Rallye Sanremo

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Rallye Sanremo is a rally competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 season to the 2003 season. Currently, it is a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the Italian national rally championship.

1 History
2 Winners
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The first "Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo" was held in 1928. The rally name's French word "rallye", as opposed to Italian "rally", was inspired by Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo. After another successful rally in 1929, the event was given to new organizers who decided to set up a street race through the town of Sanremo instead. The first one, 1° Circuito Automobilistico Sanremo, was held in 1937 and won by Achille Varzi. Rallye Sanremo was re-started in 1961 as Rallye dei Fiori ("Rally of the Flowers") and has been held every year since.^[1]

From 1970 to 1972, Rallye Sanremo was part of the International Championship for Manufacturers. From 1973 to 2003, the rally was on the World Rally Championship schedule, except for 1995 when the event was only part of the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers.^[2] The rally became the centre of controversy in 1986 after the stewards disqualified the factory Peugeot team at the end of the third day for using illegal side skirts, handing the victory to Lancia. Peugeot had used the same configuration in earlier rallies without any scrutineering problems and had also passed pre-rally scrutineering. Peugeot appealed but the organizers did not allow the team to continue the rally. FIA later confirmed that the exclusion had been illegal as the Peugeot cars were legal, and decided to annul the results of the whole event.^[3] Rallye Sanremo was originally a mixed surface event (tarmac and gravel) but from 1997 on it was organized as an all-tarmac rally. After being dropped from the WRC schedule, Rallye Sanremo has been part of the Italian Rally Championship. Since 2006, it has also been a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

[edit] Winners

Season	Event	Driver	Car
1928	Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo	Urdareanu	Fiat 520
1929	Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo	Urdareanu	Fiat 521
1961	1º Rallye dei Fiori	De Villa	Alfa Romeo Giulietta
1962	2º Rallye dei Fiori	Frescobaldi	Lancia Flavia
1963	3º Rallye dei Fiori	Franco Patria	Lancia Flavia Coupè
1964	4º Rallye dei Fiori	Erik Carlsson	Saab 96 Sport
1965	5º Rallye dei Fiori	Leo Cella	Lancia Fulvia 2C
1966	6º Rallye dei Fiori	Leo Cella	Lancia Fulvia HF
1967	7º Rallye dei Fiori	Jean-François Piot	Renault Gordini
1968	8º Rallye di Sanremo	Pauli Toivonen	Porsche 911
1969	9º Rallye di Sanremo	Harry Källström	Lancia Fulvia HF
1970	1º Sanremo-Sestriere - Rally d'Italia	Jean-Luc Thérier	Alpine-Renault A110 1600
1971	2º Sanremo-Sestriere - Rally d'Italia	Ove Andersson	Alpine-Renault A110 1600
1972	14º Rallye Sanremo	Amilcare Ballestrieri	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
1973	15º Rallye Sanremo	Jean-Luc Thérier	Alpine-Renault A110 1800
1974	16º Rallye Sanremo	Sandro Munari	Lancia Stratos HF
1975	17º Rallye Sanremo	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF
1976	18º Rallye Sanremo	Björn Waldegård	Lancia Stratos HF
1977	19º Rallye Sanremo	Jean-Claude Andruet	Fiat 131 Abarth
1978	20º Rallye Sanremo	Markku Alén	Lancia Stratos HF
1979	21º Rallye Sanremo	Antonio Fassina	Lancia Stratos HF
1980	22º Rallye Sanremo	Walter Röhrl	Fiat 131 Abarth
1981	23º Rallye Sanremo	Michèle Mouton	Audi Quattro
1982	24º Rallye Sanremo	Stig Blomqvist	Audi Quattro
1983	25º Rallye Sanremo	Markku Alén	Lancia Rally 037
1984	26º Rallye Sanremo	Ari Vatanen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1985	27º Rallye Sanremo	Walter Röhrl	Audi Quattro
1986	28º Rallye Sanremo^[1]	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta S4
1987	29º Rallye Sanremo	Miki Biasion	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988	30º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Miki Biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale
1989	31º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Miki Biasion	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1990	32º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991	33º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992	34º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Andrea Aghini	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993	35º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Franco Cunico	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1994	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1995	37º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Piero Liatti	Subaru Impreza 555
1996	38º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555
1997	39º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza WRC
1998	40º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5
1999	41º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2000	42º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2001	43º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2002	44º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2003	45º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC
2004	46º Rallye Sanremo	Renato Travaglia	Peugeot 206 XS S1600
2005	47º Rallye Sanremo	Alessandro Perico	Renault Clio S1600
2006	48º Rallye Sanremo	Paolo Andreucci	Fiat Punto S2000
2007	49º Rallye Sanremo	Luca Rossetti	Peugeot 207 S2000