Alex Fiorio
2002 | |
| Co-driver |  Luigi Pirollo Arles Montenesi Giacomo Luchi Vittorio Brambilla |
|---|---|
| Teams | Jolly Club, Lancia, Astra Racing, Ralliart Italia |
| Rallies | 51 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 10 |
| Stage wins | 45 |
| Total points | 236 |
| First rally | 1986 Monte Carlo Rally |
| Last rally | 2002 Rally Australia |
Alessandro "Alex" Fiorio (born 10 March 1965) is an Italian
Lancia Delta Integrale for the Lancia "B-team" Jolly Club, he finished third in the drivers' world championship in 1988 and second in 1989. His father Cesare Fiorio was a former racer, the head of Lancia's factory WRC team and sporting director for Scuderia Ferrari
.
Career
Jolly Club (1986–1990)
Fiorio began his
Lancia Delta HF 4WD in six events. He took three wins in the production car class, and won the inaugural FIA Group N Cup (now the Production World Rally Championship). At the Rallye Sanremo, he competed with a Group A Delta HF 4WD and finished seventh overall, taking his first WRC points.[1]
In
Rally Portugal, the Olympus Rally and the Rallye Sanremo, and took third place at the Acropolis Rally in Greece, each time losing the win to fellow Delta drivers.[1] These results placed him third in the drivers' world championship, behind Lancia factory team drivers Miki Biasion and Markku Alén.[2]
Fiorio's
1990, Fiorio drove to his last podium finish with a Lancia factory team Delta Integrale 16V in Australia. With three other points-scoring finishes to his name, he placed ninth in the drivers' championship.[1]
Later career
In
1995, he took his Escort RS Cosworth to eighth place in Portugal.[1]
After making a comeback to the WRC by competing at his home event in
2002. He took his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 to production car class victory at the Rally Finland, and finished fifth in the PWRC drivers' championship. After retiring from the WRC, Fiorio has competed in the ERC and in the Italian Rally Championship.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Alex Fiorio". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "1988 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "2 killed in Monte Carlo Rally". Chicago Sun-Times: 87. 24 January 1989.
- ^ Holmes, Martin (26 January 1989). "Report on the accident". Autosport: 16.
- ^ "1989 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
External links
Media related to Alex Fiorio at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
