Lancia in rallying

Italian car manufacturer Lancia participated in top-level rallying until 1992, winning fifteen World Rally Championship titles.

Twice world rally champion, the Italian Miki Biasion and his Lancia Delta Integrale in the colors of Martini Racing.

History

Lancia has been very successful in motorsport over the years, and mostly in the arena of rallying. Prior to the forming of the World Rally Championship, Lancia took the final International Championship for Manufacturers title with the Fulvia in 1972. In the WRC, they remain the most statistically successful marque (despite having withdrawn at the end of the 1993 season), winning constructors' titles with the Stratos (1974, 1975 and 1976), the 037 (1983) and the Delta (six consecutive wins from 1987 to 1992). The Delta is also the most successful individual model designation ever to compete in rallying. All this gave Lancia a total of 10 championships over the years.

Juha Kankkunen and Miki Biasion both won two drivers' titles with the Delta. Among other drivers to take several World Rally Championship wins with Lancia were Markku Alén, Didier Auriol, Sandro Munari, Bernard Darniche, Walter Röhrl, Björn Waldegård and Henri Toivonen. The history of the brand in rallying is also tainted with tragedy, with deaths of Italian driver Attilio Bettega at the 1985 Tour de Corse in a Lancia 037 and then Finnish championship favourite Toivonen in a Lancia Delta S4 at the same rally exactly a year later. These deaths would eventually lead to the end of Group B rallying.

Martini Racing

In 1982, just as they had done one year previously with sports cars, Martini Racing signed with the works Lancia team, sponsoring the brand new Group B Lancia 037, with Attilio Bettega and Markku Alén as drivers.[1] The Lancia Martini partnership in the World Rally Championship was one of the company's longest, remaining until the end of the 1992 season, with several cars, including the Group B Delta S4 and Group A Delta Integrale winning events and titles with drivers such as Juha Kankkunen, Bruno Saby, Massimo Biasion and Didier Auriol. The Martini Lancia cars won the WRC Drivers' title in 1987 and 1991 with Kankkunen, and 1988 and 1989 with Biasion, as well as the Constructors' title with the 037 in 1983, and consecutively with the Group A Delta from 1987 to 1992. In 1993, Martini managed a smaller sponsorship program, restricted to the Italian Rally Championship with Italian rallyman Dario Cerrato.

See also: Martini Racing

WRC Results (Group B era)

Year	Car	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points	WMC	Points
1982	Lancia 037	Markku Alén	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 9	GRE Ret	NZL	BRA	FIN Ret	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR 4		21st	12	9th	25
		Attilio Bettega	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		-	0
		Adartico Vudafieri	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE Ret	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV Ret	GBR		-	0
		Fabrizio Tabaton	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		-	0
1983	Lancia 037	Walter Röhrl	MON 1	SWE	POR 3	KEN	FRA 2	GRC 1	NZL 1	ARG	FIN	ITA 2	CIV	GBR		2nd	102	1st	118
		Markku Alén	MON 2	SWE	POR 4	KEN	FRA 1	GRC 2	NZL	ARG 5	FIN 3	ITA 1	CIV	GBR		3rd	100
		Jean-Claude Andruet	MON 8	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		41st	3
		Adartico Vudafieri	MON	SWE	POR 5	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG Ret	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		12th*	20*
		Attilio Bettega	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 4	GRC 5	NZL 3	ARG	FIN	ITA 3	CIV	GBR		7th	42
		Francisco Mayorga	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG Ret	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		-	0
		Pentti Airikkala	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN 5	ITA	CIV	GBR		21st	8
1984	Lancia 037	Markku Alén	MON 8	SWE	POR 2	KEN 4	FRA 1	GRC 3	NZL 2	ARG	FIN 2	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		3rd	90	2nd	108
		Jean-Claude Andruet	MON Ret	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 6	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		30th	6
		Attilio Bettega	MON 5	SWE	POR 3	KEN	FRA 7	GRC 4	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA 2	CIV	GBR		5th	49
		Henri Toivonen	MON	SWE	POR Ret	KEN	FRA	GRC Ret	NZL	ARG	FIN 3	ITA	CIV	GBR		16th	12
		Vic Preston Jr	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 6	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		30th	6
1985	Lancia 037	Markku Alén	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN 3	ITA 4	CIV	GBR		7th	37	3rd	70
		Henri Toivonen	MON 6	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN 4	ITA 3	CIV	GBR		6th	48
		Attilio Bettega	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		-	0
		Vic Preston Jr	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		-	0
	Lancia Delta S4	Markku Alén												GBR 2		-	0
		Henri Toivonen												GBR 1		-	0
1986	Lancia Delta S4	Markku Alén	MON Ret	SWE 2	POR Ret		FRA Ret	GRC Ret	NZL 2	ARG 2	FIN 3	CIV	ITA 1	GBR 2	USA 1	2nd	104	2nd	122
		Henri Toivonen	MON 1	SWE Ret	POR Ret	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	13th	20
		Miki Biasion	MON 68	SWE	POR Ret		FRA Ret	GRC 2	NZL 3	ARG 1	FIN	CIV	ITA 3	GBR	USA	5th	47
		Mikael Ericsson	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC Ret	NZL 4	ARG	FIN 5	CIV	ITA	GBR Ret	USA	-	0
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG 4	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	22nd	10
		Kalle Grundel	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN 6	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	9th*	26*
	Lancia 037	Markku Alén				KEN 3
		Miki Biasion				KEN Ret
		Greg Criticos	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 9	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	60th	2
		Johnny Hellier	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 10	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	70th	1
		Vic Preston Jr	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	USA	-	0

WRC Results (Group A era)

Year	Car	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points	WMC	Points
1987	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Juha Kankkunen	MON 2	SWE 3	POR 4	KEN	FRA	GRC 2	USA 1	NZL	ARG	FIN 5	CIV	ITA	GBR 1		1st	100	1st	140
		Miki Biasion	MON 1	SWE	POR 8	KEN	FRA 3	GRC 7	USA 2	NZL	ARG 1	FIN	CIV	ITA 1	GBR		2nd	94
		Markku Alén	MON	SWE 5	POR 1	KEN	FRA	GRE 1	USA 3	NZL	ARG	FIN 1	CIV	ITA Ret	GBR 5		3rd	88
		Bruno Saby	MON Ret	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		-	0
		Mikael Ericsson	MON	SWE 2	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR 4		10th	28
		Vic Preston jr	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 14	FRA	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		-	0
		Yves Loubet	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 2	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		20th	15
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG 2	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		9th*	30*
1988	Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale	Miki Biasion	MON Ret	SWE	POR 1	KEN 1	FRA	GRC 1	USA 1	NZL	ARG 2	FIN	CIV	ITA 1	GBR		1st	115	1st	140
		Bruno Saby	MON 1	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 3	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		6th	32
		Yves Loubet	MON Ret	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 2	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		10th*	27*
		Mikael Ericsson	MON	SWE Ret	POR Ret	KEN	FRA	GRC 2	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN 2	CIV	ITA	GBR Ret		8th	30
		Markku Alén	MON	SWE 1	POR 6	KEN	FRA	GRE 4	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN 1	CIV	ITA 4	GBR 1		2nd	86
		Vic Preston jr	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		-	0
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG 1	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		9th*	27*
1989	Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Miki Biasion	SWE	MON 1	POR 1	KEN 1	FRA	GRC 1	NZL	ARG	FIN 6	AUS	ITA 1	CIV	GBR		1st	106	1st	140
		Didier Auriol	SWE	MON 2	POR Ret	KEN	FRA 1	GRC 2	NZL	ARG	FIN Ret	AUS	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		5th	50
		Bruno Saby	SWE	MON 3	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		25th	12
		Markku Alén	SWE	MON	POR 2	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN Ret	AUS 3	ITA	CIV	GBR		9th	27
		Jorge Recalde	SWE	MON	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG 3	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		15th*	20*
		Yves Loubet	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA 4	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		29th	10
		Mikael Ericsson	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG 1	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		4th*	50*
1990	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Miki Biasion	MON 3	POR 1	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC 3	NZL	ARG 1	FIN	AUS	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR 3			4th	76	1st	137
		Juha Kankkunen	MON Ret	POR 3	KEN 2	FRA	GRC 2	NZL	ARG Ret	FIN 5	AUS 1	ITA 2	CIV	GBR Ret			3rd	85
		Didier Auriol	MON 1	POR 2	KEN	FRA 1	GRC Ret	NZL	ARG 3	FIN Ret	AUS Ret	ITA 1	CIV	GBR 5			2nd	95
		Alex Fiorio	MON	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS 3	ITA	CIV	GBR			9th*	25*
		Yves Loubet	MON	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR			-	0
1991	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	Miki Biasion	MON 2	SWE	POR 3	KEN Ret	FRA	GRC 3	NZL	ARG 2	FIN	AUS	ITA 2	CIV	ESP	GBR Ret	4th	69	1st	137
		Juha Kankkunen	MON 5	SWE	POR 4	KEN 1	FRA	GRC 1	NZL 2	ARG 4	FIN 1	AUS 1	ITA Ret	CIV	ESP 2	GBR 1	1st	150
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 3	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG 5	FIN	AUS 8	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	9th*	29*
		Bruno Saby	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	33rd*	8*
		Yves Loubet	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 6	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	33rd*	8*
1992	Lancia Delta Integrale HF	Juha Kankkunen	MON 3	SWE	POR 1	KEN 2	FRA	GRC 2	NZL	ARG	FIN 2	AUS 2	ITA 2	CIV	ESP 2	GBR 3	2nd	134	1st	140
		Didier Auriol	MON 1	SWE	POR Ret	KEN	FRA 1	GRC 1	NZL	ARG 1	FIN 1	AUS 1	ITA Ret	CIV	ESP 10	GBR Ret	3rd	121
		Andrea Aghini	MON	SWE	POR Ret	KEN	FRA 6	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 1	CIV	ESP 3	GBR 10	7th	39
		Björn Waldegård	MON	SWE	POR	KEN Ret	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	-	0
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN 3	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG Ret	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	10th*	28*
		Philippe Bugalski	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 3	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN 9	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	13th*	22*

Titles

• International Championship for Manufacturers – 1 (1972)
• World Rally Championship for Manufacturers – 10 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992)
• World Rally Championship for Drivers – 5 (Sandro Munari in 1977, Juha Kankkunen in 1987 and 1991, and Miki Biasion in 1988 and 1989)

See also

• Lancia in motorsport
• Martini Racing
• Rallying in Italy

References

1. Lancia 037 Rally - 1982 season on QV500.com

External links

• Lancia, all-time team statistics