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| 63rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 11 |
| Official name: | Lombard RAC Rally |
| Edition: | 34th |
| Date: | from Sunday 19-Nov-1978 to Thursday 23-Nov-1978 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 175 | |
| Starters: | 168 | |
| Finishers: | 61 | (36.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 76 | |
| Shortest: | 3.22 | km | (SS2 Weston Park) |
| Longest: | 37.01 | km | (SS63 Hafren) |
| Slowest: | 56.53 | km/h | (SS3 Trentham Gardens 1) |
| Fastest: | 132.77 | km/h | (SS47 Oulton Park) |
| Planned stage distance: | 715.37 | km | (22.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 692.03 | km | (22.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 2,440.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 3,132.03 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 4th win and 10th podium for Hannu Mikkola. |
| Second place was 14th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Russell Brookes. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 12th win and triple win were 29th to 31st podiums for Ford. |
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Hannu Mikkola was a fresh face in top step of podium, but he was sixth Ford driver to win in as many years and did it in traditional style: by leading most of the way.
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Related links
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Tour de Corse 1978
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Monte Carlo 1979
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