The Rallye Açores, known originally as the Volta à Ilha de São Miguel is an international rally racing event based on the Portuguese island of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The event has been a long running round of the European Rally Championship and the Portuguese Rally Championship as well as spawning its own championship in the Azores. It has also in the recent past been a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the ERC derivative series, the European Rally Cup West. Unlike other international events held on Atlantic Ocean islands that it is frequently paired with, the Rali Vinho da Madeira and the Rally Islas Canarias it is a gravel event.
The rally was first run in 1965 as locals gathered for a race called Volta à Ilha de São Miguel, which translated means Round the Island of São Miguel. This was six years after the establishment of the Rali Vinho da Madeira on the Portuguese island of Madeira, much closer to Africa.
Despite its isolated location, over 1500 kilometres from the coast of Portugal (the Azores are actually closer to Canada), it has since the early 1970s been a part of Portugal's national championship and has been an international event since 1992 when it was first included in the European Rally Championship. The rally was demoted to the European Rally Cup West in 2004 and dropped entirely in 2006. In 2008 the rally regained international standing with the European Rally Cup South series and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge the following year. After the death of the IRC in 2012 the European Championship returned in 2013.
Portuguese drivers have dominated the event. A non-Portuguese driver did not win the event until the first international event in 1992 was won by Yves Loubert. Portuguese drivers would continue to dominate, though, with Fernando Peres winning the rally seven times in the international era. Carlos Bica has won the event four times.
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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 Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Rallye Acores known originally as the Volta a Ilha de Sao Miguel is an international rally racing event based on the Portuguese island of Sao Miguel Island in the Azores The event has been a long running round of the European Rally Championship and the Portuguese Rally Championship as well as spawning its own championship in the Azores It has also in the recent past been a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the ERC derivative series the European Rally Cup West Unlike other international events held on Atlantic Ocean islands that it is frequently paired with the Rali Vinho da Madeira and the Rally Islas Canarias it is a gravel event Start podium in Ponta Delgada at the 2017 event The rally was first run in 1965 as locals gathered for a race called Volta a Ilha de Sao Miguel which translated means Round the Island of Sao Miguel This was six years after the establishment of the Rali Vinho da Madeira on the Portuguese island of Madeira much closer to Africa Despite its isolated location over 1500 kilometres from the coast of Portugal the Azores are actually closer to Canada it has since the early 1970s been a part of Portugal s national championship and has been an international event since 1992 when it was first included in the European Rally Championship The rally was demoted to the European Rally Cup West in 2004 and dropped entirely in 2006 In 2008 the rally regained international standing with the European Rally Cup South series and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge the following year After the death of the IRC in 2012 the European Championship returned in 2013 Portuguese drivers have dominated the event A non Portuguese driver did not win the event until the first international event in 1992 was won by Yves Loubert Portuguese drivers would continue to dominate though with Fernando Peres winning the rally seven times in the international era Carlos Bica has won the event four times List of winners EditSourced in part from 1 2 Season Winner Car Report1965 Luis Toste Fiat 15001966 Luis Cordeiro Ford Cortina GT1967 Luis Cordeiro Ford Cortina GT1968 Jose Lampreia Renault 8 Gordini1969 Americo Nunes Porsche 911 S1970 Jorge Nascimento BMW 20021971 Raul Mendonca BMW 20021972 Antonio Borges Porsche 911 S1973 Giovanni Salvi Porsche 911 S1974 not held1975 Manuel Inacio Opel 1904 SR1976 Giovanni Salvi Ford Escort RS20001977 Larama Ford Escort RS16001978 Larama Ford Escort RS16001979 Jose Pedro Borges Opel Kadett GT E1980 Mario Silva Ford Escort RS1981 Antonio Santinho Mendes Datsun Violet 160J1982 Joaquim Santos Ford Escort RS1983 Joaquim Santos Ford Escort RS1984 Joaquim Santos Ford Escort RS1985 Joaquim Moutinho Renault 5 Turbo1986 Jorge Ortigao Toyota Corolla GT1987 Inverno Amaral Renault 11 Turbo1988 Carlos Bica Lancia Delta HF1989 Carlos Bica Lancia Delta HF1990 Carlos Bica Lancia Delta HF1991 Carlos Bica Lancia Delta Integrale 16V1992 Yves Loubet Toyota Celica GT Four1993 Jose Miguel Ford Sierra RS Cosworth1994 Fernando Peres Ford Escort RS Cosworth1995 Jose Miguel Ford Escort RS Cosworth1996 Fernando Peres Ford Escort RS Cosworth1997 Bruno Thiry Ford Escort RS Cosworth1998 Fernando Peres Ford Escort WRC1999 Gregoire De Mevius Subaru Impreza 5552000 Markko Martin Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Juha Kankkunen Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Rui Madeira Ford Focus WRC2003 Fernando Peres Ford Escort RS Cosworth2004 Fernando Peres Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII2005 Fernando Peres Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII2006 Armindo Araujo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII2007 Fernando Peres Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2008 Bruno Magalhaes Peugeot 207 S20002009 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 Report2010 Bruno Magalhaes Peugeot 207 S2000 Report2011 Juho Hanninen Skoda Fabia S2000 Report2012 Andreas Mikkelsen Skoda Fabia S2000 Report2013 Jan Kopecky Skoda Fabia S2000 Report2014 Bernardo Sousa Ford Fiesta RRC Report2015 Craig Breen Peugeot 208 T16 R5 Report2016 Ricardo Moura Ford Fiesta R5 Report2017 Bruno Magalhaes Skoda Fabia R5 Report2018 Alexey Lukyanuk Ford Fiesta R5 Report2019 Lukasz Habaj Skoda Fabia R5 Report2020 Rally cancelled due to COVID 192021 Andreas Mikkelsen Skoda Fabia R5 Evo Report2022 Efren Llarena Skoda Fabia R5 Evo ReportReferences Edit Sata Rallye Acores Previous Winners Archived from the original on 2013 05 31 Retrieved 2013 09 18 http www ewrc results com events php id 71 amp t Rallye AcoresExternal links EditOfficial website European Rally Championship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rallye Acores amp oldid 1126346942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
