Andrea Aghini

Andrea Aghini
Personal information
Nationality	Toyota, H.F. Grifone, Mitsubishi
Rallies	26
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	5
Stage wins	23
Total points	117
First rally	1986 Rallye Sanremo
First win	1992 Rallye Sanremo
Last win	1992 Rallye Sanremo
Last rally	2000 Rallye Sanremo

Andrea Aghini Lombardi (born 29 December 1963 in Livorno, Tuscany^[1]) is an Italian rally driver. He won the 1992 Rallye Sanremo and took four other podium finishes in the World Rally Championship from 1992 to 1995. In 1992, he also won the Race of Champions, after beating Carlos Sainz in the semi-final and Colin McRae in the final.^[2]

Career

Aghini began his rallying career on national events with a

Delta Integrale 16V

to fifth place in both rallies, taking his first drivers' world championship points.

These results earned Aghini a drive with

Rally Portugal, where he took third place behind Ford's François Delecour and Miki Biasion

.

In

Team Mitsubishi Ralliart. With consistent results, he also equalled his career-best seventh place in the drivers' championship from 1992. Aghini then became less active in the WRC. He won the Italian Rally Championship with a Toyota Corolla WRC in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, he also finished runner-up in the European Rally Championship.^[3]

Results

WRC results

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Year	Team/Entrant	Car	WRC Round														WDC	Points
Year	Team/Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
1986	Privateer	Renault 5 GT Turbo	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA RET	GBR	USA			0
1987	Privateer	Peugeot 205 GTI	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA RET	GBR			0
1988	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 309 GTI	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA 12	GBR			0
1989	Peugeot Team Italia	Peugeot 405 Mi16	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	CIV	ITA RET	GBR			0
1991	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 5	CIV	ESP 5	GBR	14th	16
1992	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	MON	SWE	POR RET	KEN	FRA 6	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 1	CIV	ESP 3	GBR 10	7th	39
1993	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	MON RET	SWE	POR 3	KEN	FRA RET	GRE 4	ARG	NZL	FIN	AUS	ITA RET	ESP	GBR		14th	22
1994	Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	POR RET	KEN	FRA 3	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN							14th	12
1994	HF Grifone	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD									ITA RET	GBR					14th	12
1995	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III	MON 6	SWE	POR	FRA 3	NZL	AUS	ESP 5	GBR							7th	26
1997	HF Grifone	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	INA	ITA 7	AUS	GBR		0
1998	HF Grifone	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA 9	AUS	GBR			0
1999	HF Grifone	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA 5	AUS	GBR	18th	2
2000	Ralliart Italia	Mitsubishi Carisma GT	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG RET	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA 15	AUS	GBR		0

References

^
ISBN 0-7603-1954-5
.

^ "1992 Canary Islands". Race of Champions. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
^ "Andrea Aghini". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

External links

Aghini at World Rally Archive

Sporting positions
Preceded by Juha Kankkunen	Race of Champions Champion of Champions 1992	Succeeded by Didier Auriol
Preceded by Timo Salonen	Race of Champions Rally Master 1995	Succeeded by Flavio Alonso

[Hope-Frost-1] 
ISBN 0-7603-1954-5
.

[2] "1992 Canary Islands". Race of Champions. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[3] "Andrea Aghini". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

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