Rally Costa Smeralda Explained

Rally Costa Smeralda is a rally competition held in Costa Smeralda, a coastal area on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The event was first held in 1978 and it was part of the European Rally Championship schedule until 1994. After the rally was restarted in 1998, it has been part of the Italian Rally Championship.

The rally is based in Arzachena in the north-east part of the island. Unlike the famed tarmac rally held on near neighbour the island of Corsica, the Tour de Corse, the Rally Costa Smeralda is a gravel rally. Italian drivers have long dominated the rally; the most successful driver in the rally's history is Italy's Paolo Andreucci who won the rally seven times between 2001 and 2013.

Winners

SeasonDriverCar
1978 Maurizio VeriniFiat 131 Abarth
1979 Attilio BettegaFiat 131 Abarth
1980 Bernard DarnicheLancia Stratos HF
1981 Markku AlénFiat 131 Abarth
1982 Michele CinottoAudi Quattro
1983 Miki BiasionLancia Rally 037
1984 Henri ToivonenPorsche 911
1985 Dario CerratoLancia Rally 037
1986 Henri ToivonenLancia Delta S4
1987 Juha KankkunenLancia Delta HF 4WD
1988 Markku AlénLancia Delta Integrale
1989 Dario CerratoLancia Delta Integrale
1990 Dario CerratoLancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991 Juha KankkunenLancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992 Didier AuriolLancia Delta HF Integrale
1993align=center colspan=2Cancelled
1994 Piero LiattiSubaru Impreza 555
1995

1997
align=center colspan=2Not held
1998 Giuseppe GrossiToyota Celica GT-Four ST205
1999 Daniele GriottiSubaru Impreza WRX STI
2000 Michele GregisSubaru Impreza WRX STI
2001 Paolo AndreucciFord Focus WRC
2002 Luca CantamessaSubaru Impreza WRC
2003 Harri RovanperäPeugeot 206 WRC
2004 Andrea NavarraSubaru Impreza WRX STI
2005 Andrea NavarraMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2006 Paolo AndreucciFiat Grande Punto Abarth
2007 Piero LonghiSubaru Impreza WRX STI
2008 Paolo AndreucciMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2009 Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 207 S2000
2010 Kris MeekePeugeot 207 S2000
2011 Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 207 S2000
2012 Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 207 S2000
2013 Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 207 S2000
2014 Renato TravagliaPeugeot 207 S2000
2015 Giuseppe DettoriŠkoda Fabia S2000
2016 Federico Della CasaŠkoda Fabia R5
2017 Giuseppe DettoriŠkoda Fabia R5

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