World Rally Championship 1983 — all rallies

Lancia’s light, rear-wheel-drive Rally 037 against Audi’s heavier but four-wheel-drive Quattro. Lancia won the manufacturers’ title by two points; Hannu Mikkola became drivers’ champion for Audi.

12
rallies
6
different winners
5
Audi wins
5
Lancia & Peugeot wins

Every round of the 1983 World Rally Championship has its own page, with the route, the key entries, how the rally unfolded, the top-10 result and the most important retirements. For the season story, standings and the main players, see the 1983 season overview.

Rd. Rally Dates Surface Winner Car
1 Monte Carlo Rally 22–29 January 1983 Tarmac and snow Walter Röhrl Lancia Rally 037
2 Swedish Rally 11–13 February 1983 Snow Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A1
3 Rally de Portugal 2–5 March 1983 Tarmac and gravel Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A1
4 Safari Rally 30 March – 4 April 1983 Gravel Ari Vatanen Opel Ascona 400
5 Tour de Corse 5–7 May 1983 Tarmac Markku Alén Lancia Rally 037
6 Acropolis Rally 30 May – 2 June 1983 Gravel Walter Röhrl Lancia Rally 037
7 Rally New Zealand 25–28 June 1983 Gravel Walter Röhrl Lancia Rally 037
8 Rally Argentina 2–6 August 1983 Gravel Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A2
9 1000 Lakes Rally 26–28 August 1983 Gravel Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A2
10 Rallye Sanremo 2–8 October 1983 Tarmac and gravel Markku Alén Lancia Rally 037
11 Ivory Coast Rally 25–30 October 1983 Gravel Björn Waldegård Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo
12 RAC Rally 19–23 November 1983 Gravel Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro A2
Monte Carlo Rally 1983Walter Röhrl and Christian Geistdörfer won their third Monte Carlo Rally and led a Lancia one-two, the Rally 037’s first world championship win.Read more →Swedish Rally 1983Audi filled the top four places in Sweden, with Hannu Mikkola leading from the first stage to the last.Read more →Rally de Portugal 1983Hannu Mikkola beat team-mate Michèle Mouton by 55 seconds in a close Audi one-two; Walter Röhrl was third for Lancia.Read more →Safari Rally 1983Ari Vatanen and Terry Harryman won the Safari in the Opel Ascona 400 — the Rothmans Opel team’s only win of 1983.Read more →Tour de Corse 1983Lancia’s greatest day of 1983: a one-two-three-four in Corsica, led by Markku Alén.Read more →Acropolis Rally 1983Walter Röhrl won the Acropolis in the Lancia 037, proving the rear-wheel-drive car could win on rough gravel as well as tarmac.Read more →Rally New Zealand 1983Röhrl won again; Michèle Mouton led for 21 stages before her engine failed.Read more →Rally Argentina 1983Audi took the first four places in Argentina, with Mikkola heading Blomqvist, Mouton and Shekhar Mehta.Read more →1000 Lakes Rally 1983Hannu Mikkola won the 1000 Lakes by 21 seconds from Stig Blomqvist, with Markku Alén just 49 seconds behind in the Lancia — one of the closest finishes of the era.Read more →Rallye Sanremo 1983Lancia sealed the 1983 manufacturers’ title with a one-two-three in Sanremo: Alén, Röhrl, Bettega.Read more →Ivory Coast Rally 1983Björn Waldegård gave the Toyota Celica Twin-Cam Turbo its first world championship win, in Abidjan.Read more →RAC Rally 1983Stig Blomqvist won the RAC Rally with 36 stage wins — his only world championship win of 1983.Read more →

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Sources

  1. Jonkka's World Rally Archive (juwra.com), season 1983 — https://www.juwra.com/
  2. Wikipedia (EN), 1983 World Rally Championship — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_World_Rally_Championship

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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