Rally Hokkaido

The Rally Hokkaido (ラリー北海道), is an international rally racing event held on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan.

The rally was first held in 2002 as Japan's entry into the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and Japan's return to international rallying.[1]

In 2004 the rally was promoted to World Championship status as the inaugural Rally Japan. The following year the World and Asia-Pacific rallies were split into separate rallies with both still being held in Hokkaido with Rally Japan as the WRC round, Rally Hokkaido as the APRC round. It has been throughout a Japan Rally Championship event as well.

The event has been dominated by Subaru Imprezas with only one win taken by any other manufacturer. Local driver Toshihiro Arai has won his home event six times.

List of winners

Sourced in part from:[2]

YearWinnerCar
2002 Possum Bourne Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2003 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2004 Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2004
2005 Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
2006 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2007 Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2008 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2009 Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2010 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2011 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2012 Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2013 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000
2014 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000
2015 Pontus Tidemand Škoda Fabia S2000

References

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