# Rallye Sanremo

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.

## 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 |
| 2020 | Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Event 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 |
    $^1$ 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

| Wins | Driver | Years |
| 6 | Paolo Andreucci | 2006, 2010, 2015–2018 |
| 5 | Giandomenico Basso | 2008, 2012–2013, 2022-2024 |
| 3 | Markku Alen | 1978, 1983, 1986 |
| 3 | Didier Auriol | 1990–1991, 1994 |
| 3 | Miki Biasion | 1987–1989 |
| 3 | Gilles Panizzi | 2000–2002 |
| 3 | Paola Della Chiesa | 1952, 1954–1955 |
| 2 | Leo Cella | 1965–1966 |
| 2 | Tommi Makinen | 1998–1999 |
| 2 | Colin McRae | 1996–1997 |
| 2 | Walter Rohrl | 1980, 1985 |
| 2 | Jean-Luc Therier | 1970, 1973 |
| 2 | Bjorn Waldegard | 1975–1976 |
| 2 | Ernest Urdareanu | 1928–1929 |
| 2 | Craig Breen | 2019, 2021 |
| Wins | Manufacturer |
| 13 | Lancia |
| 13 | Peugeot |
| 6 | Fiat |
| 4 | Skoda |
| 3 | Subaru |
| 3 | Alpine |