Abstract is: The Tour de Corse is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was the French round of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season until 2008, was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge from 2011 to 2012, and finally returned to WRC in 2015. The name "Tour de Corse" refers to the fact that in the early days it was run around the island; nowadays it only features roads around Ajaccio. The rally is held on asphalt roads, and is known as the "Ten Thousand Turns Rally" because of the twisty mountain roads. Several drivers have been killed during the event, including fatalities at 3 consecutive events. Attilio Bettega, driving a Lancia 037 Rally, died during the fourth special stage of the 1985 rally, Zérubia-Santa Giulia. On May 2 1986, exactly a year later, Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto died in their Lancia Delta S4 during the 18th stage of the event, Corte-Taverna. Almost a year later in 1987, co-driver French Corsican Jean-Michel Argenti and driver Jean Marchini fatally crashed similarly to those before them. The first running of the rally was won by the Belgian female driver Gilberte Thirion in a Renault Dauphine. Two drivers have won the event a record six times; Bernard Darniche (1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981) and Didier Auriol (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995). The only non-French drivers to win the event more than once are Sandro Munari, Markku Alén, Colin McRae and Thierry Neuville. It has been largely popularized that Toivonen and Cresto's deaths sealed the fate of Group B rallying due to the realization that the cars had too much pure power and lack of containment, proving to be dangerous and potentially fatal to spectators.
P17 | country | France | Q142 |
P527 | has part(s) | 2008 Tour de Corse | Q751755 |
2011 Tour de Corse | Q931638 | ||
1980 Tour de Corse | Q978717 | ||
1982 Tour de Corse | Q1817128 | ||
1973 Tour de Corse | Q1851768 | ||
2002 Tour de Corse | Q1880576 | ||
1989 Tour de Corse | Q1886112 | ||
1981 Tour de Corse | Q2023229 | ||
1986 Tour de Corse | Q2058083 | ||
1977 Tour de Corse | Q2064312 | ||
1974 Tour de Corse | Q2169036 | ||
2003 Tour de Corse | Q2179963 | ||
1978 Tour de Corse | Q2266640 | ||
1985 Tour de Corse | Q2300003 | ||
2001 Tour de Corse | Q2340247 | ||
1988 Tour de Corse | Q2390526 | ||
2017 Tour de Corse | Q29274534 | ||
1987 Tour de Corse | Q2658026 | ||
1983 Tour de Corse | Q2672805 | ||
1975 Tour de Corse | Q2725122 | ||
1976 Tour de Corse | Q3996068 | ||
1984 Tour de Corse | Q3996072 | ||
2007 Tour de Corse | Q3996074 | ||
2000 Tour de Corse | Q4331975 | ||
P571 | inception | 1956-01-01 | |
P276 | location | Corsica | Q14112 |
P664 | organizer | Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | Q179412 |
P641 | sport | rallying | Q7856 |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Tour de Corse | Q9303013 |
P1424 | topic's main template | Template:Tour de Corse | Q13408459 |
Q56545974 | 1962 Tour de Corse |
Q1851768 | 1973 Tour de Corse |
Q2169036 | 1974 Tour de Corse |
Q2725122 | 1975 Tour de Corse |
Q3996068 | 1976 Tour de Corse |
Q2064312 | 1977 Tour de Corse |
Q2266640 | 1978 Tour de Corse |
Q3996069 | 1979 Tour de Corse |
Q978717 | 1980 Tour de Corse |
Q2023229 | 1981 Tour de Corse |
Q1817128 | 1982 Tour de Corse |
Q2672805 | 1983 Tour de Corse |
Q3996072 | 1984 Tour de Corse |
Q2300003 | 1985 Tour de Corse |
Q2058083 | 1986 Tour de Corse |
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Q2390526 | 1988 Tour de Corse |
Q1886112 | 1989 Tour de Corse |
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Q26182173 | 1996 Tour de Corse |
Q6361425 | 1997 Tour de Corse |
Q6361427 | 1998 Tour de Corse |
Q6361428 | 1999 Tour de Corse |
Q4331975 | 2000 Tour de Corse |
Q2340247 | 2001 Tour de Corse |
Q1880576 | 2002 Tour de Corse |
Q2179963 | 2003 Tour de Corse |
Q3996070 | 2004 Tour de Corse |
Q3996071 | 2005 Tour de Corse |
Q3996073 | 2006 Tour de Corse |
Q3996074 | 2007 Tour de Corse |
Q751755 | 2008 Tour de Corse |
Q13358892 | 2013 Tour de Corse |
Q18563157 | 2014 Tour de Corse |
Q20976914 | 2015 Tour de Corse |
Q27957648 | 2016 Tour de Corse |
Q29274534 | 2017 Tour de Corse |
Q50617852 | 2018 Tour de Corse |
Q62034308 | 2019 Tour de Corse |
Q56545974 | 1962 Tour de Corse |
Q1851768 | 1973 Tour de Corse |
Q2169036 | 1974 Tour de Corse |
Q2725122 | 1975 Tour de Corse |
Q3996068 | 1976 Tour de Corse |
Q2064312 | 1977 Tour de Corse |
Q2266640 | 1978 Tour de Corse |
Q3996069 | 1979 Tour de Corse |
Q978717 | 1980 Tour de Corse |
Q2023229 | 1981 Tour de Corse |
Q1817128 | 1982 Tour de Corse |
Q6361425 | 1997 Tour de Corse |
Q2340247 | 2001 Tour de Corse |
Q3996073 | 2006 Tour de Corse |
Q751755 | 2008 Tour de Corse |
Q931638 | 2011 Tour de Corse |
Q6098638 | 2012 Tour de Corse |
Q13358892 | 2013 Tour de Corse |
Q18563157 | 2014 Tour de Corse |
Q20976914 | 2015 Tour de Corse |
Q27957648 | 2016 Tour de Corse |
Q29274534 | 2017 Tour de Corse |
Q50617852 | 2018 Tour de Corse |
Q62034308 | 2019 Tour de Corse |
Q13408459 | Template:Tour de Corse | template has topic | P1423 |
Q9303013 | Category:Tour de Corse | category's main topic | P301 |
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