Rallye San Remo
The Rallye Sanremo is a rally event, which is extended in Sanremo in northern Italy. With an interruption in 1995, the rally from 1973 to 2003 was a championship round of the World Rally Championship. Currently one of the rally to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the Italian Rally Championship.
History
The first rally event, which was called " Rallye Sanremo ", in 1928 extended. The so-called Rallye Internazionale di Sanremo was inspired by the Monte Carlo Rally and therefore wore the French word " rallye " instead of the Italian " rally " in the name. After a new host in 1929 the event was given into the hands of new organizers. They decided to host a pure street race, which led through the narrow streets of the city of Sanremo. In the first edition in 1937, the 1 ° Circuito Automobilistico Sanremo, the Italian Grand Prix Achille Varzi pilot could enter into the winners' lists. The Second World War ended this racing event.
Only in 1961 the original Rallye Sanremo Rally dei Fiori as ( Eng.: " Rally of the Flowers" ) was revived. First overall winner was the Italian Mario De Villa on an Alfa Romeo Giulietta. In 1968, the rally again " Sanremo " in the name and ended with a victory of Pauli Toivonen in a Porsche 911 from 1970 to 1972, the rally part of the International Championship for Manufacturers, a precursor of the World Rally Championship series. In 1972, the rally was given its present name. Officially, however, the discharge in 1972 was already the 14th, as in counting some previous events were involved.
With the founding of the World Rally Championship in 1973, the Rallye Sanremo was added to the calendar and was subsequently an integral part of this series. The first world championship race in Sanremo ended with a victory of Jean -Luc Therier on an Alpine A110. A controversial decision was made during Rally Sanremo 1986, when the leading Peugeot factory team was disqualified after the third day of the rally, so the victory to Lancia fell. The stewards had been observed on the Peugeots at scrutineering irregular sills. But Peugeot has previously denied some more WRC rallies in this vehicle configuration and also the technical inspection before the Rallye Sanremo happened without complaints had occurred. Although Peugeot presented a protest, but the organizers did not attend the Peugeots. End of the year, the FIA decided that the exclusion was made irregular and canceled all Championship points were awarded for the result of the Rallye Sanremo.
Result of the previous rotation principle of the World Rally Championship, the Rallye Sanremo in 1995 counted only for 2-liter World Cup. The rally, which had previously taken place on different road surfaces, was redesigned in 1997 as a pure asphalt rally. After the 2003 season, the Rallye Sanremo was removed from the calendar of the FIA World Rally Championship; the last World Cup race won by Sébastien Loeb in Citroën Xsara WRC. New Italian round of the World Rally Championship, the Rally Sardinia. The Rallye Sanremo then lived as a round of the Italian Rally Championship continues. 2006, the rally was also included in the calendar of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and was thus also international attention again.
Routing and characteristics
The rally is extended in the steep hinterland around Sanremo in the province of Imperia. The paddock is usually located right between the famous casino and the marina on the Riviera Sanremo's seafront.
Having moved to 1996 on mixed road surfaces, the Rallye Sanremo is discharged as pure asphalt rally since 1997. Characteristic of the rally are narrow mountain roads with hills and slopes in the Mediterranean oak mixed forests. These are characterized by curve wealth and a technically demanding route. This route allows only a relatively low average speed.
After its cancellation in 1985, the special stage Ronde di Monte Bignone or short Ronde in 2005 was resumed in the Rally Sanremo program. She has since formed the highlight of the event. It is a night test, which is one of the longest stages of the world with a distance of 44 kilometers. Takes you past the communities Perinaldo, Apricale and Bajardo and at Sanremo fractions Coldirodi and San Romolo.
Overall winner
Four drivers were able to win the rally to date three times. Markku Alén (1978, 1983, 1986), Miki Biasion (1987, 1988, 1989 ), Didier Auriol (1990, 1991, 1994 ) and Gilles Panizzi ( 2000, 2001, 2002), the record winner of the Rallye Sanremo.