China Rally

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The China Rally is the largest rally racing event held in China. The first event was run in 1997, and was introduced to the World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar for 1999, but was replaced the following year. Since then it has been part of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). "Force majeure because of government", according to the organisers, led to the cancellation of the event in 2003, while the race was not run in 2006 either for unknown reasons.

[edit] List of previous winners

Year Name Dates Winner Car Rally Classification
1997 1st China Rally 11-13 July United Kingdom Colin McRae Subaru Imprezza WRC Candidate Rally
1998 2nd China Rally 2-4 October Japan Yoshio Fujimoto Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC Candidate Rally
1999 3rd China Rally 17-19 September France Didier Auriol Toyota Corolla WRC WRC
2000 4th 555 China Rally 7-9 November New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX APRC
2001 5th Rally of China Shaoguan 20-22 October Italy Nico Caldarola Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI APRC
2002 6th Rally of China Shaoguan 19-21 October Malaysia Karamjit Singh Proton Pert APRC
2004 7th TCL China Rally Huizhou 22-24 October Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII APRC
2005 8th China Rally Shaoguan 26-28 November Finland Jussi Välimäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII APRC
2006 9th China Rally Shaoguan 24-26 November Australia Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi APRC
2007 10th China Rally Shaoguan 09-11 November Australia Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi APRC
2008 11th China Rally Shaoguan 08-9 November Australia Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi APRC