Bosphorus Rally

The Bosphorus Rally (also called Istanbul Rally, Fiat Rally, Rally of Turkey and Günaydin Rally) is a rally event, held near İstanbul, Turkey. It is one of the first international rally events in Turkey with the first Bosphorus Rally was held in 1972. The rally was regular part of the European Rally Championship since its first incarnation and was also included in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge calendar.

Not to be confused with Rally of Turkey.

The Bosphorus Rally was also called Rally of Turkey for a while. However, the Rally of Turkey which became a round from the World Rally Championship has HQ in Antalya and thus it's completely different from the Bosphorus Rally.

Not to be confused with the Boğaziçi Rallisi, held since 1975, also called Bosphorus Rally in some editions.[1]

Winners

Sources:[2][3]

Year Name1 Driver Car
1972 1. Günaydin Rally Engin Serozan Renault 12
1973 2. Günaydin Rally Levent Pekün Renault 12
1974 3. Günaydin Rally Faruk Süren Renault 12
1975 4. Günaydin Rallisi Aytaç Kot Renault 12
1976 5. Günaydin Rallisi Renç Koçibey Murat 124
1977 6. Günaydin Rally Ali Bacıoğlu Opel Kadett GT/E
1978 7. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine
1979 8. Uluslararası Günaydin Türkiye Rallisi Renç Koçibey Ford Escort RS 2000
1980 9. Günaydin Rally Azmi Avcıoğu Murat 131
1981 10. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine
1982 11. Günaydin Rally Radoslav Petkov Porsche 911
1983 12. Günaydin Rally Ilia Tchoubrikov Renault 5 Alpine
1984 13. Günaydin Rally Franz Wurz Audi Quattro
1985 14. Günaydin Rally Kalevi Aho Opel Manta 400
1986 15. Günaydin Rally Gerhard Kalnay Škoda 130 LR
1987 16. Günaydin International Turkish Rally Kalevi Aho Renault 11 Turbo
1988 17. Günaydin Rally Emre Yerlici Audi Coupé Quattro
1989 18. Günaydin Turkiye Rallisi Emre Yerlici Lancia Delta Integrale
1990 19. Günaydin Rally Philippe Bugalski Renault 11 Turbo
1991 20. Rally of Turkey Ali Bacıoğlu Lancia Delta Integrale
1992 21. Rally of Turkey İskender Atakan Lancia Delta Integrale
1993 22. Rally of Turkey İskender Atakan Lancia Delta Integrale
1994 23. International Rally of Turkey Ercan Kazaz Lancia Delta Integrale
1995 24. Rally of Turkey Mark Higgins Nissan Sunny GTI
1996 25. Rally of Turkey Serdar Bostancı Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1997 26. Rally of Turkey Volkan Işık Ford Escort WRC
1998 27. Rally of Turkey Alessandro Fiorio Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1999 28. Rally of Turkey Volkan Işık Toyota Celica GT-Four
2000 29. Rally of Turkey Henrik Lundgaard Toyota Corolla WRC
2001 30. Tofaş Rally Turkey Armin Kremer Toyota Corolla WRC
2002 31. Tofaş Rally Turkey Janusz Kulig Ford Focus RS WRC
2003 32. Tofaş Rally Turkey Bruno Thiry Peugeot 206 WRC
2004 33. FIAT Rally Simon Jean Joseph Renault Clio S1600
2005 34. FIAT Rally Simon Jean Joseph Renault Clio S1600
2006 35. FIAT Rally Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2007 36. FIAT Rally Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000
2008 37. Istanbul Rally Luca Rosetti Peugeot 207 S2000
2009 38. Istanbul Rally Michał Sołowow Peugeot 207 S2000
2010 39. Bosphorus Rally Luca Rosetti Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
2011 40. Bosphorus Rally Yağiz Avci (Overall)2 Ford Fiesta S2000
Luca Betti (ERC) Peugeot 207 S2000
2012 41. Bosphorus Rally Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000
2013 42. Bosphorus Rally Orhan Avcioğlu Ford Fiesta S2000
2014 43. Bosphorus Rally Murat Bostanci Ford Fiesta S2000
2015 44. Bosphorus Rally Murat Bostanci Ford Fiesta S2000
2016 45. Marmaris Rally Turkey Yagiz Avci Peugeot 208 T16 R5
2017 46. Marmaris Rally Turkey Orhan Avcioğlu Škoda Fabia R5

Notes:

  • ^1 - The rally had various name incarnations during the years.
  • ^2 - Yağiz Avci set the overall fastest time, but he wasn't registered for the European Rally Championship and therefore he isn't reciognised as the winner by the FIA. In ERC FIA reciognised the second fastest overall Luca Betti as winner.

References
  1. "Bosphorus Rally (old)". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. "Gunaydin / Bosphorus Rally". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  3. "Bosphorus Rally". BosphorusRally.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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