Monte Carlo Rally 1 Monte Carlo Rally Stéphane Sarrazin driving a Subaru Impreza WRC on the 2005 rally. Marcus Grönholm driving a Peugeot 307 WRC on the 2004 rally. Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC on the 1999 rally. The Monte Carlo Rally or Rally Monte Carlo (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is a rallying event organised each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco which also organises the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The rally now takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monaco and southeast France. Previously, competitors would set off from all four corners of Europe and ‘rally’, in other words, meet, in Monaco to celebrate the end of a unique event. From its inception in 1911 by Prince Albert I, this rally, under difficult and demanding conditions, was an important means of testing the latest improvements and innovations to automobiles. Winning the rally gave the car a great deal of credibility and publicity. Later History The 1966 event was the most controversial in the history of the Rally. The first four finishers, driving three Mini-Coopers, Timo Mäkinen, Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, and Roger Clark's 4th-placed Ford Cortina "were excluded for having iodine vapour, single filament bulbs in their standard headlamps instead of double-filament dipping bulbs." [1] This elevated Pauli Toivonen (Citroën ID) into first place overall. Rosemary Smith (Hillman Imp) was also disqualified from sixth place, after winning the Coupe des Dames, the ladies' class. In all, ten cars were disqualified. [2] The controversy that followed damaged the credibility of the event. The headline in Motor Sport: "The Monte Carlo Fiasco." From 1973 to 2008 the rally was held in January as the first event of the FIA World Rally Championship, but since 2009 it has been the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) programme, before returning to the WRC championship season again in 2012. As recently as 1991, competitors were able to choose their starting points from approximately five venues roughly equidistant from Monte Carlo (one of Monaco's administrative areas) itself. With often varying conditions at each starting point (typically comprising dry tarmac, wet tarmac, snow, and ice, sometimes all in a single stage of the rally), this event places a big emphasis on tyre choices, as a driver has to balance the need for grip on ice and snow with the need for grip on dry tarmac. For the driver, this is often a difficult choice as the tyres that work well on snow and ice normally perform badly on dry tarmac. The Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed on 19 July 2010 that the 79th Monte-Carlo Rally would form the opening round of the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge season. To mark the centenary event, the Automobile Club de Monaco has also confirmed that Glasgow, Barcelona, Warsaw and Marrakesh have been selected as start points for the rally.
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Monte Carlo Rally 1
Monte Carlo Rally
Stéphane Sarrazin driving a Subaru ImprezaWRC on the 2005 rally.
Marcus Grönholm driving a Peugeot 307 WRCon the 2004 rally.
Carlos Sainz driving a Toyota Corolla WRC onthe 1999 rally.
The Monte Carlo Rally or Rally Monte Carlo (officially RallyeAutomobile Monte Carlo) is a rallying event organised each year bythe Automobile Club de Monaco which also organises the Formula OneMonaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The rallynow takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monacoand southeast France. Previously, competitors would set off from allfour corners of Europe and ‘rally’, in other words, meet, in Monaco tocelebrate the end of a unique event. From its inception in 1911 byPrince Albert I, this rally, under difficult and demanding conditions,was an important means of testing the latest improvements andinnovations to automobiles. Winning the rally gave the car a great dealof credibility and publicity.
Later History
The 1966 event was the most controversial in the history of the Rally.The first four finishers, driving three Mini-Coopers, Timo Mäkinen,Rauno Aaltonen and Paddy Hopkirk, and Roger Clark's 4th-placedFord Cortina "were excluded for having iodine vapour, single filamentbulbs in their standard headlamps instead of double-filament dippingbulbs." [1] This elevated Pauli Toivonen (Citroën ID) into first placeoverall. Rosemary Smith (Hillman Imp) was also disqualified fromsixth place, after winning the Coupe des Dames, the ladies' class. In all,ten cars were disqualified.[2] The controversy that followed damagedthe credibility of the event. The headline in Motor Sport: "The MonteCarlo Fiasco."
From 1973 to 2008 the rally was held in January as the first event ofthe FIA World Rally Championship, but since 2009 it has been theopening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC)programme, before returning to the WRC championship season againin 2012. As recently as 1991, competitors were able to choose theirstarting points from approximately five venues roughly equidistantfrom Monte Carlo (one of Monaco's administrative areas) itself.
With often varying conditions at each starting point (typically comprising dry tarmac, wet tarmac, snow, and ice,sometimes all in a single stage of the rally), this event places a big emphasis on tyre choices, as a driver has tobalance the need for grip on ice and snow with the need for grip on dry tarmac. For the driver, this is often a difficultchoice as the tyres that work well on snow and ice normally perform badly on dry tarmac.
The Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed on 19 July 2010 that the 79th Monte-Carlo Rally would form theopening round of the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge season. To mark the centenary event, the AutomobileClub de Monaco has also confirmed that Glasgow, Barcelona, Warsaw and Marrakesh have been selected as startpoints for the rally.
Col de TuriniThis rally features one of the most famous special stages in the world. The stage is run from La Bollène-Vésubie toSospel, or the other way around, over a steep and tight mountain road with many hairpin turns. On this route itpasses over the Col de Turini, a mountain pass road which normally has ice and/or snow on sections of it at that timeof the year. Spectators also throw snow on the road—in 2005, Marcus Grönholm and Petter Solberg both ripped awheel off their cars when they skidded on snow probably placed there by spectators,[citation needed] and crashed into awall. Grönholm went on to finish fifth, but Solberg was forced to retire as the damage to his car was extensive.The Turini is also driven at night, with thousands of fans watching the "Night of Turini", also known as the "Nightof the Long Knives" due to the strong high beam lights cutting through the night.[3][4] In the 2007 edition of therally, the Turini was not used, but it returned for the 2008 route.[5] For both the 2009 and 2010 event the stage wasrun at night and shown live on Eurosport.
Past winners(list by driver / co-driver and vehicle type)
1911–1929
Year Winner Second Third
1911 Henri Rougier (Turcat-Mery) Aspaigu (Gobron) Jules Beutler (Martini)
1912 Jules Beutler (Berliet) Von Eismark (Dunkop) Meuiner (Delaunay-Belleville)
1924 Jacques Edouard Ledure (Bignan) de Marquet (Métallurgique) Barbillon (Bignan)
1925 François Repusseau (Renault) Mertens (Lancia Lambda) Lamarche (FN)
1926 Victor A. Bruce/W J Brunell (Autocarrier) Bussienne (Sizaire Frères) Marika (Citroën)
63ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo22 to 26 January 1995Round 1 of the World Rally ChampionshipRound 1 of the FIA 2-Litre WorldChampionship for Manufacturers
21stages
547 km
1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya
555 Subaru WorldRally Team
Subaru Impreza 555
6h 32m31s
2 François Delecour Catherine François
RAS Ford Ford Escort RS
Cosworth
6h 34m56s
3 Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist
Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica
GT-Four ST205
6h 36m28s
64ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo20 to 25 January 1996Round 1 of the FIA 2-Litre WorldChampionship for Manufacturers,no World Rally Championship
21stages
427 km
1 Patrick Bernardini Bernard Occelli
Alliance Yacco Ford Ford Escort RS
Cosworth
5h 24m40s
2 François Delecour Hervé Sauvage
Peugeot Sport Peugeot 306 Maxi
5h 28m24s
3 Armin Schwarz Klaus Wicha
H. F. Grifone Toyota Celica
GT-Four ST205
5h 31m52s
65ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo19 to 27 January 1997Round 1 of the World Rally Championship
18stages
410 km
1 Piero Liatti Fabrizia Pons
555 Subaru WorldRally Team
Subaru ImprezaWRC97
4h 26m58s
2 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya
Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC
4h 27m53s
3 Tommi Mäkinen Seppo Harjanne
Team MitsubishiRalliart
Mitsubishi LancerEvo IV
4h 29m29s
66ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo19 to 21 January 1998Round 1 of the World Rally Championship
18stages
359 km
1 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya
Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC
4h 28m0.5s
2 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo
Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC
4h 28m41.3s
3 Colin McRae Nicky Grist
555 Subaru WorldRally Team
Subaru Impreza WRC98
4h 29m1.5s
67ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo17 to 20 January 1999Round 1 of the World Rally Championship
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