5× Mehta Shekhar; 5× Tundo Carl; 4× Waldegård Björn; 3× Chager Baldev; 3× Kankkunen Ju WRC #4 • Africa #3 • Kenya #1 Peugeot Talbot Sport, having made a successful late-season entry to the Group B with their new Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 car, returned in 1985 for a full season with the car. Marlboro Safari Rally 1985.
The flimsy exterior of the car shattered, but the strong rollcage absorbed most of the impact. 33. Entry list; Models; Final results; All; Africa; Kenya; M; All; A; A5; A6; A7; A8; B12; Final results. WRC #4 • Africa #3 • Kenya #1 Audi Sport faced the dual pressure of Peugeot's strong 205 car in competition, and waning company commitment to the Quattro rally program. 4. finished: 16 (16 on list) Cumulative penalty: 1. 4. 1985, Nairobi • gravel 5167.00 km • Other years.
Please consider supporting us by disabling Adblock. The Lancia Martini team's season was an even greater disappointment than Audi's. 4. Mainpage; Find driver; Season; Events; Top stats; Photos; History of cars; Car plates; Rally calendar; Pickems; Contact; Safari Rally Hall of fame.
Although he would recover and return to the sport, the Peugeot team was forced to turn to its other driver, Timo Salonen. 4. While both Stig Blomqvist and Walter Röhrl were retained as drivers, they suffered generally at the hands of the Peugeot team although they would ultimately place second and third respectively.
WRC #4 • Africa #2 • Kenya #1. WRC #4 • PWRC #4 • Africa #2 Arriving for the final rally of the season, the RAC Rally, it succeeded in collecting the victory and giving the team hope for competing in the following season. championship for manufacturers; PWRC; IRC; 2-Litre WRC; Africa; Kenya; Others; Wins. 1985 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS Win was 1st win and 1st podium for Juha Kankkunen. His co-driver Maurizio Perissinot survived the crash uninjured.
Event not included in the Manufacturers' Championship, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1985_World_Rally_Championship&oldid=958359620, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 23 May 2020, at 10:50. Austin Rallying made its entrance to the rally scene with the new MG Metro 6R4 and its 3.0L V6 engine, taking a podium position at the RAC.
On-line archive of FIA World Rally Championship from 1973 to present day. 36. 1988, Nairobi • gravel • Other years. Login. 29. Second place was 30th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. eWRC results. As with previous seasons, while all 12 events were calculated for tallying the drivers' scores, only 11 of the events applied to the championship for manufacturers. On the 4th stage of the rally, Italian driver Attilio Bettega crashed his Lancia 037 into a tree and was killed instantly. Marlboro Safari Rally 1988.
Their season however only included a single rally win between them, with Röhrl's triumph at Sanremo proving to be Audi's last Group B victory in the World Rally Championship. The 1985 World Rally Championship was the 13th season of the Fédération Internationale de … 4. Unfortunately, Vatanen had a major accident in Argentina while speeding down a long, straight road in top gear when his car crashed and rolled end-over-front. The 1985 World Rally Championship was the 13th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). – 4. Peugeot Sport's Timo Salonen beat Audi Sport's Stig Blomqvist and Walter Röhrl to the drivers' title. 3. – 8. The event in 1985 which applied only to driver standings was Rallye Côte d'Ivoire.
Marlboro Safari Rally 1985. – 2. The drivers were airlifted to hospital by Peugeot's helicopter, and Vatanen's injuries were severe and seemed life-threatening. 1985, Nairobi • gravel 5167.00 km • Other years.
Marlboro Safari Rally 1986. Salonen had already taken the points lead and finished with the driver's championship on the strength of five rally wins. 3. Ari Vatanen, who had won three of the last four rallies of 1984 in the car, also returned with the team and in the first rally of the season, passed Walter Röhrl's Quattro in the snowy and icy terrain after incurring an eight-minute penalty caused by co-driver Terry Harryman's error.
4. Peugeot won their first manufacturers' title, ahead of Audi and Lancia. Toivonen would suffer an accident, breaking three vertebrae in his neck early on and missing most of the season. Menu .