The Rallye du Var is a
motor rally held in the month of November in the French commune of
Sainte-Maxime
Sainte-Maxime (; Occitan language, Occitan and Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Santa Maxima'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (département), Var Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France ...
in
Var
Var or VAR may refer to:
Places
* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
* Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...
. It is often held as the final round of the
French Rally Championship
The FFSA French Rally Championship or Championnat de France des Rallyes is France's leading domestic motor rally competition. It's a championship that has been won three times by Didier Auriol, Guy Fréquelin, Patrick Bernadini and Philippe Bug ...
. It began in 1950.
Famous participants include WRC champion,
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
(the 2000, 2009 and 2014 winner), the four-time
Formula One
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champion
Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Mich ...
, 1994 WRC champion
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...
(the 1987 and 1988 winner),
Freddy Loix
Freddy Loix (born 10 November 1970) is a Belgian rally driver.
Career
Loix's career in motor sport began in karting at the age of 15. In 1990, he bought his first rally car, a Lancia Delta group N, though he soon progressed to a Mitsubishi Gal ...
,
Craig Breen
Craig Breen (born 2 February 1990) is an Irish rally driver, who competes part time in the Hyundai team in the WRC (World Rally Championship). He was the 2012 WRC Super 2000 world rally champion, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wa ...
,
Jari-Matti Latvala
Jari-Matti Latvala (born 3 April 1985) is a Finnish rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC). His co-driver for most of his career was Miikka Anttila, who co-drove for Latvala between the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and 2019 ...
(the 2011 winner),
Dany Snobeck
Dany may refer to:
People with the name Given name
A form of the Hebrew words and names '' daniyyel'' דניאל (« God is my Judge ») or ''dan'' דָּן (« judgement » or « he judged »)
* Dany Abounaoum (born 1969), Lebanese alpine skier
* ...
(the 1982 and 2008 winner), 2010
24 Hours of Le Mans
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winner
Romain Dumas
Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype. He has won the greatest r ...
,
François Chatriot
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
(the 1985, 1986 and 1989 winner),
Renault F1
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driver and
2008 Canadian Grand Prix
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winner
Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Poles, Polish racing driver, racing and rally driver, rally driver. He was the first and, , the only Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW in ...
, and
Julien Maurin
Julien Maurin is a French rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States schoo ...
(the 2013 winner). Jari-Matti Latvala was the first non-Frenchman and thus foreign driver to win the rally, and it was also his first win on asphalt.
As well as part of the
French Rally Championship
The FFSA French Rally Championship or Championnat de France des Rallyes is France's leading domestic motor rally competition. It's a championship that has been won three times by Didier Auriol, Guy Fréquelin, Patrick Bernadini and Philippe Bug ...
, the Rallye du Var was part of the
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an rallying, automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The champions ...
calendar from 1984 to 2001.
Recent years
2008
Dany Snobeck, who had last won the Rallye du Var 26 years before, took his second victory in the event and beat out much younger drivers, such as the 25-year-old, Jean-Sébastien Vigion who finished second. The World Rally Champion,
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
, returned for this event and was third. Both of Snobeck's previous challengers, Eric Brunson and Pieter Tsjoen had retired so Snobeck was sure to win from the get-go.
2009
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
who recently won the 2009 World Rally Championship won here again in the title-winning
Citroën C4 WRC
The Citroën C4 WRC is a World Rally Car built for the Citroën World Rally Team by Citroën Racing to compete in the World Rally Championship. It is based upon the Citroën C4 road car and replaced the Citroën Xsara WRC. The car was introduced ...
, but this time co-driven by his wife, Séverine Loeb, for his regular co-driver
Daniel Elena
Daniel Elena (born 26 October 1972) also known as "Danos" is a Monégasque rally co-driver working most notably with Sébastien Loeb. Between them the pair have won the World Rally Championship (WRC) nine times with Citroën, later competing wit ...
was driving a separate entry. The podium finishers were
Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French professional racing driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and ...
and Patrick Henry. The Belgian Pieter Tsjoen, who crashed out of last year's rally, led for one stage in his
Ford Focus RS WRC
The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for ''Rallye Sport ...
.
2016
In 2016, the 62nd running of this event, Hyundai WRC driver
Kevin Abbring
Kevin Abbring (born 20 January 1989) is a Dutch rally racing driver. His father, Edwin Abbring, is also a well-known former rally driver.
Career
Abbring started his motorsport career in Rallycross with a 60 bhp strong buggy for newcomers, ...
and co-driver
Sebastian Marshall
Sebastian Marshall (born 29 May 1988) is a British rally co-driver.
Rally career
Sebastian Marshall began his rally career in 2005, co-driving for several drivers. In the 2008 Rallye Deutschland, he made his WRC debut, where he partnered Richa ...
in a
Hyundai i20 WRC
The Hyundai i20 WRC is a World Rally Car built by Hyundai for use from the 2014 World Rally Championship. It is based on the Hyundai i20 subcompact car, and was unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The launch of the i20 marks Hyundai's return t ...
won this event, and was the second driver who is not French to win Rallye du Var, after
Latvala's victory in 2011. Second place went to
Yoann Bonato
Yoann Bonato (born 13 May 1983) is a French rally driver. He currently competes in the French Rally Championship and the WRC-2, the premier support category of the World Rally Championship, with customer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto. He also ...
. In third was Sylvain Michel. David Salanon, the winner of last year's rally, suffered bad luck when he had an accident on special stage 10, Pignans, whilst leading, and this allowed Dutchman Abbring to win.
2017
In 2017, Frenchman
David Salanon
David Salanon (born 5 January 1974) is a French rally driver, who drives in the French Rally Championship. He won for the first time in 2007 and in 2015, he won the season-ending Rallye du Var
The Rallye du Var is a motor rally held in the mo ...
won the event for the second time, this time partnered with Jérôme Degout, with Sylvain Michel and Yohan Rossel completing the podium.
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
returned to the event, driving his recently refurbished Formula 2
Peugeot 306
The Peugeot 306 is a small family car built by the French car manufacturer Peugeot from 1993 to 2002. It replaced the 309. Peugeot gave the 306 many updates and aesthetic changes to keep up with the competition, and it was replaced by the 307 in ...
Maxi. Despite his car being 20 years older than those of his rivals, Loeb led for most of the event, eventually dropping behind Salanon to second, before retiring on the penultimate stage with an engine issue.
2018
In 2018,
Yoann Bonato
Yoann Bonato (born 13 May 1983) is a French rally driver. He currently competes in the French Rally Championship and the WRC-2, the premier support category of the World Rally Championship, with customer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto. He also ...
won this event for the first time. Sylvain Michel led early on but suffered an accident in special stage 3 which ended his challenge.
Winners
*2018:
Yoann Bonato
Yoann Bonato (born 13 May 1983) is a French rally driver. He currently competes in the French Rally Championship and the WRC-2, the premier support category of the World Rally Championship, with customer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto. He also ...
*2017:
David Salanon
David Salanon (born 5 January 1974) is a French rally driver, who drives in the French Rally Championship. He won for the first time in 2007 and in 2015, he won the season-ending Rallye du Var
The Rallye du Var is a motor rally held in the mo ...
*2016:
Kevin Abbring
Kevin Abbring (born 20 January 1989) is a Dutch rally racing driver. His father, Edwin Abbring, is also a well-known former rally driver.
Career
Abbring started his motorsport career in Rallycross with a 60 bhp strong buggy for newcomers, ...
()
*2015:
David Salanon
David Salanon (born 5 January 1974) is a French rally driver, who drives in the French Rally Championship. He won for the first time in 2007 and in 2015, he won the season-ending Rallye du Var
The Rallye du Var is a motor rally held in the mo ...
*2014:
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
*2013:
Julien Maurin
Julien Maurin is a French rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States schoo ...
*2012:
Cédric Robert
*2011:
Jari-Matti Latvala
Jari-Matti Latvala (born 3 April 1985) is a Finnish rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC). His co-driver for most of his career was Miikka Anttila, who co-drove for Latvala between the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and 2019 ...
()
*2010:
Cédric Robert
*2009:
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
*2008:
Dany Snobeck
Dany may refer to:
People with the name Given name
A form of the Hebrew words and names '' daniyyel'' דניאל (« God is my Judge ») or ''dan'' דָּן (« judgement » or « he judged »)
* Dany Abounaoum (born 1969), Lebanese alpine skier
* ...
*2007:
Jean-Marie Cuoq
Jean-Marie Cuoq (born 21 September 1967) is a French rally driver. He finished seventh on the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally in a privately entered Peugeot 307 WRC, scoring two World Rally Championship points.
Career
Cuoq won the French Gravel Rally Cha ...
*2006:
Nicolas Vouilloz
Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver.
He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing h ...
*2005:
Nicolas Bernardi
Nicolas Bernardi (born 16 May 1976) is a French rally driver.
Bernardi made his World Rally Championship (WRC) debut in 1998 on the Monte Carlo Rally. In 2001 he contested the Junior World Rally Championship in a Peugeot 206, later returning for ...
*2004:
Alexandre Bengué
Alexandre Bengué (born 22 December 1975, in Lourdes) is a French rally driver. Bengué was a factory driver for Škoda Motorsport in the World Rally Championship in 2005, before scoring two points finishes as a privateer in 2006.
Career
Bengu ...
*2003:
Simon Jean-Joseph
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
*2002:
Cédric Robert
*2001:
Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French professional racing driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and ...
*2000:
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
*1999:
Philippe Bugalski
Philippe Bugalski (12 June 1963 – 10 August 2012) was a French rally driver.
Bugalski became a works Renault driver in the French Rally Championship in 1994. In 1998, he joined the works Citroën team, with whom he won the French national titl ...
*1998:
Philippe Bugalski
Philippe Bugalski (12 June 1963 – 10 August 2012) was a French rally driver.
Bugalski became a works Renault driver in the French Rally Championship in 1994. In 1998, he joined the works Citroën team, with whom he won the French national titl ...
*1997:
François Delecour
François Delecour (born 30 August 1962) is a French rally driver.
Biography
Career in World Rally Championship
François Delecour began rallying in 1981, in the French national championship. He entered his first major event, the Monte Carlo R ...
*1996: cancelled
*1995:
Patrick Bernardini Patrick may refer to:
* Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
* Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
* Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
*Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
*1994:
Sylvain Polo Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to:
People
*Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director
* Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager
* Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician
* Sylvain Chavanel (born 19 ...
*1993:
Pierre-César Baroni
*1992:
Jean Ragnotti
Jean "Jeannot" Ragnotti (born 29 August 1945 in Pernes-les-Fontaines, Vaucluse), is a French former rally driver for Renault in the World Rally Championship.
Ranking among his achievements are his conquering of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1981, wh ...
*1991:
Bernard Béguin
Bernard Béguin (born 24 September 1947 in Grenoble) is a former French rally driver, who won the Tour de Corse in 1987, a round of the World Rally Championship.
Career
A regular competitor on the Tour de Corse, Béguin scored his first World Ra ...
*1990:
Bruno Saby
Bruno Saby (born 23 February 1949 in Grenoble) is a Rallying, rally driver from France.
In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in ...
*1989:
François Chatriot
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
*1988:
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...
*1987:
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...
*1986:
François Chatriot
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
*1985:
François Chatriot
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, Kin ...
*1984:
Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Claude Andruet (born 13 August 1940 in Montreuil) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship.
Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, Tour de Corse and ...
*1983:
Guy Fréquelin
Guy Fréquelin (born 2 April 1945 at Langres) is a French former rally and sports car driver.
Biography
Perhaps Fréquelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wh ...
*1982:
Dany Snobeck
Dany may refer to:
People with the name Given name
A form of the Hebrew words and names '' daniyyel'' דניאל (« God is my Judge ») or ''dan'' דָּן (« judgement » or « he judged »)
* Dany Abounaoum (born 1969), Lebanese alpine skier
* ...
*1981:
Dominique De Meyer
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-bo ...
*1980:
Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Claude Andruet (born 13 August 1940 in Montreuil) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship.
Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, Tour de Corse and ...
*1979:
Francis Bondil
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
* Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
Places
* Rural ...
Famous drivers
*
Kevin Abbring
Kevin Abbring (born 20 January 1989) is a Dutch rally racing driver. His father, Edwin Abbring, is also a well-known former rally driver.
Career
Abbring started his motorsport career in Rallycross with a 60 bhp strong buggy for newcomers, ...
*
Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean-Claude Andruet (born 13 August 1940 in Montreuil) is a retired French professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship.
Andruet took three WRC event wins during his career; 1973 Monte Carlo Rally, Tour de Corse and ...
*
Mathieu Arzeno
*
Didier Auriol
Didier Auriol (born 18 August 1958) is a French former rally driver. Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, he competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s. He became World Rally Champion in 1994, the first driv ...
*
Bryan Bouffier
Bryan Bouffier (born 1 December 1978) is French rally driver. He is currently competing in the European Rally Championship with a Citroën DS3 S2000. He won the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally and the 2013 Tour de Corse.
Career
In 2002 Bouffier won ...
*
Alexandre Bengué
Alexandre Bengué (born 22 December 1975, in Lourdes) is a French rally driver. Bengué was a factory driver for Škoda Motorsport in the World Rally Championship in 2005, before scoring two points finishes as a privateer in 2006.
Career
Bengu ...
*
Luca Betti
Luca Betti (born 22 February 1978) is an Italian rally driver who is currently competing in the 2013 World Rally Championship season in the WRC-2 class. He began rallying in the WRC at the 2000 Rally GB and has entered various rallies since, part ...
*
Craig Breen
Craig Breen (born 2 February 1990) is an Irish rally driver, who competes part time in the Hyundai team in the WRC (World Rally Championship). He was the 2012 WRC Super 2000 world rally champion, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wa ...
*
Philippe Bugalski
Philippe Bugalski (12 June 1963 – 10 August 2012) was a French rally driver.
Bugalski became a works Renault driver in the French Rally Championship in 1994. In 1998, he joined the works Citroën team, with whom he won the French national titl ...
*
Olivier Burri
Olivier Burri (born 4 September 1963 in Hazebrouck, France) is a rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship on various occasions since 1991, almost exclusively at the Monte Carlo Rally.
Biography
Career in Rally
Burri's profess ...
*
Pierre Campana
Pierre Campana (born 1 May 1985 in Bastia) is a French rally driver from Corsica.
Career
Campana began rallying in 2004, and made his World Rally Championship debut in 2007 on his home event, the Tour de Corse. Driving a Citroën C2 R2, he retir ...
*
Yann Clairay
Yann Clairay (born 2 December 1983 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French racing driver. He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Three Euroseries. Clairay won the GT1 class of the 2009 Le Mans Series along with Patri ...
*
Keith Cronin
Keith Cronin (born 18 July 1986) is an Irish people, Irish Rallying, rally driver and 4-time winner of the British Rally Championship. He won the 2009 British Rally Championship season, 2009 British Rally Championship in his first year in the ...
*
Jean-Marie Cuoq
Jean-Marie Cuoq (born 21 September 1967) is a French rally driver. He finished seventh on the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally in a privately entered Peugeot 307 WRC, scoring two World Rally Championship points.
Career
Cuoq won the French Gravel Rally Cha ...
*
François Delecour
François Delecour (born 30 August 1962) is a French rally driver.
Biography
Career in World Rally Championship
François Delecour began rallying in 1981, in the French national championship. He entered his first major event, the Monte Carlo R ...
*
Bernard Darniche
Bernard Darniche (born 28 March 1942 in Cenon, a commune in the Gironde department) is a French former rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship in 1976 and 1978, each time behind the ...
*
Romain Dumas
Romain Dumas (born 14 December 1977) is a French racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He first started out in karting and single-seater before becoming an expert driver in endurance racing, GT and sport-prototype. He has won the greatest r ...
*
Guy Fréquelin
Guy Fréquelin (born 2 April 1945 at Langres) is a French former rally and sports car driver.
Biography
Perhaps Fréquelin's finest hour as a driver came when he finished runner-up only to Ari Vatanen, alongside then-navigator Jean Todt, at the wh ...
*
Matteo Gamba
Matteo Gamba (born 19 October 1979) is an Italian rally driver from Bergamo.
Career
In his WRC debut, he achieved a personal best ninth place as a privateer entry and his first-ever points. He drove a Peugeot 207 S2000.
Career results WRC resul ...
*
Hermann Gassner, Jr.
*
Quentin Gilbert
Quentin Gilbert (born 29 May 1989) is a French rally driver. He made his WRC debut in 2012 Rallye de France driving a Citroën DS3 R3T
The DS 3 (formerly known as Citroën DS3 and DS 3 Crossback) is a luxury supermini initially produced by ...
*
Jonathan Hirschi
Jonathan Hirschi (born 2 February 1986 in St. Imier, Switzerland) is a Swiss racing and rally driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing ...
*
Thomas Holzer
Thomas Holzer (born 27 December 1985) is a German racing driver.
Career
Formula BMW
Born in Augsburg, Holzer began his karting career in 1997, before moving into the Formula BMW ADAC championship in 2001, with ADAC e.V. Motorsport. Holzer fini ...
*
Chris Ingram
*
Andrzej Koper
Andrzej Koper (born 9 May 1953) - Polish rally driver and four-times champion of his country in 1982, 1984–1985 and 1988.Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Poles, Polish racing driver, racing and rally driver, rally driver. He was the first and, , the only Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW in ...
*
Jari-Matti Latvala
Jari-Matti Latvala (born 3 April 1985) is a Finnish rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC). His co-driver for most of his career was Miikka Anttila, who co-drove for Latvala between the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and 2019 ...
*
Stéphane Lefebvre
Stéphane Lefebvre (born 16 March 1992) is a rally driver from France.
He won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship in the season, and scored his first points at the 2015 Rallye Deutschland, his first time driving a ...
*
Freddy Loix
Freddy Loix (born 10 November 1970) is a Belgian rally driver.
Career
Loix's career in motor sport began in karting at the age of 15. In 1990, he bought his first rally car, a Lancia Delta group N, though he soon progressed to a Mitsubishi Gal ...
*
Sébastien Loeb
Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He h ...
*
Julien Maurin
Julien Maurin is a French rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States schoo ...
*
Jimmy McRae
Jimmy McRae (born 28 October 1943) is a British former rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title a record five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988 which as of 2020 still stands. In the Eur ...
*
Jarkko Nikara
Jarkko Nikara (born 28 April 1986) is a Finnish rally driver. He lives in Saarijärvi, Finland.
Career
Nikara started racing at the age of 16 in national autocross competitions. The next year, he participated in Finnish rallysprint races, winn ...
*
Sébastien Ogier
Sébastien Ogier (born 17 December 1983) is a French rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC), who is teamed with the co-driver Julien Ingrassia. He has won the World Rally Drivers' Champions ...
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Alain Oreille
Alain Oreille (born 22 April 1953 in Sarre-Union) is a former French rally driver, who won the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in 1989, a round of the World Rally Championship. He won the FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars in 1989 and 1990.
Career
Ore ...
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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 his fellow rally racing countrymen, Panizzi spent a great deal of his developmental driving year ...
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Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Mich ...
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Conrad Rautenbach
Conrad Rautenbach (born 12 November 1984) is a rally driver from Zimbabwe who competed in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Junior Team along with his co-driver Daniel Barritt. He won the African Rally Championship twice, in 2007 a ...
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Bruno Saby
Bruno Saby (born 23 February 1949 in Grenoble) is a Rallying, rally driver from France.
In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in ...
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David Salanon
David Salanon (born 5 January 1974) is a French rally driver, who drives in the French Rally Championship. He won for the first time in 2007 and in 2015, he won the season-ending Rallye du Var
The Rallye du Var is a motor rally held in the mo ...
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Stéphane Sarrazin
Stéphane Jean-Marc Sarrazin (born 2 November 1975) is a French professional racing driver. He has won races across a number of single-seater, sportscar and rallying disciplines and competitions, was French Formula Renault champion in 1994, and ...
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Todor Slavov
Todor Slavov ( bg, Тодор Славов; 22 January 1984 – 28 June 2015) was a Bulgarian rallying, rally driver.
Biography
Todor Slavov was born on 22 January 1984 in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, a family of Slavi (1964) and Tatyana Slavovi. His ...
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Ekaterina Stratieva
Ekaterina Stratieva ( bg, Екатерина Стратиева; born 5 October 1982) is a rally driver from Bulgaria who competed in WRC Rally Bulgaria 2010. In 2014 and 2015 she was European Ladies Rally Champion.
Her co-driver in 2015 is Yul ...
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Ott Tänak
Ott Tänak (; born 15 October 1987) is an Estonian rally driver and the 2019 World Rally Champion. He is currently teamed with Martin Järveoja and is competing for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.
Tänak achieved his maiden drivers' world title in t ...
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Brice Tirabassi
Brice Tirabassi (born 15 June 1977) is a French rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2003.
Career
Tirabassi won the French Rally Championship in 2002, before stepping up to the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2003 ...
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Max Vatanen
Max Vatanen (born 26 September 1990) is a Finnish rally driver. He made his WRC debut in 2014 Rally de Portugal driving a Ford Fiesta R2. His father is Ari Vatanen
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen (; born 27 April 1952) is a Finnish rally driver t ...
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Albert von Thurn und Taxis
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, caption = Prince Albert in 2011
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, reign-type = Period
, predecessor = Johannes
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, suc-type = Heir presumptive
, succession = Head of the House of Thurn and Taxis
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Nicolas Vouilloz
Nicolas Vouilloz (born 8 February 1976) is a French professional mountain biker and former professional rally driver.
He won the Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships ten times, starting as a junior in 1992 and finishing h ...
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Antony Warmbold
Antony Warmbold (born 28 July 1978) is a former German rally driver. He competed full-time in the World Rally Championship between 2003 and 2005, scoring seven points.
Career
Antony is the son of former rally driver Achim Warmbold. Antony was co ...
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Jon Woodner
References
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External links
Rallye du Var website
Var
Var or VAR may refer to:
Places
* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
* Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...
Var
Var or VAR may refer to:
Places
* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
* Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...
Sport in Var (department)