# 1982 Rallye de Portugal

The 1982 Rally of Portugal (formally the 16º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto) was the third round of the 1982 World Rally Championship season, after the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies. It was the second event in the Championship of Makes, as the Swedish Rally did not count towards the Manufacturers' Championship.

## Report

Michèle Mouton dominated a rally with lots of mechanical retirements; seven out of ten factory team starters did not finish. Only 23 of the 91 starters (the 92nd entrant, Belgian Claude Reusch, overslept and missed the start) were classified in the end. Second place went to Swede Per Eklund in a somewhat outdated Toyota Celica, scheduled to be the RA45's final factory outing. Franz Wittmann, Sr. finished third in the second works' Audi.
Henri Toivonen put on a good show in his Ascona 400, being a spectator favourite, but a series of technical failures (changing the rear axle twice) pushed him as far back as 18th. A succession of four fastest times brought him back up to fifth, but a broken clutch ended his race with four special stages left. His teammate Walter Röhrl crashed out after his steering failed. All of the Nissans (Salonen, Pond, Mendes) broke down, the differential failed in Björn Waldegård's Celica, and the front suspension collapsed on Jean-Luc Thérier's Alméras-Porsche 911 SC. Because of the large number of retirements, six out of six of the new 1.2-liter, Group B Citroën Visa Trophées finished, with the best one gaining a fifth position ahead of significantly more powerful cars.

## Results

Final standings:
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Group | Starting no./Registration | Time | Difference | Points |
| 1982 Rallye de Portugal results |||||||||
| 1. | Michèle Mouton | Fabrizia Pons | Audi Quattro | 4/4 | 7 / IN-NH 42 | 7:39:36 | 0.0 | 20 |
| 2. | Per Eklund | Ragnar Spjuth | Toyota Celica 2000GT (RA45) | 4/3 | 8 / K-RV 661 | 7:52:43 | 13:07 | 15 |
| 3. | Franz Wittmann Sr. | Peter Diekmann | Audi Quattro | 4/4 | 18 / IN-NL 88 | 8:07:25 | 27:49 | 12 |
| 4. | Carlos Torres | Filipe Lopes | Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII | 4/3 | 10 / VWL 200R | 8:30:58 | 51:22 | 10 |
| 5. | Alain Coppier | Josépha Laloz | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 14 / 5474 VV 38 | 8:54:11 | 1:14:35 | 8 |
| 6. | Mário Silva | Bevilacqua Rui | Ford Escort RS 1800 MkII | 4/3 | 19 / DM-49-88 | 9:01:12 | 1:21:36 | 6 |
| 7. | António Ferreira da Cunha | Resende Carlos | Opel Ascona 2000i | 2/3 | 48 / NE-D 391 | 9:29:09 | 1:49:33 | 4 |
| 8. | Christian Dorche | Patricia Trivero | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 27 / 6676 SN 35 | 9:35:39 | 1:56:03 | 3 |
| 9. | Olivier Tabatoni | Michel Cadier | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 59 / 341 KB 13 | 9:40:36 | 2:01:00 | 2 |
| 10. | Jorge Fleck | Silvio Klein | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2/3 | 16 / AV-76-92 | 9:40:55 | 2:01:19 | 1 |
| 11. | Michel Marie | Carlos Duarte | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 61 / | 9:54:47 | 2:15:11 | |
| 12. | António Segurado | Pedro Sena | Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII | A7 | 83 / GZ-66-28 | 9:56:37 | 2:17:01 | |
| 13. | Jean-Yves Le Masson | Joseph Pascal | Volkswagen Golf GTi | A6 | 84 / | 9:57:51 | 2:18:15 | |
| 14. | Stéphane Neyret | Antoine Marnas | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 58 / | 10:12:23 | 2:32:47 | |
| 15. | Masaaki Kawahara | Shinya Ishikawa | Datsun 280ZX | 4 | 25 / | 10:18:59 | 2:39:23 | |
| 16. | Jean-Luc Marteil | Bernard Marchais | Citroën Visa Trophée | B9 | 60 / 4622 PK 78 | 10:28:54 | 2:49:18 | |
| 17. | José Manuel Tavares | António Durães | Datsun 120Y | 2 | 95 / | 10:37:46 | 2:58:10 | |
| 18. | Ewald Klein | Jürgen Schneider | Honda Civic | A5 | 79 / WIL-R 464 | 10:46:42 | 3:07:06 | |
| 19. | Manuel Mello Breyner | João Aragão Teixeira | Peugeot 104 ZS2 | N2 | 64 / FI-02-33 | 10:53:09 | 3:13:33 | |
| 20. | Nicolas Stürken | João Reis | Ford Escort RS 2000 MkII | A7 | 72 / K-AH 1553 | 10:57:07 | 3:17:31 | |
| 21. | Michel Malherbe | Vivien De Climens | Volkswagen Golf GTi | A6 | 56 / | 11:10:22 | 3:30:46 | |
| 22. | Pinto Mendes | Carlos Costa | Honda Civic | A5 | 66 / CM-92-34 | 11:44:02 | 4:04:26 | |
| 23. | Robert Guieu | Maurice Lebre | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2 | 94 / | 11:57:15 | 4:17:39 | |