Statistics and records

Every figure on this page is calculated from the top three of all 61 world championship rallies held between January 1982 and December 1986. The annulled 1986 Rallye Sanremo is excluded, leaving 60 results and 180 podium places. Click a column header to sort.

61
world rallies 1982–1986
60
valid results (Sanremo 1986 annulled)
15
different winners
5
world champions

For rally-by-rally data (dates, surfaces, stages, starters and finishers) use the filterable index of all 61 rallies.

Championship standings

Wins by driver

Wins by co-driver

Wins by car

Wins by make

Wins by team (1983–1986)

The results sources used do not list team names for 1982.

Compare the cars

European and national titles by car

Drivers’ titles in the European championship and the twelve national championships covered in European and national championships, 1982–1986. Group 4 Porsche titles are included; titles won in Group 2 or older Group 4 Escorts, Sunbeams, Chevettes and the Lancer Turbo are not.

Car Titles Where and when
Opel Ascona 400 / Manta 400 14 ERC 1982; Britain 1982, 1984, 1985; France 1983, 1985; Germany 1983; Ireland 1984–86; Netherlands 1984, 1985; Austria 1982; Switzerland 1982
Lancia 037 10 ERC 1983–85; Italy 1983, 1984 (Open), 1985 (Open); Spain 1985, 1986; Belgium 1985; Switzerland 1986 — plus Italy 1985 (second title) and a share of Italy 1982
Audi Quattro 10 Germany 1982, 1984; Britain 1983; Austria 1983–85; Finland (Group B class) 1983–86
Renault 5 Turbo 7 France 1982, 1984; Spain 1983; Switzerland 1984, 1985; Portugal 1985, 1986
Porsche 911 SC / SC RS 4 Belgium 1982–84; Switzerland 1983
Ford RS200 3 Britain, Belgium, Netherlands 1986
Peugeot 205 T16 2 Germany 1985, 1986
Lancia Delta S4 2 ERC 1986; Italy 1986
MG Metro 6R4 1 France 1986
Ferrari 308 GTB 1 Spain 1984 — plus a share of Italy 1982

Georg Fischer’s 1986 Austrian title in an Audi is not counted because the car’s identity and group are uncertain.

Records and notable numbers

Record Figure Notes
Most WRC wins 1982–1986 8 — Stig Blomqvist Counting from 1983: Timo Salonen with 7
Most wins in a season 5 Blomqvist (1984) and Salonen (1985)
Most consecutive wins 5 — Ari Vatanen 1984 1000 Lakes to 1985 Swedish Rally
Monte Carlo wins with different makes 4 — Walter Röhrl Fiat (1980), Opel (1982), Lancia (1983), Audi (1984)
First woman to win a world rally Michèle Mouton Sanremo 1981; three more wins in 1982
Stage wins (career) 801 — Markku Alén Record until 2011
Shortest reign as ‘champion’ 11 days — Markku Alén 1986 title passed to Kankkunen after Sanremo was annulled
Manufacturers’ titles Audi 2 (1982, 1984), Peugeot 2 (1985, 1986), Lancia 1 (1983)

Scope. In 1982 many Group 4 cars were still competing (including the Ford Escort, Datsun Violet and Toyota Celica 2000GT), and that year’s Audi Quattro and Opel Ascona 400 were also still Group 4 cars. The 1982 wins are counted here as ‘world rally wins in the Group B era’, not as wins by Group B cars.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN), World Rally Championship season articles 1982–1986 (results, citing eWRC-results and Jonkka's World Rally Archive) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_World_Rally_Championship
  2. eWRC-results — https://www.ewrc-results.com/
  3. Jonkka's World Rally Archive — https://www.juwra.com/
  4. Wikipedia (EN), Group B — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_B
  5. Wikipedia (EN), Markku Alén — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markku_Al%C3%A9n

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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