Event History

• Italy’s WRC counter was formerly a mixed surface event based in Sanremo, and known as the Rally of the Flowers when it was first held in 1928.
• It formed part of the WRC from the championship’s beginning in 1973.
• Michèle Mouton became the first and only woman to win a WRC round when she triumphed in 1981.
• The rally moved to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia in 2004.