The rally was first held in 2002 as Japan's entry into the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and Japan's return to international rallying.[1]
In 2004 the rally was promoted to World Championship status as the inaugural Rally Japan. The following year the World and Asia-Pacific rallies were split into separate rallies with both still being held in Hokkaido with Rally Japan as the WRC round, Rally Hokkaido as the APRC round. It has been throughout a Japan Rally Championship event as well.
rally, hokkaido, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available, a. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The Rally Hokkaido ラリー北海道 is an international rallying event held on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan A Proton Satria Neo S2000 driven by Alister McRae at the 2010 Rally Hokkaido The rally was first held in 2002 as Japan s entry into the Asia Pacific Rally Championship and Japan s return to international rallying 1 In 2004 the rally was promoted to World Championship status as the inaugural Rally Japan The following year the World and Asia Pacific rallies were split into separate rallies with both still being held in Hokkaido with Rally Japan as the WRC round Rally Hokkaido as the APRC round It has been throughout a Japan Rally Championship event as well The event has been dominated by Subaru Imprezas Local driver Toshihiro Arai has won his home event six times List of winners editSourced in part from 2 Year Winner Car 2002 nbsp Possum Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2003 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2004 nbsp Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 2005 nbsp Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 2006 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2007 nbsp Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2008 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2009 nbsp Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2010 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2011 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2012 nbsp Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2013 nbsp Gaurav Gill Skoda Fabia S2000 2014 nbsp Jan Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 2015 nbsp Pontus Tidemand Skoda Fabia S2000 2016 nbsp Gaurav Gill Skoda Fabia R5 2017 nbsp Gaurav Gill Skoda Fabia R5 2018 nbsp Yuya Sumiyama Skoda Fabia R5 2019 nbsp Mike Young Toyota C HR 2023 nbsp Jari Matti Latvala Toyota GR Yaris Rally2References edit About the Event 7 April 2013 http www ewrc results com events php id 586 amp t Rally HokkaidoExternal links editOfficial website Asia Pacific Championship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rally Hokkaido amp oldid 1189374005, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
