The FIA CODASUR Rally Championship is an international
rally
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championship which is run by Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (CODASUR) under the auspices of the
FIA
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and held across South America, although some events in the northernmost reaches of South America compete in the
NACAM Rally Championship zone rather than Codasur.
Competing rallies have generally had short and intermittent histories within the championship, although Brazil's
Rally de Erechim and Uruguay's
Rally del Atlantico have been in almost every championship. Host nations have kept relatively constant; Brazil and Paraguay have hosted events in every championship, Bolivia and Uruguay all bar one and Argentina has only missed two years. Chile and Peru, former regulars have not hosted events since 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Paraguayan
Gustavo Saba
Gustavo Saba born July 24, 1979, is a rally driver from Paraguay who currently competes in the Codasur South American Rally Championship as well as the Argentine round of the World Rally Championship. He made his WRC debut during the 2012 Rally A ...
is the most successful in Codasur history with three consecutive titles from 2011 to 2013 and another three from 2016 to 2018. Argentine drivers Roberto Sanchez and
Raúl Martínez have each won the championship twice as has Paraguayan driver
Diego Domínguez. The championship had been dominated by drivers in Group N Mitsubishis and Subarus until R5 became more widely used, with Škoda Fabia and Ford Fiesta R5 cars now holding the most wins. The region has a strong history in Group N with Uruguayan
Gustavo Trelles
Gustavo Trelles (born 15 November 1955 in Minas) is a Uruguayan former rally driver. He competed actively in the World Rally Championship from 1988 to 1993, mainly with a Lancia Delta Integrale, and from 1996 to 2002, mainly with a Mitsubish ...
and Argentinian
Gabriel Pozzo
Gabriel Pozzo (born March 26, 1979) is an Argentine rally driver competing in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver is Daniel Stillo. He is the PWRC champion of 2001 season. Pozzo was driving for Škoda Motorsport
Škoda Motorsport i ...
both winning the
Production World Rally Championship
The FIA Production World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, contested by Group N rally cars.
History
The series started in 1987 as ''FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers'' and obtained th ...
forerunner about the time of the creation of the Codasur championship.
The 2019 championship took in events held in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. The 2020 and 2021 championships were cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
List of events
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Rally de Ca'aguazú, Paraguay (2004)
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Rally de Erechim, Brazil (2004, 2006–present)
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Rally Cochabamba
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, Bolivia (2004, 2008)
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Rally La Pampa, Argentina (2004)
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Rally Santiago, Chile (2004–06, 2008)
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Rally del Atlántico, Uruguay (2004–present)
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Rally Rio Ceballos
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, Argentina (2005–07)
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Rally Villarica
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, Paraguay (2005)
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Rally de Santa Cruz
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, Bolivia (2005–07, 2010, 2012–present)
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Rally Bento Gonçalves
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, Brazil (2005)
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Rally Huancayo
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, Peru (2005–10)
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Rally Concepcion
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, Argentina (2005–07)
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Rally de Encarnación
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, Paraguay (2006–09)
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Rally Rio Negro
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, Chile (2006)
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Rally de Ouro Branco
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, Brazil (2007)
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Rally Cordillera
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, Paraguay (2008)
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Rally de Curitiba, Brazil (2009–10)
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Rally San Luis, Argentina (2009)
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Rally Sucre, Bolivia (2009)
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Rally Pucon, Chile (2009)
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Rally Argentina
The Rally Argentina ( es, Rally de Argentina) is an Argentine rally competition that has been a round of the World Rally Championship, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the South American Rally Championship and the Argentine Rally Championshi ...
(2010, 2015–2018)
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Rally Trans Itapua
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, Paraguay (2010–present)
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Rally de la Yerba Mate, Argentina (2011)
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Rally de Misiones Posadas, Argentina (2012)
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Rally de la Tierra Colorada, Argentina (2019)
Champions
References
External links
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