Codasur South American Rally Championship

The FIA CODASUR Rally Championship is an international rally championship which is run by Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (CODASUR) under the auspices of the FIA and held across South America, although some events in the northernmost reaches of South America compete in the NACAM Rally Championship zone rather than Codasur.[1][2]

Codasur South American Rally Championship
CategoryGroups Rally
Super 2000
Group N
CountrySouth America
Inaugural season1997
Tyre suppliersDMACK
Drivers' championParaguay Alejandro Galanti
Co-Drivers' championParaguay Hector Nunes
Official websiteRally FIA Codasur
Current season

Competing rallies have generally had short and intermittent histories within the championship, although Brazil's Rally de Erechim and Uruguay's Rally del Atlantico have been in almost every championship. Host nations have kept relatively constant; Brazil and Paraguay have hosted events in every championship, Bolivia and Uruguay all bar one and Argentina has only missed two years. Chile and Peru, former regulars have not hosted events since 2009 and 2010 respectively.

Paraguayan Gustavo Saba is the most successful in Codasur history with three consecutive titles from 2011 to 2013 and another three from 2016 to 2018. Argentine drivers Roberto Sanchez and Raúl Martínez have each won the championship twice as has Paraguayan driver Diego Domínguez.[3] The championship had been dominated by drivers in Group N Mitsubishis and Subarus until R5 became more widely used, with Škoda Fabia and Ford Fiesta R5 cars now holding the most wins.[4] The region has a strong history in Group N with Uruguayan Gustavo Trelles and Argentinian Gabriel Pozzo both winning the Production World Rally Championship forerunner about the time of the creation of the Codasur championship.[5][6]

The 2019 championship took in events held in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. The 2020 and 2021 championships were cancelled as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

List of events

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Champions

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Year Driver Car
2004   Ramón Ferreyros Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2005   Juan Pablo Raies Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2006   Roberto Sánchez Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2007   Roberto Sánchez Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2008   Victor Galeano Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009   Raúl Martínez Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2010   Raúl Martínez Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2011   Gustavo Saba Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2012   Gustavo Saba Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
2013   Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia S2000
2014   Diego Domínguez Ford Fiesta R5
2015   Diego Domínguez Ford Fiesta R5
2016   Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia S2000
2017   Gustavo Saba[9] Škoda Fabia R5
2018   Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia R5
2019   Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5
2020 cancelled for COVID-19 pandemic
2021 cancelled for COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
2023   Fabrizio Zaldivar Hyundai i20 N Rally2

References

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  1. ^ "Rally Sudamericano - CODASUR FIA". 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "INICIO".
  3. ^ "Top Stats - eWRC-results".
  4. ^ "Top Stats - eWRC-results".
  5. ^ "Season 1999 eWRC-results".
  6. ^ "Season 2001 eWRC-Results".
  7. ^ "CODASUR - RALLY". www.codasur.org.
  8. ^ eWRC-results.com. "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  9. ^ admin (9 April 2023). "Gustavo Saba se consagró campeón del Rally Sudamericano CODASUR en Uruguay – CODASUR FIA".
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