Andrea Aghini

Andrea Aghini Lombardi(born 29 December 1963 inLivorno,Tuscany) is an Italianrallydriver. He won the 1992Rallye Sanremoand took four other podium finishes in theWorld Rally Championshipfrom 1992 to 1995. In 1992, he also won theRace of Champions,after beatingCarlos Sainzin the semi-final andColin McRaein the final.

Andrea Aghini

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1963-12-29)29 December 1963
World Rally Championshiprecord
Active years	1986–2000
Co-driver	Sauro Farnocchia Loris Roggia Dario D'esposito
Teams	Peugeot,Jolly Club,Lancia,Toyota,H.F. Grifone,Mitsubishi
Rallies	26
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	5
Stage wins	23
Total points	117
First rally	1986Rallye Sanremo
First win	1992Rallye Sanremo
Last win	1992Rallye Sanremo
Last rally	2000Rallye Sanremo

Career

Aghini began his rallying career on national events with aPeugeot 205 GTIin 1984.He debuted in theWorld Rally Championshipdriving aRenault 5 GT Turboat his home event, theRallye San Remo,in1986.He retired from the rally after a turbo problem, but two years later, he won theGroup Nclass of the event. For the1991 season,Aghini got a contract with theLancia-supportedJolly Clubteam for two WRC events; the Sanremo and theRally Catalunya.He drove hisDelta Integrale 16Vto fifth place in both rallies, taking his first drivers' world championship points.

These results earned Aghini a drive withMartini Racing,Lancia's factory team, for thefollowing season.He finished sixth at theTour de Corse,and then edged out his team-mateJuha Kankkunento take his first and only world rally win in Sanremo. Aghini's second podium finish followed in Catalunya. After Lancia withdrew from the WRC, he moved back to Jolly Club to partner defending world championCarlos Sainz.His only podium finish of the season came at theRally Portugal,where he took third place behind Ford'sFrançois DelecourandMiki Biasion.

In1994,Aghini partnered Kankkunen andDidier Auriolat theToyotafactory team in a few events and finished third at the Tour de Corse with aCelica Turbo 4WD.He repeated this feat in the1995 season,driving aMitsubishi Lancer Evolution 3for theTeam 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 aToyota Corolla WRCin 1998 and 1999. In 1998, he also finished runner-up in theEuropean Rally Championship.

Results

WRC results

Year	Team/Entrant	Car	WRC Round														WDC	Points
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
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
	HF Grifone										ITA RET	GBR
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

External links

• Aghini at World Rally Archive