1986 WRC Schedule & Results

 

# Rally Stages Podium finishers
R Driver Co-driver Car Time
1 Monaco 54ème Rallye Auto de Monte-Carlo
(18–24 Jan)
  • 36 stages
  • 867 km
  • Tarmac
1 Finland Henri Toivonen United States Sergio Cresto Lancia Delta S4 10:11:24
2 Finland Timo Salonen Finland Seppo Harjanne Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 10:15:28
3 Finland Hannu Mikkola Sweden Arne Hertz Audi Sport quattro S1 10:18:46
2 Sweden 36th Int’l Swedish Rally
(14–16 Feb)
  • 30 stages
  • 558 km
  • Snow
  • Ice
1 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 5:09:19
2 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 5:11:13
3 Sweden Kalle Grundel United Kingdom Terry Harryman Ford RS200 5:15:35
3 Portugal 20º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
(5–8 Mar)
  • 42 stages
  • 556 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 PortugalJoaquim Moutinho Portugal Edgar Fortes Renault 5 Turbo 7:50:44
2 Portugal Carlos Bica PortugalCândido Júnior Lancia Rally 037 8:04:11
3 ItalyGiovanni Del Zoppo Italy Loris Roggia Fiat Uno Turbo 8:07:36
4 Kenya 34th Marlboro Safari Rally
(29 Mar – 2 Apr)
  • 63 controls
  • 4190 km
  • Gravel
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Toyota Celica TCT +5:06 pen
2 Sweden Lars-Erik Torph Sweden Bo Thorszelius Toyota Celica TCT +5:34 pen
3 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Rallye 037 +6.12 pen
5 France 30ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France
(1–3 May)
  • 24 stages
  • 1017 km
  • Tarmac
1 France Bruno Saby France Jean-François Fauchille Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 11:52:44
2 FranceFrançois Chatriot France Michel Périn Renault 5 Maxi Turbo 12:06:32
3 France Yves Loubet France Jean-Marc Andrié Alfa Romeo GTV6 12:45:59
6 Greece 33rd Acropolis Rally
(2–4 Jun)
  • 38 stages
  • 575 km
  • Gravel
1 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 7:20:01
2 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Lancia Delta S4 7:21:38
3 France Bruno Saby France Jean-François Fauchille Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 7:29:55
7 New Zealand 16th AWA Clarion Rally of New Zealand
(5–8 Jul)
  • 34 stages
  • 597 km
  • Gravel
1 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 5:43:45
2 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 5:45:25
3 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Lancia Delta S4 5:53:36
8 Argentina 6º Marlboro Rally Argentina
(6–9 Aug)
  • 26 stages
  • 569 km
  • Gravel
1 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Lancia Delta S4 6:36:26
2 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 6:36:50
3 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Sweden Bruno Berglund Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 6:40:42
9 Finland 36th 1000 Lakes Rally
(5–7 Sep)
  • 47 stages
  • 382 km
  • Gravel
1 Finland Timo Salonen Finland Seppo Harjanne Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 3:32:45
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 3:33:09
3 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 3:34:30
10 Ivory Coast 18ème Rallye Côte d’Ivoire
(24–27 Sep)
  • 73 controls
  • 3763 km
  • Gravel
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård United Kingdom Fred Gallagher Toyota Celica TCT +1:29 pen
2 Sweden Lars-Erik Torph Sweden Bo Thorszelius Toyota Celica TCT +1:37 pen
3 West Germany Erwin Weber West Germany Günter Wanger Toyota Celica TCT +2:27 pen
11 Italy 28º Rallye Sanremo
(13–17 Oct)
  • 39 stages
  • 488 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 5:31:35
2 Italy Dario Cerrato ItalyGiuseppe Cerri Lancia Delta S4 5:32:53
3 Italy Miki Biasion Italy Tiziano Siviero Lancia Delta S4 5:33:17
12 United Kingdom 35th Lombard RAC Rally
(16–19 Nov)
  • 45 stages
  • 517 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 Finland Timo Salonen Finland Seppo Harjanne Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 5:21:11
2 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 5:22:33
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 5:27:16
13 United States
21st Olympus Rally
(4–7 Dec)
  • 39 stages
  • 525 km
  • Gravel
  • Tarmac
1 Finland Markku Alén Finland Ilkka Kivimäki Lancia Delta S4 5:26:10
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Piironen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 5:29:36
3 United States John Buffum United Kingdom Neil Wilson Audi Sport quattro 5:50:24

TOP 10 – DRIVER STANDINGS

NOTE: No points were awarded for Portugal and Italy

# Driver Event pts
Monaco
MC
Sweden
SE
P Kenya
KE
France
FR
Greece
GR
New Zealand
NZ
Argentina
AR
Finland
FI
Ivory Coast
CI
I United Kingdom
GB
United States
US
1 Finland Juha Kank. 8 20 8 20 20 15 12 15 118
2 Finland Mark. Alén 15 12 15 15 12 15 20 104
3 Finland Timo Salon. 15 8 20 20 63
4 Sweden Björn Wald. 20 20 8 48
5 Italy Miki Biasion 15 12 20 47
6 Sweden Lars-Erik Torph 15 15 10 40
7 France Bruno Saby 6 20 12 38
8 Sweden Mikael Erics. 10 10 8 28
9 Sweden Kalle Grund. 12 6 8 26
10 Sweden Ken. Eriks. 2 4 3 4 4 8 25

MANUFACTURER STANDINGS

# TEAM Event pts
Monaco
MC
Sweden
SE
Portugal
PT
Kenya
KE
France
FR
Greece
GR
New Zealand
NZ
Argentina
AR
Finland
FI
Italy
IT
United Kingdom
GB
1 France Peugeot 17 20 (10) 20 20 20 (14) 20 * 20 137
2 Italy Lancia 20 17 (14) 17 17 20 14 * 17 122
3 West GermanyVolkswagen 9 10 9 11 12 14 * 65
4 West Germany Audi 14 15 * 29
5 United Kingdom Ford 14 * 10 24
6 Japan Toyota 20 * 20
7 France Renault 14 * 14
8 Japan Subaru 13 * 13
9 United Kingdom Austin Rover 4 * 8 12
10 France Citroën 10 * 10
11 Japan Mazda * 9 9
12 West Germany Opel 5 * 5

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