Rally Turkey

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The Rally Turkey was held for the first time in 2003 as part of the World Rally Championship . The rally is similar in structure, structure and demands to those in Cyprus and Greece . The special stages are driven on hard gravel, which is particularly demanding on the tires. The starting point is Antalya , the destination is Kemer .

history

The very first Rally Turkey took place unofficially in 1972 with start and finish in Istanbul . This rally is the rally that was held for many years under the name Bosporus Rally. In 2000, a two-day rally around Izmir was held under the observation of the FIA . It was then decided to include the Rally Turkey as a world championship run. In 2003, the first Rally Turkey started despite controversial discussions about the weather conditions in the mountains of Anatolia . After six world championship rounds, the rally was suspended for the time being after the 2010 staging. In 2018, the rally will return as a World Championship run.

Overall winner

year rally driver Co-driver automobile
2000 1 01st Anatolian Rally TurkeyTurkey Volkan Isik TurkeyTurkey Yusuf Avimelek Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99
2001 1 02. Anatolian Rally TurkeyTurkey Serkan Yazici TurkeyTurkey Erkan Bodur Toyota Corolla WRC
2002 1 03rd Anatolian Rally TurkeyTurkey Ercan Kazaz TurkeyTurkey Cem Bakançocukları Subaru Impreza WRX
2003 04th Rally of Turkey SpainSpain Carlos Sainz SpainSpain Marc Martí Citroën Xsara WRC
2004 05th Rally of Turkey FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC
2005 06th Rally of Turkey FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën Xsara WRC
2006 07th Rally of Turkey FinlandFinland Marcus Grönholm FinlandFinland Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus WRC
2007 1 08. Rally of Turkey FinlandFinland Nicolas Vouilloz FinlandFinland Nicolas Klinger Peugeot 207 S2000
2008 09th Rally of Turkey FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus WRC
2010 10th Rally of Turkey FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC
2011-2017 not carried out
2018 11th Rally of Turkey Marmaris EstoniaEstonia Ott Tanak EstoniaEstonia Martin Järveoja Citroën Xsara WRC
2019 12th Rally of Turkey Marmaris FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier FranceFrance Julien Ingrassia Citroën C3 WRC

1 no World Cup status

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gunaydin / Bosphorus Rally. wrc-results.com, accessed February 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ History ( Memento from May 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )