Rally Sanremo

Lancia Stratos HF, the winning car from Markku Alén from 1978

The Rallye Sanremo is a rally event that takes place near Sanremo in northern Italy. With an interruption in 1995, the rally was part of the World Rally Championship from 1973 to 2003 . The rally is currently part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the Italian Rally Championship .

history

The first rally event, called “Rallye Sanremo”, was held in 1928. The so-called Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo was inspired by the Rallye Monte Carlo and therefore had the French word “rallye” instead of the Italian “rally” in its name. After it was held again in 1929, the event was placed in the hands of new organizers. They decided to organize a purely street race that led through the narrow streets of the city of Sanremo. At the first event in 1937, the 1 ° Circuito Automobilistico Sanremo , the Italian Grand Prix driver Achille Varzi was able to enter the list of winners. The Second World War ended this racing event.

It was not until 1961 that the original rally in Sanremo was revived as the Rallye dei Fiori (German: "Rally of Flowers"). The first overall winner was the Italian Mario De Villa in an Alfa Romeo Giulietta . In 1968 the rally had "Sanremo" in its name again and ended with a victory for Pauli Toivonen in a Porsche 911 . From 1970 to 1972 the rally was part of the International Championship for Manufacturers , a forerunner series of the World Rally Championship . In 1972 the rally got its current name. Officially, however, the event in 1972 was the 14th, as some previous events were included in the count.

When the World Rally Championship was founded in 1973, the Sanremo Rally was added to its calendar and was an integral part of this series in the following years. The first World Championship round in Sanremo ended with a victory for Jean-Luc Thérier on an Alpine A110 . A controversial decision was made during the 1986 Sanremo Rally, when the leading Peugeot factory team was disqualified after the third day of the rally, so that victory fell to Lancia . The stewards had found irregular side skirts on the Peugeots during the technical inspection . But Peugeot had already contested several other World Championship rallies in this vehicle configuration and also passed the technical inspection before the Sanremo Rally without any complaints. Peugeot protested, but the organizer did not allow the Peugeots to participate. At the end of the year, the FIA decided that the exclusion had been irregular and canceled all championship points that had been awarded for the result of the Sanremo Rally.

Due to the rotation principle of the World Rally Championship at that time, the Sanremo Rally in 1995 was only part of the 2-liter World Cup . The rally, which had previously taken place on various road surfaces, was redesigned in 1997 to a purely asphalt rally. After the 2003 season, the Sanremo Rally was removed from the calendar of the World Rally Championship; Sébastien Loeb won the last world championship run in the Citroën Xsara WRC . The Rally Sardinia was the new Italian round of the World Rally Championship . The Sanremo Rally then lived on as a run to the Italian Rally Championship . In 2006, the rally was also included in the calendar of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and thus received international attention again. The Sanremo Rally is now mainly a national event.

Routing and characteristics

The rally will take place in the steep hinterland around Sanremo in the province of Imperia . The paddock is usually located directly between the famous casino and the marina on Sanremo's Riviera coast .

After driving on mixed road surfaces until 1996, the Sanremo Rally has been held as a pure asphalt rally since 1997. The rally is characterized by narrow mountain roads with inclines and declines in the Mediterranean mixed oak and deciduous forests. These are characterized by a wealth of curves and a technically demanding route. As a result, the route only allows a relatively low average speed.

After its cancellation in 1985 was special stage Ronde di Monte Bignone or short Ronde 2005 included in the program of the Sanremo Rally again. It has been the highlight of the event ever since. This is a night stage which, with a distance of 44 kilometers, is one of the longest special stages in the world. It passes the municipalities of Perinaldo , Apricale and Bajardo as well as Sanremo's Coldirodi and San Romolo fractions .

Overall winner

The record winner of the Sanremo Rally is the Italian Paolo Andreucci with six successes in the period from 2006 to 2018. Four drivers were able to win the rally three times during the World Championship round. Markku Alén (1978, 1983, 1986), Miki Biasion (1987, 1988, 1989), Didier Auriol (1990, 1991, 1994) and Gilles Panizzi (2000, 2001, 2002) are the record winners of the Sanremo Rally with World Championship status.

Overview

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	automobile
1928 1	Rally Internazionale di Sanremo	Ernest Urdărianu		Fiat 520
1929 1	Rally Internazionale di Sanremo	Ernest Urdărianu		Fiat 521
1961 1	1st Rallye dei Fiori	Giovan Battista De Villa	Mario De Villa	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
1962 1	2nd Rallye dei Fiori	Piero Frescobaldi	D. Malinconi	Lancia Flavia
1963 1	3rd Rallye dei Fiori	Franco Patria	Alberto Orengo	Lancia Flavia Coupè
1964 1	4th Rallye dei Fiori	Erik Carlsson	Gunnar Palm	Saab 96 Sport
1965 1	5th Rallye dei Fiori	Leo Cella	Sergio Gamenara	Lancia Fulvia 2C
1966 1	6º Rallye dei Fiori	Leo Cella	Luciano Lombardini	Lancia Fulvia HF
1967 1	7th Rallye dei Fiori	Jean-François Piot	Nicolas Roure	Renault Gordini
1968 1	8º Rally di Sanremo	Pauli Toivonen	Martti Tiukkanen	Porsche 911 T.
1969 1	9º rally di Sanremo	Harry Källström	Gunnar Häggbom	Lancia Fulvia HF
1970 1	1º Sanremo-Sestriere - Rally d'Italia	Jean-Luc Thérier	Marcel Callewaert	Alpine A110 1600
1971 1	2º Sanremo-Sestriere - Rally d'Italia	Ove Andersson	Tony Nash	Alpine A110 1600
1972 1	14º Sanremo Rally	Amilcare Ballestrieri	Arnaldo Bernacchini	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
1973	15th Sanremo Rally	Jean-Luc Thérier	Jaubert Jacques	Alpine A110 1800
1974	16th Sanremo Rally	Sandro Munari	Mario Mannucci	Lancia Stratos HF
1975	17th rally Sanremo	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF
1976	18º Sanremo Rally	Björn Waldegård	Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF
1977	19th rally Sanremo	Jean-Claude Andruet	Christian Delferier	Fiat 131 Abarth
1978	20º Sanremo Rally	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Stratos HF
1979	21º Sanremo Rally	Antonio Fassina	Mauro Mannini	Lancia Stratos HF
1980	22º Sanremo Rally	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Fiat 131 Abarth
1981	23rd Sanremo Rally	Michèle Mouton	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro
1982	24º Sanremo Rally	Stig Blomqvist	Bjorn Cederberg	Audi Quattro
1983	25º Sanremo Rally	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Rally 037
1984	26º Sanremo Rally	Ari Vatanen	Terry Harryman	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
1985	27º Sanremo Rally	Walter Röhrl	Christian Geistdörfer	Audi Quattro
1986	28º Sanremo Rally	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia Delta S4
1987	29º Sanremo Rally	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988	30º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta Integrale
1989	31º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Miki biasion	Tiziano Siviero	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1990	32º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991	33º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992	34º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993	35º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Franco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1994	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1995 1	37º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Piero Liatti	Alessandro Alessandrini	Subaru Impreza 555
1996	38º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	Subaru Impreza 555
1997	39º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC
1998	40º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5
1999	41º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2000	42º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2001	43º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2002	44º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC
2003	45º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2004 1	46º Sanremo Rally	Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	Peugeot 206 XS S1600
2005 1	47º Sanremo Rally	Alessandro Perico	Fabrizio Carrara	Renault Clio S1600
2006 1	48º Rallye Sanremo ( IRC run)	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2007 1	49º Sanremo Rally (IRC run)	Luca Rossetti	Matteo Chiarcossi	Peugeot 207 S2000
2008 1	50º Rallye Sanremo (IRC run)	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2009 1	51º Sanremo Rally (IRC run)	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000
2010 1	52º Sanremo Rally (IRC run)	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 207 S2000
2011 1	53º Sanremo Rally (IRC run)	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000
2012 1	54º Sanremo Rally (IRC run)	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Ford Fiesta RRC
2013 1	55º rallye Sanremo ( ERC run)	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Peugeot 207 S2000
2014 1	56º Sanremo Rally	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	Škoda Fabia S2000
2015 1	57º Sanremo Rally	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16
2016 1	58º Sanremo Rally	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16
2017 1	59º Sanremo Rally	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16
2018 1	60º Sanremo Rally	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 208 T16

¹ no World Cup status

1. ^ The FIA ​​later canceled the result of the 1986 Sanremo Rally.

Web links

Commons : Rallye Sanremo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sanremo Rally 1986 on juwra.com