Rallye Sanremo Explained

Rallye Sanremo
Status:active
Genre:motorsporting event
Frequency:annual
First:1928
Website:rallyesanremo.it

Rallye Sanremo is a rally competition held in Sanremo, Italy. Except for the 1995 event, the event was part of the FIA World Rally Championship schedule from the 1973 season to the 2003 season. It was a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and is currently a round of the Italian national rally championship.

History

The first "Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo" was held in 1928. The rally name's French word "rallye", as opposed to Italian "rally", was inspired by Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo. After another successful rally in 1929, the event was given to new organisers who decided to set up a street race through the town of Sanremo instead. The first one, 1° Circuito Automobilistico Sanremo, was held in 1937 and won by Achille Varzi. Rallye Sanremo was restarted in 1961 as Rallye dei Fiori ("Rally of the Flowers") and has been held every year since.[1]

From 1970 to 1972, Rallye Sanremo was part of the International Championship for Manufacturers. From 1973 to 2003, the rally was on the World Rally Championship schedule, except for 1995 when the event was only part of the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers.[2] The rally became the centre of controversy in 1986 after the stewards disqualified the factory Peugeot team at the end of the third day for using illegal side skirts, handing the victory to Lancia. Peugeot had used the same configuration in earlier rallies without any scrutineering problems and had also passed pre-rally scrutineering. Peugeot appealed but the organisers did not allow the team to continue the rally. FIA later confirmed that the exclusion had been illegal as the Peugeot cars were legal, and decided to annul the results of the whole event.[3]

Rallye Sanremo was originally a mixed surface event (tarmac and gravel) but from 1997 on it was organised as an all-tarmac rally. After being dropped from the WRC schedule (in favor of Rally di Sardegna in 2004), Rallye Sanremo has been part of the Italian Rally Championship. Since 2006, it has also been a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. In 2015 the organizers and FIA decided to include Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo (from 1952 to 1956) as a part of Rallye Sanremo. The purpose for this decision was to honor Women's Italian Rally Series driven in Sanremo in the 1950s. Due to these changes 57° Rallye Sanremo in 2015 turned into 62° Rallye Sanremo and will continue with this numbering system.[4] [5]

Winners

SeasonEventDriverCar
1928Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Ernest UrdareanuFiat 520
1929Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Ernest UrdareanuFiat 521
19521° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della ChiesaLancia Aurelia GT
19532° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Luisa RezzonicoLancia Aurelia
19543° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della ChiesaAlfa Romeo 1900
19554° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della ChiesaLancia Aurelia B22
19565° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Goffreda CambieriIsetta
19611º Rallye dei Fiori Mario De VillaAlfa Romeo Giulietta
19622º Rallye dei Fiori Piero FrescobaldiLancia Flavia
19633º Rallye dei Fiori Franco PatriaLancia Flavia Coupè
19644º Rallye dei Fiori Erik CarlssonSaab 96 Sport
19655º Rallye dei Fiori Leo CellaLancia Fulvia 2C
19666º Rallye dei Fiori Leo CellaLancia Fulvia HF
19677º Rallye dei Fiori Jean-François PiotRenault Gordini
19688º Rallye di SanremoPorsche 911
19699º Rallye di SanremoLancia Fulvia HF
19701º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'ItaliaAlpine-Renault A110 1600
19712º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'ItaliaAlpine-Renault A110 1600
197210º Rallye Sanremo[6] Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF
197311º Rallye Sanremo[7] Alpine-Renault A110 1800
197412º Rallye SanremoLancia Stratos HF
197513º Rallye SanremoLancia Stratos HF
197614º Rallye SanremoLancia Stratos HF
197715º Rallye SanremoFiat 131 Abarth
197820º Rallye SanremoLancia Stratos HF
197921º Rallye SanremoLancia Stratos HF
198022º Rallye SanremoFiat 131 Abarth
198123º Rallye SanremoAudi Quattro
198224º Rallye SanremoAudi Quattro
198325º Rallye SanremoLancia Rally 037
198426º Rallye SanremoPeugeot 205 Turbo 16
198527º Rallye SanremoAudi Quattro S1
198628º Rallye SanremoLancia Delta S4
198729º Rallye SanremoLancia Delta HF 4WD
198830º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaLancia Delta HF Integrale
198931º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaLancia Delta HF Integrale 16v
199032º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaLancia Delta HF Integrale 16v
199133º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaLancia Delta HF Integrale 16v
199234º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaLancia Delta HF Integrale
199335º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaFord Escort RS Cosworth
199436º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaToyota Celica Turbo 4WD
199537º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaSubaru Impreza 555
199638º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaSubaru Impreza 555
199739º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaSubaru Impreza WRC 97
199840º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaMitsubishi Lancer Evo V
199941º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
200042º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaPeugeot 206 WRC
200143º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaPeugeot 206 WRC
200244º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaPeugeot 206 WRC
200345º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'ItaliaCitroën Xsara WRC
200446º Rallye SanremoPeugeot 206 XS S1600
200547º Rallye SanremoRenault Clio S1600
200648º Rallye SanremoFiat Grande Punto S2000
200749º Rallye Sanremo Luca RossettiPeugeot 207 S2000
200850º Rallye SanremoAbarth Grande Punto S2000
200951º Rallye Sanremo Kris MeekePeugeot 207 S2000
201052º Rallye Sanremo Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 207 S2000
201153º Rallye Sanremo Thierry NeuvillePeugeot 207 S2000
201254º Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico BassoFord Fiesta RRC
201355º Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico BassoPeugeot 207 S2000
201456º Rallye Sanremo Umberto ScandolaŠkoda Fabia S2000
2015[8] 62° Rallye Sanremo Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 208 T16
201663º Rallye Sanremo Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 208 T16
201764° Rallye Sanremo Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 208 T16
201865° Rallye Sanremo Paolo AndreucciPeugeot 208 T16
201966° Rallye Sanremo Craig BreenŠkoda Fabia R5
2020Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
202168° Rallye Sanremo Craig BreenHyundai i20 R5
202269° Rallye Sanremo Fabio AndolfiŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo

FIA later annulled the results of the 1986 event.

In 2015 the organizers and FIA included Rallye Femminile Perla (from 1952 to 1956) di Sanremo as a part of Rallye Sanremo and changed the numbering system from 57° to 62°.

Multiple winners

WinsDriverYears
6 Paolo Andreucci2006, 2010, 2015–2018
3 Markku Alen1978, 1983, 1986
Didier Auriol1990–1991, 1994
Giandomenico Basso2008, 2012–2013
Miki Biasion1987–1989
Gilles Panizzi2000–2002
Paola Della Chiesa1952, 1954–1955
2 Leo Cella1965–1966
Tommi Makinen1998–1999
Colin McRae1996–1997
Walter Rohrl1980, 1985
Jean-Luc Therier1970, 1973
Bjorn Waldegard1975–1976
Ernest Urdareanu1928–1929
Craig Breen2019, 2021
WinsManufacturer
13 Lancia
Peugeot
6 Fiat
3 Subaru
Alpine
Skoda

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Una storia quasi ottantennale (PDF) . Automobile Club Sanremo . 2007-02-09 . it.
  2. Web site: Rallye Sanremo / Rallye d'Italia Roll of Honour . RallyBase . 2007-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231090946/http://www.rallybase.nl:80/index.php?type=rally&rallytype=Ita . 2006-12-31 .
  3. Web site: San Remo 1986 . World Rally Archive . 2007-02-09.
  4. Web site: Le Edizioni Del Rallye Sanremo diventano 62 !! . Automobile Club Sanremo/ Automobile Club d'Italia Sport . 2015-04-25 . it . }
  5. Web site: Media Book for 62° Rallye Sanremo . Automobile Club Sanremo/ Comune di Sanremo/ Regione Liguria . https://web.archive.org/web/20160123034609/http://www.acisportitalia.it/public/2015/pdf//CIR/2015_966Rallye_Sanremo//mediabooksanremo2015lr.pdf . dead . 2016-01-23 . 2015-04-25 . it, en .
  6. Web site: 10º Rallye Sanremo. www.rallyesanremo.sistel.it.
  7. Web site: 11º Rallye Sanremo. www.rallyesanremo.sistel.it.
  8. Web site: 62° Rallye Sanremo Results . eWRC-Results.com . 25 April 2015.

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