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1982 Rallye de Portugal

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1982 Rally of Portugal
16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto
Round 1 of the 1982 World Rally Championship
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Host country Portugal
Rally baseEstoril
Dates runMarch 3 – 6 1982
Stages40 (639 km; 397 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel and tarmac
Overall distance2,313 km (1,437 miles)
Statistics
Crews91 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Michèle Mouton
Italy Fabrizia Pons
Germany Audi Sport
Germany Audi Quattro

The 1982 Rally of Portugal (formally the 16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto) was the third round of the 1982 World Rally Championship season, after the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies. It was the second event in the Championship of Makes, as the Swedish Rally did not count towards the Manufacturers' Championship.

Report

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The fifth-place finishing Citroën Visa Trophée of Alain Coppier

Michèle Mouton dominated a rally with lots of mechanical retirements; seven out of ten factory team starters did not finish. Only 23 of the 91 starters (the 92nd entrant, Belgian Claude Reusch, overslept and missed the start) were classified in the end.[1] Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45's final factory outing. Franz Wittmann, Sr. finished third in the second works' Audi.

Henri Toivonen put on a good show in his Ascona 400, being a spectator favourite, but a series of technical failures (changing the rear axle twice) pushed him as far back as 18th. A succession of four fastest times brought him back up to fifth, but a broken clutch ended his race with four special stages left.[2] His teammate Walter Röhrl crashed out after his steering failed. All of the Nissans (Salonen, Pond, Mendes) broke down, the differential failed in Björn Waldegård's Celica, and the front suspension collapsed on Jean-Luc Thérier's Alméras-Porsche 911 SC.[2] Because of the large number of retirements, six out of six of the new 1.2-liter, Group B Citroën Visa Trophées finished, with the best one gaining a fifth position ahead of significantly more powerful cars.[1]

Results

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Final standings:[3]

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Group Starting no./Registration Time Difference Points
1982 Rallye de Portugal results
1. France Michèle Mouton Italy Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 4/4 7 / IN-NH 42 7:39:36 0.0 20
2. Sweden Per Eklund Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT (RA45) 4/3 8 / K-RV 661 7:52:43 13:07 15
3. Austria Franz Wittmann Sr. Germany Peter Diekmann Audi Quattro 4/4 18 / IN-NL 88 8:07:25 27:49 12
4. Portugal Carlos Torres Portugal Filipe Lopes Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 10 / VWL 200R 8:30:58 51:22 10
5. France Alain Coppier France Josépha Laloz Citroën Visa Trophée B9 14 / 5474 VV 38 8:54:11 1:14:35 8
6. Portugal Mário Silva Portugal Bevilacqua Rui Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 19 / DM-49-88 9:01:12 1:21:36 6
7. Portugal António Ferreira da Cunha Portugal Resende Carlos Opel Ascona 2000i 2/3 48 / NE-D 391 9:29:09 1:49:33 4
8. France Christian Dorche France Patricia Trivero Citroën Visa Trophée B9 27 / 6676 SN 35 9:35:39 1:56:03 3
9. France Olivier Tabatoni France Michel Cadier Citroën Visa Trophée B9 59 / 341 KB 13 9:40:36 2:01:00 2
10. Brazil Jorge Fleck Brazil Silvio Klein Opel Kadett GT/E 2/3 16 / AV-76-92 9:40:55 2:01:19 1
11. France Michel Marie Portugal Carlos Duarte Citroën Visa Trophée B9 61 / 9:54:47 2:15:11
12. Portugal António Segurado Portugal Pedro Sena Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 83 / GZ-66-28 9:56:37 2:17:01
13. France Jean-Yves Le Masson France Joseph Pascal Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 84 / 9:57:51 2:18:15
14. France Stéphane Neyret France Antoine Marnas Citroën Visa Trophée B9 58 / 10:12:23 2:32:47
15. Japan Masaaki Kawahara Japan Shinya Ishikawa Datsun 280ZX 4 25 / 10:18:59 2:39:23
16. France Jean-Luc Marteil France Bernard Marchais Citroën Visa Trophée B9 60 / 4622 PK 78 10:28:54 2:49:18
17. Portugal José Manuel Tavares Portugal António Durães Datsun 120Y 2 95 / 10:37:46 2:58:10
18. Germany Ewald Klein Germany Jürgen Schneider Honda Civic A5 79 / WIL-R 464 10:46:42 3:07:06
19. Portugal Manuel Mello Breyner Portugal João Aragão Teixeira Peugeot 104 ZS2 N2 64 / FI-02-33 10:53:09 3:13:33
20. Germany Nicolas Stürken Portugal João Reis Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 72 / K-AH 1553 10:57:07 3:17:31
21. Switzerland Michel Malherbe France Vivien De Climens Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 56 / 11:10:22 3:30:46
22. Portugal Pinto Mendes Portugal Carlos Costa Honda Civic A5 66 / CM-92-34 11:44:02 4:04:26
23. France Robert Guieu France Maurice Lebre Peugeot 104 ZS 2 94 / 11:57:15 4:17:39

Championship standings after the event

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Makers' Championship standings
Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
Monaco
MON
Portugal
POR
Kenya
KEN
France
FRA
Greece
GRC
New Zealand
NZL
Brazil
BRA
Finland
FIN
Italy
ITA
United Kingdom
GBR
1 Germany Audi 16 18 34
2 Germany Opel 18 12 30
3 Japan Toyota - 16 16
4 France Citroën - 14 14
4 Germany Porsche 14 - 14
6 United Kingdom Ford - 12 12
7 France Renault 10 - 10
Drivers' Championship standings
Rank Driver Event Total
points
Monaco
MON
Sweden
SWE
Portugal
POR
Kenya
KEN
France
FRA
Greece
GRC
New Zealand
NZL
Brazil
BRA
Finland
FIN
Italy
ITA
Ivory Coast
CIV
United Kingdom
GBR
1 West Germany Walter Röhrl 20 12 32
2 France Michèle Mouton 8 20 28
3 Sweden Per Eklund 10 15 25
4 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 20 20
5 Finland Hannu Mikkola 15 15
Finland Ari Vatanen 15 15
7 France Jean-Luc Thérier 12 12
Austria Franz Wittmann 12 12
8 France Guy Fréquelin 10 10
Portugal Carlos Torres 10 10
10 France Bruno Saby 8 8
France Alain Coppier 8 8
12 France Dany Snobeck 6 6
Finland Lasse Lampi 6 6
Portugal Mário Silva 6 6
15 West Germany Jochi Kleint 4 4
Sweden Sören Nilsson 4 4
Portugal António Ferreira da Cunha 4 4
18 France Philippe Touren 3 3
Sweden Kalle Grundel 3 3
France Christian Dorche 3 3
21 France Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 2
Sweden Bengt Thorsell 2 2
France Olivier Tabatoni 2 2
24 West Germany Jürgen Barth 1 1
Sweden Mikael Ericsson 1 1
Brazil Jorge Fleck 1 1

References

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  1. ^ a b Bishop, Hugh (March 11, 1982). "Michele takes another". Autosport. Vol. 86, no. 10. Haymarket Publishing. p. 18.
  2. ^ a b Bishop 1982, pp. 19-20.
  3. ^ Oliveira, André (2013-05-04). "16. Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto 1982". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22.
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