The 1976 World Rally Championship is the fourth rally world championship sponsored by the International Motorsport Federation (FIA).
| 4th World Rally Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Offset manufacturers |  Lancia |
Lancia stratos hf
It consisted of ten stages, like the previous season. It consisted of the same steps, the only difference being the offset in the Portuguese Rally calendar.
Lancia, with its Stratos HF, won the third consecutive title, winning four victories and almost double the Opel silver medalist. This season was the last triumph of Lancia Stratos in the world rally. Points were awarded to the teams according to the system: if the pilots of one team took 1st, 3rd, and 10th places, then the team will receive only points for the first place, points for the third and tenth will not be given to anyone.
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Championship Stages
| Black = Asphalt | Brown = Gravel | Blue = Snow \ Ice | Red = Mixed coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Rally name | Special plots | Podium | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Pilot | Car | Time | |||
| one | Monte Carlo Rally (January 14-24) | 23 sites 530 km Asphalt | one | Sandro Munari | Lancia stratos hf | 6:25:10 |
| 2 | Bjorn Waldegord | Lancia stratos hf | 6:26:37 | |||
| 3 | Bernard Darnish | Lancia stratos hf | 6:31:23 | |||
| 2 | Rally Sweden (February 20-22) | 34 sites 722 km Snow \ Ice | one | Per Eklund | Saab 96 V4 | 8:08:26 |
| 2 | Stig Blomkvist | Saab 96 V4 | 8:10:02 | |||
| 3 | Anders Kullang | Opel Ascona | 8:31:10 | |||
| 3 | Rally Portugal (March 10-14) | 39 sites 468 km Asphalt \ Gravel | one | Sandro Munari | Lancia stratos hf | 5:41:26 |
| 2 | Ove Andersson | Toyota Corolla | 5:44:24 | |||
| 3 | Mekuepe | Opel Kadett GT / E | 6:26:37 | |||
| four | Rally Safari (April 15-19) | 4950 km Gravel | one | Yoginder Singh | Mitsubishi lancer | +1: 57 (fine) |
| 2 | Robin Uliate | Mitsubishi lancer | +2: 21 (fine) | |||
| 3 | Andrew Cowan | Mitsubishi lancer | +2: 42 (penalty) | |||
| five | Rally Acropolis (May 22-28) | 716 km Gravel | one | Harry calstrom | Datsun 160J | 8:43:14 |
| 2 | Siroco Liveratos | Alpine-Renault A110 1800 | 8:48:33 | |||
| 3 | Shekhar Mehta | Datsun 160J | 9:09:53 | |||
| 6 | Rally Morocco (June 22-27) | 9 sites 1661 km Gravel | one | Jean-Pierre Nicolas | Peugeot 504 | 20:20:15 |
| 2 | Simo Lampinen | Peugeot 504 | 20:42:32 | |||
| 3 | Sandro Munari | Lancia stratos hf | 21:38:58 | |||
| 7 | Rally "Thousand Lakes" (August 27-29) | 45 sites 428 km Gravel | one | Markku Allen | Fiat abarth 131 | 4:10:18 |
| 2 | Pentti Ariccala | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4:11:03 | |||
| 3 | Hannu Mikkola | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 4:13:32 | |||
| eight | Rally San Remo (October 6-9) | 780 km Asphalt | one | Bjorn Waldegord | Lancia stratos hf | 10:27:40 |
| 2 | Sandro Munari | Lancia stratos hf | 10:27:44 | |||
| 3 | Raffaele Pinto | Lancia stratos hf | 10:37:13 | |||
| 9 | Rally Corsica (November 6-7) | 9 sites 630 km Asphalt | one | Sandro Munari | Lancia stratos hf | 8:23:55 |
| 2 | Bernard Darnish | Lancia stratos hf | 8:24:12 | |||
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Manzagol | Alpine-Renault A310 | 8:49:14 | |||
| ten | Rally UK (November 27-30) | 76 sites 504 km Gravel | one | Roger Clark | Ford Escort RS1800 | 6:02:26 |
| 2 | Stig Blomkvist | Saab 99 | 6:02:03 | |||
| 3 | Bjorn Waldegord | Ford Escort RS1800 | 6:07:55 | |||
Championship
| Points at the finish | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 15 | 12 | ten | eight | 6 | four | 3 | 2 | one |
Manufacturers Championship
| A place | Manufacturer | Stage | Glasses | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK | SWE | POR | SAF | ACRE | MPA | FIN | SR | KOR | FBG | |||
| one | Lancia | 20 | ten | 20 | - | - | 12 | - | 20 | 20 | ten | 112 |
| 2 | Opel | ten | 12 | 12 | - | eight | - | - | eight | 3 | four | 57 |
| 3 | Ford | eight | - | four | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | 20 | 47 |
| four | Saab | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | eight | - | - | 15 | 43 |
| five | Datsun | - | - | 6 | four | 20 | - | 6 | - | - | 3 | 39 |
| 6 | Toyota | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | eight | 35 |
| 7 | Fiat | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | 32 |
| eight | Peugeot | - | - | - | ten | - | 20 | - | - | one | - | 31 |
| 9 | Alpine-Renault | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 12 | - | 27 |
| ten | Mitsubishi | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| eleven | Porsche | four | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | eight | - | 14 |
| 12 | Alfa romeo | one | - | - | one | ten | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 13 | CitroΓ«n | - | - | - | - | - | ten | - | - | - | - | ten |
| 14 | Lada | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Renault | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| sixteen | Volvo | - | four | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | four |
| BMW | - | - | - | - | four | - | - | - | - | - | four | |
| 18 | Mazda | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Volkswagen | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 20 | British leyland cars | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Wartburg | - | - | - | - | one | - | - | - | - | - | one |
Pilot Championship (virtual, not held)
| Summary table | ||
|---|---|---|
| A place | Pilot | Glasses |
| one | Sandro Munari | 82 |
| 2 | Roger Clark | 28 |
| 3 | Markku Allen | 26 |
| four | Harry calstrom | 24 |
| five | Ove Andersson | 23 |
| 6 | Per Eklund | 20 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Nicolas | 20 |
| 6 | Yoginder Singh | 20 |
| 6 | Bjorn Waldegord | 20 |
| ten | Simo Lampinen | 18 |