Rallye Sanremo

Rallye Sanremo
StatusActive
GenreMotorsporting event
FrequencyAnnual
Country Italy
Inaugurated1928; 98 years ago (1928)
Most recent
2026
Websiterallyesanremo.it
2026

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

Replica of Markku Alén's 1978 Sanremo -winning Lancia Stratos HF.

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 Manufacturer
1928 Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Romania Ernest Urdareanu Fiat 520 Italy Fiat (1)
1929 Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo Romania Ernest Urdareanu Fiat 521 Italy Fiat (2)
1952 1° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Italy Paola Della Chiesa Lancia Aurelia GT Italy Lancia (1)
1953 2° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Italy Luisa Rezzonico Lancia Aurelia Italy Lancia (2)
1954 3° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Italy Paola Della Chiesa Alfa Romeo 1900 Italy Alfa Romeo (1)
1955 4° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Italy Paola Della Chiesa Lancia Aurelia B22 Italy Lancia (3)
1956 5° Rallye Femminile Perla di Sanremo Italy Goffreda Cambieri Isetta Italy Iso
1961 1º Rallye dei Fiori Italy Giovan Battista De Villa Alfa Romeo Giulietta Italy Alfa Romeo (2)
1962 2º Rallye dei Fiori Italy Piero Frescobaldi Lancia Flavia Italy Lancia (4)
1963 3º Rallye dei Fiori Italy Franco Patria Lancia Flavia Coupè Italy Lancia (5)
1964 4º Rallye dei Fiori Sweden Erik Carlsson Saab 96 Sport Sweden Saab
1965 5º Rallye dei Fiori Italy Leo Cella Lancia Fulvia 2C Italy Lancia (6)
1966 6º Rallye dei Fiori Italy Leo Cella Lancia Fulvia HF Italy Lancia (7)
1967 7º Rallye dei Fiori France Jean-François Piot Renault Gordini France Renault (1)
1968 8º Rallye di Sanremo Finland Pauli Toivonen Porsche 911 Germany Porsche
1969 9º Rallye di Sanremo Sweden Harry Källström Lancia Fulvia HF Italy Lancia (8)
1970 1º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'Italia France Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1600 France Alpine (1)
1971 2º Sanremo-Sestriere – Rally d'Italia Sweden Ove Andersson Alpine-Renault A110 1600 France Alpine (2)
1972 10º Rallye Sanremo Italy Amilcare Ballestrieri Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF Italy Lancia (9)
1973 11º Rallye Sanremo France Jean-Luc Thérier Alpine-Renault A110 1800 France Alpine (3)
1974 12º Rallye Sanremo Italy Sandro Munari Lancia Stratos HF Italy Lancia (10)
1975 13º Rallye Sanremo Sweden Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos HF Italy Lancia (11)
1976 14º Rallye Sanremo Sweden Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos HF Italy Lancia (12)
1977 15º Rallye Sanremo France Jean-Claude Andruet Fiat 131 Abarth Italy Fiat (3)
1978 20º Rallye Sanremo Finland Markku Alén Lancia Stratos HF Italy Lancia (13)
1979 21º Rallye Sanremo Italy Antonio Fassina Lancia Stratos HF Italy Lancia (14)
1980 22º Rallye Sanremo Germany Walter Röhrl Fiat 131 Abarth Italy Fiat (4)
1981 23º Rallye Sanremo France Michèle Mouton Audi Quattro Germany Audi (1)
1982 24º Rallye Sanremo Sweden Stig Blomqvist Audi Quattro Germany Audi (2)
1983 25º Rallye Sanremo Finland Markku Alén Lancia Rally 037 Italy Lancia (15)
1984 26º Rallye Sanremo Finland Ari Vatanen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 France Peugeot (1)
1985 27º Rallye Sanremo Germany Walter Röhrl Audi Quattro S1 Germany Audi (3)
1986 28º Rallye Sanremo[1] Finland Markku Alén Lancia Delta S4 Italy Lancia (16)
1987 29º Rallye Sanremo Italy Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF 4WD Italy Lancia (17)
1988 30º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Italy Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF Integrale Italy Lancia (18)
1989 31º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Italy Miki Biasion Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Italy Lancia (19)
1990 32º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Didier Auriol Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Italy Lancia (20)
1991 33º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Didier Auriol Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Italy Lancia (21)
1992 34º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Italy Andrea Aghini Lancia Delta HF Integrale Italy Lancia (22)
1993 35º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Italy Franco Cunico Ford Escort RS Cosworth United States Ford (1)
1994 36º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Didier Auriol Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Japan Toyota (1)
1995 37º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Italy Piero Liatti Subaru Impreza 555 Japan Subaru (1)
1996 38º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia United Kingdom Colin McRae Subaru Impreza 555 Japan Subaru (2)
1997 39º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia United Kingdom Colin McRae Subaru Impreza WRC 97 Japan Subaru (3)
1998 40º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Japan Mitsubishi (1)
1999 41º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Japan Mitsubishi (2)
2000 42º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC France Peugeot (2)
2001 43º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC France Peugeot (3)
2002 44º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC France Peugeot (4)
2003 45º Rallye Sanremo – Rallye d'Italia France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC France Citroën (1)
2004 46º Rallye Sanremo Italy Renato Travaglia Peugeot 206 XS S1600 France Peugeot (5)
2005 47º Rallye Sanremo Italy Alessandro Perico Renault Clio S1600 France Renault (2)
2006 48º Rallye Sanremo Italy Paolo Andreucci Fiat Grande Punto S2000 Italy Fiat (5)
2007 49º Rallye Sanremo Italy Luca Rossetti Peugeot 207 S2000 France Peugeot (6)
2008 50º Rallye Sanremo Italy Giandomenico Basso Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Italy Abarth
2009 51º Rallye Sanremo United Kingdom Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 France Peugeot (7)
2010 52º Rallye Sanremo Italy Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 France Peugeot (8)
2011 53º Rallye Sanremo Belgium Thierry Neuville Peugeot 207 S2000 France Peugeot (9)
2012 54º Rallye Sanremo Italy Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta RRC United States Ford (2)
2013 55º Rallye Sanremo Italy Giandomenico Basso Peugeot 207 S2000 France Peugeot (10)
2014 56º Rallye Sanremo Italy Umberto Scandola Škoda Fabia S2000 Czech Republic Skoda (1)
2015 62° Rallye Sanremo[2] Italy Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 France Peugeot (11)
2016 63º Rallye Sanremo Italy Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 France Peugeot (12)
2017 64° Rallye Sanremo Italy Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 France Peugeot (13)
2018 65° Rallye Sanremo Italy Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 208 T16 France Peugeot (14)
2019 66° Rallye Sanremo Republic of Ireland Craig Breen Škoda Fabia R5 Czech Republic Skoda (2)
2020 Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 68° Rallye Sanremo Republic of Ireland Craig Breen Hyundai i20 R5 South Korea Hyundai
2022 69° Rallye Sanremo Italy Fabio Andolfi Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Czech Republic Skoda (3)
2023 70° Rallye Sanremo Italy Giandomenico Basso Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Czech Republic Skoda (4)
2024 71° Rallye Sanremo Italy Giandomenico Basso Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Japan Toyota (2)
2025 72° Rallye Sanremo Italy Andrea Crugnola Citroën C3 Rally2 France Citroën (2)
2026 73° Rallye Sanremo Italy Fabio Andolfi Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale Italy Lancia (23)
1 FIA later annulled the results of the 1986 event.
2 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

References

  1. ↑ "Una storia quasi ottantennale (PDF)" (PDF). Automobile Club Sanremo (in Italian). Retrieved 2007-02-09. [dead link]
  2. ↑ "Rallye Sanremo / Rallye d'Italia Roll of Honour". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  3. ↑ "San Remo 1986". World Rally Archive. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Le Edizioni Del Rallye Sanremo diventano 62 !!" (PDF) (in Italian). Automobile Club Sanremo/ Automobile Club d'Italia Sport. Retrieved 2015-04-25.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "Media Book for 62° Rallye Sanremo" (PDF) (in Italian and English). Automobile Club Sanremo/ Comune di Sanremo/ Regione Liguria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  6. ↑ "10º Rallye Sanremo". www.rallyesanremo.sistel.it.
  7. ↑ "11º Rallye Sanremo". www.rallyesanremo.sistel.it.
  8. ↑ "62° Rallye Sanremo Results". eWRC-Results.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.