1982 WRC Schedule & Results

 

# Rally name Stages Podium finishers
R Driver Co-driver Car Time
1 Monaco
50ème Rallye Auto de Monte Carlo
(16–22 January)
  • 32 stages
  • 753 km
  • Tarmac
  • Snow/Ice possible
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:20:33
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi quattro 8:24:22
3 France Jean-Luc Thérier France Michel Vial Porsche 911 SC 8:32:38
2 Sweden
32nd Int’l Swedish Rally
(12–14 February)
  • 25 stages
  • 358 km
  • Snow
  • Ice
1 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi quattro 3:40:15
2 Finland Ari Vatanen United Kingdom Terry Harryman Ford Escort RS1800 3:42:51
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 3:44:29
3 Portugal
16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(2–8 March)
  • 40 stages
  • 639 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 FranceMichèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi quattro 7:39:36
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 7:52:43
3 Austria Franz Wittmann West Germany Peter Diekmann Audi quattro 8:07:25
4 Kenya
30th Marlboro Safari Rally
(8–12 April)
  • 83 controls
  • 5120 km
  • Gravel
1 KenyaShekhar Mehta Kenya Mike Doughty Datsun Violet GT +4:26 pen
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +5:07 pen
3 Kenya Mike Kirkland Kenya Anton Levitan Datsun Violet GT +6:16 pen
5 France
26éme Tour de Corse – Rallye de France
(6–8 May)
  • 27 stages
  • 1176 km
  • Tarmac
1 France Jean Ragnotti France Jean-Marc Andrié Renault 5 Turbo 14:11:19
2 France Jean-Claude Andruet France ‘Biche’ Ferrari 308 GTB 14:16:57
3 FranceBernard Béguin France Jean-Jacques Lenne Porsche 911 SC 14:20:11
6 Greece
29th Acropolis Rally
(31 May-3 June)
  • 56 stages
  • 967 km
  • Gravel
1 FranceMichèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi quattro 12:54:44
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 13:08:23
3 Finland Henri Toivonen United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 13:17:21
7 New Zealand
12th Motogard Rally of New Zealand
(26–29 June)
  • 38 stages
  • 1014 km
  • Gravel
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård Sweden Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:28:08
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT 10:31:21
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 10:33:37
8 Brazil
4º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil
(11–14 August)
  • 29 stages
  • 706 km
  • Gravel
1 FranceMichèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi quattro 8:16:24
2 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:51:49
3 UruguayDomingo de Vitta Uruguay Daniel Muzio Ford Escort 1.6 10:15:30
9 Finland
32nd 1000 Lakes Rally
(27–29 August)
  • 46 stages
  • 469 km
  • Gravel
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi quattro 4:19:05
2 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi quattro 4:19:33
3 Finland Pentti Airikkala Finland Juha Piironen Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo 4:23:22
10 Italy
24º Rallye Sanremo
(3–8 October)
  • 56 stages
  • 735 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Björn Cederberg Audi quattro 8:37:47
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi quattro 8:40:03
3 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 8:40:14
11 Ivory Coast
14ème Rallye Côte d’Ivoire
(27 October-1 November)
  • 54 controls
  • 4995 km
  • Gravel
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl West GermanyChristian Geistdörfer Opel Ascona 400 +8:43 pen
2 Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT +10:17 pen
3 Sweden Björn Waldegård Sweden Hans Thorszelius Toyota Celica 2000GT +11:00 pen
12 United Kingdom
31st Lombard RAC Rally
(21–25 November)
  • 68 stages
  • 716 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi quattro 8:01:46
2 FranceMichèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi quattro 8:06:03
3 Finland Henri Toivonen United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Opel Ascona 400 8:06:12

TOP 10 – DRIVER STANDINGS

# Driver Event pts
Monaco
MC
Sweden
SE
Portugal
PT
Kenya
KE
France
FR
Greece
GR
New Zealand
NZ
Brazil
BR
Finland
FI
Italy
IT
Ivory Coast
CI
United Kingdom
GB
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl 20 12 15 (10) 15 12 15 (12) 20 109
2 France Michèle Mouton 8 20 4 20 20 10 15 97
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola 15 20 15 20 70
4 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 20 15 20 3 58
5 Sweden Per Eklund 10 15 15 15 2 57
6 Sweden Björn Waldegård 20 12 4 36
7 Finland Henri Toivonen 12 8 12 32
8 KenyaShekhar Mehta 20 10 30
9 France Bruno Saby 8 8 10 26
10 France Jean Ragnotti 20 20

TOP 10 – MANUFACTURER STANDINGS

# TEAM Event pts
Monaco
Mc
Portugal
PT
Kenya
KE
France
FR
Greece
GR
New Zealand
NZ
Brazil
BR
Finland
FI
Italy
IT
United Kingdom
GB
1 West Germany Audi 16 18 (6) 18 10 18 18 18 116
2 West Germany Opel 18 (12) 16 12 16 14 (9) 14 14 104
3 Japan Nissan 18 12 12 15 57
4 United States Ford 12 8 9 16 10 55
5 Japan Toyota 16 18 7 41
6 France Renault 10 18 4 2 34
7 West Germany Porsche 14 14 28
8 Japan Mitsubishi 8 14 6 28
9 Italy Lancia 10 15 25
10 United Kingdom Talbot 13 11 24

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