Fulvio Bacchelli
Italian rally driver (born 1951)
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Fulvio Bacchelli (born 22 January 1951 in Trieste) is a former Italian rally driver, who won Rally New Zealand in 1977, a round of the World Rally Championship.
Nationality
Italian
ItalianBorn22 January 1951
Trieste
Trieste
Co-driver Francesco Rossetti
Bruno Scabini
Arnaldo Bernacchini
Paolo Spollon
Francesco Rossetti Bruno Scabini Arnaldo Bernacchini Paolo Spollon| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 22 January 1951 Trieste |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1973 – 1982 |
| Co-driver | Francesco Rossetti Bruno Scabini Arnaldo Bernacchini Paolo Spollon |
| Teams | Fiat |
| Rallies | 16 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Stage wins | 15 |
| Total points | 0 |
| First rally | 1973 Rallye Sanremo |
| First win | 1977 Rally New Zealand |
| Last rally | 1982 Rallye Sanremo |
Career
Bacchelli began rallying in 1971. In 1974, he joined the works Fiat team, finishing sixth on that year's Tour de Corse. He finished fourth in the 1975 Monte Carlo Rally. In 1977, he won Rally New Zealand, or the South Pacific Rally as it was then known, in his Fiat 131 Abarth.[1] At the end of the year Fiat and Lancia's rally departments merged and he lost his factory drive.
WRC victories
# Event Season Co-driver Car 1 
8th South Pacific Rally1977 Francesco Rossetti Fiat 131 Abarth
