1977 World Rally Championship


Safari Rally
8th-11th April 1977

 1     Björn Waldegård/Hans Thorszelius         Ford Escort RS 1800	11h05m
 2  17 Rauno Aaltonen/Lofty Drews		Datsun Violet		11h40
 3     Sandro Munari/Piero Sodano		Lancia Stratos		13h14
 4   3 Andrew Cowan/Paul White			Mitsubishi Lancer	13h16
 5     Joginder Singh/D.Doig			Mitsubishi Lancer	14h12
 6     Davinder Singh/Chris Bates		Mitsubishi Lancer	14h34
 7  10 Bert Shankland/Brian Barton		Peugeot 504		17h30
 8     Z.Rhemtulla/N.Jivani			Datsun Violet		18h16
 9     R.Collinge/A.Levitan			Datsun 160J		20h32
10     Kenjiro Shinozuka/Q.Thompson		Mitsubishi Lancer	27h40
11     Y.Iwashita/Y.Nakahara			Datsun 710		30h10
12     J.Hellier/K.Shah				Datsun 1600		31h09
 R     Roger Clark/Jim Porter			Ford Escort		cam-drive belt
 R     Timo Mäkinen				Peugeot			oil filter seal/engine
 R     Hannu Mikkola				Peugeot			engine
 R     Ari Vatanen/Atso Aho			Ford Escort		camshaft/OTL
 R     Vic Preston Jr/John Lyall		Ford Escort RS1800	flywheel smashed bell-housing
 R     Simo Lampinen				Lancia Stratos		head gasket
 R     Robin Ulyate				Lancia Stratos		head gasket
 R     Shekhar Mehta				Datsun			valves/engine
 R     Harry Källström				Datsun			crash
 R     Jean-Pierre Nicolas/Jean Todt		Peugeot	504		fan holed radiator/head gasket

68 starters.


24th Acropolis Rally
? June 1977

 1     Bjorn Waldegaard/Hans Thorszelius        Ford Escort RS1800    9h31m57
 2     Roger Clark/J.Porter                     Ford Escort RS1800    9h27m44
 3     H.Kallstrom/C.Billstam                   Datsun Violet         9h47m19
 4     Simo Lampinen/S.Abdreasson               Fiat 131 Abarth       9h54m42
 5     "Siroco"/M.Makrinos                      Datsun Violet        10h10m27
 6     J-P.Luc/M.Prud'homme                     Citroen CX           11h27m41
 7     A.Oger/J-P.Dupuis                        Renault 12G          11h28m32
 8     C.Kyprianou/A.Logginos                   Chrysler Avenger GP  11h48m57
 9     J.Pesmazoglou/C.Kaltsounis               Opel Ascona          11h49m11
10     R.de Libran/J-L.Vial                     Renault 12           12h06m11
     4 Ove Andersson                            Toyota

Notes: Siroco=Tasos Livieratos. 167 Starters, 29 finishers.


Lombard RAC Rally
20-? November 1977

 1   5 Björn Waldegård/Hans Thorszelius       Ford Escort RS 1800
     1 Roger Clark/Stuart Pegg			Ford Escort RS 1800
10  41 Bror Danielsson/Bror de Jong		Opel Kadett GTE				JLS 484
16   4 Pentti Airikkala/Risto Virtanen		Vauxhall Chevette 2300			RVA 841S
 R   9 Ari Vatanen/Stuart Bryant		Ford Escort RS 1800			STW 202R
   203 Alan Marsh/Tony Goulding			Mini 1275 GT				SBO 63H
 R     Stig Blomqvist/Hans Sylvan		Saab 99 EMS Rally
       Per Eklund/Bjorn Cederberg		Saab 99 EMS Rally
       Erikki Temmes/Raymond Ericsson		Saab 99 EMS Rally
       Hannu Mikkola/Arne Hertz			Toyota Celica GT
 R     Markku Alen				Fiat Abarth 131 Rally	engine
       Timo Salonen				Fiat Abarth
       Russell Brookes/John Brown		Ford Escort RS 1800
       Anders Kullang				Opel Ascona
       Andrew Cowan				Chrysler Avenger
       Jill Robinson/Dorothy Selby-Boothroyd	Ford Escort RS 1800
       Nigel Rockey/Derek Tucker		Ford Escort RS 1800
       Paul Faulkner/Monty Peter		Ford Escort RS 1800
       Tony Drummond/David Curry		Ford Escort RS 1800
       Tony Fowkes/Bryan Harris			Ford Escort RS 1800
       Andrew Dawson/Andrew Marriott		Ford Escort RS 1800
       Hämäläinen/Scott				Ford Escort RS 1800
       Tony Pond/Fred Gallagher			Triumph TR7
       Sandro Munari				Lancia Stratos
       T.Makinen				Fiat Abarth
 R     Jean Ragnotti                            Renault R5 Alpine       Driveshaft

Notes: 180 starters, 67 finishers. Started from Wembley Stadium.


Monte Carlo Rally
? 1977

 1   1 Sandro Munari/Silvio Maiga               Lancia Stratos HF    6h36m13
 2     Jean-Claude Andruet                      Fiat 131 Abarth      6h38m29
 3     Antonio Zanini                           SEAT 124 1800        6h47m07
 4     Salvador Canellas                        SEAT 124 1800        6h55m03
 5     Gerard Swaton                            Porsche Carrera      6h59m17
 6     Christine Dacremont                      Lancia Stratos HF    7h01m10
 7     Salvador Servia                          SEAT 1430 1800       7h02m08
 8     Dominique de Meyer                       Alpine A110          7h05m15
 9     Nicolas Coob                             Porsche Carrera      7h07m20
10     Lars Carlsson                            Opel Kadett GT/E     7h08m56
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17     Marketta Oksala                          Alpine A310
59     Raffaele Pinto/Arnaldo Bernacchini	Lancia Stratos		engine		TO N98792
 R     Anders Sigurdsson                        Saab 96
 R     Bernard Darniche                         Lancia Stratos HF       SS6
 R     Maurizio Verini                          Fiat 131 Abarth         SS5
 R     Walter Rohrl                             Opel Kadett GT/E        SS4
 R     Markku Alen                              Fiat 131 Abarth


Swedish Rally
? 1977

 1     Stig Blomqvist/Hans Sylvan               Saab 99 EMS
11  34 Lasse Jönsson/Donald Karlsson 		Opel Kadett GT/E 	31257 pts
12  18 Erik Johansson/Jan Östensson 		Saab 99 EMS 		31273
13  65 Åke Gustavsson/Göran Gustavsson 		Porsche Carrera 	31584
14  22 Staffan Tjus/Christer Adolfsson 		Opel Manta GT/E 1.9 	31799
15  72 Sune Danielsson/Bengt Linder 		Opel Ascona 19SR 	32036
16  20 Rune Åhlin/Mats Nordström 		Opel Kadett GT/E 1.9 	32143
17  83 Anders Tunemar/Anders Bonnevier 		Saab 99 EMS 		32281 
18  46 Kjell Melin/Ola Hellgren 		Honda Civic RS 1.3 	32644 
19 104 Tom Joelsson/Tom Monsen 			Opel Kadett GT/E 1.9 	32671 
20  96 Per Leijon/Tommy Lindh 			Saab 99 EMS 		32913  


TAP Rally of Portugal
? 1977

 1   4 Markku Alen/Ilkka Kivimaki               Fiat 131 Abarth

Notes: #50 (Porsche 911)


8th New Zealand Rally
? 1977

 1     Fulvio Bacchelli/Francesco Rosetti       Fiat 131 Abarth


1000 Lakes
26-28 August 1977

 1     Kyösti Hämäläinen/Martti Tiukkanen       Ford Escort RS 1800     15966 pts
 2     Timo Salonen/Jaakko Markkula             Fiat 131 Mirafiori      16231
 3     Björn Waldegård/Claes Billstam           Ford Escort RS          16582
 4     Markku Saaristo/Timo Alanen              Toyota Corolla          17141
 5     Henri Toivonen/Antero Lindqvist          Sunbeam Avenger         17545
 6     Erkki Pitkänen/Juhani Paalama            Sunbeam Avenger         17907
 7     Franz Wittmann/Helmut Deimel             Opel Kadett GTE         18068
 8     Kyösti Saari/Jorma Hakanen               Opel Kadett GTE         18483
 9     Timo Jouhki/Juha Piironen                Opel Kadett GTE         18483
10     John Haugland/Bruno Berglund             Skoda 130 RS            18585
 R     Markku Alén/Ilkka Kivimäki               Fiat 131 Mirafiori      SS39
 R     Ari Vatanen/Atso Aho                     Ford Escort RS          SS3
 R     Simo Lampinen/Juhani Markkanen           Saab EMS Rally          SS37
 R   6 Timo Mäkinen/Henry Liddon                Fiat 131 Mirafiori      SS5
 R     Hannu Mikkola/Arne Hertz                 Toyota Celica           SS4


Criterium du Quebec
? 1977

 1     Timo Salonen/Jaakko Markkula             Fiat 131 Abarth


San Remo Rally
? October 1977

 1     Jean-Claude Andruet/Christian Delferrier Fiat 131 Abarth
 R     Raffaele Pinto/Arnaldo Bernacchini	Lancia Stratos		accident	TO N98792


Tour de Corse
? 1977

 1     Bernard Darniche/Alain Mahe              Fiat 131 Abarth


1977 International World Championship for Makes

 1     Fiat