Rally Trans Itapúa

The Rally Trans Itapua, is an international rally racing event based in the Itapúa Department in south-east Paraguay. The event is the opening round of the Codasur South American Rally Championship and a round of the Paraguayan Championship, the Campeonato Nacional Paraguayo.

The event was first run in 1981 and ran only briefly until 1983 as political instability swept Paraguay. Restart in 1989, the event has run continuously since then apart from a brief rest in 2004–05. The event became international in 2010 when it replaced the Rally de Encarnación as Paraguay's rally on the CODASUR championship. Paraguayan drivers have won every event, even after the influx of international drivers of recent years. In particular the Galanti brothers have dominated the event. Alejandro Galanti has won the event seven times between 1998 and 2012 while older brother Marquito Galanti has taken four wins. All eleven victories were in Toyotas, spanning Group A, WRC and most recently Super 2000 technical regulations cars. 2008 saw Paraguay's first CODASUR champion Victor Galeano win the event. In 2013 triple Codasur champion Gustavo Saba finally broke through for a popular win at his home event.

List of winners

Sourced in part from:[1]

YearWinnerCar
1981 Santiago Silguero Datsun 160J
1982 Santiago Silguero Datsun 160J
1983 Juan Viveros Datsun 160J
1984
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1988
Not held
1989 Alfredo Scheid Volkswagen Golf 2.0
1990 Eduardo Elizeche Volkswagen Golf 1.6
1991 Orlando Penner Volkswagen Golf 1.8
1992 Pedro Fadul Volkswagen Golf 1.8
1993 Orlando Penner Volkswagen Golf 1.8
1994 Orlando Penner Volkswagen Golf 2.0
1995 Marquito Galanti Toyota Celica GT-Four
1996 Marquito Galanti Toyota Celica GT-Four
1997 Marquito Galanti Toyota Celica GT-Four
1998 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Celica GT-Four
1999 Marquito Galanti Toyota Corolla WRC
2000 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Celica GT-Four
2001 Francisco Gorostiaga Toyota Corolla WRC
2002 Francisco Gorostiaga Toyota Corolla WRC
2003 Francisco Gorostiaga Toyota Corolla WRC
2004
-
2005
Not held
2006 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Corolla WRC
2007 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Corolla WRC
2008 Victor Galeano Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Corolla S2000
2010 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Corolla S2000
2011 Tiago Weiler Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2012 Alejandro Galanti Toyota Corolla S2000
2013 Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia S2000
2014 Diego Domínguez Ford Fiesta R5
2015 Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia S2000
2016 Diego Domínguez Ford Fiesta R5
2017 Marcos Ligato Škoda Fabia R5
2018 Diego Domínguez Hyundai i20 R5
2019 Diego Domínguez Hyundai i20 R5
2020 cancelled for COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. "El Rally Trans Itapúa, una prueba con historia" [The Rally Trans Itapua, a test with history] (PDF). rally.com.py (in Spanish). Campeonato Nacional Paraguayo. 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
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