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 1973 to the 2003. 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.
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. 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.
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.
The Sanremo Rally Storico is a classic rally held since 1986, and is included in the European Historic Rally Championship.
Winners Season Event Driver Car 1928 Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Ernest Urdareanu Fiat 520 1929 Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Ernest Urdareanu Fiat 521 1952 1° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della Chiesa Lancia Aurelia GT 1953 2° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Luisa Rezzonico Lancia Aurelia 1954 3° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della Chiesa Alfa Romeo 1900 1955 4° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Paola Della Chiesa Lancia Aurelia B22 1956 5° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Goffreda Cambieri Isetta 1961 1º Rallye dei Fiori Mario De Villa Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1962 2º Rallye dei Fiori Piero Frescobaldi Lancia Flavia 1963 3º Rallye dei Fiori Franco Patria Lancia Flavia Coupè 1964 4º Rallye dei Fiori Erik Carlsson Saab 96 Sport 1965 5º Rallye dei Fiori Leo Cella Lancia Fulvia 2C 1966 6º Rallye dei Fiori Leo Cella Lancia Fulvia HF 1967 7º Rallye dei Fiori Jean-François Piot Renault Gordini 1968 8º Rallye di Sanremo Pauli Toivonen Porsche 911 1969 9º Rallye di Sanremo Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia HF 1970 1º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'Italia Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 1971 2º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'Italia Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 1972 10º Rallye Sanremo Amilcare Ballestrieri Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF 1973 11º Rallye Sanremo Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1800 1974 12º Rallye Sanremo Sandro Munari Lancia Stratos HF 1975 13º Rallye Sanremo Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos HF 1976 14º Rallye Sanremo Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos HF 1977 15º Rallye Sanremo Jean-Claude Andruet Fiat 131 Abarth 1978 20º Rallye Sanremo Markku Alén Lancia Stratos HF 1979 21º Rallye Sanremo Antonio Fassina Lancia Stratos HF 1980 22º Rallye Sanremo Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth 1981 23º Rallye Sanremo Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro 1982 24º Rallye Sanremo Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro 1983 25º Rallye Sanremo Markku Alén Lancia Rally 037 1984 26º Rallye Sanremo Ari Vatanen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 1985 27º Rallye Sanremo Walter Röhrl Audi Quattro S1 1986 28º Rallye Sanremo Markku Alén Lancia Delta S4 1987 29º Rallye Sanremo Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF 4WD 1988 30º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF Integrale 1989 31º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v 1990 32º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Didier Auriol Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v 1991 33º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Didier Auriol Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v 1992 34º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Andrea Aghini Lancia Delta HF Integrale 1993 35º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Franco Cunico Ford Escort RS Cosworth 1994 36º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Didier Auriol Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD 1995 37º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Piero Liatti Subaru Impreza 555 1996 38º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Colin McRae Subaru Impreza 555 1997 39º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 1998 40º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1999 41º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2000 42º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 2001 43º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 2002 44º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 2003 45º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 2004 46º Rallye Sanremo Renato Travaglia Peugeot 206 XS S1600 2005 47º Rallye Sanremo Alessandro Perico Renault Clio S1600 2006 48º Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Fiat Grande Punto S2000 2007 49º Rallye Sanremo Luca Rossetti Peugeot 207 S2000 2008 50º Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico Basso Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2009 51º Rallye Sanremo Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2010 52º Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 2011 53º Rallye Sanremo Thierry Neuville Peugeot 207 S2000 2012 54º Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta RRC 2013 55º Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico Basso Peugeot 207 S2000 2014 56º Rallye Sanremo Umberto Scandola Škoda Fabia S2000 2015 62° Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 2016 63º Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 2017 64° Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 2018 65° Rallye Sanremo Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 2019 66° Rallye Sanremo Craig Breen Škoda Fabia R5 2020Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 68° Rallye Sanremo Craig Breen Hyundai i20 R5 2022 69° Rallye Sanremo Fabio Andolfi Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 2023 70° Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico Basso Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2024 71° Rallye Sanremo Giandomenico Basso Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2025 72° Rallye Sanremo Andrea Crugnola Citroën C3 Rally2 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
WinsDriverYears6 Paolo Andreucci2006, 2010, 2015–20185 Giandomenico Basso2008, 2012–2013, 2022-20243 Markku Alen1978, 1983, 1986 Didier Auriol1990–1991, 1994 Miki Biasion1987–1989 Gilles Panizzi2000–2002 Paola Della Chiesa1952, 1954–19552 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
WinsManufacturer13 Lancia Peugeot6 Fiat4 Skoda3 Subaru Alpine
References
External links Official website Rallye Sanremo at eWRC-results