2002 Rallye Sanremo

2002 Rallye Sanremo
*44th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia*
2002 Rallye Sanremo; 44th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia
Round 11 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Italy
Rally base	Sanremo
Dates run	September 20, 2002 – September 22, 2002
Stages	18 (385.84 km; 239.75 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,407.04 km (874.29 miles)
Statistics
Crews	53 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Gilles Panizzi; Hervé Panizzi; Peugeot Total; Peugeot 206 WRC

The 2002 Rallye Sanremo (formally the 44th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia) was the eleventh round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 20 September and 22 September 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Gilles Panizzi, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background[edit]

Entry list[edit]

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2	M
8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2	M
10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	P
11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	P
12	Achim Mörtl	Klaus Wicha	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	P
14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	M
17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
World Rally Championship entries
24	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Piedrafita Sport	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
25	Harri Rovanperä	Voitto Silander	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
26	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	Peugeot Bastos Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
27	Jesús Puras	Carlos del Barrio	Piedrafita Sport	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
28	Cédric Robert	Gérald Bedon	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
104	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
JWRC entries
51	Andrea Dallavilla	Giovanni Bernacchini	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
52	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
53	Giandomenico Basso	Luigi Pirollo	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
55	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
56	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
57	Alejandro Galanti	Xavier Amigó	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
58	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Hawk Racing Club	Fiat Punto S1600	M
59	Juha Kangas	Jani Laaksonen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
60	Nicola Caldani	Dario D'Esposito	Procar Rally Team	Fiat Punto S1600	M
61	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZR S1600	P
62	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
63	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
64	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
65	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
66	Mirco Baldacci	Maurizio Barone	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
67	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
68	Nikolaus Schelle	Tanja Geilhausen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
69	Kosti Katajamäki	Jakke Honkanen	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
70	Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
71	David Doppelreiter	Ola Fløene	Schmidt Racing	Peugeot 206 S1600	M
73	Albert Lloverá	Marc Corral	Pronto Racing	Fiat Punto S1600	M
75	Kazuhiko Niwa	Gerhard Weiss	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
76	Alexander Foss	Richard Pashley	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
78	Roger Feghali	Nicola Arena	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
Source:^[2]

Itinerary[edit]

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 147.25 km
20 September	08:07	SS1	Passo Teglia 1	14.44 km
	08:32	SS2	Passo Drego 1	26.46 km
	09:40	SS3	Ghimbegna 1	10.44 km
	12:09	SS4	Cosio 1	19.19 km
	12:55	SS5	San Bartolomeo 1	25.38 km
	15:33	SS6	Passo Teglia 2	14.44 km
	15:58	SS7	Passo Drego 2	26.46 km
	17:06	SS8	Ghimbegna 2	10.44 km
Leg 2 — 150.57 km
21 September	08:25	SS9	San Romolo 1	10.69 km
	09:18	SS10	Colle Langan 1	42.31 km
	12:09	SS11	Cosio 2	19.19 km
	12:55	SS12	San Bartolomeo 2	25.38 km
	15:51	SS13	San Romolo 2	10.69 km
	16:44	SS14	Colle Langan 2	42.31 km
Leg 3 — 88.02 km
22 September	07:57	SS15	Pantasina 1	25.03 km
	08:50	SS16	Mendatica 1	18.98 km
	11:28	SS17	Pantasina 2	25.03 km
	12:21	SS18	Mendatica 2	18.98 km
Source:^[3]

Results[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:10:15.6		10
2	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:10:36.5	+20.9	6
3	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	4:11:22.0	+1:06.4	4
4	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:11:34.5	+1:18.9	3
5	6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:12:10.5	+1:54.9	2
6	27	Jesús Puras	Carlos del Barrio	Piedrafita Sport	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:12:54.9	+2:39.3	1
Source:^[4]

World Rally Cars[edit]

Classification[edit]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:10:15.6		10
2	2	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:10:36.5	+20.9	6
3	3	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	4:11:22.0	+1:06.4	4
4	4	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:11:34.5	+1:18.9	3
5	5	6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:12:10.5	+1:54.9	2
8	6	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:15:33.1	+5:17.5	1
10	7	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2	4:17:40.0	+7:24.4	0
11	8	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:19:34.3	+9:18.7	0
12	9	16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	4:20:34.0	+10:18.4	0
28	10	18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	4:39:11.5	+28:55.9	0
Retired SS14		15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3	Accident		0
Retired SS11		12	Achim Mörtl	Klaus Wicha	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	Driver injury		0
Retired SS9		8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2	Driver injury		0
Retired SS8		10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	Transmission		0
Retired SS4		4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	Oil leak		0
Retired SS1		17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Accident		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages[edit]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Sep)	SS1	Passo Teglia 1	14.44 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	10:23.5	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	Passo Drego 1	26.46 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	17:41.9	Gilles Panizzi
	SS3	Ghimbegna 1	10.44 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	6:38.9
	SS4	Cosio 1	19.19 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	12:13.0
	SS5	San Bartolomeo 1	25.38 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	15:03.7
	SS6	Passo Teglia 2	14.44 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	10:19.4
	SS7	Passo Drego 2	26.46 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	17:30.0
	SS8	Ghimbegna 2	10.44 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	6:40.4
Leg 2 (21 Sep)	SS9	San Romolo 1	10.69 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	6:45.6
	SS10	Colle Langan 1	42.31 km	Marcus Grönholm Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC	28:52.8
	SS11	Cosio 2	19.19 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	12:11.4
	SS12	San Bartolomeo 2	25.38 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	15:03.3
	SS13	San Romolo 2	10.69 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	7:03.1
	SS14	Colle Langan 2	42.31 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	28:59.9
Leg 3 (22 Sep)	SS15	Pantasina 1	25.03 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	14:55.2
	SS16	Mendatica 1	18.98 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	12:03.0
	SS17	Pantasina 2	25.03 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	14:51.4
	SS18	Mendatica 2	18.98 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	12:01.0

Championship standings[edit]

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Marcus Grönholm	57		Timo Rautiainen	57		Peugeot Total	131
2	1	Richard Burns	34	1	Robert Reid	34		Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	86
3	1	Colin McRae	33	1	Nicky Grist	33		555 Subaru World Rally Team	46
4	1	Gilles Panizzi	31	1	Hervé Panizzi	31	1	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	9
5	1	Carlos Sainz	26	1	Luis Moya	26	1	Škoda Motorsport	8

Junior World Rally Championship[edit]

Classification[edit]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
15	1	51	Andrea Dallavilla	Giovanni Bernacchini	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	4:28:26.4		10
16	2	53	Giandomenico Basso	Luigi Pirollo	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	4:28:36.0	+9.6	6
17	3	65	Daniel Solà	Álex Romaní	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	4:28:56.1	+29.7	4
18	4	60	Nicola Caldani	Dario D'Esposito	Procar Rally Team	Fiat Punto S1600	4:28:56.5	+30.1	3
19	5	64	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	4:30:34.6	+2:08.2	2
20	6	55	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	4:31:29.4	+3:03.0	1
21	7	68	Nikolaus Schelle	Tanja Geilhausen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:32:46.1	+4:19.7	0
22	8	78	Roger Feghali	Nicola Arena	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	4:33:55.5	+5:29.1	0
23	9	56	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	4:35:15.0	+6:48.6	0
24	10	62	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	4:36:18.8	+7:52.4	0
25	11	52	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	4:36:23.5	+7:57.1	0
26	12	61	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZR S1600	4:38:30.2	+10:03.8	0
27	13	66	Mirco Baldacci	Maurizio Barone	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	4:39:10.8	+10:44.4	0
29	14	59	Juha Kangas	Jani Laaksonen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:43:48.8	+15:22.4	0
31	15	76	Alexander Foss	Richard Pashley	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	4:45:27.5	+17:01.1	0
33	16	73	Albert Lloverá	Marc Corral	Pronto Racing	Fiat Punto S1600	4:50:38.0	+22:11.6	0
Retired SS14		63	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS14		75	Kazuhiko Niwa	Gerhard Weiss	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS13		69	Kosti Katajamäki	Jakke Honkanen	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	Gearbox		0
Retired SS8		67	Daniel Carlsson	Mattias Andersson	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Lost wheel		0
Retired SS7		58	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Hawk Racing Club	Fiat Punto S1600	Engine		0
Retired SS7		71	David Doppelreiter	Ola Fløene	Schmidt Racing	Peugeot 206 S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS4		70	Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Accident damage		0
Retired SS2		57	Alejandro Galanti	Xavier Amigó	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Engine		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages[edit]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (20 Sep)	SS1	Passo Teglia 1	14.44 km	François Duval	Ford Puma S1600	11:21.2	François Duval
	SS2	Passo Drego 1	26.46 km	Andrea Dallavilla	Citroën Saxo S1600	19:05.8	Andrea Dallavilla
	SS3	Ghimbegna 1	10.44 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	7:12.2
	SS4	Cosio 1	19.19 km	Giandomenico Basso Daniel Solà	Fiat Punto S1600 Citroën Saxo S1600	13:18.3
	SS5	San Bartolomeo 1	25.38 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	16:20.4	Nicola Caldani
	SS6	Passo Teglia 2	14.44 km	Andrea Dallavilla	Citroën Saxo S1600	11:18.3	Andrea Dallavilla
	SS7	Passo Drego 2	26.46 km	Daniel Solà	Citroën Saxo S1600	18:53.2	Nicola Caldani
	SS8	Ghimbegna 2	10.44 km	Daniel Solà	Citroën Saxo S1600	7:11.1
Leg 2 (21 Sep)	SS9	San Romolo 1	10.69 km	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600	7:18.5
	SS10	Colle Langan 1	42.31 km	Notional stage time
	SS11	Cosio 2	19.19 km	Andrea Dallavilla	Citroën Saxo S1600	13:12.6	Andrea Dallavilla
	SS12	San Bartolomeo 2	25.38 km	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600	16:16.9
	SS13	San Romolo 2	10.69 km	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600	7:33.3
	SS14	Colle Langan 2	42.31 km	Daniel Solà	Citroën Saxo S1600	31:09.9
Leg 3 (22 Sep)	SS15	Pantasina 1	25.03 km	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600	15:54.2
	SS16	Mendatica 1	18.98 km	Andrea Dallavilla	Citroën Saxo S1600	12:57.6
	SS17	Pantasina 2	25.03 km	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Punto S1600	15:50.1
	SS18	Mendatica 2	18.98 km	Daniel Solà	Citroën Saxo S1600	12:52.5

Championship standings[edit]

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1	1	Andrea Dallavilla	28
2	1	Daniel Solà	27
3	2	Nicola Caldani	13
4	1	Janne Tuohino	12
5	1	François Duval	12

References[edit]

^ "Rallye Sanremo". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
^ "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Rallye Sanremo 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ "Rallye Sanremo 2002 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

External links[edit]

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[2002-Sanremo-1] "Rallye Sanremo". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

[itadrivers_2002-2] "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[itaitinerary_2002-3] "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[itaoverall_2002-4] "Rallye Sanremo 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[itawrc_2002-5] "Rallye Sanremo 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

[itajwrc_2002-6] "Rallye Sanremo 2002 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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