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The 1986 season was the 34th edition of the European Rally Championship. It started on January 2 at the Jänner Rallye and ended on November 30 at the Rally du Var. In total 50 tests were part of the contest of which eight had the maximum coefficient (4) eight with coefficient 3, twenty-eight with coefficient 2 and six with minimum 1. The winner was the Italian Fabrizio Tabaton, an official Lancia pilot who competed all season with the Delta S4 Lancia of the Grifone Esso Shoe in thirteen trials and won in six: Costa Brava, Madeira, Halkidiki, Prince of Asturias, Catalonia and San Marino as well as on the podium at the Rallye dell'Isola d'Elba. The subchampionship was for the Belgian Patrick Snijers who participated with the Lancia 037 Rally of the Tre Gazzelle Bastos team in ten trials winning in the Bohemia Rally and the Cyprus Rally and getting on the podium in five other tests. Other outstanding pilots of the season were French François Chatriot, third with four wins and Robert Droogmans ninth with four other wins.

That year was the last in which the vehicles of group B took part, as they were banned for the next season after a series of fatal accidents in the world championship. The European competition was not free of tragedies, Swiss pilot Marc Surer suffered a heavy accident with his Ford RS200 when he was fighting for the victory against French Michele Mouton at ADAC Rallye Hessen. Although Surer survived his co-pilot Michel Wyder, he lost his life.

Calendar
Test schedule with maximum coefficient. To differentiate the different tests from the calendar, the International Federation granted each test a coefficient ranging from 1 to 4, with 1 being the smallest and 4 the largest. In this way, the pilot who won in a coefficient 4 test was the same as the pilot who had won in four coefficient 1.

Results

Pilot Championship
The results are not included in other lower coefficient tests.

References

External links
Official site

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