- Gigi Galli
WRC driver
Name = Gigi Galli
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = 1998 –
Teams =Stobart Ford ,Mitsubishi ,Bozian Racing
Races = 65
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 2
Stagewins = 23
Points = 56
First race = 1998San Remo Rally Gianluigi Galli (born
January 13 1973 ), better known as Gigi Galli, is an Italianrally driver . He comes from, and lives in,Livigno , Italy.Career
Galli debuted in the
World Rally Championship at the 1998San Remo Rally with aGroup N Mitsubishi Carisma GT. His first world rally with a WRC car was the 2004Monte Carlo Rally . In 2005, Galli drove forMitsubishi and competed in 13 events with a Mitsubishi Lancer 05. He finished 11th in the drivers' world championship. In 2006, he drove a Peugeot 307 WRC in six world rallies. He achieved his first podium place by finishing third in theRally Argentina .In the 2007 season, he competed in three rallies with a Citroën Xsara WRC for the Italian privateer outfit Aimont Racing. His best result was sixth at the Rally Norway.
In 2008 Galli is driving for the
Stobart Ford team in all rounds of the WRC [cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64464 |title=Galli joins Stobart Ford for '08 |work=Autosport |accessdate=2008-02-11 |date=2007-12-21 ] , replacingJari-Matti Latvala . His first outing with the new team, after 10 months of absence in the series was quite successful - Galli managed to complete the event and score 3 points in the drivers' and manufacturers' championship by finishing sixth overall. The Italian had some problems with the power steering on day two which cost him over a minute, but he was able to keep a good position. [cite web |url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159107-0/special_start_for_galli.html |title=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159107-0/special_start_for_galli.html |title='Special' start for Galli. |date=2008-01-28 |accessdate=2008-02-11 |work=Crash.net ] In Sweden, after three days of consistent pace, Galli equalled his best WRC result, finishing third and scoring another 6 points, which gave him fourth position in drivers' championship after two rounds. [cite web |url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/news/159564-0/galli_uses_his_head_to_claim_podium.html |title=Galli uses his head to claim podium. |date=2008-02-11 |accessdate=2008-02-11 |work=Crash.net ]After Rally Finland, Galli was eighth in the drivers' championship, only three points behind teammate
Henning Solberg . However, at the following event, the Rallye Deutschland, Galli crashed heavily fracturing his leftfemur . As the recovery is expected to take five months, Galli will miss the five last rallies of the season. [cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69819 |title=Injured Galli sidelined for five months |work=Autosport |accessdate=2008-08-26 |date=2008-08-15 ]References
External links
* [http://www.gigigalli.com Official website]
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