Renato Travaglia

Renato Travaglia
Personal information
Nationality Italy Italian
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1991-2002
Rallies 13
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 0
Stage wins 0
Total points 8
First rally 1991 Rallye Sanremo
Last rally 2002 Rallye Sanremo

Renato Travaglia (b. October 26, 1965) is an Italian rally driver. He is best known for his success in the Italian and European rally championships, having won both in 2002 driving a Peugeot 206 WRC and the latter in 2005 driving a Super 1600 Renault Clio. Overall in his career he won 12 National and International Rally Championships.

He has been a regular competitor in the Rallye Sanremo during the nineties and early noughties, which was at the time a round of the World Rally Championship; his best result was a fifth-place finish in 2001.[1] He also competed in the Race of Champions, representing Italy in 2002 and 2003, reaching the final of the Nations' Cup in 2002 alongside Fabrizio Giovanardi and Marco Melandri but losing to the United States. He reached the quarter-finals of the main event in 2003, but lost to Gilles Panizzi.

His son Aronne Travaglia (b. 1994) races in Class 3000 SNORE and MORE Championships and he won both in 2015.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Armin Kremer
European Rally Champion
2002
Succeeded by
Bruno Thiry
Preceded by
Simon Jean-Joseph
European Rally Champion
2005
Succeeded by
Giandomenico Basso

References

  1. "Renato Travaglia". Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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