Lancia in rallying
Italian car manufacturer Lancia participated in top-level rallying until 1992, winning fifteen World Rally Championship titles.
History
has been very successful in motorsport over the years, and mostly in the arena of rallying. Prior to the forming of the World Rally Championship, Lancia took the final International Championship for Manufacturers title with the Fulvia in 1972. In the WRC, they remain the most statistically successful marque, winning constructors' titles with the Stratos, the 037 and the Delta. The Delta is also the most successful individual model designation ever to compete in rallying. All this gave Lancia a total of 10 championships over the years.Juha Kankkunen and Miki Biasion both won two drivers' titles with the Delta. Among other drivers to take several World Rally Championship wins with Lancia were Markku Alén, Didier Auriol, Sandro Munari, Bernard Darniche, Walter Röhrl, Björn Waldegård and Henri Toivonen. The history of the brand in rallying is also tainted with tragedy, with deaths of Italian driver Attilio Bettega at the 1985 Tour de Corse in a Lancia 037 and then Finnish championship favourite Toivonen in a Lancia Delta S4 at the same rally exactly a year later. These deaths would eventually lead to the end of Group B rallying.
Martini Racing
In 1982, just as they had done one year previously with sports cars, Martini Racing signed with the works Lancia team, sponsoring the brand new Group B Lancia 037, with Attilio Bettega and Markku Alén as drivers. The Lancia Martini partnership in the World Rally Championship was one of the company's longest, remaining until the end of the 1992 season, with several cars, including the Group B Delta S4 and Group A Delta Integrale winning events and titles with drivers such as Juha Kankkunen, Bruno Saby, Massimo Biasion and Didier Auriol. The Martini Lancia cars won the WRC Drivers' title in 1987 and 1991 with Kankkunen, and 1988 and 1989 with Biasion, as well as the Constructors' title with the 037 in 1983, and consecutively with the Group A Delta from 1987 to 1992.In 1993, Martini managed a smaller sponsorship program, restricted to the Italian Rally Championship with Italian rallyman Dario Cerrato.
WRC Results (Group B era)
| Year | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points | WMC | Points |
| 1982 | Lancia 037 |  Markku Alén | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 9 | GRE Ret | NZL | BRA | FIN Ret | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR 4 | 21st | 12 | 9th | 25 | |
| 1982 | Lancia 037 |  Attilio Bettega | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRE | NZL | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 9th | 25 | |
| 1982 | Lancia 037 | Adartico Vudafieri | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE Ret | NZL | BRA | FIN | ITA | CIV Ret | GBR | - | 0 | 9th | 25 | |
| 1982 | Lancia 037 | Fabrizio Tabaton | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | BRA | FIN | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 9th | 25 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 |  Walter Röhrl | MON 1 | SWE | POR 3 | KEN | FRA 2 | GRC 1 | NZL 1 | ARG | FIN | ITA 2 | CIV | GBR | 2nd | 102 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Markku Alén | MON 2 | SWE | POR 4 | KEN | FRA 1 | GRC 2 | NZL | ARG 5 | FIN 3 | ITA 1 | CIV | GBR | 3rd | 100 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 |  Jean-Claude Andruet | MON 8 | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 41st | 3 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Adartico Vudafieri | MON | SWE | POR 5 | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG Ret | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 12th* | 20* | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Attilio Bettega | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 4 | GRC 5 | NZL 3 | ARG | FIN | ITA 3 | CIV | GBR | 7th | 42 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 |  Francisco Mayorga | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG Ret | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Pentti Airikkala | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN 5 | ITA | CIV | GBR | 21st | 8 | 1st | 118 | |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Markku Alén | MON 8 | SWE | POR 2 | KEN 4 | FRA 1 | GRC 3 | NZL 2 | ARG | FIN 2 | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | 3rd | 90 | 2nd | 108 | |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Jean-Claude Andruet | MON Ret | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 6 | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 30th | 6 | 2nd | 108 | |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Attilio Bettega | MON 5 | SWE | POR 3 | KEN | FRA 7 | GRC 4 | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA 2 | CIV | GBR | 5th | 49 | 2nd | 108 | |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Henri Toivonen | MON | SWE | POR Ret | KEN | FRA | GRC Ret | NZL | ARG | FIN 3 | ITA | CIV | GBR | 16th | 12 | 2nd | 108 | |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 |  Vic Preston Jr | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 6 | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | 30th | 6 | 2nd | 108 | |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Markku Alén | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN 3 | ITA 4 | CIV | GBR | 7th | 37 | 3rd | 70 | |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Henri Toivonen | MON 6 | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN 4 | ITA 3 | CIV | GBR | 6th | 48 | 3rd | 70 | |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Attilio Bettega | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 3rd | 70 | |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Vic Preston Jr | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 3rd | 70 | |
| 1985 | Lancia Delta S4 | Markku Alén | GBR 2 | - | 0 | 3rd | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Lancia Delta S4 | Henri Toivonen | GBR 1 | - | 0 | 3rd | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Markku Alén | MON Ret | SWE 2 | POR Ret | FRA Ret | GRC Ret | NZL 2 | ARG 2 | FIN 3 | CIV | ITA 1 | GBR 2 | USA 1 | 2nd | 104 | 2nd | 122 | |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Henri Toivonen | MON 1 | SWE Ret | POR Ret | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | 13th | 20 | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Miki Biasion | MON 68 | SWE | POR Ret | FRA Ret | GRC 2 | NZL 3 | ARG 1 | FIN | CIV | ITA 3 | GBR | USA | 5th | 47 | 2nd | 122 | |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 |  Mikael Ericsson | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC Ret | NZL 4 | ARG | FIN 5 | CIV | ITA | GBR Ret | USA | - | 0 | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG 4 | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | 22nd | 10 | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Kalle Grundel | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN 6 | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | 9th* | 26* | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia 037 | Markku Alén | KEN 3 | 2nd | 122 | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Lancia 037 | Miki Biasion | KEN Ret | 2nd | 122 | ||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Lancia 037 | Greg Criticos | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 9 | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | 60th | 2 | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia 037 | Johnny Hellier | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 10 | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | 70th | 1 | 2nd | 122 |
| 1986 | Lancia 037 | Vic Preston Jr | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | USA | - | 0 | 2nd | 122 |
| - | Lancia 037 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
WRC Results (Group A era)
| Year | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points | WMC | Points |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Juha Kankkunen | MON 2 | SWE 3 | POR 4 | KEN | FRA | GRC 2 | USA 1 | NZL | ARG | FIN 5 | CIV | ITA | GBR 1 | 1st | 100 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Miki Biasion | MON 1 | SWE | POR 8 | KEN | FRA 3 | GRC 7 | USA 2 | NZL | ARG 1 | FIN | CIV | ITA 1 | GBR | 2nd | 94 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Markku Alén | MON | SWE 5 | POR 1 | KEN | FRA | GRE 1 | USA 3 | NZL | ARG | FIN 1 | CIV | ITA Ret | GBR 5 | 3rd | 88 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Bruno Saby | MON Ret | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Mikael Ericsson | MON | SWE 2 | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR 4 | 10th | 28 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Vic Preston jr | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 14 | FRA | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Yves Loubet | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 2 | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 20th | 15 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG 2 | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 9th* | 30* | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Miki Biasion | MON Ret | SWE | POR 1 | KEN 1 | FRA | GRC 1 | USA 1 | NZL | ARG 2 | FIN | CIV | ITA 1 | GBR | 1st | 115 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Bruno Saby | MON 1 | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 3 | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 6th | 32 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Yves Loubet | MON Ret | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 2 | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 10th* | 27* | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Mikael Ericsson | MON | SWE Ret | POR Ret | KEN | FRA | GRC 2 | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN 2 | CIV | ITA | GBR Ret | 8th | 30 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Markku Alén | MON | SWE 1 | POR 6 | KEN | FRA | GRE 4 | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN 1 | CIV | ITA 4 | GBR 1 | 2nd | 86 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Vic Preston jr | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD Lancia Delta Integrale | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG 1 | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | 9th* | 27* | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Miki Biasion | SWE | MON 1 | POR 1 | KEN 1 | FRA | GRC 1 | NZL | ARG | FIN 6 | AUS | ITA 1 | CIV | GBR | 1st | 106 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Didier Auriol | SWE | MON 2 | POR Ret | KEN | FRA 1 | GRC 2 | NZL | ARG | FIN Ret | AUS | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | 5th | 50 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Bruno Saby | SWE | MON 3 | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | 25th | 12 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Markku Alén | SWE | MON | POR 2 | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN Ret | AUS 3 | ITA | CIV | GBR | 9th | 27 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Jorge Recalde | SWE | MON | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG 3 | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | 15th* | 20* | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Yves Loubet | SWE | MON | POR | KEN | FRA 4 | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | 29th | 10 | 1st | 140 | |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Mikael Ericsson | SWE | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG 1 | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | 4th* | 50* | 1st | 140 | |
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Miki Biasion | MON 3 | POR 1 | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC 3 | NZL | ARG 1 | FIN | AUS | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR 3 | 4th | 76 | 1st | 137 | ||
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Juha Kankkunen | MON Ret | POR 3 | KEN 2 | FRA | GRC 2 | NZL | ARG Ret | FIN 5 | AUS 1 | ITA 2 | CIV | GBR Ret | 3rd | 85 | 1st | 137 | ||
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Didier Auriol | MON 1 | POR 2 | KEN | FRA 1 | GRC Ret | NZL | ARG 3 | FIN Ret | AUS Ret | ITA 1 | CIV | GBR 5 | 2nd | 95 | 1st | 137 | ||
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Alex Fiorio | MON | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS 3 | ITA | CIV | GBR | 9th* | 25* | 1st | 137 | ||
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Yves Loubet | MON | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 137 | ||
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Miki Biasion | MON 2 | SWE | POR 3 | KEN Ret | FRA | GRC 3 | NZL | ARG 2 | FIN | AUS | ITA 2 | CIV | ESP | GBR Ret | 4th | 69 | 1st | 137 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Juha Kankkunen | MON 5 | SWE | POR 4 | KEN 1 | FRA | GRC 1 | NZL 2 | ARG 4 | FIN 1 | AUS 1 | ITA Ret | CIV | ESP 2 | GBR 1 | 1st | 150 | 1st | 137 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 3 | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG 5 | FIN | AUS 8 | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 9th* | 29* | 1st | 137 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Bruno Saby | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 33rd* | 8* | 1st | 137 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | Yves Loubet | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 6 | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 33rd* | 8* | 1st | 137 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Juha Kankkunen | MON 3 | SWE | POR 1 | KEN 2 | FRA | GRC 2 | NZL | ARG | FIN 2 | AUS 2 | ITA 2 | CIV | ESP 2 | GBR 3 | 2nd | 134 | 1st | 140 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Didier Auriol | MON 1 | SWE | POR Ret | KEN | FRA 1 | GRC 1 | NZL | ARG 1 | FIN 1 | AUS 1 | ITA Ret | CIV | ESP 10 | GBR Ret | 3rd | 121 | 1st | 140 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Andrea Aghini | MON | SWE | POR Ret | KEN | FRA 6 | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 1 | CIV | ESP 3 | GBR 10 | 7th | 39 | 1st | 140 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Björn Waldegård | MON | SWE | POR | KEN Ret | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | - | 0 | 1st | 140 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN 3 | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG Ret | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 10th* | 28* | 1st | 140 |
| 1992 | Lancia Delta Integrale HF | Philippe Bugalski | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 3 | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN 9 | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 13th* | 22* | 1st | 140 |
Titles
- International Championship for Manufacturers - 1
- World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - 10
- World Rally Championship for Drivers - 5