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Italian Rally Championship
The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (''Italian Rally Championship'') is the main rally championship, which takes place in Italy. , the championship consists of eight rallies,Italian Rally Championship – Race Calendar 2017'. Retrieved 20 February 2017. all which take place on asphalt and gravel, and includes one of the oldest rallies in the world, the Rally Targa Florio, which was first run in 1906.Think Sicily – One of the original races – the Targa Florio Rally'. Retrieved 23 February 2009. Any cars can be entered, except those that are used in the WRC. Super 2000 four-wheel drive cars with engines up to 2000cc, Group N cars, and Super 1600 cars are all allowed. A few of these cars include: * Peugeot 207 S2000 * Fiat Grande Punto Abarth * Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX * Renault Clio S1600 List of champions See also *Rallying in Italy References External linksOfficial website {{Authority control Rally racing series Rally Rally or rallye may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Biasion
Massimo "Miki" Biasion (born 7 January 1958) is an Italian rally driver, two-time World Rally champion. Career Biasion was born in Bassano del Grappa, Veneto. Biasion came to prominence in the early 1980s, winning both the Italian and European Rally Championships in 1983, driving a Lancia 037. He began competing in 1979, in an Opel Kadett GT/E. He was later drafted in to play a key role for the works Lancia World Rally Championship team in the mid-1980s as the squad sought to regroup after previous star driver Henri Toivonen's fatal crash, and would go on to dominate early Group A rallying, taking the world championship in the years 1988 and 1989. At his peak, Biasion was notching victories in almost three quarters of all events he entered. He also was only the second driver to successfully defend his title (after Juha Kankkunen) and the third one to win two titles (after Kankkunen and Walter Röhrl). After his championship years, Biasion was never able to achieve that level o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giandomenico Basso
Giandomenico Basso (born 15 September 1973, in Montebelluna) is an Italian rally driver. Rally career After competing in karting from 1981, Basso has been rallying since 1994. Basso has driven Fiats throughout his rallying career. He made his World Rally Championship debut on Rallye Sanremo in 1998, in a Fiat Seicento. In 2001 and 2002 he competed on WRC rounds in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Fiat Punto S1600, finishing fifth in 2001 and fourth in 2002. In 2006 Basso won the inaugural Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the European Rally Championship in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 for Abarth. In 2007 he won the Italian Rally Championship. In 2009 he won again the European Rally Championship, driving an Abarth Grande Punto S2000. Basso used to be co-driven by Flavio Guglielmini, who died in a crash on the European Championship round Rally Bulgaria Rally Bulgaria (Рали България) is the most prestigious and also the oldest rally event in Republic of Bulga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Navarra
Andrea Navarra (born 25 February 1971) is a former rally driver from Italy. He scored points in the 1995 and 2004 World Rally Championship seasons, and won the European Rally Championship in 1998. See also *Rallying in Italy Rallying in Italy is a fairly well-practiced motorsport. Italian drivers have become the World Rally Champions twice in history; both were Miki Biasion in the years 1988 and 1989. In 1977, Sandro Munari won the FIA Cup for Drivers (unofficial Worl ... References External links Driver profileat Ewrc-results.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarra, Andrea 1971 births World Rally Championship drivers Italian rally drivers Living people European Rally Championship drivers Sportspeople from Cesena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Andreussi
Anna Andreussi (born 17 April 1972) is an Italian rally co-driver best known for her partnership with her husband Paolo Andreucci. Biography Andreussi debuted in rally competition in 1994, first as a driver and then as a co-driver. In 2001 she became the co-driver of Paolo Andreucci. The two later got married. Andreussi and Andreucci has won ten Italian Rally Championship. WRC results IRC results Complete results from 1994 are here. Other results * Italian Rally Championship The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (''Italian Rally Championship'') is the main rally championship, which takes place in Italy. , the championship consists of eight rallies,Italian Rally Championship – Race Calendar 2017'. Retrieved 20 Febr ... **9 wins (2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) References External links Co-driver profileat Ewrc-results.com Co-driver profileat Rallybase.nl {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreussi, Anna Living people Racing drivers from Turin 1972 births Fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Travaglia
Renato Travaglia (born 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. 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 Gilles Panizzi (born 19 September 1965) is a former French rally driver. Panizzi was born in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes. Like many of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Andreucci
Paolo Andreucci (born 21 April 1965) is an Italian rally driver. He won Rally Sanremo in IRC twice and 11 times Italian Rally Champion. His co-driver Anna Andreussi is also his wife. Career results WRC results IRC results Other results * Italian Rally Championship The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (''Italian Rally Championship'') is the main rally championship, which takes place in Italy. , the championship consists of eight rallies,Italian Rally Championship – Race Calendar 2017'. Retrieved 20 Febr ... **11 wins (2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) References External links * Profile at ewrc-results.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreucci, Paolo 1965 births Living people Italian rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers European Rally Championship drivers Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piero Longhi
Piero is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Piero Angela (1928–2022), Italian television host *Piero Barucci (born 1933), Italian academic and politician *Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443–1496), Italian painter *Piero della Francesca (c1415–1492), Italian artist of the Early Renaissance * Piero De Benedictis (born 1945), Italian-born Argentine and Colombian folk singer *Piero Ciampi (1934–1980), Italian singer *Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, Italian Renaissance painter *Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416–1469), ''de facto'' ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469 *Piero Ferrari (born 1945), Italian businessman *Piero Focaccia (born 1944), Italian pop singer *Piero Fornasetti (1913–1988), Italian painter *Piero Gardoni (1934–1994), Italian professional footballer *Piero Golia (born 1974), Italian conceptual artist *Piero Gros (born 1954), Italian alpine skier *Piero the Unfortunate (1472–1503), Gran maestro of Florence *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Aghini
Andrea Aghini Lombardi (born 29 December 1963 in Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian rally driver. He won the 1992 Rallye Sanremo and took four other podium finishes in the World Rally Championship from 1992 to 1995. In 1992, he also won the Race of Champions, after beating Carlos Sainz in the semi-final and Colin McRae in the final. Career Aghini began his rallying career on national events with a Peugeot 205 GTI in 1984. He debuted in the World Rally Championship driving a Renault 5 GT Turbo at his home event, the Rallye San Remo, in 1986. He retired from the rally after a turbo problem, but two years later, he won the Group N class of the event. For the 1991 season, Aghini got a contract with the Lancia-supported Jolly Club team for two WRC events; the Sanremo and the Rally Catalunya. He drove his Delta Integrale 16V to fifth place in both rallies, taking his first drivers' world championship points. These results earned Aghini a drive with Martini Racing, Lancia's factory team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Dallavilla
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that refers to man as opposed to woman (whereas ''man'' in the sense of ''human being'' is ἄνθρωπος, ''ánthropos''). The original male Greek name, ''Andréas'', represents the hypocoristic, with endearment functions, of male Greek names composed with the ''andr-'' prefix, like Androgeos (''man of the earth''), Androcles (''man of glory''), Andronikos (''man of victory''). In the year 2006, it was the third most popular name in Italy with 3.1% of newborns. It is one of the Italian male names ending in ''a'', with others being Elia (Elias), Enea (Aeneas), Luca (Lucas), Mattia (Matthias), Nicola (Nicholas), Tobia (Tobias). In recent and past times it has also been used on occasion as a female name in Italy and in Spain, where it is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Cunico
Gianfranco Cunico (born 11 October 1957 in Vicenza) is an Italian rally driver who won the 1993 Rallye Sanremo. Career Cunico scored his first points in the World Rally Championship on the 1989 Tour de Corse when he finished seventh, driving for Ford. In 1991 he scored his first podium by finishing third on the Tour de Corse. On the 1993 Rallye Sanremo he took a surprise win as a privateer driver. He won the Italian Rally Championship The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (''Italian Rally Championship'') is the main rally championship, which takes place in Italy. , the championship consists of eight rallies,Italian Rally Championship – Race Calendar 2017'. Retrieved 20 Febr ... in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In 2000 and 2001 he won the Italian Gravel title. WRC victories : References External links Official website Profile at RallyBaseProfile at eWRC-results.com Living people Sportspeople from Vicenza 1957 births Italian rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loris Roggia
Loris is the common name for the strepsirrhine mammals of the subfamily Lorinae (sometimes spelled Lorisinae) in the family Lorisidae. ''Loris'' is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, ''Nycticebus'' is the genus containing the slow lorises, and ''Xanthonycticebus'' is the genus name of the pygmy slow loris. Description Lorises are nocturnal and arboreal. They are found in tropical and woodland forests of India, Sri Lanka, and parts of southeast Asia. Loris locomotion is a slow and cautious climbing form of quadrupedalism. Some lorises are almost entirely insectivorous, while others also include fruits, gums, leaves, and slugs in their diet. Female lorises practice infant parking, leaving their infants behind in trees or bushes. Before they do this, they bathe their young with allergenic saliva that is acquired by licking patches on the insides of their elbows, which produce a mild toxin that discourages most predators, though orangutans occasionally ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
