The Yalta Rally (also known as Yalta Rally Fest and Prime Yalta Rally) is a motorsport event for rally cars, located in Yalta, Ukraine at the Crimea peninsula. The first edition of the rally was held in 1986 and was held for 4 years, before it was canceled in the 1990s. In 2005 the Yalta Rally was revived as part of the Ukrainian Rally Championship. In 2011 the rally became part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with Juho Hänninen becoming the first international winner in the event. The event continued to be part of the IRC before its merger with the European Rally Championship in 2013.

Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the rally was cancelled. A revival of the event was scheduled in 2018 as part of the Russia Cup, but that event was cancelled as well.

List of winners

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Year Name Winner Car
1986 Yalta Rally   Ivars Čaune VAZ 2105 VFTS
1987 Yalta Rally   Eugenijus Tumalevičius VAZ 2105 VFTS
1988: Not Held
1989 Yalta Rally Canceled
1990 Yalta Rally   Sergey Alyasov Lada Samara
1991 Rally Yalta-Krym   Nikolay Bolshikh BMW M3
1992 Antika Rally   Nikolay Bolshikh BMW M3
1993–2001: Not held
2002 Antika Rally   Stanislav Gryazin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
2003–2004: Not held
2005 life:) Yalta Rally International   Yuriy Protasov Subaru Impreza STi N8
2006 Nemiroff Yalta Rally   Volodymyr Petrenko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2007 Prime Yalta Rally   Oleksandr Saliuk Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2008 Prime Yalta Rally   Yuriy Protasov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2009 Prime Yalta Rally   Oleksandr Saliuk Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
2010 Prime Yalta Rally   Igor Chapovskyi Subaru Impreza STi N12
2011 Prime Yalta Rally   Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000
2012 Prime Yalta Rally   Yağiz Avci Ford Fiesta S2000
2013 WOG Yalta Rally Fest   Oleksandr Saliuk Jr.1 Škoda Fabia S2000
2014–2017: Not held
2018 Mriya Yalta Rally Cancelled
  • 1 Oleksandr Saliuk Jr. raced with Kazakh racing license in 2013

References

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  1. ^ "eWRC results - Yalta Rally". Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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