# Alex Fiorio

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**Alessandro** "**Alex**" **Fiorio** (born 10 March 1965) is an Italian [rally](/source/Rallying) driver. He debuted in the [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship) in 1986. Driving the dominant [Lancia Delta Integrale](/source/Lancia_Delta_Integrale) for the [Lancia](/source/Lancia) "B-team" [Jolly Club](/source/Jolly_Club), he finished third in the drivers' world championship in 1988 and second in 1989. His father [Cesare Fiorio](/source/Cesare_Fiorio) was a former racer, the head of Lancia's factory WRC team and sporting director for [Scuderia Ferrari](/source/Scuderia_Ferrari).

## Career

### Jolly Club (1986–1990)

Fiorio began his [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship) career in [1986](/source/1986_World_Rally_Championship_season), competing for the [Jolly Club](/source/Jolly_Club) team in five WRC events in a [Fiat Uno Turbo](/source/Fiat_Uno_Turbo). He retired in his first four rallies and then finished seventh at his home event, the [Rallye Sanremo](/source/Rallye_Sanremo), where the stewards controversially disqualified the French [Peugeot](/source/Peugeot) team and handed victory to home country's [Lancia](/source/Lancia). As the [FIA](/source/FIA) later annulled the results of the whole event, Fiorio lost his first drivers' championship points. In the [1987 season](/source/1987_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio continued with Jolly Club and competed in a [Group N](/source/Group_N) [Lancia Delta HF 4WD](/source/Lancia_Delta_HF_4WD) in six events. He took three wins in the production car class, and won the inaugural FIA Group N Cup (now the [Production World Rally Championship](/source/Production_World_Rally_Championship)). At the Rallye Sanremo, he competed with a [Group A](/source/Group_A) Delta HF 4WD and finished seventh overall, taking his first WRC points.[1]

In [1988](/source/1988_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio drove a Delta Integrale in the WRC. He finished second at the [Monte Carlo Rally](/source/Monte_Carlo_Rally), the [Rally Portugal](/source/Rally_Portugal), the [Olympus Rally](/source/Olympus_Rally) and the Rallye Sanremo, and took third place at the [Acropolis Rally](/source/Acropolis_Rally) in Greece, each time losing the win to fellow Delta drivers.[1] These results placed him third in the drivers' world championship, behind Lancia factory team drivers [Miki Biasion](/source/Miki_Biasion) and [Markku Alén](/source/Markku_Al%C3%A9n).[2]

Fiorio's [1989 season](/source/1989_World_Rally_Championship_season) started with a bad accident at the [Monte Carlo Rally](/source/Monte_Carlo_Rally). He lost control of his Delta Integrale on the fifth stage, and crashed into the crowd at about 145 km/h (90 mph), killing two spectators – Swedish rally driver [Lars-Erik Torph](/source/Lars-Erik_Torph) and his co-driver Bertil-Rune Rehnfeldt – and injuring three others.[3] Fiorio and his co-driver [Luigi Pirollo](/source/Luigi_Pirollo) were unhurt.[4] Fiorio went on to finish second in [Argentina](/source/Rally_Argentina) and Sanremo, third in Portugal and Greece and fourth at a new WRC round, the [Rally Australia](/source/Rally_Australia).[1] With 65 points, he placed second in the drivers' championship, behind Biasion and ahead of [Toyota](/source/Toyota_Team_Europe)'s [Juha Kankkunen](/source/Juha_Kankkunen).[5] In [1990](/source/1990_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio drove to his last podium finish with a Lancia factory team Delta Integrale 16V in Australia. With three other points-scoring finishes to his name, he placed ninth in the drivers' championship.[1]

### Later career

In [1991](/source/1991_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio drove a [Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4](/source/Ford_Sierra_RS_Cosworth_4x4) in four events with ninth place in Sanremo as his best result. The [1992 season](/source/1992_World_Rally_Championship_season) saw him return to the wheel of a Delta Integrale with the [Astra Racing](/source/Astra_Racing) team. He finished fourth at the Rally Argentina and at the [Rally Catalunya](/source/Rally_Catalunya), fifth at the Rallye Sanremo and seventh at the Acropolis Rally. Fiorio then continued with Astra in the [1993 season](/source/1993_World_Rally_Championship_season) again competing in four selected events. His best result was fifth in Catalunya. In [1994](/source/1994_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio competed in only two WRC events, retiring with a [Ford Escort RS Cosworth](/source/Ford_Escort_RS_Cosworth) in Portugal and taking fourth place with a Delta HF Integrale at the Acropolis Rally. In the [European Rally Championship](/source/European_Rally_Championship) (ERC), he won the [Cyprus Rally](/source/Cyprus_Rally) for the third year in a row. In his only world rally in [1995](/source/1995_World_Rally_Championship_season), he took his Escort RS Cosworth to eighth place in Portugal.[1]

After making a comeback to the WRC by competing at his home event in [2000](/source/2000_World_Rally_Championship_season) and [2001](/source/2001_World_Rally_Championship_season), Fiorio went on to do a full Production World Rally Championship programme for the [Ralliart Italia](/source/Ralliart) team in [2002](/source/2002_World_Rally_Championship_season). He took his [Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7](/source/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evolution) to production car class victory at the [Rally Finland](/source/Rally_Finland), and finished fifth in the PWRC drivers' championship. After retiring from the WRC, Fiorio has competed in the ERC and in the Italian Rally Championship.[1]

## References

1. ["Alex Fiorio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110527210758/http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=294). *RallyBase*. Archived from [the original](http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=294) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

1. ["1988 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110527210820/http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1988). *RallyBase*. Archived from [the original](http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1988) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

1. ["2 killed in Monte Carlo Rally"](http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB36E3244DF7F6B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM). *[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)*. January 24, 1989.

1. Holmes, Martin (January 26, 1989). "Report on the accident". *[Autosport](/source/Autosport)*

1. ["1989 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110527210832/http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1989). *RallyBase*. Archived from [the original](http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=standing&standingid=wcd1989) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.alexfiorio.com/)

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