The Rally Italia Sardegna (until 2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna) is a rally competition in Sardinia, Italy, which has been a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) schedule and also the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).

Rally Italia Sardegna
Statusactive
Genremotorsporting event
Date(s)June
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Sardinia
Country Italy
Inaugurated2004 (2004)

Characteristics

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Chris Atkinson driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2008 rally.
 
Four-time winner Sébastien Loeb at the start of a stage.

The rally is held on narrow, twisty, sandy and bumpy mountain roads around the town of Alghero or Olbia. The Italian round of the World Rally Championship was previously the Rallye Sanremo, held first as a mixed surface event and later on asphalt roads around the resort of Sanremo, but Rally d'Italia Sardegna replaced it in the WRC schedule from the 2004 season.

The 2008 event was held from 15 to 18 May 2008 and the latest stage, Liscia Ruja (2.69 km, near the five-star hotel in Cala di Volpe, well known as James Bond's favourite resort), was broadcast live. The 2010 rally was the first running of the event under IRC rules and four stages were also broadcast live by Eurosport.

Winners

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Season Driver Car Report
2004   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 Report
2005   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC Report
2006   Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC Report
2007   Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 Report
2008   Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC Report
2009   Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 Report
2010   Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 Report
2011   Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC Report
2012   Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC Report
2013   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC Report
2014   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC Report
2015   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC Report
2016   Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 WRC Report
2017   Ott Tänak Ford Fiesta WRC Report
2018   Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Report
2019   Dani Sordo Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Report
2020   Dani Sordo Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Report
2021   Sébastien Ogier Toyota Yaris WRC Report
2022   Ott Tänak Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Report
2023   Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Report
2024   Ott Tänak Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Report

Non-WRC events denotes in italics

Multiple winners

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