Tour de Corse

The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and finally returned to WRC in 2015. The name "Tour de Corse" refers to the fact that in the early days it was run around the island; nowadays it only features roads around Ajaccio. The rally is held on asphalt roads, and is known as the "Ten Thousand Turns Rally" because of the twisty mountain roads.

Several drivers have been killed during the event, including fatalities at 3 consecutive events. Attilio Bettega, driving a Lancia 037 Rally, died during the fourth special stage of the 1985 rally, Zérubia-Santa Giulia. On May 2 1986, exactly a year later, Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died in their Lancia Delta S4 during the 18th stage of the event, Corte-Taverna. Almost a year later in 1987, co-driver French Corsican Jean-Michel Argenti and driver Jean Marchini fatally crashed similarly to those before them.

The first running of the rally was won by the Belgian female driver Gilberte Thirion in a Renault Dauphine. Two drivers have won the event a record six times; Bernard Darniche (1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981) and Didier Auriol (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995). The only non-French drivers to win the event more than once are Sandro Munari, Markku Alén, Colin McRae and Thierry Neuville.

It has been largely popularized that Toivonen and Cresto's deaths sealed the fate of Group B rallying due to the realization that the cars had too much pure power and lack of containment, proving to be dangerous and potentially fatal to spectators.

Winners

Season	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Series	Event report
1956	Gilberte Thirion	Nadège Ferrier	Renault Dauphine	Non Championship	Report
1957	Michel Nicol	Roger de la Geneste	Alfa Romeo Giulietta		Report
1958	Guy Monraisse	Jacques Feret	Renault Dauphine		Report
1959	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault Dauphine		Report
1960	Herbert Linge	Paul-Ernst Strähle	Porsche SC 90		Report
1961	René Trautmann	Jean-Claude Ogier	Citroën DS19		Report
1962	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault Dauphine		Report
1963	René Trautmann	Jean-Claude Ogier	Citroën DS19		Report
1964	Jean Vinatier	Roger Masson	Renault 8 Gordini		Report
1965	Pierre Orsini	Jean-Baptiste Canocini	Renault 8 Gordini		Report
1966	Jean-François Piot	Jean-François Jacob	Renault 8 Gordini		Report
1967	Sandro Munari	Luciano Lombardini	Lancia Fulvia HF Coupé		Report
1968	Jean-Claude Andruet	Maurice Gelin	Alpine-Renault A110		Report
1969	Gérard Larrousse	Maurice Gelin	Porsche 911 R		Report
1970	Bernard Darniche	Bernard Demange	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	ERC	Report
1971	Rally cancelled
1972	Jean-Claude Andruet	Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-Petit	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	ERC	Report
1973	Jean-Pierre Nicolas	Michel Vial	Alpine-Renault A110 1800	WRC	Report
1974	Jean-Claude Andruet	Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-Petit	Lancia Stratos HF		Report
1975	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF		Report
1976	Sandro Munari	Silvio Maiga	Lancia Stratos HF		Report
1977	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Fiat 131 Abarth		Report
1978	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Fiat 131 Abarth		Report
1979	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF		Report
1980	Jean-Luc Thérier	Michel Vial	Porsche 911 SC		Report
1981	Bernard Darniche	Alain Mahé	Lancia Stratos HF		Report
1982	Jean Ragnotti	Jean-Marc Andrié	Renault 5 Turbo		Report
1983	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia 037 Rally		Report
1984	Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	Lancia 037 Rally		Report
1985	Jean Ragnotti	Pierre Thimonier	Renault R5 Maxi Turbo		Report
1986	Bruno Saby	Jean-François Fauchille	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2		Report
1987	Bernard Béguin	Jean-Jacques Lenne	BMW M3		Report
1988	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		Report
1989	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale		Report
1990	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V		Report
1991	Carlos Sainz	Luís Moya	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165		Report
1992	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	Lancia Delta HF Integrale		Report
1993	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Ford Escort RS Cosworth		Report
1994	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli[1][2]	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD		Report
1995	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205		Report
1996	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Renault Mégane Maxi	2-Litre World Rally Cup	Report
1997	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC 97	WRC	Report
1998	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Subaru Impreza WRC 98		Report
1999	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Citroën Xsara Kit Car		Report
2000	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC		Report
2001	Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	Citroën Xsara WRC		Report
2002	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC		Report
2003	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC2003		Report
2004	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Focus RS WRC 04		Report
2005	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC		Report
2006	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC		Report
2007	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC		Report
2008	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC		Report
2009	Pascal Trojani	Francis Mazotti	Peugeot 307 WRC	France Cup[3]	Report
2010	Rally cancelled
2011	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	IRC	Report
2012	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini Cooper S2000		Report
2013	Bryan Bouffier[4]	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	ERC	Report
2014	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Ford Fiesta RRC		Report
2015	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	Report
2016	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC		Report
2017	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC		Report
2018	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC		Report
2019	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC		Report
2020	Rally not held

Multiple winners

Wins Driver Years won 6 Bernard Darniche 1970, 1975, 1977–1979, 1981 Didier Auriol 1988–1990, 1992, 1994–1995 4 Sébastien Loeb 2005–2008 3 Pierre Orsini 1959, 1962, 1969 Jean-Claude Andruet 1968, 1972, 1974 Thierry Neuville 2011, 2017, 2019 2 René Trautmann 1961, 1963 Sandro Munari 1967, 1976 Jean Ragnotti 1982, 1985 Markku Alén 1983–1984 Philippe Bugalski 1996, 1999 Colin McRae 1997–1998 Gilles Panizzi 2000, 2002 Sébastien Ogier 2016, 2018 References ^ "Didier Auriol - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. ^ "Bernard Occelli - rally profile eWRC-results.com". eWRC-results.com. ^ "results Tour de Corse – Rallye des 10000 Virages 2009". eWRC-results.com. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2013. ^ "56. Tour de Corse 2013 results". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tour de Corse. Official site Tour de Corse at eWRC-results

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