The Rally Catalunya (formerly: Rallye Catalunya) is a

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competition held in the

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region of

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, on the

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schedule. Now held on the wide, smooth and sweeping

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roads around the town of

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Costa Daurada The Costa Daurada (; ; meaning in English language, English "Golden Coast") is an area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, between Cunit and Alcanar on the Mediterranean Sea. Its traditional banks are the deltas of the Foix (river), Foix and Ebro ...

, it was previously held around the region of

Costa Brava The Costa Brava (; ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava. Usually it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeas ...

. In the 2012 season, the rally was held 8–11 November. Rally de Catalunya was first held in 1957; in 1988 it was merged with the Rally Costa Brava and renamed as ''Rally Catalunya – Costa Brava''.

Winners since 1988

† — The 1994 rally only counted for the 2-Litre World Cup.

Multiple winners

References

External links

Official site

Rally Catalunya
at eWRC-results

Catalunya Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

Recurring sporting events established in 1988

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