1989 World Rally Championship
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The 1989 World Rally Championship was the 17th season of the
Martini Lancia continued their domination of the sport for a third year in 1989, winning the first six rallies in which manufacturer points were awarded, and ultimately winning the title with plenty of room to spare. Italian Miki Biasion, Finn Markku Alén and Frenchman Bruno Saby returned to the team, while other successful drivers employed by the team through the year included French native Didier Auriol, Swede Mikael Ericsson, and Argentine driver Jorge Recalde. The team drove the Lancia Delta Integrale through the year. The car also remained the one of choice for the Jolly Club team's main drivers, Italians Alex Fiorio and Dario Cerrato. Complementing the manufacturer's success in the standings, Lancia drivers placed well throughout the top ranks in the drivers championship as well. Biasion seized the championship handily, becoming the WRC's second repeat champion, while Fiorio settled for a distant second, a position fought for through the year against Toyota's driver, Kankkunen. Other successful Lancia pilots included Mikael Ericsson in fourth and Auriol behind him in fifth place.
After an initial win in Sweden by its main driver, Swede
For 1989, the number of rallies for which manufacturer points would be awarded was reduced to ten of the thirteen events, with events in Sweden, the Ivory Coast, and New Zealand only counting towards the driver titles.
Teams and Drivers
Events
Black = Tarmac | Brown = Gravel | Blue = Snow/Ice | Red = Mixed Surface |
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Round | Rally name | Stages | Podium finishers | |||||
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Rank | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Time | |||
1 | Swedish Rally[1] (6–8 January) |
37 stages 504 km Snow/Ice |
1 | Ingvar Carlsson | Per Carlsson | Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
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4:58.15 |
2 | Per Eklund | Dave Whittock | Clarion Team Europe | Lancia Delta Integrale
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4:59.18 | |||
3 | Kenneth Eriksson | Staffan Parmander | Toyota Team Sweden
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 4:59.57 | |||
2 | Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo (21–26 January) |
24 stages 613 km Tarmac |
1 | Miki Biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:13.27 |
2 | Didier Auriol | Bernard Occelli | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:19.54 | |||
3 | Bruno Saby | Jean-François Fauchille | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:21.08 | |||
3 | Rallye de Portugal (28 February–4 March) |
37 stages 577 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Miki Biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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6:47.01 |
2 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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6:57.19 | |||
3 | Alex Fiorio | Luigi Pirollo | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:10.19 | |||
4 | Safari Rally (31 March–4 April) |
85 controls 4539 km Gravel |
1 | Miki Biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Martini Lancia
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Lancia Delta Integrale
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+6:55.27 pen |
2 | Mike Kirkland | Robin Nixon | Nissan Motorsports International | Nissan 200SX | +8:16.11 pen | |||
3 | Stig Blomqvist | Björn Cederberg | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V | +9:17.39 pen | |||
5 | Tour de Corse (23–26 April) |
33 stages 627 km Tarmac |
1 | Didier Auriol | Bernard Occelli | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:12.39 |
2 | François Chatriot | Michel Périn | Bastos Motul BMW | BMW M3 | 7:14.36 | |||
3 | Juha Kankkunen | Juha Piironen | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 7:16.29 | |||
6 | Acropolis Rally (27 May–1 June) |
42 stages 590 km Gravel |
1 | Miki Biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:31.43 |
2 | Didier Auriol | Bernard Occelli | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:33.41 | |||
3 | Alex Fiorio | Luigi Pirollo | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:35.14 | |||
7 | Rally New Zealand[1] (15–18 July) |
42 stages 595 km Gravel |
1 | Ingvar Carlsson | Per Carlsson | Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
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6:59.55 |
2 | Rod Millen | Tony Sircombe | Rod Millen Motorsport
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Mazda 323 4WD
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7:02.37 | |||
3 | Malcolm Wilson
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Ian Grindrod | GM Euro Sport | Vauxhall Astra GTE | 7:03.24 | |||
8 | Rally Argentina (1–5 August) |
30 stages 564 km Gravel |
1 | Mikael Ericsson | Claes Billstam | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:06.00 |
2 | Alex Fiorio | Luigi Pirollo | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:08.26 | |||
3 | Jorge Recalde | Jorge del Bouno | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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7:19.42 | |||
9 | 1000 Lakes Rally (25–27 August) |
43 stages 507 km Gravel |
1 | Mikael Ericsson | Claes Billstam | Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | 4:42.03 |
2 | Timo Salonen | Voitto Silander | Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
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4:43.44 | |||
3 | Carlos Sainz | Luis Moya | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 4:44.38 | |||
10 | Rally Australia (14–17 September) |
32 stages 544 km Gravel |
1 | Juha Kankkunen | Juha Piironen | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 5:32.09 |
2 | Kenneth Eriksson | Staffan Parmander | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 5:33.16 | |||
3 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale
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5:34.22 | |||
11 | Rallye Sanremo (8–12 October) |
34 stages 544 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Miki Biasion | Tiziano Siviero | Martini Lancia | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
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6:48.30 |
2 | Alex Fiorio | Luigi Pirollo | Jolly Club | Lancia Delta Integrale
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6:48.35 | |||
3 | Carlos Sainz | Luis Moya | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 6:48.55 | |||
12 | Rallye Côte d'Ivoire[1] (29 October–2 November) |
87 controls 3528 km Gravel |
1 | Alain Oreille | Gilles Thimonier | Simon Racing
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Renault 5 GT Turbo | +8:32.54 pen |
2 | Patrick Tauziac | Claude Papin | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | +11:36.50 pen | |||
3 | Adolphe Choteau | Jean-Pierre Claverie | Toyota | Toyota Corolla GT | +13:41.07 pen | |||
13 | RAC Rally (19–23 November) |
55 stages 603 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Pentti Airikkala | Ronan McNamee | Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | 6:19.22 |
2 | Carlos Sainz | Luis Moya | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 6:20.50 | |||
3 | Juha Kankkunen | Juha Piironen | Toyota Team Europe
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Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 | 6:23.11 |
Championship for manufacturers
Pos. | Manufacturer | MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
GBR
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Points |
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1 | Lancia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (8) | (14) | 20 | - | 140 |
2 | Toyota | 10 | - | 12 | 14 | - | - | 14 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 101 |
3 | Mazda | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 67 |
4 | Mitsubishi | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 20 | 6 | - | 20 | 58 |
5 | Audi | 2 | 12 | - | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | 43 |
6 | BMW | 4 | 10 | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 37 |
7 | Renault | 9 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 30 |
8 | Nissan | - | - | 17 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
9 | Volkswagen | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
10 | Renault Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 15 |
11 | Vauxhall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 9 |
12 | Subaru | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
13 | Ford | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
14 | Fiat Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
15 | Volkswagen Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
GBR
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Points |
Schedule of points by place:
Place | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Championship for drivers
Pos. | Driver | SWE
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MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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NZL |
ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
CIV |
GBR
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Points |
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1 | Miki Biasion | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | 106 |
2 | Alex Fiorio | - | Ret | 3 | 10 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 65 |
3 | Juha Kankkunen | - | 5 | Ret | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 60 |
4 | Mikael Ericsson | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
5 | Didier Auriol | - | 2 | Ret | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 |
6 | Kenneth Eriksson | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 47 |
7 | Ingvar Carlsson | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 43 |
8 | Carlos Sainz | - | Ret | Ret | - | Ret | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 39 |
9 | Markku Alén | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 27 |
10 | Alain Oreille | - | 10 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | 26 |
11 | Rod Millen | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 23 |
12 | Timo Salonen | 22 | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | 21 |
13 | Marc Duez | - | 8 | 5 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 21 |
14 | Pentti Airikkala | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 |
15 | Stig Blomqvist | 5 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Jorge Recalde | - | - | - | Ret | - | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | |
17 | Georg Fischer | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
18 | Malcolm Wilson
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13 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 10 | 19 |
19 | Per Eklund | 2 | Ret | - | Ret | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
20 | Mike Kirkland | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
François Chatriot | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
Patrick Tauziac | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 15 | |
23 | Dario Cerrato | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 14 |
24 | Kenjiro Shinozuka | - | - | 18 | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 14 |
25 | Bruno Saby | - | 3 | - | - | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
Adolphe Choteau | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 12 | |
27 | Hannu Mikkola | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 |
28 | Patrick Snijers | - | 6 | - | - | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 12 |
29 | Björn Waldegård | - | Ret | Ret | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Yves Loubet | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
Jimmy McRae | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
Mats Jonsson | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
André Segolen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 10 | |
34 | Ian Duncan | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Bernard Béguin | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
Colin McRae | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
Ernesto Soto | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
Thorbjörn Edling | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
Patrice Servant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 8 | |
Ari Vatanen | - | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | |
41 | Armin Schwarz | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
42 | Sebastian Lindholm | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Carlos Bica | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
Vic Preston Jr | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
Rudi Stohl | - | - | - | Ret | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
Fernando Stella | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
José Graziani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
48 | Stig-Olov Walfridsson | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
49 | Grégoire de Mévius
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- | 12 | 7 | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 5 |
Gustavo Trelles | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
Possum Bourne | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 5 | |
52 | Leif Asterhag | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Gianfranco Cunico
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- | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
Ray Wilson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
Benoît Antoine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | |
Mikael Sundström | Ret | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | |
57 | Paola De Martini | - | 9 | Ret | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
58 | Paolo Andreucci | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
Erwin Weber | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
Saeed Al-Hajri | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
Juan Maria Traverso
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
Wayne Bell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 3 | |
Paolo Alessandrini | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 3 | |
64 | Björn Johansson | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Fredrik Skoghag | - | Ret | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Jim Heather-Hayes | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Jigger
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- | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Ross Dunkerton | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Jorge Bescham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Risto Buri | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Ed Ordynski | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | |
72 | Hakån Eriksson | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Claude Balesi | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Ken Adamson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Edio Fuchter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Esa Saarenpää | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Pos. | Driver | SWE
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MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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NZL |
ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
CIV |
GBR
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Points |
Schedule of points by place:
Place | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Cup for production car drivers
Pos. | Driver | SWE
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MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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NZL |
ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
CIV |
GBR
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Points |
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1 | Alain Oreille | - | 13 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 13 | - | 59 |
2 | Grégoire de Mévius
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4 | 10 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 13 | 51 |
3 | Gustavo Trelles | 7 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 39 |
4 | Fredrik Skoghag | - | - | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | 21 |
5 | Kiyoshi Inoue | - | - | 3 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 18 |
6 | Sören Nilsson | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Ken Adamson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |
Ed Ordynski | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 13 | |
9 | Marc Hopf | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 7 | 12 |
10 | Patrice Servant | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 11 |
Pos. | Driver | SWE
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MON
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POR
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KEN |
FRA
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GRC
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NZL |
ARG |
FIN |
AUS |
ITA |
CIV |
GBR
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Points |
See also
External links
- FIA World Rally Championship 1989 at ewrc-results.com