- Piero Liatti
WRC driver
Name = Piero Liatti
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|ITA Italian
Years = 1990 - 2004
Teams =Subaru ,Ford ,SEAT ,Hyundai
Rallies = 53
Championships = 0
Wins = 1
Podiums = 9
Stagewins = 72
Points = 164
First race = 1990San Remo Rally
First win = 1997Monte Carlo Rally
Last race = 2004 Rally SardiniaPiero Liatti (born
March 7 1962 ) is an Italian rally driver. His speciality was driving on Tarmac rallies like Monte Carlo, Catalunya, Corsica and theSan Remo Rally .His WRC career began as a private entrant, driving a
Lancia Delta Integrale , then aSubaru Impreza . His exploits in the Subaru in 1994 caught the eye of theProdrive Subaru team and he was signed by then for 1995 through to 1998. A year each withSeat ,Ford andHyundai team followed before, in 2002 he found himself without a works drive. 2003 saw him return to the WRC, albeit as a private entrant in aSuper 1600 classPeugeot 206 .The highlight of his career was in 1996 when he came 5th in the
World Rally Championship with theSubaru 555 team gaining no less than 56 points. Other highlights were wins in the Sanremo rally in 1995 (although that year, the event was not a round of the WRC) and the Monte Carlo rally in 1997.WRC victories
External links
* [http://www.juwra.com/liatti_piero.html WRC Archive Stat page]
* [http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=261 rallybase stat page]
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