Arne Hertz
Audi Sport · co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
Hannu Mikkola’s long-time partner guided him to the 1983 world title. Hertz started 37 world championship rallies in the Group B years and finished on the podium in more than half of them.
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Born on 6 June 1939, Arne Hertz first made his name alongside Stig Blomqvist in a Saab 96 V4, winning the RAC Rally, the Swedish Rally and the 1000 Lakes in 1971.
Mikkola’s co-driver for the 1983 title, with 20 podiums in the Group B years.
Mikkola and Audi
From 1977 he partnered Hannu Mikkola, first at Ford and from 1980 at Audi. In the Group B years the pair won:
- 1982 – 1000 Lakes and RAC Rally.
- 1983 – Sweden, Portugal, Argentina and the 1000 Lakes, and the drivers’ title.
- 1984 – Portugal, plus second places on the Acropolis, in Argentina, on the Ivory Coast and on the RAC Rally.
When Mikkola moved to Mazda in 1988, Hertz stayed with Audi and partnered Armin Schwarz.
Sources disagree on when the Mikkola–Hertz partnership ended: the English Wikipedia text says both ‘from 1977 till 1990’ and that Hertz joined Armin Schwarz in 1988. Statistics on this page cover world championship rallies from January 1982 to December 1986, excluding the annulled 1986 Rallye Sanremo, and are counted from the entry lists and results in Jonkka’s World Rally Archive. ‘Starts’ means appearances on an entry list.
Career in the Group B years
World Rally Championship podiums of the co-driver, year by year (1982–1986). win 2nd 3rd
7 WRC wins · 20 podium finishes, 1982–1986
In pictures 2 photos
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Sources
- Wikipedia (EN), Arne Hertz — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Hertz
- Wikipedia (EN), Hannu Mikkola — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannu_Mikkola
- Jonkka's World Rally Archive (juwra.com), results and entry lists 1982–1986 — https://www.juwra.com/
All text is original writing for Grouve Sports Management Group, based on the sources above. Facts checked on 21 October 2026.
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