Sibiu Rally Romania

The Sibiu Rally Romania, known originally as the Raliul Sibiului, is an international rally racing event based in Transylvania in central Romania. The event is a round of the European Rally Championship, the Romanian Rally Championship and the Bulgarian Rally Championship. Previously the event had been a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and has been a predominantly gravel event since inception with some stages held on tarmac.

First run in 2001 as a round of the Romanian championship held in the middle of the year, originally in August before settling into a July date. The event became an international event for the first time in 2012 when it was added to the Intercontinental Challenge and Romania was added to the event name as Sibiului Raliul Romania. It was one of four events added to the calendar and slid into a mid-season gap when Atlantic Ocean island event Rallye Açores was moved to the start of the season. The event survived the merger of the Intercontinental Challenge and the European Championship into 2013 when the rally acquired its current name.

Romanian drivers dominated the events early history, the first foreign victor was Finn Jarkko Miettinen in 2008. Constantin Aur is the most successful driver in the events history, winning four times in a five year period. Norwegian driver Andreas Mikkelsen won the first international event in 2012, with Czech driver Jan Kopecký winning the first European championship round.

List of winners

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YearWinnerCarSeries
2001 Mihai Leu Ford Escort RS Cosworth Romanian Rally Championship
2002 Constantin Aur SEAT Córdoba WRC
2003 Constantin Aur Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2004 Bogdan Marisca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2005 Constantin Aur Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2006 Constantin Aur Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2007 Bogdan Marisca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2008 Jarkko Miettinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Jarkko Miettinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2010 Gergely Szabó Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2011 Gergely Szabó Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2012 Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Romanian Rally Championship
2013 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 European Rally Championship
Romanian Rally Championship
2014 cancelled European Rally Championship
2015 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 Romanian Rally Championship
2016 Dan Gritofan Škoda Fabia R5 Romanian Rally Championship
Bulgarian Rally Championship
2017 Dan Gritofan Škoda Fabia R5 Romanian Rally Championship
2018 Bogdan Marisca Ford Fiesta R5
2019 Sebastian Barbu Škoda Fabia R5

References
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