The Thailand Rally, also known as the Rally of Thailand, is an international rallying event based in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is a round of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Asia Cup, the Tri-Nations Rally series and the Thailand Rally Championship.
The centrepiece of the Thailand Rally Championship, the rally was first in 1989 and joined the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) in 1992. It remained a long-running component of the championship, frequently as the first or last round. It ran through the APRC's heyday when it was seen as a junior series for future World Rally Championship stars and was won by drivers like Tommi Makinen and Colin McRae. Malaysian driver Karamjit Singh has had the most success with three victories. The rally was dropped from the APRC after the 2003 event, returned for 2005 and was dropped again. In 2013 the rally returned to the APRC as a candidate round and also a final round of the APRC Asia Cup, although it will not count for overall APRC points.
List of winners Sourced in part from: YearWinnerCar 1989 Pornsawan Siriwattanakul Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 1990 Kenjiro Shinozuka Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 1991 Henry Yap Proton Saga 1992 Ross Dunkerton Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 1993 Possum Bourne Subaru Legacy RS 1994 Kenneth Eriksson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II 1995 Tommi Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 1996 Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRX 1997 Rui Madeira Subaru Impreza WRX 1998 Yoshihiro Kataoka Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 1999 Karamjit Singh Ford Escort WRC 2000 Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 2001 Nico Caldarola Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2002 Nico Caldarola Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2003 Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 2004 Narasak Ithiritphong Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2005 Jussi Valimaki Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2006 Saladin Mazlan Subaru Impreza WRX 2007 Reece Jones Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2008 Jouni Arolainen Ford Focus RS WRC 2009 Jouni Arolainen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2010 Wittaya Ruegchan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2011 Brian Green Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2012 Tom Cave Proton Satria Neo S2000 2013 Daniel Palau Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2014 Mitsuhiro Kunisawa Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2015 Wittaya Ruegchan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2016 Mitsuhiro Kunisawa Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2017 Wittaya Ruegchan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2018 H. Rachmat Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
References
External links Official website Asia Pacific Championship