Rally New Zealand

Marcus Grönholm , Mikko Hirvonen and Manfred Stohl after the 2006 New Zealand Rally

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
1969 1	01st Silver Fern Rally	Grady Thompson	Rick rimmer	Holden Monaro V8
1970 1	02nd Silver Fern Rally	Paul Adams	Don Fenwick	BMW 2002
1971 1	03. Heatway Int. Motor rally	Bruce Hodgson	Mike Mitchell	Ford Lotus Cortina
1972 1	04. Heatway Int. Motor rally	Andrew Cowan	Jim Scott	Mini 1275 GT
1973 1	05. Heatway Int. Motor rally	Hannu Mikkola	Jim Porter	Ford Escort RS1600
1974	not carried out due to the oil crisis
1975 1	06. Heatway Int. Motor rally	Mike Marshall	Arthur McWatt	Ford Escort RS1800
1976 1	07th Heatway Rally	Andrew Cowan	Jim Scott	Hillman Avenger
1977	08th South Pacific Rally - New Zealand	Fulvio Bacchelli	Francesco Rossetti	Fiat 131 Mirafiori Abarth
1978	09th Rally of New Zealand	Russell Brookes	Chris Porter	Ford Escort RS1800
1979	10th Rally of New Zealand	Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	Ford Escort RS1800
1980	11th Rally of New Zealand	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Datsun 160J
1981 1	12th Rally of New Zealand	Jim Donald	Kevin Lancaster	Ford Escort RS1800
1982	13th Rally of New Zealand	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Toyota Celica 2000GT
1983	14th Rally of New Zealand	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Lancia Rally 037
1984	15th Rally of New Zealand	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi quattro A2
1985	16th Rally of New Zealand	Timo Salonen	Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1986	17th Rally of New Zealand	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
1987 2	18th Rally of New Zealand	Franz Wittmann	Jörg Pattermann	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988 2	19th Rally of New Zealand	Sepp Haider	Ferdinand Hinterleitner	Opel Kadett GSi 16V
1989 2	20th Rally of New Zealand	Ingvar Carlsson	Per Carlsson	Mazda 323 4WD
1990	21st Rally of New Zealand	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1991	22nd Rally of New Zealand	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1992	23rd Rally of New Zealand	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1993	24th Rally of New Zealand	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Legacy RS
1994	25th Rally of New Zealand	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
1995	26th Rally of New Zealand	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
1996 1	27th Rally of New Zealand	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3
1997	28th Rally of New Zealand	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Subaru Impreza 555
1998	29th Rally of New Zealand	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Corolla WRC
1999	30th Rally of New Zealand	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2000	31st Rally of New Zealand	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2001	32nd Rally of New Zealand	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru Impreza WRC
2002	33rd Rally of New Zealand	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2003	34th Rally of New Zealand	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
2004	35th Rally of New Zealand	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC
2005	36th Rally of New Zealand	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2006	37th Rally of New Zealand	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus WRC
2007	38th Rally of New Zealand	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus WRC
2008	39th Rally of New Zealand	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2009	not carried out
2010	40th Rally of New Zealand	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miika Anttila	Ford Focus WRC
2011 1	41st Rally of New Zealand	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Ford Focus WRC
2012	42nd Rally of New Zealand	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC
2013-2016	not carried out
2017 1	Rally of New Zealand 2017	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	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
5	Marcus Grönholm		2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2006 , 2007
4th	Carlos Sainz		1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1998
3	Colin McRae		1993 , 1994 , 1995
3	Sébastien Loeb		2005 , 2008 , 2012
2	Andrew Cowan		1972, 1976
2	Hannu Mikkola		1973 , 1979
2	Timo Salonen		1980, 1985
2	Richard Burns		1996 , 2001

Web links

Commons : Rally New Zealand  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 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).