1981 World Rally Championship
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The 1981 World Rally Championship was the ninth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies. While this number was the same as the previous year, one change was made to the schedule, replacing New Zealand with the Brazil.
The 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers was won by Ari Vatanen driving a Rothmans Rally Team Ford Escort RS1800, the only time a privateer team has won the Drivers' Championship until 2017. The Makes' Championship was won by Talbot with their Sunbeam Lotus. It also saw the beginning of a new era in the sport with the arrival of the Audi Quattro, the first four-wheel drive rally car. Initially regarded as too heavy and complex for rally stages, it proved its worth with three wins in its debut season, including a maiden victory for Michèle Mouton at the Rallye Sanremo, the only woman to win a WRC event.
Calendar
[edit | edit source]| Rd. | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 January | 30 January | Monaco 49th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | Monte Carlo | Mixed | 32 | 750 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 2 | 13 February | 15 February | Sweden 31st International Swedish Rally | Karlstad, Värmland County | Snow | 25 | 369 km | Drivers only |
| 3 | 4 March | 7 March | Portugal 15th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto | Estoril, Lisbon | Mixed | 46 | 678 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 4 | 16 April | 20 April | Kenya 29th Marlboro Safari Rally | Nairobi | Gravel | N/A | 4750 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 5 | 30 April | 2 May | France 25th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France | Ajaccio, Corsica | Tarmac | 24 | 1144.6 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 6 | 1 June | 4 June | Greece 28th Acropolis Rally | Athens | Gravel | 57 | 995.59 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 7 | 18 July | 23 July | Argentina 3rd Rally Codasur | Tucumán | Gravel | 17 | 1346.6 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 8 | 6 August | 8 August | Brazil 3rd Marlboro Rallye do Brasil | São Paulo | Gravel | 21 | 714 km | Drivers only |
| 9 | 28 August | 30 August | Finland 31st Jyväskylän Suurajot - Rally of the 1000 Lakes | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | Gravel | 48 | 453.09 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 10 | 5 October | 10 October | Italy 23rd Rallye Sanremo | Sanremo, Liguria | Mixed | 61 | 751.06 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 11 | 26 October | 30 October | Ivory Coast 13th Rallye Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan | Gravel | N/A | 5087 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
| 12 | 22 November | 24 November | United Kingdom 37th Lombard RAC Rally | Chester, Cheshire | Gravel | 65 | 746.74 km | Drivers & Manufacturers |
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Teams and drivers
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Championships
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Manufacturers | Event | Total points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaco MON |
Sweden SWE |
Portugal POR |
Kenya KEN |
France FRA |
Greece GRC |
Argentina ARG |
Brazil BRA |
Finland FIN |
Italy ITA |
Ivory Coast CIV |
United Kingdom GBR | |||
| 1 | United Kingdom Talbot | 17 | - | 17 | - | 17 | 15 | 18 | - | - | 17 | - | 16 | 117 |
| 2 | Japan Datsun | - | - | 13 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 17 | - | 12 | - | 18 | - | 106 |
| 3 | Error creating thumbnail: Ford | - | - | 9 | - | 12 | 18 | - | - | 18 | 7 | - | 16 | 80 |
| 4 | West Germany Opel | 15 | - | 11 | 12 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | 15 | - | - | 69 |
| 5 | West Germany Audi | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 18 | - | 18 | 63 |
| 6 | Italy Fiat | 8 | - | 18 | - | - | 16 | - | - | 16 | 5 | - | - | 63 |
| 7 | France Renault | 18 | - | - | - | 7 | 10 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 61 |
| 8 | Japan Toyota | - | - | 15 | - | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 16 | 9 | 54 |
| 9 | France Peugeot | - | - | - | 10 | - | 4 | 12 | - | - | - | 11 | - | 37 |
| 10 | Italy Lancia | 10 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 11 | West Germany Porsche | 4 | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia Škoda | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 13 | Error creating thumbnail: Dodge | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 14 | Japan Mitsubishi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Rank | Driver | Event | Total points | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monaco MON |
Sweden SWE |
Portugal POR |
Kenya KEN |
France FRA |
Greece GRC |
Argentina ARG |
Brazil BRA |
Finland FIN |
Italy ITA |
Ivory Coast CIV |
United Kingdom GBR | |||
| 1 | Finland Ari Vatanen | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 96 |
| 2 | France Guy Fréquelin | 15 | - | 6 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 15 | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 89 |
| 3 | Finland Hannu Mikkola | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 10 | - | 20 | 62 |
| 4 | Finland Markku Alén | 4 | - | 20 | - | - | 15 | - | - | 15 | 2 | - | 0 | 56 |
| 5 | Kenya Shekhar Mehta | - | - | - | 20 | - | 8 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 12 | - | 55 |
| 6 | Finland Timo Salonen | - | - | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 40 |
| 7 | Finland Henri Toivonen | 8 | - | 15 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15 | - | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | France Michèle Mouton | 0 | - | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20 | - | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Finland Pentti Airikkala | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 10 | 30 |
| 10 | Sweden Per Eklund | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | 15 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | France Jean Ragnotti | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | France Bernard Darniche | 6 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| 13 | Sweden Stig Blomqvist | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 12 | 23 |
| 14 | Argentina Jorge Recalde | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 22 |
| 15 | Sweden Anders Kulläng | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 22 |
| 16 | West Germany Jochi Kleint | 12 | - | - | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| United Kingdom Tony Pond | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 20 | |
| 18 | Sweden Björn Waldegård | 3 | - | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | Finland Rauno Aaltonen | 0 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 20 | Kenya Mike Kirkland | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Italy Attilio Bettega | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 12 | |
| Uruguay Domingo De Vitta | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Italy Antonio Fassina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| 24 | Sweden Björn Johansson | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | United Kingdom Terry Kaby | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 |
| 26 | France Jean-Pierre Ballet | 0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Argentina Ernesto Soto | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| France Michel Mitri | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| 29 | Argentina Ricardo Albertengo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Portugal Carlos Torres | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
| Italy Luigi Battistolli | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| 32 | Finland Lasse Lampi | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | France Jean-Claude Lefèbvre | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Greece Iórgos Moschous | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Uruguay Luis Etchegoyen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Uruguay Gustavo Trelles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Italy Miki Biasion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| France Alain Ambrosino | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| 39 | Sweden Sören Nilsson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Argentina Horacio Maglione | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | |
| 41 | Spain Rafael 'Cid' | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Japan Yoshio Iwashita | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Italy Jean-Michel Tichadou | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Greece 'Carlo' | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Uruguay Federico West | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Lebanon Samir Assef | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 47 | Sweden Ola Strömberg | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Portugal Manuel Queirós Pereira | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Kenya Jayant Shah | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| France Gérard Swaton | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Czechoslovakia Václav Blahna | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Argentina Luís Romero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Uruguay Julio Berges | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Italy Dario Cerrato | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Ivory Coast Jacques Durieu | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| 56 | France Jacques Alméras | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Portugal Joaquim Moutinho | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Malcolm Smith | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| France Camille Bartoli | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Greece Pavlos Moschoutis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Argentina Miguel Tubal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Brazil Maria Carmo Zacarias | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 63 | France Alain Coppier | 1 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Rod Hall | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| France Jean-Felix Farrucci | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| France Claude Laurent | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Finland Antero Laine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy Federico Ormezzano | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| United Kingdom Roger Clark | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
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| Points awarded by finish | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Events
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| Black = Tarmac | Brown = Gravel | Blue = Snow/Ice | Red = Mixed Surface |
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See also
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- FIA World Rally Championship 1981 at ewrc-results.com