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    Walter Röhrl (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈʁøːʁl] ; born 7 March 1947) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia...
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    in the hands of Hannu Mikkola. Driven by Stig Blomqvist, Mikkola and Walter Röhrl, the A2 evolution won a total of eight world rallies, three in 1983 and...
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    (237 bhp; 177 kW) in 1980, being driven to World Championship status by Walter Röhrl. 7212703 Fiat Abarth 131 Rally Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Stradale; rear view...
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    the 1982 World Rally season, Mouton finished a close second overall to Walter Röhrl, after wins in Portugal, Brazil and Greece, and helped Audi to its first...
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    World Rally Championship. Driven by Markku Alén, Attilio Bettega, and Walter Röhrl, the car won Lancia the manufacturers' world championship in the 1983...
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  • place of Brazil. Audi's Hannu Mikkola beat the defending world champion Walter Röhrl and his Lancia teammate Markku Alén to the drivers' title. Lancia captured...
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  • historically inaccurate) - and it hires the renowned German rally driver Walter Röhrl (Bruch) to drive in one half of the 1983 season races. Daniel Brühl as...
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  • 1982 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion: Walter Röhrl World Manufacturers' Champion: Audi Previous 1981 Next 1983 The 1982 World Rally Championship...
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    manufactured by other GM divisions around the world. In motorsport, Walter Röhrl won the 1982 World Rally Championship drivers' title with an Ascona 400...
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    the performance of Porsche's flagship models at the time. Rally driver Walter Röhrl lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife track in a Cayman S equipped with...
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  • 1980 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion: Walter Röhrl World Manufacturers' Champion: Fiat Previous 1979 Next 1981 The 1980 World Rally Championship...
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  • season. Peugeot Sport's Timo Salonen beat Audi Sport's Stig Blomqvist and Walter Röhrl to the drivers' title. Peugeot won their first manufacturers' title,...
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    (08/2015), Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2. 7:28.0 Porsche Carrera GT (980) Walter Röhrl 2004-07-02 Auto Bild (07/04) 7:28.0 McLaren MP4-12C Horst von Saurma...
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    contention. In 1985, after another season mired in mediocre finishes, Walter Röhrl finished the season in his Sport Quattro S1, and helped place Audi second...
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    single car into the season finale RAC Rally, despite the fact that driver Walter Röhrl was still in the hunt for the title. The low homologation requirements...
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    and was released in 2022. In 2022, he was cast as German rally driver Walter Röhrl in the English-language film Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia, formerly...
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  • championship (with Richards as his co-driver), the 1980 and 1982 world champion Walter Röhrl and Jimmy McRae, the previous year's British Rally Champion and father...
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  • manufacturer Opel. It competed at the World Rally Championship from 1982 to 1990. Walter Röhrl won the drivers championship in 1982 with Opel. Opel Rally Results...
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    activist Walter Röhrl (born 1947), German rally world champion Walter Romberg (1928–2014), German politician Walter Rouse, American football player Walter Runte...
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    world rallying. Many world renown drivers have won this event including Walter Röhrl, Björn Waldegård, Ari Vatanen, Stig Blomqvist, Juha Kankkunen, Carlos...
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  • Blomqvist. Michèle Mouton had a part-time contract and two-time champion Walter Röhrl was added from Martini Racing. Lancia Martini kept Markku Alén as their...
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    the eight world rally champions from 1979 to 1988; Björn Waldegård, Walter Röhrl, Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Timo Salonen, Juha Kankkunen...
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    Quattro system. The car was piloted by Hurley Haywood and with both Walter Röhrl and Hans-Joachim Stuck won eight out of thirteen events. Audi moved to...
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    admitted at the '86 edition that he was scared to run first on the road. Walter Röhrl had his own theory on the crowd situation: "You just have to see the...
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     West Germany Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth 4 6 118 54 1981  Finland Ari Vatanen Ford Escort RS1800 3 5 96 7 1982  West Germany Walter Röhrl Opel Ascona...
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    Talbot with its Sunbeam Lotus in 1981. Waldegård was followed by German Walter Röhrl and Finn Ari Vatanen as drivers' world champions. The 1980s saw the rear-wheel-drive...
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  • Sporting positions Preceded by inaugural African Rally Champion 1981 Succeeded by Walter Röhrl...
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    third position in the championship, ultimately finishing behind Opel's Walter Röhrl and teammate Michèle Mouton. 1983 was to be Mikkola's year. Four wins...
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    skidpad testing, the GT3 posted 1.03g. Porsche's official test-driver Walter Röhrl completed the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the 996 GT3 in 7 minutes...
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    Kankkunen) and the third one to win two titles (after Kankkunen and Walter Röhrl). After his championship years, Biasion was never able to achieve that...
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