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
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. Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45's final factory outing.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.Bishop 1982, pp. 19-20. 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. Six out of six of the new 1.2-liter, Group B Citroën Visa Trophées reached the finish; in part because of the large number of retirements, the best one gained a fifth position – ahead of some significantly more powerful cars.
Results Final standings:
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 Makers' Championship standings Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints 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 Totalpoints 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
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship 1982 Portugal Rally at Rallye-info