Stig Blomqvist

Stig Blomqvist

Nation:	Sweden
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Sweden 1973
Last rally:	Rally Sweden 2006
Co-driver:	Hans Sylvan Björn Cederberg Bruno Berglund Benny Melander Ana Goni
Team:	Nissan Motorsports Audi Sport Subaru World Rally Team Škoda Ford World Rally Team
Vehicle:	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Škoda Octavia WRC Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Nissan Sunny GTI-R Subaru Impreza WRC Audi Quattro A1 / A2 / S2 GTX Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Saab 99 Turbo Saab 96 V4 Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 122 11 33 486
Championship title:	1984
Points:	573

Stig Blomqvist in the Saab 99 Turbo at the 1980 Hunsrück Rally

Stig Lennart Blomqvist (born July 29, 1946 in Örebro , Sweden ) is a Swedish rally driver and rallycross champion. He is the father of racing driver Tom Blomqvist .

Career

In his long career, “Mäster Blomqvist” was rally world champion in 1984 in an Audi quattro and vice world champion in 1985 . In total, he took part in 122 world championship rallies and celebrated eleven overall victories. Before his successful time with Audi , he mainly drove on Saab and Talbot vehicles . Before he became known around the world as a rally and rallycross driver with Saab models in the late 1960s and early 1970s , Blomqvist and friend Per Eklund had trained as a driving instructor at Kvinnersta Folkhögskola near Örebro .

WRC victories

No.	year	rally	Co-driver	automobile
1	1973	Rally Sweden	Arne Hertz	Saab 96 V4
2	1977	Rally Sweden	Hans Sylvan	Saab 99 EMS
3	1979	Rally Sweden	Bjorn Cederberg	Saab 99 Turbo
4th	1982	Rally Sweden	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro
5	1982	Rally San Remo	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro
6th	1983	Rally Great Britain	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
7th	1984	Rally Sweden	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
8th	1984	Rally Greece	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
9	1984	Rally New Zealand	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
10	1984	Rally Argentina	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
11	1984	Rally Ivory Coast	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro Sport

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1973	Saab - Scania	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	MAR	GRE	POLE	FIN	AUT	ITA	United States	GBR	FRA				0	-
				1						DNF	DNF			DNF
1974	Saab-Scania	Saab 96 V4	POR	KEN	FIN	ITA	CAN	United States	GBR	FRA									0	-
					4th				2
1975	Saab-Scania	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE	KEN	GRE	MAR	POR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR							0	-
				2					DSQ			DNF
1976	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	MAR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR							0	-
				2
	Saab-Scania	Saab 99 EMS
									DNF			2
1977	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	NZL	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	FRA	GBR						0	-
				1
	Saab-Scania	Saab 99EMS
									DNF				DNF
1978	Stig Blomqvist	Lancia Stratos HF	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	CIV	FRA	GBR						0	-
				4th
		Saab 99EMS
									DNF
	Saab-Scania	Saab 99 Turbo
													DNF
1979	Stig Blomqvist	Saab 99 Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	CAN	FRA	GBR	CIV					20th	10
				1
	Saab-Scania
													DNF
1980	Saab-Scania	Saab 99 Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	ARG	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV					15th	16
				2
	Saab Dealers Team
													DNF
1981	Publimo Racing / Clarion	Saab 99 Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR					23	13
				5
	Team Talbot	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
											8th			3
1982	Audi Sport	Audi quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR					58	4th
				1							2	1
	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
														8th
1983	Audi Sport	Audi quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR					89	4th
			3	2	DNF			3	DSQ	2	2	DNF		1
1984	Audi Sport	Audi quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR					133	1
			2	1	DNF	DNF	5	1	1	1	4th	DNF	1
1985	Audi Sport	Audi quattro	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR					75	2
			4th	2	4th	DNF		2	4th	DNF	2
1986	ford	Ford RS200	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	United States				22nd	11
				DNF	DNF		DNF								DNF
	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
										3	4th
1987	ford	Ford Sierra XR	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR				33	7th
			DNF	6th
		Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
							DNF	DNF				3			2
	Motogard rally sport team	Ford Sierra XR
										DNF
1988	Rallysport Sweden	Ford Sierra XR	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR				41	4th
				2
	Stig Blomqvist	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
					5
	ford	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
												5		7th	6th
1989	Team VAG Sweden	Audi 200 quattro	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR				20th	15th
			5
	Volkswagen Motorsport	VW Golf GTi 16V
						3
1991	Nissan Motorsports Europe	Nissan Sunny GTI-R	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR			11	24
								5		DNF			8th			DNF
1992	Castrol Nissan Motorsports	Nissan Sunny GTI-R	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR			12	21st
				3
	Nissan Motorsports Europe
											DNF					DNF
1993	Opel Team Sweden	Opel Calibra Turbo 4x4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	GBR				0	-
				DNF
1994	ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON	POR	KEN	ESP	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR						10	15th
													4th
1995	RAS Ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR									4th	14th
				7th
	Trigard Team Škoda	Škoda Felicia Kit Car
										21st
1996	ford	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRE	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP								7th	18th
			8th	7th
	Trigard Team Škoda	Škoda Felicia Kit Car
									DNF
1997	Mobil Ford Motorsport	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	OUT	GBR			0	-
				10
1999	ford	Ford Puma Kit Car	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	OUT	GBR			0	-
						DNF
2000	Stig Blomqvist	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	OUT	GBR			0	-
																DNF
2001	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT	GBR			0	-
				18th	DNF	21st	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF		21st	30th		23	16
	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2
											22nd
2002	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	DEU	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR			0	-
				15th		DNF			17th
	Stig Blomqvist	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
														19th	22nd	DNF
2003	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Subaru Impreza STi N8	MON	SWE	DOOR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	DEU	FIN	OUT	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			0	-
				26th
		Subaru Impreza WRX STi
						24			11	29		19th	20th
2004	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	DOOR	ARG	FIN	DEU	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	OUT	0	-
				21st				14th
2005	Stig Blomqvist	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	DOOR	GRE	ARG	FIN	DEU	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	OUT	0	-
				20th
2006	Stig Blomqvist	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	0	-
				24

Note: It was not until 1979 that an official driver world champion was determined for the first time.

Source:

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	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Stig Blomqvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com Stig Blomqvist , accessed December 20, 2015.