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The 1984 World Rally Championship was the 12th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 12 rallies following the same schedule as the previous season. Stig Blomqvist beat the defending world champion and Audi teammate Hannu Mikkola to the drivers' title. Audi took their second manufacturers' title, ahead of Lancia and the debuting Peugeot.

Summary

German team Audi Sport put together four of the top drivers in the world, with the defending world champion Hannu Mikkola returning to the team along with Stig Blomqvist. Michèle Mouton had a part-time contract and two-time champion Walter Röhrl was added from Martini Racing. Lancia Martini kept Markku Alén as their primary driver for the season and also featured Miki Biasion and Attilio Bettega. Lancia boss Cesare Fiorio had also signed Henri Toivonen from Porsche, stating that "Audi will have four top drivers next year so it would be very difficult competing with only two."^[1]

Blomqvist and Mikkola dominated the season in the Audi Quattro A2, with Blomqvist proving the best with five rally wins. Audi established an early lead, winning six of the first eight events, including sweeping the podium at the first two rallies. Mikkola had to settle for second overall despite a consistently strong season in which he took eight podium finishes. Alén was only able to reach third place, only capturing a single rally win in his Lancia Rally 037.

Late in the season, Ari Vatanen returned to the world rally scene in a Peugeot 205 T16, winning three of the final four rallies and reaching fourth place in the overall standings. His performance showed that Peugeot Sport, headed by Jean Todt, had a winner that could beat the Audi, which they would do in the coming years of Group B dominance.

As with previous seasons, while all twelve events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only ten of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. The two events in 1984 which applied only to driver standings were the Swedish Rally and the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire.

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Rounds
Audi Sport	Audi	Quattro A2 Quattro Sport	M P	Walter Röhrl	1, 3, 5–7, 10
				Hannu Mikkola	1, 3–4, 6–9, 11–12
				Stig Blomqvist	All
				Per Eklund	2, 9
				Michèle Mouton	2, 4, 6, 9, 12
				Lasse Lampi	2, 9
				Sarel van der Merwe	3
				Franz Wittmann	4, 7
				Bernard Darniche	5
				John Buffum	6, 12
				Jorge Recalde	8
				Rubén Luis di Palma	8
Martini Racing	Lancia	Rally 037 evo	P	Markku Alén	1, 3–7, 9–10
				Jean-Claude Andruet	1, 5
				Attilio Bettega	1, 3, 5–6, 10
				Henri Toivonen	3, 6, 9
				Vic Preston Jr	4
				Greg Criticos	4
Team Nissan Europe	Nissan	240RS	D	Timo Salonen	1, 4, 6–7, 12
				Terry Kaby	1, 9, 12
				Sören Nilsson	2
				Erkki Pitkanen	3, 9
				Shekhar Mehta	4, 6, 11–12
				Mike Kirkland	4
				Jayant Shah	4, 6
				George Moschous	6
				Stratis Hatzipanayiotou	6
				Reg Cook	7
				Pentti Airikkala	9
				Peter Geitel	9, 12
Renault Elf	Renault	5 Turbo	M P	Jean-Luc Thérier	1
				Bruno Saby	1, 5, 9
				François Chatriot	1, 5
				Dany Snobeck	1
				Jean Ragnotti	3, 5
				Joaquim Moutinho	3
				Jean-Pierre Manzagol	5
				Didier Auriol	5
				Camille Bartoli	5
Jolly Club	Lancia	Rally 037 evo	P	Miki Biasion	1, 3, 5–6, 10
Jolly Club	Lancia	Rally 037 evo	P	Adartico Vudafieri	5, 10
Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda	RX-7	P	Achim Warmbold	1, 6
				Minna Sillankorva	1
				Ingvar Carlsson	6, 12
				Philippe Wambergue	12
				Marianne Hoepfner	12
Citroën Compétitions	Citroën	Visa	M	Christian Dorche	1, 3
				Maurice Chomat	4, 9–10
				Philippe Wambergue	4, 9–10
				Christian Rio	4, 9–10
				Oliver Tabatoni	5–6, 9
				Mark Lovell	12
Opel Euro Team	Opel	Ascona 400 Manta 400	M	Mats Jonsson	2, 12
				Alex Jackson	2
				Guy Frequelin	4–5
				Rauno Aaltonen	4
				Yasuhiro Iwase	4, 8
				Alain Ambrosino	11
				Jimmy McRae	12
				Russell Brookes	12
				Phil Collins	12
				Bertie Fisher	12
Toyota Team Europe	Toyota	Celica TCT	P	Björn Waldegård	3–4, 7, 9, 12
				Juha Kankkunen	3, 7, 9, 12
				Per Eklund	4, 12
				Sandro Munari	4
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot	205 Turbo 16	M	Ari Vatanen	5–6, 9–10, 12
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot	205 Turbo 16	M	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	5–6, 10
Rothmans Porsche Rally Team	Porsche	911SC RS	M	Saeed Al-Hajri	6, 12
Rothmans Porsche Rally Team	Porsche	911SC RS	M	Roger Clark	12
Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen	Golf GTi	P	Kalle Grundel	1–3, 5, 9–10, 12

Events

Map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Snow/ice	Red = Mixed surface

Schedule and results

Round	Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Stages	Rank	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time
1	Rallye Monte Carlo (21–27 January)	30 stages 722 km Tarmac	1	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	8:52:29
			2	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	8:53:42
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	9:05:09

2	Swedish Rally^[2] (10–12 February)	27 stages 450 km Snow/Ice	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:16:45
			2	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:24:12
			3	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	4:33:27

3	Rallye de Portugal (6–11 March)	45 stages 684 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	7:35:32
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	7:35:59
			3	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	7:58:21

4	Safari Rally (19–23 April)	105 controls 5254 km Gravel	1	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	+2:02 pen
			2	Rauno Aaltonen	Lofty Drews	Opel Euro Team	Opel Manta 400	+2:13 pen
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	+2:25 pen

5	Tour de Corse (3–5 May)	30 stages 1119 km Tarmac	1	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	13:24:56
			2	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Jolly Club	Lancia Rally 037 evo	13:29:11
			3	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault Elf	Renault 5 Turbo	13:33:16

6	Acropolis Rally (28–31 May)	47 stages 830 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:41:51
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:44:58
			3	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	10:56:01

7	Rally New Zealand (23–26 June)	45 stages 1044 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:40:41
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	10:45:28
			3	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:48:10

8	Rally Argentina (27 July – 1 August)	23 stages 948 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:33:38
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:36:54
			3	Jorge Recalde	Jorge del Bouno	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	10:38:48

9	1000 Lakes Rally (24–26 August)	50 stages 457 km Gravel	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4:07:27
			2	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	4:08:26
			3	Henri Toivonen	Juha Piironen	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	4:10:19

10	Rallye Sanremo (30 September – 5 October)	46 stages 777 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	8:44:34
			2	Attilio Bettega	Maurizio Perissinot	Martini Racing	Lancia Rally 037 evo	8:50:01
			3	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Jolly Club	Lancia Rally 037 evo	8:53:58

11	Rallye Côte d'Ivoire^[2] (31 October – 5 November)	46 controls 4012 km Gravel	1	Stig Blomqvist	Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport	Audi Sport Quattro	+5:24 pen
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	+5:46 pen
			3	Shekhar Mehta	Yvonne Mehta	Team Nissan Europe	Nissan 240RS	+6:28 pen

12	RAC Rally (November 25–29)	56 stages 863 km Gravel/Tarmac	1	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	9:19:48
			2	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Audi Sport	Audi Quattro A2	9:20:29
			3	Per Eklund	Dave Whittock	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica TCT	9:37:07

Standings

Drivers' championship

Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
Rank	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR	Total points
1	Stig Blomqvist	15	20	0	0	(8)	20	20	20	10	0	20	0	125
2	Hannu Mikkola	12	–	20	12	–	15	(12)	15	0	–	15	15	104
3	Markku Alén	3	–	15	10	20	12	15	–	15	0	–	–	90
4	Ari Vatanen	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	20	20	–	20	60
5	Attilio Bettega	8	–	12	–	4	10	–	–	–	15	–	–	49
6	Miki Biasion	6	–	10	–	15	0	–	–	–	12	–	–	43
7	Per Eklund	–	12	–	0	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	12	30
8	Björn Waldegård	–	–	0	20	–	–	8	–	0	–	–	0	28
9	Shekhar Mehta	0	–	–	8	–	4	–	–	–	–	12	3	27
10	Timo Salonen	1	–	–	4	–	6	10	–	–	–	–	6	27
11	Walter Röhrl	20	–	6	–	0	0	0	–	–	0	–	–	26
12	Michèle Mouton	–	15	–	0	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	10	25
13	Jean Ragnotti	–	–	8	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20
14	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	–	–	–	–	10	0	–	–	–	8	–	–	18
15	Rauno Aaltonen	–	–	–	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15
16	Jorge Recalde	–	–	–	–	–	–	-	12	–	–	–	–	12
16	Henri Toivonen	–	–	0	–	–	0	–	–	12	–	–	–	12
18	Kalle Grundel	2	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	–	0	12
19	Jean-Luc Thérier	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
	Mats Jonsson	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Mario Stillo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–	–	–
	Fabrizio Tabaton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	–
	Alain Ambrosino	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	–
24	Lars-Erik Torph	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	8
	John Buffum	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Yasuhiro Iwase	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–	–	–	–	–
	Juha Kankkunen	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	–	8	–	–	0
	David Horsey	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	–
	Russell Brookes	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8
30	Björn Johansson	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6
	Vic Preston, Jr.	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jean-Claude Andruet	0	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Reg Cook	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
	Miguel Torrás	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–
	Patrick Tauziac	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–
36	Bernard Darniche	4	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	Kenneth Eriksson	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Malcolm Stewart	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
	Carlos Bassi	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
	Erkki Pitkänen	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–
	Massimo Ercolani	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–
	Jimmy McRae	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
43	Stig Andervang	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3
	Jorge Ortigão	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Franz Wittmann	–	–	–	3	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–
	François Chatriot	0	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Iórgos Moschous	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
	'Possum' Bourne	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
	Hugo Hernández	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
	Bruno Saby	0	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	3	–	–	0
	Gerhard Kalnay	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–
52	Yoshio Iwashita	–	–	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
53	Gunnar Pettersson	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Christian Dorche	0	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Guy Fréquelin	–	–	–	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Achim Warmbold	0	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Tony Teesdale	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Monnenmacher Pérez	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
	Jouko Pöysti	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	0
	Michele Rayneri	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–
	Bertie Fisher	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
62	Jerry Åhlin	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1
	Russell Gooding	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Basil Criticos	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Yves Loubet	0	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Blair Robson	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Walter d'Agostini	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
	Kalevi Aho	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Werner Grissmann	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
	Mikael Ericsson	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	1

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturers	Event										Total points
Rank	Manufacturers	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	GBR	Total points
1	Audi	18	18	14	(10)	18	18	18	–	–	16	120
2	Lancia	(10)	16	12	18	14	16	–	16	16	–	108
3	Peugeot	–	–	–	12	–	–	8	18	18	18	74
4	Toyota	–	10	18	–	–	10	–	10	–	14	62
5	Renault	12	10	–	14	–	–	15	4	–	–	55
6	Opel	–	–	16	2	–	–	11	2	7	10	48
7	Nissan	2	–	10	–	8	12	–	6	–	8	46
8	Volkswagen	9	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	–	34
9	Subaru	–	–	–	–	–	11	–	–	–	–	11
10	Alfa Romeo	–	–	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	9
10	Fiat	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	–	9
12	Ford	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
13	Citroën	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
14	Vauxhall	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Mazda	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Mitsubishi	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2

Pointscoring systems

Drivers' championship

Points awarded by finish	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points awarded by finish	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Manufacturers' championship

Overall finish	Group finish
Overall finish	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2	17	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	16	15	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	15	14	13	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	14	13	12	11	10	–	–	–	–	–
6	13	12	11	10	9	8	–	–	–	–
7	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	–	–	–
8	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	–	–
9	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	–
10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

References

^ Collins, Peter (2008). Lancia 037: The Development & Rally History of a World Champion. Veloce Publishing Ltd. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-84584-076-1.
^ ^a ^b Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship