- Tour de Corse
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"Rallye de France" redirects here. For the current French round of the WRC, see Rallye de France–Alsace.
Gareth Jones driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2008 rally.
The Tour de Corse - Rallye de France is a rally first held in 1956 on the island of Corsica. It was part of the World Rally Championship from the inaugural 1973 season to 2008. 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 it is known as the "Ten Thousand Turns Rally" because of the twisty mountain roads.
Several drivers have been killed during the event. Attilio Bettega, driving a Lancia Rally 037, died during the fourth special stage of the 1985 rally, Zérubia-Santa Giulia. In 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.
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 and Colin McRae. Sébastien Loeb won the last four WRC runnings of the event.
Winners
Season Driver Co-driver Car 2011 
Thierry Neuville Nicolas GilsoulPeugeot 207 S2000 2010 Rally cancelled 2009 
Pascal Trojani Francis MazottiPeugeot 307 WRC 2008 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC 2007 Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC 2006 Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën Xsara WRC 2005 Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën Xsara WRC 2004 
Markko Märtin
Michael ParkFord Focus RS WRC 04 2003 
Petter Solberg Phil MillsSubaru Impreza WRC2003 2002 Gilles Panizzi Hervé PanizziPeugeot 206 WRC 2001 
Jesús Puras Marc MartíCitroën Xsara WRC 2000 Gilles Panizzi Hervé PanizziPeugeot 206 WRC 1999 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul ChiaroniCitroën Xsara Kit Car 1998 Colin McRae Nicky GristSubaru Impreza WRC 1997 Colin McRae Nicky GristSubaru Impreza WRC 1996 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul ChiaroniRenault Mégane Maxi 1995 Didier Auriol Denis GiraudetToyota Celica GT-Four ST205 1994 Didier Auriol Denis GiraudetToyota Celica Turbo 4WD 1993 François Delecour Daniel GrataloupFord Escort RS Cosworth 1992 Didier Auriol Bernard OccelliLancia Delta HF Integrale 1991 Carlos Sainz Luís MoyaToyota Celica GT-Four ST165 1990 Didier Auriol Bernard OccelliLancia Delta Integrale 16V 1989 Didier Auriol Bernard OccelliLancia Delta Integrale 1988 Didier Auriol Bernard OccelliFord Sierra RS Cosworth 1987 Bernard Béguin Jean-Jacques LenneBMW M3 1986 Bruno Saby Jean-François FauchillePeugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 1985 Jean Ragnotti Pierre ThimonierRenault 5 Maxi Turbo 1984 
Markku Alén Ilkka KivimäkiLancia Rally 037 1983 Markku Alén Ilkka KivimäkiLancia Rally 037 1982 Jean Ragnotti Jean-Marc AndriéRenault 5 Turbo 1981 Bernard Darniche Alain MahéLancia Stratos HF 1980 Jean-Luc Thérier Michel VialPorsche 911 SC 1979 Bernard Darniche Alain MahéLancia Stratos HF 1978 Bernard Darniche Alain MahéFiat 131 Abarth 1977 Bernard Darniche Alain MahéFiat 131 Abarth 1976 
Sandro Munari Silvio MaigaLancia Stratos HF 1975 Bernard Darniche Alain MahéLancia Stratos HF 1974 Jean-Claude Andruet Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-PetitLancia Stratos HF 1973 Jean-Pierre Nicolas Michel VialAlpine-Renault A110 1800 1972 Jean-Claude Andruet Michèle 'Biche' Espinosi-PetitAlpine-Renault A110 1800 1971 Rally Cancelled 1970 Bernard Darniche Bernard DemangeAlpine-Renault A110 1800 1969 Gérard Larrousse Maurice GelinPorsche 911 R 1968 Jean-Claude Andruet Maurice GelinAlpine-Renault A110 1967 Sandro Munari Luciano LombardiniLancia Fulvia HF Coupé 1966 Jean-François Piot Jean-François JacobRenault 8 Gordini 1965 Pierre Orsini Jean-Baptiste CanociniRenault 8 Gordini 1964 Jean Vinatier Roger MassonRenault 8 Gordini 1963 René Trautmann Jean-Claude OgierCitroën DS19 1962 Pierre Orsini Jean-Baptiste CanociniRenault Dauphine 1961 René Trautmann Jean-Claude OgierCitroën DS19 1960 
Herbert Linge Paul-Ernst StrählePorsche SC 90 1959 Pierre Orsini Jean-Baptiste CanociniRenault Dauphine 1958 Guy Monraisse Jacques FeretRenault Dauphine 1957 Michel Nicol Roger de la GenesteAlfa Romeo Giulietta 1956 Gilberte Thirion
Nadège FerrierRenault Dauphine In 1996, due to the World Rally Championship's event rotation system used from 1994–96, the rally counted only for the FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers.
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