30. Lombard RAC Rally 1981
22. 11. – 24. 11. 1981, Chester • asphalt - gravel • Other years
Final results
finished: 54 (54 on list)
| 1. | #5 |   | Mikkola Hannu - Hertz Arne |  | Audi Quattro Audi Sport | 4/4 | 8:30:00 | ||
| 2. | #2 |  | Vatanen Ari - Richards David |  | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Rothmans Rally Team | 4/3 | 8:41:05 | +11:05 +11:05 | |
| 3. | #14 | | Blomqvist Stig - Cederberg Björn |  | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus (LAC 999V) Talbot | 2/4 | 8:43:36 | +13:36 +2:31 | |
| 4. | #12 | | Airikkala Pentti - Short Phil | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Rothmans Rally Team | 4/3 | 8:48:43 | +18:43 +5:07 | |
| 5. | #9 |  | Ragnotti Jean - Holmes Martin |  | Renault 5 Turbo (440 VB 91) Renault Sport Elf | 4/3 | 8:53:55 | +23:55 +5:12 | |
| 6. | #13 | | Eklund Per - Spjuth Ragnar |  | Toyota Celica 2000 GT (K-YC 149) Toyota Team Great Britain | 4/3 | 8:54:54 | +24:54 +59 | |
| 7. | #54 | | Nilsson Sören - Olsson Anders |  | Datsun 160J | 4/3 | 8:57:20 | +27:20 +2:26 | |
| 8. | #20 | | Kaby Terry - Arthur Rob | | Toyota Celica 2000 GT Toyota Team Great Britain | 4/3 | 9:01:18 | +31:18 +3:58 | |
| 9. | #11 | | Kulläng Anders - Berglund Bruno |  | Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo Team Ralliart | 4/4 | 9:05:22 | +35:22 +4:04 | |
| 10. | #22 | | Clark Roger - Searle Chris | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII M.C.D. Services | 4/3 | 9:08:24 | +38:24 +3:02 | |
| 11. | #26 |  | Millen Rod - Harris Bryan |  | Mazda RX-7 TWR Mazda Motorsport | 2/4 | 9:15:44 | +45:44 +7:20 | |
| 12. | #41 | | Tuthill Francis - Golding-Kerr Felicity | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | 9:22:47 | +52:47 +7:03 | |
| 13. | #44 | | Lord Chris - Waldron Ernest Colin | | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 2/4 | 9:29:22 | +59:22 +6:35 | |
| 14. | #52 | | Geitel Peter - Wood Mike | | Datsun 160J | 2/3 | 9:35:20 | +1:05:20 +5:58 | |
| 15. | #59 | | Pankhurst Terry - Freeman Roger | | Ford Escort RS 2000 Team Castrol / TV Times | 1/3 | 9:37:58 | +1:07:58 +2:38 | |
| 16. | #56 | | Jonsson Mats - Johansson Johnny |  | Volvo 142 (FDA 561) | 2/3 | 9:39:26 | +1:09:26 +1:28 | |
| 17. | #51 |  | MacHale Austin - Whale Martin | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1/3 | 9:42:23 | +1:12:23 +2:57 | |
| 18. | #65 | | Rançon Jean-Luc - Martin-Dondoz Bernard | | Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII | 1/3 | 9:59:46 | +1:29:46 +17:23 | |
| 19. | #62 | | Aitken-Walker Louise - Morgan Ellen | | Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII M.C.D. Services | 1/3 | 10:06:22 | +1:36:22 +6:36 | |
| 20. | #67 | | Couloumiès Jean-Sébastien - Causse Claudine |  | Opel Ascona | 1/3 | 10:09:55 | +1:39:55 +3:33 | |
| 21. | #127 |  | Laubjerg Flemming - Hansen Jens Erik | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1/3 | 10:16:11 | +1:46:11 +6:16 | |
| 22. | #75 | | Hudson Ron - Edwards Les | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | 10:19:32 | +1:49:32 +3:21 | |
| 23. | #85 | | Stewart Malcolm - Parkhill Doug | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Post Office Royal Mail Parcels | 4/3 | 10:22:17 | +1:52:17 +2:45 | |
| 24. | #99 |  | Vukovich Sergey - Zvingevits |  | Lada VAZ 21011 Avtoexpress | 2/2 | 10:24:31 | +1:54:31 +2:14 | |
| 25. | #29 |  | Stawowiak Maciej - Żyszkowski Ryszard |  | FSO Polonez 2000 FSO Sport | 2/3 | 10:27:03 | +1:57:03 +2:32 | |
| 26. | #100 | | Ohu Heiki - Diener Toomas | | Lada VAZ 21011 Avtoexport | 2/2 | 10:34:53 | +2:04:53 +7:50 | |
| 27. | #116 | | Wiggins Brian - Shepherd Tony |  | Vauxhall Astra GTE SOS Motor Distributors / Carlton Garage | 2/3 | 10:36:10 | +2:06:10 +1:17 | |
| 28. | #45 |  | Raymond Julian - Hodgson Guy | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | 10:36:44 | +2:06:44 +34 | |
| 29. | #133 | | Jelley Bob - Cooke Adrian | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1/3 | 10:39:10 | +2:09:10 +2:26 | |
| 30. | #66 | | Steffansson Berndt-Inge - Fredriksson Ingvar | | Volvo 240 Turbo | 1/3 | 10:44:28 | +2:14:28 +5:18 | |
| 31. | #33 |  | Haugland John - Bohlin Jan-Olof |  | Škoda 120 LS Škoda GB | 1/1 | 10:51:19 | +2:21:19 +6:51 | |
| 32. | #84 | | Gill John - Millington John | | Opel Kadett GT/E ICI Perochemicals | 2/3 | 10:52:37 | +2:22:37 +1:18 | |
| 33. | #90 | | Pye John - Coxon John | | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2/3 | 11:02:02 | +2:32:02 +9:25 | |
| 34. | #125 |  | Haaf Gernot - Kress Edgar |  | Honda Civic Yasuhiro Watanabe Kfz Tuning | 2/1 | 11:04:40 | +2:34:40 +2:38 | |
| 35. | #74 | | Price John - Wyllie Hugh | | Renault 5 Turbo | 4/3 | 11:18:18 | +2:48:18 +13:38 | |
| 36. | #170 | | Cree Terry - Gelder Tony | | Ford Escort | 1/1 | 11:19:37 | +2:49:37 +1:19 | |
| 37. | #69 | | Calvert Neil - Read Dave | | Ford Escort 1600 | 1/2 | 11:19:45 | +2:49:45 +8 | |
| 38. | #134 |  | van Schaik Egbert - Bullens Hans | | Opel Ascona | 1/3 | 11:20:55 | +2:50:55 +1:10 | |
| 39. | #147 | | Golding Charles - Porter John | | Toyota Corolla | 1/1 | 11:26:30 | +2:56:30 +5:35 | |
| 40. | #155 | | Easton Steven | | Toyota Corolla | 1 | 11:27:11 | +2:57:11 +41 | |
| 41. | #146 | | Williams David - Williams Angela | | Ford Escort | 2 | 11:30:47 | +3:00:47 +3:36 | |
| 42. | #143 | | Defour René - Paolucci Alain |  | Peugeot 104 ZS | 1/2 | 11:34:50 | +3:04:50 +4:03 | |
| 43. | #137 | | Sundling Lars - Lie Bjørn | | Honda Accord | 1/2 | 11:40:04 | +3:10:04 +5:14 | |
| 44. | #122 | | Walton David - Davies Derrick | | Ford Escort | 2 | 11:53:33 | +3:23:33 +13:29 | |
| 45. | #106 | | Knudtzen Wenche - Rogers Dilys | | Lada 1600 | 2 | 11:54:25 | +3:24:25 +52 | |
| 46. | #109 | | Hancock Roger - Newman Colin | | Ford Escort Mexico | 2 | 11:58:31 | +3:28:31 +4:06 | |
| 47. | #132 | | Peacock Alan - Bond Steve | | Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII | 1 | 12:04:05 | +3:34:05 +5:34 | |
| 48. | #78 | | Gobert Philippe - Fauvel Roland |  | Fiat 124 Abarth Spider | 4 | 12:11:01 | +3:41:01 +6:56 | |
| 49. | #167 | | Dunham Ian - Davies Chas |  | Triumph TR7 | 4 | 12:13:37 | +3:43:37 +2:36 | |
| 50. | #114 | | Thomas Patrick - Coyret Jean-Pierre | | Renault 5 Alpine | 2 | 12:38:14 | +4:08:14 +24:37 | |
| 51. | #144 | | Anderson Pat - Poulson Dave | | Ford Escort XR3i | 1 | 12:58:13 | +4:28:13 +19:59 | |
| 52. | #95 |  | Mitarashi Takashi - Shintaku Masakazu | | Datsun 160J | 2 | 12:59:22 | +4:29:22 +1:09 | |
| 53. | #169 | | Lee David - Lee John | | Ford Escort | 1 | 13:30:56 | +5:00:56 +31:34 | |
| 54. | #172 | | Douce Terry - Johnson David | | Lada 1200 | 1 | 13:43:14 | +5:13:14 +12:18 |
Retirements
97 (100 on list)| SS19 | #1 | | Toivonen Henri - Gallagher Fred | | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Talbot | 2/4 | Engine |
| SS20 | #3 | | Alén Markku - Kivimäki Ilkka |  | Lancia Stratos HF (TO N14329) Team Chardonnet | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS53 | #4 | | Fréquelin Guy - Todt Jean | | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus Talbot | 2/4 | Accident |
| SS28 | #6 | | Pond Tony - Nicholson Mike | | Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR (FER 688W) Dealer Team Vauxhall | 4/4 | Gearbox |
| SS27 | #7 | | Salonen Timo - Harjanne Seppo | | Datsun Violet GT Team Datsun Europe | 4/3 | Engine |
| SS10 | #8 | | Waldegård Björn - Thorszelius Hans | | Toyota Celica 2000 GT Toyota Team Great Britain | 4/3 | Suspension |
| SS57 | #10 |  | Mouton Michèle - Pons Fabrizia | | Audi Quattro Audi Sport | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS45 | #16 | | McRae Jimmy - Grindrod Ian | | Opel Ascona 400 (GG-CJ 690) Dealer Team Opel | 4/4 | Halfshaft |
| SS6 | #17 | | Brookes Russell - Broad Mike | | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus (KKV 394V) Andrews Heat for Hire | 2/4 | Accident |
| SS16 | #18 | | Wilson Malcolm - Harryman Terry | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII Rothmans Rally Team | 4/3 | Accident |
| SS4 | #19 | | Lampi Lasse - Kuukkala Pentti | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | Accident |
| SS10 | #21 | | Johansson Björn 'Nalle' - Andersson Sven-Erik | | Opel Ascona 400 (VB-H 481) | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS12 | #23 | | Saby Bruno - Andrié Jean-Marc | | Renault 5 Turbo (6480 VM 38) | 4/3 | Accident damage |
| SS38 | #24 |  | Buffum John - Wilson Neil | | Triumph TR7 V8 | 4/4 | Engine |
| SS23 | #25 | | Dawson Andy - Gormley Kevin | | Datsun Bluebird Turbo Team Datsun Europe | 2/4 | Engine |
| SS51 | #27 | | Cowan Andrew - Tucker Derek | | Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo Team Ralliart | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS2 | #28 | | Sundström Mikael - Wallinheimo Hannu | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1/3 | Camshaft |
| SS58 | #30 | | Girdauskas Kastytis - Girdauskas Arvydas | | Lada VAZ 21011 Avtoexport | 2/2 | Engine |
| SS10 | #31 | | Kaneko Shigeo - Nakamura Toshiaki |  | Isuzu Gemini | 2/3 | Engine |
| SS43 | #32 | | Katsuta Teruo - Webb Derek | | Toyota Sprinter | 2/2 | Accident |
| SS20 | #35 | | Patrick Malcolm - Rainbow Brian | | Opel Ascona 400 (WRW 8X) Dealer Team Opel | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS47 | #36 | | Laine Antero - Piironen Juha | | Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo Intereconomics | 2/4 | Retired |
| SS11 | #37 | | Hill George - Varley Ron | | Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HSR | 4/4 | Wheel hub |
| SS33 | #38 | | Hagman Jan - Gustavsson Göran | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII | 4/3 | Engine |
| SS38 | #39 | | Rutherford Willie - Brown John | | Ford Escort RS | 4/3 | Accident |
| SS42 | #40 | | Stuart Mike - Rowlands Frank | | Ford Escort RS M.C.D. Services | 4/3 | Head gasket |
| SS5 | #42 | | Kristiansen Jens-Ole - Winther Per | | Opel Ascona 400 (VB-H 418) | 4/4 | Accident |
| SS? | #43 | | Fielding Geoff - Goulding Tony | | Ford Escort RS 1800 MKII M.C.D. Services | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #46 | | Chauche François - Chenez Bernard | | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #47 | | Everett Simon | | Ford Escort RS 2000 MKII | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #48 | | Bannister John - Robinson John | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #49 | | Hughes Ian - McNeill Hugh |  | Chrysler Avenger | 1 | Retired |
| SS59 | #50 | | Sellholm Jan - Karlsson Hans | | Toyota Starlet | 2/1 | Accident |
| SS? | #53 | | Toujan Pierre - Peuvergne Annick | | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2 | Retired |
| SS10 | #55 | | Laurent Claude - Laurent Dominique | | Peugeot 505 Diesel Turbo | 4D | Turbo |
| SS? | #57 | | Jackson Mike - Goodman Jim | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #58 | | Grainger David | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS3 | #60 | | Curran Kevin - Wheatley Trevor | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1 | Gearbox |
| SS? | #61 | | Ripley Peter - North Ian | | Toyota Celica | 2 | Retired |
| SS6 | #63 | | Freestone Martin R. - Gittins John | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1/3 | Accident |
| SS? | #64 | | Evans Graham - Roberts Alistair | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1 | Mechanical |
| SS? | #68 | | Lyons John - Moffat Bill | | FSO Polonez FSO Sport | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #70 | | Spencer Clifford - James David | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #71 | | Fagerlind Gunnar - Gustafsson Christer | | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #72 |  | Oliveras Isidro - Arnella Juan |  | Porsche 911 SC | 4 | Brakes |
| SS? | #73 | | Thérond Roland - Chopy Francis |  | Matra Murena | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #76 | | Bean Bob - Greenwood Allan | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #77 | | White Clive - Essex-Crosby David | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #79 | | Stevens John - Bonner Richard | | Mazda | 4 | Retired |
| SS10 | #80 | | Kojimoto Juichi - Tilbury Rowland | | Datsun 910 Turbo | 2/4 | Retired |
| SS? | #81 | | Soma Kazuo - Ichino Hakaru | | Mazda RX-7 | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #83 | | Tahko Teemu - Tahko Erkki | | FSO Polonez 2000 FSO Sport | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #86 | | Colomb François - Kuss Richard | | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #87 | | Bercic Vinco - Ovcar Dragutin | | Opel Ascona | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #88 | | McKenzie Bruce - Stuart-Brown Frank | | Ford Escort RS | 4 | Retired |
| SS? | #89 | | Wikström Olof - Pettersson Staffan | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #91 | | Urban Eugen - Eisenhard Erwin | | Opel Ascona B | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #92 |  | Scherer Rainer - Gerold Friedrich |  | BMW 2002 (M-UU 2598) | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #93 | | Takasaki Masahiro - Hayashi Satoshi | | Datsun 160J | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #94 | | Hardy Edward - Pearce David | | Ford Escort RS | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #96 | | Darbyshire Philip - Lucas David | | Triumph Dolomite Sprint | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #97 | | Cardew Julian - Frew Richard | | Opel Kadett GT/E | 2 | Retired |
| SS24 | #98 | | Tajima Nobuhiro - Kawamura Kiyoshi | | Datsun | 2/2 | Retired |
| SS? | #101 | | Porter Nicky - Wilford Dave | | Mitsubishi Colt Lancer | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #102 | | Honrath Horst - Güllich Helmut |  | Volkswagen Scirocco | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #103 | | Pickup Deryck - Bland Peter | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #104 | | Warkup Geoff - Howell David | | Lada 1600 | 2 | Retired |
| SS21 | #105 | | Blome Rena - Schuster Petra | | Peugeot 104 ZS | 2/2 | Retired |
| SS7 | #107 | | Ohba Seisuke - Odagiri Noriyuki | | Toyota Corolla | 2/2 | Fire |
| SS? | #108 | | Head Robert - Tricker Marilyn | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #110 | | Martlew Derek - Davies Stephen | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #111 | | Miller John - Holden Ken | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #112 | | Shimizu Kunihiko - Fukuda Suehiro |  | Nissan | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #113 | | Okanami Tsutomu - Aoki Takatsugo | | Toyota Celica | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #117 |  | Haneuse Christian - Mare Pierre | | Toyota Starlet | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #118 | | Grunwald Lothar - Burkhardt Richard | | Honda Civic | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #119 | | Thirsk Mike - Hough Jeremy | | Ford Escort | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #120 | | Dalton Les - Minto Joe |  | Morris Mini | 2 | Engine |
| SS? | #121 | | Caldicott Graham - Wheeler Richard |  | Mini Clubman GT | Retired | |
| SS? | #123 | | Brianti Gérard - Marsan Jean-Pierre | | Toyota Starlet | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #126 | | Moureau Didier - Bourgoin Jean | | Opel Ascona | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #128 |  | Wälti Jean-Claude - Kilchenmann Alphonse | | Opel Ascona | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #129 | | Thompson John - Greenwood Norman | | Ford Escort RS 2000 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #130 | | Williams John - Phillips Tony | | Opel Kadett GT/E | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #131 | | Pearson Chris - Dalton Pete | | Opel Kadett GT/E | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #135 | | Bontaz Bernard - Tavet Robert | | Opel Ascona | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #138 | | Charbonneaux Hervé - Pasquier Charley | | Renault | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #139 | | Gandy Ian - Rostron Christopher | | Ford Escort | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #140 | | Atkinson Philip - Berry Bob | | Chrysler Avenger | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #141 | | Lefebvre Jean-Paul - Montalvan Bernard | | Toyota Celica 1600 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #142 | | Bilou - Godet Jean-Michel | | Peugeot 104 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #145 | | Guyonnet-Duperat Henri - Merniac Christian | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
| SS? | #148 | | Harrison Ian - Bowler Ivor | | Chrysler Avenger | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #149 | | Davies Edward - Goodrick Alan | | Ford Escort | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #150 | | Samuel Graham - Ryan Tom | | Toyota Corolla | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #151 | | Dubert Jacques - Casamayou Jacqueline | | Peugeot 104 | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #152 | | Crabtree Rod - Lambshead Ken | | Ford Escort | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #153 | | Holland Ray - Orrick David | | Ford Fiesta | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #154 | | Banham Peter - Harris Trevor | | Toyota Corolla | 1 | Retired |
| SS? | #171 | | Barrell Colin - Rann Brian | | Talbot Sunbeam | 2 | Retired |
Added by:André Oliveira [14. 5. 2013]