Have a look at the Rallye Monte Carlo all time winners and runners-up list
The Automobile Club of Monaco organises a rallying competition each year called the Monte Carlo Rally, also known as Rallye Monte-Carlo or Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo.
The goal of the rally, which Prince Albert I started in 1911, was to showcase advancements in vehicle technology and to advertise Monaco as a Mediterranean vacation destination.
Prior to 1997, the competition had the form of a “concentration rally,” in which participants would leave from different sites all across Europe and travel to Monaco, where the rally would proceed to a series of unique stages.
WRC Monte Carlo Rally all time winners and runner up full list by year
Now, the event is held in Monaco and southeast France, near the French Riviera.
The Rallye Monte-Carlo has been the crown jewel of the world rally crown since 1911, making it the oldest competition on the calendar, returning for the second time in the WRC’s hybrid era.
Amid of the 2023 edition of the Rallye Monte Carlo which started on Thursady 19 January and will run until January 22, Sunday, let us have a look at the past winners and all time champions of the tournament.
| Henri Rougier | 1911 |
|---|---|
| first victor of modern Rallye Monte Carlo | |
| Jules Beutler | 1912 |
| first German and non-French victor, second winner who also finished 3rd in inaugural race in 1911 | |
| Jacques Edouard Ledure | 1924 |
| first Belgian winner | |
| François Repusseau | 1925 |
| Victor A. Bruce | 1926 |
| first British winner | |
| André Lefebvre | 1927 |
| Sprenger van Eijk | 1929 |
| first Dutch winner | |
| Donald Healey | 1931 |
| Louis Gas | 1934 |
| Jean Trevoux | 1939, 1949, 1951 |
| first winner in both driving and co-driving roles. If you consider his victory in 1934, he was a four-time winner. | |
| Joseph Paul | 1939 |
| joint champion in 1939 with Jean Trevoux | |
| Marcel Becquart | 1950 |
| Louis Chiron | 1954 |
| First former winner of the Monaco GP to win Rallye Monte Carlo, oldest winner at 54, and first Monegasque to do so. | |
| Per Malling | 1955 |
| first Norwegian winner | |
| Ronnie Adams | 1956 |
| Paul Coltelloni | 1959 |
| Walter Schock | 1960 |
| Paddy Hopkirk | 1964 |
| Pauli Toivonen | 1966 |
| Vic Elford | 1968 |
| most recent British winner to date | |
| Sandro Munari | 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977 |
| Henri Toivonen | 1986 |
| first driver whose father won previously | |
| Carlos Sainz | 1991, 1995, 1998 |
| first Spanish winner, first winner driving for Subaru | |
| François Delecour | 1994 |
| Patrick Bernardini | 1996 |
| 2-Litre cup winner in 1996 | |
| Piero Liatti | 1997 |
| most recent Italian winner to date | |
| Tommi Mäkinen | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| first driver to win four straight years | |
| Sébastien Loeb | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 |
| The first driver to win seven times, the most successful winner, as well as the most WRC titles and rally victories | |
| Marcus Grönholm | 2the 006 |
| first driver to defeat Loeb during his era of overwhelming Rallye Monte Carlo victories | |
| Mikko Hirvonen | 2010 |
| most current Finnish winner to date | |
| Bryan Bouffier | 2011 |
| victor of the 100th anniversary edition | |
| Sébastien Ogier | 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| first winner for Volkswagen |
The event was held in January from 1973 to 2008 as the opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship, but from 2009 to 2011 it served as the inaugural round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) programme, a competition for N/A 4WD cars, before it returned to the WRC championship season once more in 2012.
As recently as 1991, participants had a choice of roughly five venues that were equally spaced from Monte Carlo, one of Monaco’s administrative districts, as their starting points.
On July 19, 2010, the Automobile Club de Monaco announced that the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge season would begin with the 79th Monte-Carlo Rally.
The Automobile Club de Monaco has also stated that Glasgow, Barcelona, Warsaw, and Marrakesh have been chosen as the rally’s start places to commemorate the event’s centennial.
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