 1968 Sady Bordin
8th
3
Ivory Coast Doïc Dieval
8th
3
United Kingdom Russell Brookes
8th
3
60
Sweden Lars-Erik Torph
11
9
2
61
Sweden Mats Jonsson
9
13
2
62
Portugal Jorge Ortigão
9
2
Kenya Ashok Patel
9
2
France Jean-Jacques Poaletti
9
2
New Zealand Jim Donald
9
2
Uruguay Federico West
9
2
New Zealand Rod Millen
9
2
68
Poland Auguste Turiani
21st
11
10
1
69
France Maurice Chomat
10
1
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson
10
1
Portugal Pedro Faria
10
1
Kenya Carlo Vittuli
10
1
France Patrick Bernardini
10
1
Greece Stratis Hatzipanayiotou
10
1
New Zealand Tony Teesdale
10
1
Uruguay Luis Etchegoyen
10
1
Finland Sebastian Lindholm
10
1
rank
driver
Monaco MON
Sweden SWE
Portugal POR
Kenya KEN
France FRA
Greece GRE
New Zealand NZL
Argentina ARG
Finland FIN
Italy ITA
Ivory Coast CIV
United Kingdom GBR
Points
Legend
colour
abbreviation
meaning
gold
-
victory
silver
-
2nd place
bronze
-
3rd place
green
-
Placement in the points
blue
-
Classified outside the point ranks
violet
DNF
Rally not finished (did not finish)
black
DSQ
Disqualified during or after the rally
White
DNS
not at the start (did not start)
Without
1 2 3
Numbers in superscripts are positions of the power stage that are eligible for points
no participation in the World Cup
INJ
injured or sick
EX
Excluded from participating in the rally
DNA
did not arrive
†
deceased
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
Monaco MON
Sweden SWE
Portugal POR
Kenya KEN
France FRA
Greece GRE
New Zealand NZL
Argentina ARG
Finland FIN
Italy ITA
United Kingdom GBR
Points
0 1
France Peugeot
18th
18th
18th
(6)
(16)
18th
18th
18th
18th
16
-
142
0 2
Germany Audi
16
16
14th
-
-
16
14th
16
16
18th
(12)
126
0 3
Italy Lancia
8th
-
16
-
-
-
-
-
14th
14th
18th
70
0 4th
Japan Nissan
-
-
4th
14th
-
12
8th
12
-
-
6th
56
0 5
Japan Toyota
-
-
10
18th
-
-
-
-
6th
-
10
24
0 6th
France Renault
6th
-
-
-
18th
-
-
14th
-
-
-
38
0 7th
Germany Volkswagen
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
-
9
10
-
29
0 8th
Germany Opel
-
4th
-
12
-
-
-
-
-
1
8th
25th
0 9
Germany Porsche
-
-
-
-
14th
10
-
-
-
-
-
24
10
Japan Mazda
-
6th
-
-
-
14th
-
-
-
-
2
22nd
11
United States ford
-
-
8th
-
-
-
6th
7th
-
-
-
21st
12
Japan Subaru
-
-
-
9
-
-
11
-
-
-
-
20th
13
Italy Alfa Romeo
-
-
-
-
14th
-
-
-
-
-
-
14th
United Kingdom Austin Rover
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14th
14th
15th
Germany BMW
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
United States Chevrolet
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
17th
France Talbot
-
-
-
-
8th
-
-
-
-
-
-
8th
18th
France Citroën
4th
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4th
rank
Manufacturer
Monaco MON
Sweden SWE
Portugal POR
Kenya KEN
France FRA
Greece GRE
New Zealand NZL
Argentina ARG
Finland FIN
Italy ITA
United Kingdom GBR
Points
Individual evidence
↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 1985 , February 8, 2015
Web links
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