The Peugeot season: Timo Salonen won five rallies and the title, while Ari Vatanen’s terrible crash in Argentina and Attilio Bettega’s death in Corsica overshadowed the year. Lancia’s Delta S4 won on its debut at the end of the season.
Every round of the 1985 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 1985 season overview .
Monte Carlo Rally 1985 Ari Vatanen won the Monte Carlo Rally despite an eight-minute penalty, the 205 T16’s fourth win in its last four starts. Read more → Swedish Rally 1985 Ari Vatanen won in Sweden, with Peugeot now beating Audi on snow. Read more → Rally de Portugal 1985 Timo Salonen won in Portugal after Walter Röhrl, who had led for 21 stages, lost the lead late on. Read more → Safari Rally 1985 Juha Kankkunen won his first world championship rally, on his first Safari, with Björn Waldegård making it a Toyota one-two. Read more → Tour de Corse 1985 A rally overshadowed by tragedy: Attilio Bettega was killed when his Lancia 037 hit a tree. Jean Ragnotti won in the Renault 5 Maxi Turbo. Read more → Acropolis Rally 1985 Timo Salonen led the Acropolis from start to finish, even though Stig Blomqvist won 29 of the 47 stages. Read more → Rally New Zealand 1985 A Peugeot one-two: Salonen ahead of Vatanen by 77 seconds, with Röhrl third after leading the first half. Read more → Rally Argentina 1985 Ari Vatanen crashed heavily on stage 2 and was badly injured. Timo Salonen won, and former Formula One driver Carlos Reutemann finished third in a second Peugeot. Read more → 1000 Lakes Rally 1985 Timo Salonen won his home rally in the 205 T16 E2 by 48 seconds from Blomqvist’s Sport Quattro S1 — his fifth win of the season. Read more → Rallye Sanremo 1985 Walter Röhrl won Sanremo in the Sport Quattro S1 — his only win with the S1, and his last world championship win. Read more → Ivory Coast Rally 1985 Juha Kankkunen led a Toyota one-two in the Ivory Coast, beating Björn Waldegård on a tie-break. Read more → RAC Rally 1985 Henri Toivonen and Neil Wilson won the RAC Rally on the debut of the Lancia Delta S4, with Alén second — and Tony Pond third on the debut of the MG Metro 6R4. Read more → Other seasons: 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1986 · All rallies 1982–1986 — filterable index
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