The Bosphorus Rally (also called Istanbul Rally, Fiat Rally, Rally of Turkey and Günaydin Rally) is a rally event, held near Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the first international rally events in Turkey. 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.

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.

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

Winners

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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 Rossetti Peugeot 207 S2000
2009 38. Istanbul Rally   Michał Sołowow Peugeot 207 S2000
2010 39. Bosphorus Rally   Luca Rossetti 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 recognized as the winner by the FIA. In ERC FIA recognized the second fastest overall Luca Betti as winner.

References

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  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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