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 | Car | Time | |||
| 1 | 49ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (January 24–30) |
32 stages 757 km Tarmac |
1 | Jean Ragnotti | Jean-Marc Andrié | Renault 5 Turbo | 9:55:55 |
| 2 | Guy Fréquelin | Jean Todt | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 9:58:49 | |||
| 3 | Jochi Kleint | Gunter Wanger | Opel Ascona 400 | 10:02:54 | |||
| 2 | 31st International Swedish Rally (February 13–15) |
25 stages 369 km Snow/Ice |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Audi Quattro | 3:48:07 |
| 2 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 | 3:50:00 | |||
| 3 | Pentti Airikkala | Risto Virtanen | Ford Escort RS1800 | 3:51:47 | |||
| 3 | 15º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto (March 4–7) |
46 stages 681 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Fiat 131 Abarth | 8:27:26 |
| 2 | Henri Toivonen | Fred Gallagher | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 8:36:36 | |||
| 3 | Björn Waldegård | Hans Thorszelius | Toyota Celica 2000GT | 8:43:47 | |||
| 4 | 29th Safari Rally (April 16–20) |
77 controls 5209 km Gravel |
1 | Shekhar Mehta | Mike Doughty | Datsun Violet GT | +3:39 pen |
| 2 | Rauno Aaltonen | Lofty Drews | Datsun Violet GT | +3:44 pen | |||
| 3 | Mike Kirkland | Dave Haworth | Datsun 160J | +4:51 pen | |||
| 5 | 25ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (April 30–May 2) |
24 stages 1144 km Tarmac |
1 | Bernard Darniche | Alain Mahé | Lancia Stratos HF | 14:26.23 |
| 2 | Guy Fréquelin | Jean Todt | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 14:42:25 | |||
| 3 | Tony Pond | Ian Grindrod | Datsun Violet GT | 14:45.29 | |||
| 6 | 28th Acropolis Rally (June 1–4) |
57 stages 960 km Gravel |
1 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 | 13:17:25 |
| 2 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Fiat 131 Abarth | 13:22:00 | |||
| 3 | Attilio Bettega | Maurizio Perissinot | Fiat 131 Abarth | 13:25:19 | |||
| 7 | 3º Rally Codasur (July 18–23) |
18 stages 1341 km Gravel |
1 | Guy Fréquelin | Jean Todt | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 14:22:52 |
| 2 | Shekhar Mehta | Mike Doughty | Datsun Violet GT | 15:01:04 | |||
| 3 | Jorge Recalde | Jorge del Bouno | Datsun 160J | 16:01:19 | |||
| 8 | 3º Marlboro Rallye do Brasil (August 6–8) |
20 stages 714 km Gravel |
1 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 | 9:39:40 |
| 2 | Guy Fréquelin | Jean Todt | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 9:48:11 | |||
| 3 | Domingo De Vitta | Daniel Muzio | Ford Escort RS | 10:19:46 | |||
| 9 | 31st 1000 Lakes Rally (August 28–30) |
46 stages 440 km Gravel |
1 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 | 4:07:27 |
| 2 | Markku Alén | Ilkka Kivimäki | Fiat 131 Abarth | 4:08:26 | |||
| 3 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Audi Quattro | 4:10:19 | |||
| 10 | 23º Rallye Sanremo (October 5–10) |
59 stages 751 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Michèle Mouton | Fabrizia Pons | Audi Quattro | 8:05:50 |
| 2 | Henri Toivonen | Fred Gallagher | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 8:09:15 | |||
| 3 | Antonio Fassina | Rudy Roberto Dalpozzo | Opel Ascona 400 | 8:12:08 | |||
| 11 | 13ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire (October 26–31) |
56 controls 5087 km Gravel |
1 | Timo Salonen | Seppo Harjanne | Datsun Violet GT | +9:57 pen |
| 2 | Per Eklund | Ragnar Spjuth | Toyota Celica 2000GT | +11:09 pen | |||
| 3 | Shekhar Mehta | Mike Doughty | Datsun Violet GT | +11:22 pen | |||
| 12 | 30th Lombard RAC Rally (November 22–25) |
65 stages 722 km Gravel/Tarmac |
1 | Hannu Mikkola | Arne Hertz | Audi Quattro | 8:30:00 |
| 2 | Ari Vatanen | David Richards | Ford Escort RS1800 | 8:41:05 | |||
| 3 | Stig Blomqvist | Björn Cederberg | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 8:43:36 | |||
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