FIRST WRC WIN

After nine hours, fifty-five minutes and fifty-five seconds of special stages, Jean Ragnotti crossed the line in the 1981 Monte Carlo Rally and gave Renault its first World Rally Championship victory. Renault had won rallies before, of course (with the 8 Gordini and Renault-alpine A110, among others), but this one with the Renault 5 Turbo was the first since the WRC became an officially sanctioned FIA series in 1973.