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 | 47ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 20–January 26) |
30 stages 619 km Tarmac |
1 | Bernard Darniche | Alain Mahé | Team Chardonnet | Lancia Stratos HF | 8:13.38 |
| 2 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:13.44 | |||
| 3 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Alitalia Fiat | Fiat 131 Abarth | 8:17.47 | |||
| 2 | 29th International Swedish Rally (February 16–February 18) |
38 stages 630 km Snow/Ice |
1 | Stig Blomqvist | Björn Cederberg | Saab 99 Turbo | 6:34.49 | |
| 2 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 6:36.09 | |||
| 3 | Pentti Airikkala | Risto Virtanen | Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS | 6:39.31 | ||||
| 3 | 13º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 6–March 11) |
45 stages 735 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 9:13.52 |
| 2 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 9:16.36 | |||
| 3 | Ove Andersson | Henry Liddon | Toyota Team Europe | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 9:35.00 | |||
| 4 | 27th Safari Rally (April 12–16) |
82 controls 5028 km Gravel |
1 | Shekhar Mehta | Mike Doughty | DT Dobie Team Datsun | Datsun 160J | +6:27 pen |
| 2 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | DT Dobie Daimler-Benz | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | +7:15 pen | |||
| 3 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Alitalia Fiat | Fiat 131 Abarth | +7:20 pen | |||
| 5 | 26th Acropolis Rally (May 28–31) |
54 stages 1008 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 | 13:35.06 |
| 2 | Timo Salonen | Seppo Harjanne | N. I. Theocharakis | Datsun 160J | 14:07.04 | |||
| 3 | Harry Källström | Claes Billstam | N. I. Theocharakis | Datsun 160J | 14:11.39 | |||
| 6 | 10th Motogard Rally of New Zealand (July 14–July 18) |
42 stages 672 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Masport | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:05.45,8 |
| 2 | Blair Robson | Chris Porter | Masport | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:27.03,0 | |||
| 3 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:29.40,8 | |||
| 7 | 29th 1000 Lakes Rally (August 24–August 28) |
45 stages 424 km Gravel |
1 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Alitalia Fiat | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4:01.11 |
| 2 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4:02.42 | |||
| 3 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4:07.15 | |||
| 8 | 7ème Critérium Molson du Québec (September 13–September 16) |
25 stages 384 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 3:35.32 |
| 2 | Timo Salonen | Seppo Harjanne | Team Datsun Europe | Datsun 160J | 3:36.10 | |||
| 3 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Rothmans Rally Team | Ford Escort RS1800 | 3:41.50 | |||
| 9 | 21º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia (October 1–October 7) |
66 stages 1078 km Tarmac/Gravel |
1 | Antonio 'Tony' Fassina | Mauro Mannini | Jolly Club | Lancia Stratos HF | 12:37.17 |
| 2 | Walter Röhrl | Christian Geistdörfer | Alitalia Fiat | Fiat 131 Abarth | 12:41.31 | |||
| 3 | Attilio Bettega | Maurizio Perissinot | Fiat 131 Abarth | 12:55.59 | ||||
| 10 | 23ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (November 2–November 4) |
22 stages 1129 km Tarmac |
1 | Bernard Darniche | Alain Mahé | Team Chardonnet | Lancia Stratos HF | 14:36.46 |
| 2 | Jean Ragnotti | Jean-Marc Andrié | Renault 5 Alpine | 15:12.52 | ||||
| 3 | Pierre-Louis Moreau | Patrice Baron | Porsche 911 SC | 15:23.06 | ||||
| 11 | 28th Lombard RAC Rally (November 19–November 23) |
56 stages 687 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Ford Motor Company | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:03.38 |
| 2 | Russell Brookes | Paul White | Andrews Heat For Hire | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:14.07 | |||
| 3 | Timo Salonen | Stuart Pegg | Team Datsun Europe | Datsun 160J | 8:16.22 | |||
| 12 | 11ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (December 9–December 14) |
50 controls 5668 km Gravel |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | +3:23 pen | |
| 2 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | +3:58 pen | ||||
| 3 | Andrew Cowan | Klaus Kaiser | Mercedes 450 SLC 5.0 | +4:10 pen | ||||
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