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1982 Rallye de Portugal

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.

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

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overslept and missed the start) were classified in the end.[1] Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45's final factory outing.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.   Michèle Mouton   Fabrizia Pons Audi Quattro 4/4 7 / IN-NH 42 7:39:36 0.0 20
2.   Per Eklund   Ragnar Spjuth Toyota Celica 2000GT (RA45) 4/3 8 / K-RV 661 7:52:43 13:07 15
3.   Franz Wittmann Sr.   Peter Diekmann Audi Quattro 4/4 18 / IN-NL 88 8:07:25 27:49 12
4.   Carlos Torres   Filipe Lopes Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 10 / VWL 200R 8:30:58 51:22 10
5.   Alain Coppier   Josépha Laloz Citroën Visa Trophée B9 14 / 5474 VV 38 8:54:11 1:14:35 8
6.   Mário Silva   Bevilacqua Rui Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII 4/3 19 / DM-49-88 9:01:12 1:21:36 6
7.   António Ferreira da Cunha   Resende Carlos Opel Ascona 2000i 2/3 48 / NE-D 391 9:29:09 1:49:33 4
8.   Christian Dorche   Patricia Trivero Citroën Visa Trophée B9 27 / 6676 SN 35 9:35:39 1:56:03 3
9.   Olivier Tabatoni   Michel Cadier Citroën Visa Trophée B9 59 / 341 KB 13 9:40:36 2:01:00 2
10.   Jorge Fleck   Silvio Klein Opel Kadett GT/E 2/3 16 / AV-76-92 9:40:55 2:01:19 1
11.   Michel Marie   Carlos Duarte Citroën Visa Trophée B9 61 / 9:54:47 2:15:11
12.   António Segurado   Pedro Sena Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 83 / GZ-66-28 9:56:37 2:17:01
13.   Jean-Yves Le Masson   Joseph Pascal Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 84 / 9:57:51 2:18:15
14.   Stéphane Neyret   Antoine Marnas Citroën Visa Trophée B9 58 / 10:12:23 2:32:47
15.   Masaaki Kawahara   Shinya Ishikawa Datsun 280ZX 4 25 / 10:18:59 2:39:23
16.   Jean-Luc Marteil   Bernard Marchais Citroën Visa Trophée B9 60 / 4622 PK 78 10:28:54 2:49:18
17.   José Manuel Tavares   António Durães Datsun 120Y 2 95 / 10:37:46 2:58:10
18.   Ewald Klein   Jürgen Schneider Honda Civic A5 79 / WIL-R 464 10:46:42 3:07:06
19.   Manuel Mello Breyner   João Aragão Teixeira Peugeot 104 ZS2 N2 64 / FI-02-33 10:53:09 3:13:33
20.   Nicolas Stürken   João Reis Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII A7 72 / K-AH 1553 10:57:07 3:17:31
21.   Michel Malherbe   Vivien De Climens Volkswagen Golf GTi A6 56 / 11:10:22 3:30:46
22.   Pinto Mendes   Carlos Costa Honda Civic A5 66 / CM-92-34 11:44:02 4:04:26
23.   Robert Guieu   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
 
MON 		 
POR 		 
KEN 		 
FRA 		 
GRC 		 
NZL 		 
BRA 		 
FIN 		 
ITA 		 
GBR
1   Audi 16 18 34
2   Opel 18 12 30
3   Toyota - 16 16
4   Citroën - 14 14
4   Porsche 14 - 14
6   Ford - 12 12
7   Renault 10 - 10
Drivers' Championship standings
Rank Driver Event Total
points
 
MON 		 
SWE 		 
POR 		 
KEN 		 
FRA 		 
GRC 		 
NZL 		 
BRA 		 
FIN 		 
ITA 		 
CIV 		 
GBR
1   Walter Röhrl 20 12 – 32
2   Michèle Mouton – 8 20 28
3   Per Eklund – 10 15 25
4   Stig Blomqvist – 20 – 20
5   Hannu Mikkola 15 – – 15
  Ari Vatanen – 15 – 15
7   Jean-Luc Thérier 12 – – 12
  Franz Wittmann – – 12 12
8   Guy Fréquelin 10 – – 10
  Carlos Torres – – 10 10
10   Bruno Saby 8 – – 8
  Alain Coppier – – 8 8
12   Dany Snobeck 6 – – 6
  Lasse Lampi – 6 – 6
  Mário Silva – – 6 6
15   Jochi Kleint 4 – – 4
  Sören Nilsson – 4 – 4
  António Ferreira da Cunha – – 4 4
18   Philippe Touren 3 – – 3
  Kalle Grundel – 3 – 3
  Christian Dorche – – 3 3
21   Jean-Pierre Ballet 2 – – 2
  Bengt Thorsell – 2 – 2
  Olivier Tabatoni – – 2 2
24   Jürgen Barth 1 – – 1
  Mikael Ericsson – 1 – 1
  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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