Fulvio Bacchelli

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.

Fulvio Bacchelli

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1951-01-22) January 22, 1951 (age 74) 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 Rally	1977	Francesco Rossetti	Fiat 131 Abarth