The Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.) (Italian Rally Championship) is the main rally championship that takes place in Italy.
As of 2013, the championship consists of eight rallies, which take place on asphalt and gravel, and includes one of the oldest rallies in the world, the Rally Targa Florio, which was first run in 1906.
Any cars can be entered except those that are used in the WRC, and may be Super 2000 four-wheel drive cars with engines up to 2000cc, and there are also Group N cars and Super 1600 cars allowed.
A few of these cars include:
- Peugeot 207 S2000
- Fiat Grande Punto Abarth
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
- Renault Clio S1600
Read more about Italian Rally Championship: List of Champions
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“Their martyred blood and ashes sow
O’er all the Italian fields where still doth sway
The triple tyrant; that from these may grow
A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way,
Early may fly the Babylonian woe.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
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In England there shall be dear bread—in Ireland, sword and brand;
And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand,
So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand,
Of the fine old English Tory days;
Hail to the coming time!”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)