Rally Brazil

The Rally Brazil was held twice as a World Championship run (WRC) in 1981 and 1982 . The competition was held near São Paulo , Brazil , at Santa Isabel . Before that, the rally had already been held twice without World Championship status.

In 1981 Ari Vatanen won the rally in South America with co-driver David Richards in a Ford Escort RS1800. The lead was over eight minutes on Guy Fréquelin with Jean Todt in the passenger seat. Michèle Mouton secured victory in 1982 with an Audi Quattro ahead of Walter Röhrl ( Opel Ascona 400).

Overall winner

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	automobile
1979 1	1st Rallye do Brasil	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat 131 Abarth
1980 1	2nd Rallye do Brasil	Arno Hees	Andre	Fiat 147
1981	3rd Rallye do Brasil	Ari Vatanen	David Richards	Ford Escort RS1800
1982	4th Rallye do Brasil	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro

¹ no World Cup status

Individual evidence

1. ↑ juwra.com: Rally of Brazil , September 27, 2014

Web links

• Results on eWRC-results.com