Piero Liatti

Piero Liatti (born 7 May 1962) is an Italian rally driver. His specialty was driving on tarmac rallies like Monte Carlo, Catalunya, Corsica and the San Remo Rally.

As of 2024, Liatti is the last Italian driver to win a rally in the World Rally Championship.

Biography Liatti's WRC career began as a private entrant, driving a Lancia Delta Integrale, then a Subaru Impreza. His exploits in the Subaru in 1994 caught the eye of the Prodrive Subaru team and he was signed by then for 1995 through to 1998. A year each with SEAT, Ford and Hyundai team followed before, in 2002 he found himself without a works drive. 2003 saw him return to the WRC, albeit as a private entrant in a Super 1600 class Peugeot 206.

The highlight of Liatti's career was in 1996 when he came fifth in the World Rally Championship with the Subaru 555 team gaining no less than 56 points. Other highlights were wins in the Sanremo rally in 1995 (although that year, the event was not a round of the WRC) and the Monte Carlo rally in 1997.

WRC results Victories Event Season Co-driver Car 1 65ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1997 Fabrizia Pons Subaru Impreza WRC 97

Results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 1990 Piero Liatti Lancia Delta Integrale 16V MON POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA5 CIV GBR 27th 8 1991 A.R.T. Engineering Lancia Delta Integrale 16V MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA5 CIV ESP GBR 40th 4 1992 A.R.T. Engineering Lancia Delta Integrale 16V MON SWE POR KEN FRA8 GRCNZL2 ARG FIN AUS ITA7 CIV ESP GBR 12th 22 1993 A.R.T. Engineering Subaru Legacy RS MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA4 ESP GBR 24th 10 1994 A.R.T. Engineering Subaru Impreza 555 MON POR KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN ITARet GBR - 0 1995 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 MON8 SWE POR FRA6 NZL AUS ESP3 GBR 8th 21 1996 555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza 555 SWE12 KEN5 IDN2 GRC4 ARG7 FINDNS AUS7 ITARet ESP2 5th 56 1997 555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza WRC'97 MON1 SWE KEN POR ESP2 FRA5 ARG GRC NZL FIN IDN ITA2 AUS GBR7 6th 24 1998 555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza WRC'98 MON4 SWE9 KENRet POR6 ESPRet FRA3 ARG6 GRC6 NZL6 FIN ITA2 AUSRet GBR 7th 17 1999 Seat Sport Seat Cordoba WRC MON6 SWE KENRet PORRet ESP10 FRA9 ARGRet GRCRet NZL FIN 23rd 1 Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 CHNRet ITARet AUS GBR 2000 Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC '00 MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYPFRA6 ITARet AUS GBR 24th 1 2001 Hyundai Castrol WRT Hyundai Accent WRC MONRet SWE POR - 0 Hyundai Accent WRC2 ESPRet ARG CYPRet GRC KEN FIN NZL ITARet FRA8 AUS GBRRet 2003 Piero Liatti Peugeot 206 S1600 MON SWE TUR NZL ARG GRC CYP GER FIN AUS ITA15 FRA ESP GBR - 0 2004 Piero Liatti Peugeot 206 S1600 MON SWE MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER JPN GBR ITARet FRA ESP AUS - 0

Summary Liatti finished fifth in the 1996 World Rally Championship standings, his highest overall position during his WRC career. His car was paraded at the 2017 Ignition Festival of Motoring. Year Team Starts Wins Podiums DNF's Points Rank 1990 Private 1 0 0 0 8 31st 1991 Private 1 0 0 0 4 46th 1992 Private 3 0 1 0 22 12th 1993 Private 1 0 0 0 10 26th 1994 Private 1 0 0 1 0 - 1995 Subaru 3 0 1 0 21 8th 1996 Subaru 8 0 2 1 56 5th 1997 Subaru 5 1 3 0 24 6th 1998 Subaru 11 0 2 3 17 7th 1999 SEAT 9 0 0 6 1 23rd 2000 Ford 2 0 0 1 1 24th 2001 Hyundai 6 0 0 5 0 - 2003 Private 1 0 0 0 0 - 2004 Private 1 0 0 1 0 -