Rally di Sardegna

The Rally di Sardegna is a rally competition that has been a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) schedule and also the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). The rally is held on narrow, twisty, sandy and bumpy mountain roads around the town of Porto Cervo. The Italian round of the World Rally Championship was previously the Rallye Sanremo, held first as a mixed surface event and later on asphalt roads around the resort of Sanremo, but Rally d'Italia Sardegna replaced it in the WRC schedule from the 2004 season.

The 2008 event was held from 15 to 18 May 2008 and the latest stage, Liscia Ruja (2.69 km, near the five-star hotel Cala di Volpe, well-known as James Bond's favourite resort), was broadcast live. The 2010 rally was the first running of the event under IRC rules and four stages were also broadcast live by Eurosport.

Winners

Season Event Driver Car
2004 1º Supermag Rally d'Italia Sardinia Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2004
2005 2º Supermag Rally d'Italia Sardinia Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC
2006 3º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC
2007 4º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06
2008 5º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC
2009 6º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09
2010 7º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000
2011 8º Rally d'Italia Sardinia Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC

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