# Jolly Club

Jolly Club was an Italian motor racing team, which competed in the World Rally Championship, the Sportscar World Championship, the European Touring Car Championship, the BPR Global GT Series, and briefly in the Formula One World Championship, along with several domestic championships, it was mainly connected to brands like Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Ferrari. It was created in 1957 in Milan by idea of Mario Angiolini, the team won several championships. The team's main sponsor was Italian gaming totalizer Totip so the cars used orange and green colors on their livery until the World Rally Championship 1996. They also had a lengthy association with alcoholic beverage company Martini & Rossi.
Gianfranco Cunico won the Italian Rally Championship driving Escort Cosworths in 1994, 1995, 1996, the 1995 and 1996 cars were built by Malcolm Wilson Motorsport to be run by Jolly Club and sponsored by Martini, one of the most famous teams in the world with one of the most famous sponsors ensured victory

## Drivers

The team's most successful drivers were:
* Alessandro Fiorio, 8 races and World Champion 4WD Group N with a Lancia Delta in 1987.
* Dario Cerrato, 41 runs between the European Championships and Italian and European Champion in 1985 with a Lancia 037.
* Miki Biasion, 32 races in World Championships and European Jolly Club and twice world rally champion with Martini Racing, also won the 1983 European Championship and the Italian Championship.
The team also competed in other drivers like: Roberto Businello, Arnaldo Cavallari, Sandro Munari, Lele Pinto, Amilcare Balestrieri, Tony Carello, Andrea Zanussi, Gianfranco Cunico, Tonino Tognana Italian Rally Champion 1982 with a Ferrari 308 GTB, Adartico Vudafieri, Italian Rally Champion in 1984, Michele Rayneri, winner of Gr.B class in 1987 with the same car, the Lancia 037, and in GT, Serb Pavle Komnenović. Many other drivers run with the Jolly Club Team. The Jolly Club Team had to be one of the most important rally teams from Italy, because it lets a lot of young drivers run.
After a bankruptcy in 1997 the Jolly Club closed.
In 2007, the Jolly Club was reborn in Florence, Italy with new ideas by an Italian gentleman and driver, Andrea Guidi. The Mark is registered from 2007 in the European Economic Community and now the Jolly Club is an organization in TV, Media and Team for Motorsport passionates worldwide.

## Cars

Initially Jolly Club cars were mainly Alfa Romeos. Between 1957 and 1963 was used: Alfa Giulietta, TI Giulia Super, GTV 1.6, GTA 1.6. From 1963 team collaborated with Autodelta development and career preparation GT Junior, AM GT, Alfa GTV 2.5 and 75 T. That same year began partnership with Lancia and Fiat Fulvia 2C developing and the Lancia Stratos HF, the team continued his collaboration with Abarth to develop the Fiat 131 Abarth, Lancia Rally, Ritmo, Fiat Uno Turbo, Delta S4 and Delta 4WD. Apart from the rally also developed Formula 1 cars, F2, F3 and Formula Junior, where the team won several times.
The team also collaborated with other brands like Ferrari and Porsche developing prototypes. The Jolly Club team was active in other areas of the world of motor racing developed and planned and financed the young hopefuls, led to the sponsors on their investments, built race cars, engines, parts, etc.

## Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.)
| Year | Chassis | Engine(s) | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 1971 | Bellasi F1 70 | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | | | | | | |
| 1971 | Bellasi F1 70 | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | Silvio Moser | | | | | | | | | Ret | | | | | | | | |
| 1977 | Apollon Fly | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | JPN |
| 1977 | Apollon Fly | Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | G | Loris Kessel | | | | | | | DNA | | DNA | | | DNA | DNA | DNQ | | | |
| 1986 | AGS JH21C | Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t | G | | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | MEX | AUS | |
| 1986 | AGS JH21C | Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t | G | Ivan Capelli | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | |

## WRC results

| Season | Driver | Vehicle | Victories | Final position | Constructors championship |
| Jolly Club ||||||
| 1993 | ESP Carlos Sainz | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | 8 / 0 | 8th | 5th |
| 1993 | ITA Andrea Aghini | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | 5 / 0 | 14th | 5th |
| 1993 | URU Gustavo Trelles | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | 4 / 0 | 9th | 5th |
| 1991 | FRA Didier Auriol | Lancia Delta Integrale 16V | 11 / 1 | 3rd | - |

### WRC Results (Group B era)

| Year | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Adartico Vudafieri | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA 3 | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | | 12th | 20 |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Miki Biasion | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA 5 | CIV | GBR | | 21st | 8 |
| 1983 | Lancia 037 | Tonino Tognana | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Miki Biasion | MON 6 | SWE | POR 4 | KEN | FRA 2 | GRC Ret | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA 3 | CIV | GBR | | 6th | 43 |
| 1984 | Lancia 037 | Adartico Vudafieri | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA Ret | CIV | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Miki Biasion | MON 9 | SWE | POR 2 | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA 6 | CIV | GBR | | 12th | 23 |
| 1985 | Lancia 037 | Dario Cerrato | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | ITA 5 | CIV | GBR | | 25th | 8 |
| 1986 | Lancia Delta S4 | Dario Cerrato | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA 2 | GBR | USA | - | 0 |
    $^1$ The results of the 1986 Rallye Sanremo were annulled by the FIA.

### WRC Results (Group A era)

| Year | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WRC | Points |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Alex Fiorio | MON 12 | SWE 20 | POR 13 | KEN | FRA | GRC 20 | USA 11 | NZL | ARG | FIN 11 | CIV | ITA 7 | GBR | | 46th | 4 |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Vittorio Caneva | MON 87 | SWE 26 | POR Ret | KEN | FRA | GRC Ret | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA 13 | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Mikael Ericsson | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC Ret | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA 8 | GBR | | 10th | 28 |
| 1987 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Jorge Recalde | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | USA 7 | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA | GBR | | 9th | 30 |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Alex Fiorio | MON 2 | SWE 11 | POR 2 | KEN | FRA | GRC 3 | USA 2 | NZL | ARG | FIN 7 | CIV | ITA 2 | GBR | | 3rd | 76 |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Yves Loubet | MON | SWE | POR 3 | KEN | FRA | GRC Ret | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA Ret | GBR | | 10th* | 28* |
| 1988 | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | Dario Cerrato | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN | CIV | ITA 3 | GBR | | 20th | 12 |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale | Alex Fiorio | SWE | MON Ret | POR 3 | KEN 10 | FRA | GRC 3 | NZL | ARG 2 | FIN | AUS 4 | ITA 2 | CIV | GBR | | 2nd | 65 |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale | Dario Cerrato | SWE | MON 7 | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 4 | CIV | GBR | | 23rd | 14 |
| 1989 | Lancia Delta Integrale | Paolo Andreucci | SWE | MON | POR 8 | KEN | FRA | GRE Ret | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR | | 58th | 3 |
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Dario Cerrato | MON 4 | POR 4 | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 4 | CIV | GBR | | | 6th | 30 |
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Alex Fiorio | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC 5 | NZL | ARG | FIN Ret | AUS | ITA 8 | CIV | GBR | | | 9th* | 25* |
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Didier Auriol | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR 5 | | | 2nd* | 95* |
| 1990 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Robert Droogmans | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR 10 | | | 64th | 1 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Didier Auriol | MON Ret | SWE 9 | POR 2 | KEN | FRA 2 | GRC 4 | NZL 3 | ARG 3 | FIN 2 | AUS Ret | ITA 1 | CIV | ESP | GBR 12 | 3rd | 101 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Dario Cerrato | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 3 | CIV | ESP | GBR | 19th | 12 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Andrea Aghini | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 5 | CIV | ESP 5 | GBR | 14th | 16 |
| 1991 | Lancia Delta Integrale 16v | Gustavo Trelles | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP Ret | GBR | 49th* | 3* |
| 1993 | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Carlos Sainz | MON 14 | SWE | POR Ret | KEN | FRA 4 | GRC 2 | ARG Ret | NZL 4 | FIN | AUS Ret | ITA DSQ | ESP Ret | GBR | | 8th | 35 |
| 1993 | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Andrea Aghini | MON Ret | SWE | POR 3 | KEN | FRA Ret | GRC 4 | ARG | NZL | FIN | AUS | ITA Ret | ESP | GBR | | 14th | 22 |
| 1993 | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Gustavo Trelles | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC 5 | ARG 4 | NZL 7 | FIN | AUS | ITA | ESP 6 | GBR | | 9th | 28 |
| 1993 | Lancia Delta HF Integrale | Dario Cerrato | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | ARG | NZL | FIN | AUS | ITA Ret | ESP | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1994 | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | Gianfranco Cunico | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | ARG | NZL | FIN | ITA 6 | GBR | | | | | 25th | 6 |
| 1994 | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | Malcolm Wilson | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | ARG | NZL | FIN | ITA 9 | GBR | | | | | 23rd | 8 |
| 1996 | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | Gianfranco Cunico | SWE | KEN | IDN | GRC | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA 6 | ESP | | | | | | 20th | 6 |
| 1996 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III | Piergiorgio Bedini | SWE | KEN | IDN | GRC | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA Ret | ESP | | | | | | - | 0 |
| 1997 | Ford Escort WRC | Gianfranco Cunico | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | IDN | ITA Ret | AUS | GBR | - | 0 |
| 1998 | Ford Escort WRC | Gianfranco Cunico | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA Ret | AUS | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1998 | Ford Escort WRC | Angelo Medeghini | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA Ret | AUS | GBR | | - | 0 |
| 1999 | Ford Escort WRC | Andrea Navarra | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA 10 | AUS | GBR | - | 0 |