Rally New Zealand
The New Zealand Rally is one of the 13 rounds of the World Rally Championship . It is the oldest rally held in the southern hemisphere that has an FIA World Championship title. It first took place in Taupo in 1969 as the Silver Fern Rally , was relocated to Canterbury the following year under the same name and returned to the North Island of New Zealand in 1971 as the Heatway International Rally . In 1977 it was driven for the first time with world championship status. The most common venue so far has been Auckland , since 2006 it has been held in Hamilton . Most of the New Zealand rally leads over fast gravel roads with large curve radii, along the coast and through forests. In 2001 it was voted rally of the year by the World Cup teams .
Overall winner
year | rally | driver | Co-driver | automobile |
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1969 1 | 1st Silver Fern Rally |
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Holden Monaro V8 |
1970 1 | 2nd Silver Fern Rally |
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BMW 2002 |
1971 1 | 3. Heatway Int. Motor rally |
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Ford Lotus Cortina |
1972 1 | 4. Heatway Int. Motor rally |
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Mini 1275 GT |
1973 1 | 5. Heatway Int. Motor rally |
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Ford Escort RS1600 |
1974 | not carried out due to the oil crisis | |||
1975 1 | 6. Heatway Int. Motor rally |
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Ford Escort RS1800 |
1976 1 | 7th Heatway Rally |
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Hillman Avenger |
1977 | 8th South Pacific Rally - New Zealand |
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Fiat 131 Mirafiori Abarth |
1978 | 9th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Escort RS1800 |
1979 | 10th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Escort RS1800 |
1980 | 11th Rally of New Zealand |
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Datsun 160J |
1981 1 | 12th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Escort RS1800 |
1982 | 13th Rally of New Zealand |
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Toyota Celica 2000GT |
1983 | 14th Rally of New Zealand |
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Lancia Rally 037 |
1984 | 15th Rally of New Zealand |
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Audi quattro A2 |
1985 | 16th Rally of New Zealand |
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Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 |
1986 | 17th Rally of New Zealand |
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Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 |
1987 2 | 18th Rally of New Zealand |
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Lancia Delta HF 4WD |
1988 2 | 19th Rally of New Zealand |
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Opel Kadett GSi 16V |
1989 2 | 20th Rally of New Zealand |
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Mazda 323 4WD |
1990 | 21st Rally of New Zealand |
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Toyota Celica GT-Four |
1991 | 22nd Rally of New Zealand |
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Toyota Celica GT-Four |
1992 | 23rd Rally of New Zealand |
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Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD |
1993 | 24th Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Legacy RS |
1994 | 25th Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Impreza 555 |
1995 | 26th Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Impreza 555 |
1996 1 | 27th Rally of New Zealand |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 |
1997 | 28th Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Impreza 555 |
1998 | 29th Rally of New Zealand |
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Toyota Corolla WRC |
1999 | 30th Rally of New Zealand |
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 |
2000 | 31st Rally of New Zealand |
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Peugeot 206 WRC |
2001 | 32nd Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Impreza WRC |
2002 | 33rd Rally of New Zealand |
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Peugeot 206 WRC |
2003 | 34th Rally of New Zealand |
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Peugeot 206 WRC |
2004 | 35th Rally of New Zealand |
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Subaru Impreza WRC |
2005 | 36th Rally of New Zealand |
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Citroën Xsara WRC |
2006 | 37th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Focus WRC |
2007 | 38th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Focus WRC |
2008 | 39th Rally of New Zealand |
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Citroën C4 WRC |
2009 | not carried out | |||
2010 | 40th Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Focus WRC |
2011 1 | 41st Rally of New Zealand |
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Ford Focus WRC |
2012 | 42nd Rally of New Zealand |
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Citroën DS3 WRC |
2013-2016 | not carried out | |||
2017 1 | Rally of New Zealand 2017 |
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Hyundai i20 WRC |
1 rally did not have World Championship status. 2 rally was not part of the team classification
Multiple winner
Victories | driver | Nat. | Years |
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5 | Marcus Grönholm |
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2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2006 , 2007 |
4th | Carlos Sainz |
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1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1998 |
3 | Colin McRae |
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1993 , 1994 , 1995 |
3 | Sébastien Loeb |
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2005 , 2008 , 2012 |
2 | Andrew Cowan |
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1972, 1976 |
2 | Hannu Mikkola |
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1973 , 1979 |
2 | Timo Salonen |
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1980, 1985 |
2 | Richard Burns |
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1996 , 2001 |
Web links
- Official website
- Results on eWRC-results.com
- Rally of New Zealand . Fia.com, November 2006, archived from the original onMay 6, 2006; accessed on May 4, 2018(English, original website no longer available).