1976 World Rally Championship

4th season of the World Rally Championship 1976 World Rally Championship World Manufacturers' Champion Lancia 1975 1977 The 1976 World Rally Championship was the fourth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). 10 events were included on the schedule, as the series revisited the same locations as the previous season. The only change in the schedule was a slight shuffle in order, with Portugal being moved up to March from July. Lancia again repeated its title, with the Stratos HF accumulating another four rally wins, and scoring more than twice as many points as its nearest competitor, Opel. The Ascona's consistency was enough for second place overall, despite no wins. Lancia's dynasty, however, would not continue, as this was to be the last WRC title for the Stratos. From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a championship for manufacturers. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers. Calendar Round Rally name Surface Dates 1 MON 1976 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed (Tarmac - Snow) 17–24 January 2 SWE 1976 Swedish Rally Snow 20–22 February 3 POR Rally de Portugal Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 10–14 March 4 KEN Safari Rally Gravel 15–19 April 5 GRE old Acropolis Rally Gravel 22–28 May 6 MAR Rallye du Maroc Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel) 22–27 June 7 FIN 1000 Lakes Rally Gravel 27–29 August 8 ITA Rallye Sanremo Tarmac 6–9 October 9 FRA Tour de Corse Tarmac 6–7 November 10 GBR RAC Rally Gravel 27–30 NovemberSources:WRC 1976 https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/1976/ eWRC-results.com 15 January 20241976 WRC calendar https://www.juwra.com/calendar_1976.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 15 January 2024 Manufacturers' championship Points were awarded to the best placed vehicle of each manufacturer.Rule changes for 1973 https://www.juwra.com/rules_1973.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 15 January 2024 Schedule of points by place: Place1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints20151210864321 Pos. Position Manufacturer MonacoMON SwedenSWE PortugalPOR KenyaKEN Greece oldGRC MoroccoMAR FinlandFIN ItalyITA FranceFRA United KingdomGBR Points 1 Italy Lancia 20 10 20 - - 12 - 20 20 10 112 2 Germany Opel 10 12 12 - 8 - - 8 3 4 57 3 GBR Ford 8 - 4 - - - 15 - - 20 47 4 Sweden Saab - 20 - - - - 8 - - 15 43 5 Japan Datsun - - 6 4 20 - 6 - - 3 39 6 Japan Toyota - - 15 - - - 12 - - 8 35 7 Italy Fiat 6 - - - - - 20 6 - - 32 8 France Peugeot - - - 10 - 20 - - 1 - 31 9 France Alpine-Renault - - - - 15 - - - 12 - 27 10 Japan Mitsubishi - - - 20 - - - - - - 20 11 Germany Porsche 4 - - - - - - 2 8 - 14 12 Italy Alfa Romeo 1 - - 1 10 - - - - - 12 13 France Citroën - - - - - 10 - - - - 10 14 USSR Lada - - - - 6 - - - - - 6 France Renault - - - - - 6 - - - - 6 16 Sweden Volvo - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 Germany BMW - - - - 4 - - - - - 4 18 Japan Mazda - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 Germany Volkswagen - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 20 UK British Leyland Cars - - - - - - - - - 2 2 21 East Germany Wartburg - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Pos. Position Manufacturer MonacoMON SwedenSWE PortugalPOR KenyaKEN Greece oldGRC MoroccoMAR FinlandFIN ItalyITA FranceFRA United KingdomGBR PointsSources:Season 1976 – Championship standings https://www.juwra.com/season_1976_points.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 15 January 2024 Events 1976 World Rally Championship event map 800px Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface 1976 World Rally Championship schedule and results Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium CarsMonacoRallye Monte Carlo 17–24 January Italy Sandro Munari (6h:25m:10s) Sweden Björn Waldegård (6h:26m:37s) France Bernard Darniche (6h:31m:23s) Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HFSwedenSwedish Rally 20–22 February Sweden Per Eklund (8h:08m:26s) Sweden Stig Blomqvist (8h:10m:02s) Sweden Anders Kulläng (8h:31m:10s) Saab 96 V4 Saab 96 V4 Opel AsconaPortugalRallye de Portugal 10–14 March Italy Sandro Munari (5h:41m:26s) Sweden Ove Andersson (5h:44m:24s) Portugal 'Mêquêpê' (6h:26m:37s) Lancia Stratos HF Toyota Celica Opel Kadett GT/EKenyaSafari Rally 15–19 April Kenya Joginder Singh (+1m:57s penalties) Kenya Robin Ulyate (+2m:21s penalties) UK Andrew Cowan (+2m:42s penalties) Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSR Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 GSRGreece oldAcropolis Rally 22–28 May Sweden Harry Källström (8h:43m:14s) Greece old 'Siroco' (8h:48m:38s) Kenya Shekhar Mehta (9h:09m:53s) Datsun 160J Alpine-Renault A110 1800 Datsun 160JMoroccoRallye du Maroc 22–27 June France Jean-Pierre Nicolas (20h:20m:15s) Finland Simo Lampinen (20h:42m:52s) Italy Sandro Munari (21h:38m:38s) Peugeot 504 Peugeot 504 Lancia Stratos HFFinland1000 Lakes Rally 27–29 August Finland Markku Alén (4h:10m:18s) Finland Pentti Airikkala (4h:11m:03s) Finland Hannu Mikkola (4h:13m:32s) Fiat 131 Abarth Ford Escort RS1800 Toyota CelicaItalyRallye Sanremo 6–9 October Sweden Björn Waldegård (10h:27m:40s) Italy Sandro Munari (10h:27m:44s) Italy Raffaele Pinto (10h:37m:13s) Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HFFranceTour de Corse 6–7 November Italy Sandro Munari (8h:23m:55s) France Bernard Darniche (8h:24m:12s) France Jean-Pierre Manzagol (8h:49m:14s) Lancia Stratos HF Lancia Stratos HF Alpine-Renault A310UKRAC Rally 27–30 November UK Roger Clark (6h:02m:26s) Sweden Stig Blomqvist (6h:07m:03s) Sweden Björn Waldegård (6h:07m:55s) Ford Escort RS1800 Saab 99 EMS Ford Escort RS1800Sources: Season 1976 – Season statistics – Event statistics https://www.juwra.com/season_1975_event_stats.html Jonkka's World Rally Archive 15 January 2024 See also 1976 in sports References External links FIA World Rally Championship 1976 at ewrc-results.com World Rally Championship Category:World Rally Championship seasons 1976 World Rally Championship season