1984 World Rally Championship

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The 1984 World Rally Championship was the 12th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies following the same schedule as the previous season. Stig Blomqvist beat the defending world champion and Audi teammate Hannu Mikkola to the drivers' title. Audi took their second manufacturers' title, ahead of Lancia and the debuting Peugeot.

Summary[]

German team Audi Sport put together four of the top drivers in the world, with the defending world champion Hannu Mikkola returning to the team along with Stig Blomqvist. Michèle Mouton had a part-time contract and two-time champion Walter Röhrl was added from Martini Racing. Lancia Martini kept Markku Alén as their primary driver for the season and also featured Miki Biasion and Attilio Bettega. Lancia boss Cesare Fiorio had also signed Henri Toivonen from Porsche, stating that "Audi will have four top drivers next year so it would be very difficult competing with only two."^[1]

Blomqvist and Mikkola dominated the season in the Audi Quattro A2, with Blomqvist proving the best with five rally wins. Audi established an early lead, winning six of the first eight events, including sweeping the podium at the first two rallies. Mikkola had to settle for second overall despite a consistently strong season in which he took eight podium finishes. Alén was only able to reach third place, only capturing a single rally win in his Lancia Rally 037.

Late in the season, Ari Vatanen returned to the world rally scene in a Peugeot 205 T16, winning three of the final four rallies and reaching fourth place in the overall standings. His performance showed that Peugeot Sport, headed by Jean Todt, had a winner that could beat the Audi, which they would do in the coming years of Group B dominance.

As with previous seasons, while all twelve events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only ten of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. The two events in 1984 which applied only to driver standings were the Swedish Rally and the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds
Audi Sport	Audi	Quattro A2 Quattro Sport	M P	Walter Röhrl	1, 3, 5–7, 10
				Hannu Mikkola	1, 3–4, 6–9, 11–12
				Stig Blomqvist	All
				Per Eklund	2, 9
				Michèle Mouton	2, 4, 6, 9, 12
					2, 9
				Sarel van der Merwe	3
				Franz Wittmann	4, 7
				Bernard Darniche	5
				John Buffum	6, 12
				Jorge Recalde	8
				Rubén Luis di Palma	8
Martini Racing	Lancia	Rally 037 evo	P	Markku Alén	1, 3–7, 9–10
				Jean-Claude Andruet	1, 5
				Attilio Bettega	1, 3, 5–6, 10
				Henri Toivonen	3, 6, 9
				Vic Preston Jr	4
Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	240RS	D	Timo Salonen	1, 4, 6–7, 12
					1, 9, 12
					2
					3, 9
				Shekhar Mehta	4, 6, 11–12
				Mike Kirkland	4
					4, 6
					6
					6
					7
				Pentti Airikkala	9
					9, 12
Renault Elf	Renault	5 Turbo	M P	Jean-Luc Thérier	1
				Bruno Saby	1, 5, 9
					1, 5
					1
				Jean Ragnotti	3, 5
				Joaquim Moutinho	3
					5
				Didier Auriol	5
					5
Jolly Club	Lancia	Rally 037 evo	P	Miki Biasion	1, 3, 5–6, 10
					5, 10
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	RX-7	P	Achim Warmbold	1, 6
					1
				Ingvar Carlsson	6, 12
					12
					12
Citroën Compétitions	Citroën	Visa	M		1, 3
					4, 9–10
					4, 9–10
					4, 9–10
					5–6, 9
				Mark Lovell	12
Opel Euro Team	Opel	Ascona 400 Manta 400	M	Mats Jonsson	2, 12
					2
				Guy Frequelin	4–5
				Rauno Aaltonen	4
					4, 8
				Alain Ambrosino	11
				Jimmy McRae	12
				Russell Brookes	12
				Phil Colins	12
				Bertie Fisher	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Celica TCT	P	Björn Waldegård	3–4, 7, 9, 12
				Juha Kankkunen	3, 7, 9, 12
				Per Eklund	4, 12
				Sandro Munari	4
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot	205 Turbo 16	M	Ari Vatanen	5–6, 9–10, 12
				Jean-Pierre Nicolas	5–6, 10
Rothmans Porsche Rally Team	Porsche	911SC RS	M	Saeed Al-Hajri	6, 12
				Roger Clark	12
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Golf GTi	P	Kalle Grundel	1–3, 5, 9–10, 12

Events[]

Map[]

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/ice	Red = Mixed surface

Schedule and results[]

Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
			Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Rallye Monte Carlo (21–27 January)	30 stages 722 km Tarmac	1	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	8:52:29
			2	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	8:53:42
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	9:05:09
2	Swedish Rally[2] (10–12 February)	27 stages 450 km Snow/Ice	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:16:45
			2	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:24:12
			3	Per Eklund		Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:33:27
3	Rallye de Portugal (6–11 March)	45 stages 684 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	7:35:32
			2	Markku Alén		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	7:35:59
			3	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	7:58:21
4	Safari Rally (19–23 April)	105 controls 5254 km Gravel	1	Björn Waldegård		Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+2:02 pen
			2	Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	Opel Euro Team	Opel Manta 400	+2:13 pen
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	+2:25 pen
5	Tour de Corse (3–5 May)	30 stages 1119 km Tarmac	1	Markku Alén		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	13:24:56
			2	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Jolly Club	Lancia Rally 037 evo	13:29:11
			3	Jean Ragnotti		Renault Elf	Renault 5 Turbo	13:33:16
6	Acropolis Rally (28–31 May)	47 stages 830 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:41:51
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:44:58
			3	Markku Alén		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	10:56:01
7	Rally New Zealand (23–26 June)	45 stages 1044 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:40:41
			2	Markku Alén		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	10:45:28
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:48:10
8	Rally Argentina (27 July – 1 August)	23 stages 948 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:33:38
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:36:54
			3	Jorge Recalde		Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:38:48
9	1000 Lakes Rally (24–26 August)	50 stages 457 km Gravel	1	Ari Vatanen		Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4:07:27
			2	Markku Alén		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	4:08:26
			3	Henri Toivonen		Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	4:10:19
10	Rallye Sanremo (30 September – 5 October)	46 stages 777 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Ari Vatanen		Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	8:44:34
			2	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	8:50:01
			3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Jolly Club	Lancia Rally 037 evo	8:53:58
11	Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[2] (31 October – 5 November)	46 controls 4012 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Sport Quattro	+5:24 pen
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	+5:46 pen
			3	Shekhar Mehta		Team Nissan Europe	Nissan 240RS	+6:28 pen
12	RAC Rally (November 25–29)	56 stages 863 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Ari Vatanen		Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	9:19:48
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	9:20:29
			3	Per Eklund		Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	9:37:07

Standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
		MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR
1	Stig Blomqvist	15	20	0	0	(8)	20	20	20	10	0	20	0	125
2	Hannu Mikkola	12	–	20	12	–	15	(12)	15	0	–	15	15	104
3	Markku Alén	3	–	15	10	20	12	15	–	15	0	–	–	90
4	Ari Vatanen	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	20	20	–	20	60
5	Attilio Bettega	8	–	12	–	4	10	–	–	–	15	–	–	49
6	Miki Biasion	6	–	10	–	15	0	–	–	–	12	–	–	43
7	Per Eklund	–	12	–	0	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	12	30
8	Björn Waldegård	–	–	0	20	–	–	8	–	0	–	–	0	28
9	Shekhar Mehta	0	–	–	8	–	4	–	–	–	–	12	3	27
10	Timo Salonen	1	–	–	4	–	6	10	–	–	–	–	6	27
11	Walter Röhrl	20	–	6	–	0	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	26
12	Michèle Mouton	–	15	–	0	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	10	25
13	Jean Ragnotti	–	–	8	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20
14	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	–	–	–	–	10	0	–	–	–	8	–	–	18
15	Rauno Aaltonen	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
16	Jorge Recalde	–	–	–	–	–	–	-	12	–	–	–	–	12
	Henri Toivonen	–	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	12	–	–	–
18	Kalle Grundel	2	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	0	12
19	Jean-Luc Thérier	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
	Mats Jonsson	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
	Fabrizio Tabaton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–
	Alain Ambrosino	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–
24	Lars-Erik Torph	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	8
	John Buffum	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–
	Juha Kankkunen	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	8	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–
	Russell Brookes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
30		–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
		–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jean-Claude Andruet	0	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
	Patrick Tauziac	���	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–
36	Bernard Darniche	4	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	Kenneth Eriksson	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
		–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
	Jimmy McRae	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
43		–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3
		–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Franz Wittmann	–	–	–	3	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
		0	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
	'Possum' Bourne	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
	Bruno Saby	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	3	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
52		–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	���	–	–	3
53		–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
		0	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Guy Fréquelin	–	–	–	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Achim Warmbold	0	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	0
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
62		–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1
		–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
		–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Yves Loubet	0	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Blair Robson	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Werner Grissmann	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
	Mikael Ericsson	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	1

Manufacturers' championship[]

Rank	Manufacturers	Event										Total points
		MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR
1	Audi	18	18	14	(10)	18	18	18	–	–	16	120
2	Lancia	(10)	16	12	18	14	16	–	16	16	–	108
3	Peugeot	–	–	–	12	–	–	8	18	18	18	74
4	Toyota	–	10	18	–	–	10	–	10	–	14	62
5	Renault	12	10	–	14	–	–	15	4	–	–	55
6	Opel	–	–	16	2	–	–	11	2	7	10	48
7	Nissan	2	–	10	–	8	12	–	6	–	8	46
8	Volkswagen	9	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	34
9	Subaru	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	11
10	Alfa Romeo	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
	Fiat	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	9
12	Ford	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
13	Citroën	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
14	Vauxhall	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Mazda	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Mitsubishi	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2

Pointscoring systems[]

Drivers' championship[]

Points awarded by finish	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Manufacturers' championship[]

Overall finish	Group finish
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	16	15	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	15	14	13	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	14	13	12	11	10	–	–	–	–	–
6	13	12	11	10	9	8	–	–	–	–
7	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	–	–	–
8	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	–	–
9	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	–
10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

References[]

External links[]

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