Codasur South American Rally Championship Explained

Category:Groups Rally
Super 2000
Group N
Country/Region:South America
Inaugural:1997
Tyres:DMACK
Champion Driver: Alejandro Galanti
Champion Codriver: Hector Nunes
Current Season:2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship
Website:Rally FIA Codasur

The FIA CODASUR Rally Championship is an international rally championship which is run by Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (CODASUR) under the auspices of the FIA and held across South America, although some events in the northernmost reaches of South America compete in the NACAM Rally Championship zone rather than Codasur.[1] [2]

Competing rallies have generally had short and intermittent histories within the championship, although Brazil's Rally de Erechim and Uruguay's Rally del Atlantico have been in almost every championship. Host nations have kept relatively constant; Brazil and Paraguay have hosted events in every championship, Bolivia and Uruguay all bar one and Argentina has only missed two years. Chile and Peru, former regulars have not hosted events since 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Paraguayan Gustavo Saba is the most successful in Codasur history with three consecutive titles from 2011 to 2013 and another three from 2016 to 2018. Argentine drivers Roberto Sanchez and Raúl Martínez have each won the championship twice as has Paraguayan driver Diego Domínguez.[3] The championship had been dominated by drivers in Group N Mitsubishis and Subarus until R5 became more widely used, with Škoda Fabia and Ford Fiesta R5 cars now holding the most wins.[4] The region has a strong history in Group N with Uruguayan Gustavo Trelles and Argentinian Gabriel Pozzo both winning the Production World Rally Championship forerunner about the time of the creation of the Codasur championship.[5] [6]

The 2019 championship took in events held in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. The 2020 and 2021 championships were cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

List of events

Sourced from:[7] [8]

Champions

YearDriverCar
2004 Ramón FerreyrosSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2005 Juan Pablo RaiesSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2006 Roberto SánchezSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2007 Roberto SánchezSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2008 Victor GaleanoMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Raúl MartínezSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2010 Raúl MartínezSubaru Impreza WRX STi
2011 Gustavo SabaMitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2012 Gustavo SabaMitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2013 Gustavo SabaŠkoda Fabia S2000
2014 Diego DomínguezFord Fiesta R5
2015 Diego DomínguezFord Fiesta R5
2016 Gustavo SabaŠkoda Fabia S2000
2017 Gustavo Saba[9] Škoda Fabia R5
2018 Gustavo SabaŠkoda Fabia R5
2019 Alejandro GalantiToyota Etios R5
2020cancelled for COVID-19 pandemic
2021cancelled for COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Gustavo SabaVolkswagen Polo GTI R5
2023 Fabrizio ZaldivarHyundai i20 N Rally2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rally Sudamericano - CODASUR FIA . 9 April 2023 .
  2. Web site: INICIO.
  3. Web site: Top Stats - eWRC-results .
  4. Web site: Top Stats - eWRC-results .
  5. Web site: Season 1999 eWRC-results .
  6. Web site: Season 2001 eWRC-Results .
  7. Web site: CODASUR - RALLY. www.codasur.org.
  8. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com. eWRC-results.com.
  9. Web site: Gustavo Saba se consagró campeón del Rally Sudamericano CODASUR en Uruguay – CODASUR FIA. admin. 9 April 2023 .