Rally Costa Smeralda

Rally Costa Smeralda is a rally competition held in Costa Smeralda, a coastal area on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The event was first held in 1978 and it was part of the European Rally Championship schedule until 1994. After the rally was restarted in 1998, it has been part of the Italian Rally Championship.

The rally is based in Arzachena in the north-east part of the island. Unlike the famed tarmac rally held on near neighbour the island of Corsica, the Tour de Corse, the Rally Costa Smeralda is a gravel rally. Italian drivers have long dominated the rally; the most successful driver in the rally's history is Italy's Paolo Andreucci who won the rally seven times between 2001 and 2013.

Winners

Season	Driver	Car
1978	Maurizio Verini	Fiat 131 Abarth
1979	Attilio Bettega	Fiat 131 Abarth
1980	Bernard Darniche	Lancia Stratos HF
1981	Markku Alén	Fiat 131 Abarth
1982	Michele Cinotto	Audi Quattro
1983	Miki Biasion	Lancia Rally 037
1984	Henri Toivonen	Porsche 911
1985	Dario Cerrato	Lancia Rally 037
1986	Henri Toivonen	Lancia Delta S4
1987	Juha Kankkunen	Lancia Delta HF 4WD
1988	Markku Alén	Lancia Delta Integrale
1989	Dario Cerrato	Lancia Delta Integrale
1990	Dario Cerrato	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1991	Juha Kankkunen	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V
1992	Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993	Cancelled
1994	Piero Liatti	Subaru Impreza 555
1995 – 1997	Not held
1998	Giuseppe Grossi	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
1999	Daniele Griotti	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2000	Michele Gregis	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2001	Paolo Andreucci	Ford Focus WRC
2002	Luca Cantamessa	Subaru Impreza WRC
2003	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC
2004	Andrea Navarra	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2005	Andrea Navarra	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2006	Paolo Andreucci	Fiat Grande Punto Abarth
2007	Piero Longhi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI
2008	Paolo Andreucci	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
2009	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000
2010	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000
2011	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000
2012	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000
2013	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000
2014	Renato Travaglia	Peugeot 207 S2000
2015	Giuseppe Dettori	Škoda Fabia S2000
2016	Federico Della Casa	Škoda Fabia R5
2017	Giuseppe Dettori	Škoda Fabia R5

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