Jolly Club

Last updated June 30, 2024

Jolly Club was an Italian motor racing team, which competed in the World Rally Championship, the Sportscar World Championship, the European Touring Car Championship, the BPR Global GT Series, and briefly in the Formula One World Championship, along with several domestic championships, it was mainly connected to brands like Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Ferrari. It was created in 1957 in Milan by idea of Mario Angiolini,^[1] the team won several championships. The team's main sponsor was Italian gaming totalizer Totip so the cars used orange and green colors on their livery until the World Rally Championship 1996. They also had a lengthy association with alcoholic beverage company Martini & Rossi.

Gianfranco Cunico won the Italian Rally Championship driving Escort Cosworths in 1994, 1995, 1996, the 1995 and 1996 cars were built by Malcolm Wilson Motorsport to be run by Jolly Club and sponsored by Martini, one of the most famous teams in the world with one of the most famous sponsors ensured victory

Drivers

The team's most successful drivers were:

Alessandro Fiorio, 8 races and World Champion 4WD Group N with a Lancia Delta in 1987.
Dario Cerrato, 41 runs between the European Championships and Italian and European Champion in 1985 with a Lancia 037.
Miki Biasion, 32 races in World Championships and European Jolly Club and twice world rally champion with Martini Racing, also won the 1983 European Championship and the Italian Championship.

The team also competed in other drivers like: Roberto Businello, Arnaldo Cavallari, Sandro Munari, Lele Pinto, Amilcare Balestrieri, Tony Carello, Andrea Zanussi, Gianfranco Cunico, Tonino Tognana Italian Rally Champion 1982 with a Ferrari 308 GTB, Adartico Vudafieri, Italian Rally Champion in 1984, Michele Rayneri, winner of Gr.B class in 1987 with the same car, the Lancia 037, and in GT, Serb Pavle Komnenović. Many other drivers run with the Jolly Club Team. The Jolly Club Team had to be one of the most important rally teams from Italy, because it lets a lot of young drivers run.

After a bankruptcy in 1997 the Jolly Club closed.

In 2007, the Jolly Club was reborn in Florence, Italy with new ideas by an Italian gentleman and driver, Andrea Guidi. The Mark is registered from 2007 in the European Economic Community and now the Jolly Club is an organization in TV, Media and Team for Motorsport passionates worldwide.

Cars

Initially Jolly Club cars were mainly Alfa Romeos. Between 1957 and 1963 was used: Alfa Giulietta, TI Giulia Super, GTV 1.6, GTA 1.6. From 1963 team collaborated with Autodelta development and career preparation GT Junior, AM GT, Alfa GTV 2.5 and 75 T. That same year began partnership with Lancia and Fiat Fulvia 2C developing and the Lancia Stratos HF, the team continued his collaboration with Abarth to develop the Fiat 131 Abarth, Lancia Rally, Ritmo, Fiat Uno Turbo, Delta S4 and Delta 4WD. Apart from the rally also developed Formula 1 cars, F2, F3 and Formula Junior, where the team won several times.

The team also collaborated with other brands like Ferrari and Porsche developing prototypes. The Jolly Club team was active in other areas of the world of motor racing developed and planned and financed the young hopefuls, led to the sponsors on their investments, built race cars, engines, parts, etc.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.)

Year	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1971	Bellasi F1 70	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G		RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
1971	Bellasi F1 70	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	Silvio Moser									Ret
1977	Apollon Fly	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G		ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN
1977	Apollon Fly	Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	G	Loris Kessel							DNA		DNA			DNA	DNA	DNQ
1986	AGS JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G		BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS
1986	AGS JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G	Ivan Capelli													Ret	Ret

WRC results

Season	Driver	Vehicle	Victories	Final position	Constructors championship
Jolly Club
1993 ^[2]	ESP Carlos Sainz	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	8 / 0	8th	5th
	ITA Andrea Aghini		5 / 0	14th
	URU Gustavo Trelles		4 / 0	9th
1991 ^[2]	FRA Didier Auriol	Lancia Delta Integrale 16V	11 / 1	3rd	-

WRC Results (Group B era)

Year	Car	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
1983	Lancia 037	Adartico Vudafieri	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA 3	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		12th	20
		Miki Biasion	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA 5	CIV	GBR		21st	8
		Tonino Tognana	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		-	0
1984	Lancia 037	Miki Biasion	MON 6	SWE	POR 4	KEN	FRA 2	GRC Ret	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA 3	CIV	GBR		6th	43
1984	Lancia 037	Adartico Vudafieri	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA Ret	CIV	GBR		-	0
1985	Lancia 037	Miki Biasion	MON 9	SWE	POR 2	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA 6	CIV	GBR		12th	23
1985	Lancia 037	Dario Cerrato	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA 5	CIV	GBR		25th	8
1986	Lancia Delta S4	Dario Cerrato	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA 2^[1]	GBR	USA	-	0

¹ The results of the 1986 Rallye Sanremo were annulled by the FIA.

WRC Results (Group A era)

Year	Car	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WRC	Points
1987	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Alex Fiorio	MON 12	SWE 20	POR 13	KEN	FRA	GRC 20	USA 11	NZL	ARG	FIN 11	CIV	ITA 7	GBR		46th	4
		Vittorio Caneva	MON 87	SWE 26	POR Ret	KEN	FRA	GRC Ret	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA 13	GBR		-	0
		Mikael Ericsson	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC Ret	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA 8	GBR		10th	28
		Jorge Recalde	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA 7	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		9th	30
1988	Lancia Delta HF 4WD	Alex Fiorio	MON 2	SWE 11	POR 2	KEN	FRA	GRC 3	USA 2	NZL	ARG	FIN 7	CIV	ITA 2	GBR		3rd	76
		Yves Loubet	MON	SWE	POR 3	KEN	FRA	GRC Ret	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA Ret	GBR		10th*	28*
		Dario Cerrato	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA 3	GBR		20th	12
1989	Lancia Delta Integrale	Alex Fiorio	SWE	MON Ret	POR 3	KEN 10	FRA	GRC 3	NZL	ARG 2	FIN	AUS 4	ITA 2	CIV	GBR		2nd	65
		Dario Cerrato	SWE	MON 7	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 4	CIV	GBR		23rd	14
		Paolo Andreucci	SWE	MON	POR 8	KEN	FRA	GRE Ret	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR		58th	3
1990	Lancia Delta Integrale 16v	Dario Cerrato	MON 4	POR 4	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 4	CIV	GBR			6th	30
		Alex Fiorio	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC 5	NZL	ARG	FIN Ret	AUS	ITA 8	CIV	GBR			9th*	25*
		Didier Auriol	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR 5			2nd*	95*
		Robert Droogmans	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	GBR 10			64th	1
1991	Lancia Delta Integrale 16v	Didier Auriol	MON Ret	SWE 9	POR 2	KEN	FRA 2	GRC 4	NZL 3	ARG 3	FIN 2	AUS Ret	ITA 1	CIV	ESP	GBR 12	3rd	101
		Dario Cerrato	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 3	CIV	ESP	GBR	19th	12
		Andrea Aghini	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 5	CIV	ESP 5	GBR	14th	16
		Gustavo Trelles	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	CIV	ESP Ret	GBR	49th*	3*
1993	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	Carlos Sainz	MON 14	SWE	POR Ret	KEN	FRA 4	GRC 2	ARG Ret	NZL 4	FIN	AUS Ret	ITA DSQ	ESP Ret	GBR		8th	35
		Andrea Aghini	MON Ret	SWE	POR 3	KEN	FRA Ret	GRC 4	ARG	NZL	FIN	AUS	ITA Ret	ESP	GBR		14th	22
		Gustavo Trelles	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC 5	ARG 4	NZL 7	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP 6	GBR		9th	28
		Dario Cerrato	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	ARG	NZL	FIN	AUS	ITA Ret	ESP	GBR		-	0
1994	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Gianfranco Cunico	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA 6	GBR					25th	6
1994	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Malcolm Wilson	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA 9	GBR					23rd	8
1996	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	Gianfranco Cunico	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA 6	ESP						20th	6
1996	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	Piergiorgio Bedini	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRC	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA Ret	ESP						-	0
1997	Ford Escort WRC	Gianfranco Cunico	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA Ret	AUS	GBR	-	0
1998	Ford Escort WRC	Gianfranco Cunico	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA Ret	AUS	GBR		-	0
1998	Ford Escort WRC	Angelo Medeghini	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA Ret	AUS	GBR		-	0
1999	Ford Escort WRC	Andrea Navarra	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA 10	AUS	GBR	-	0

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References

↑ "Jolly Club: that cold and misty winter evening". lanciarally037. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
1 2 "1993 season data". Juwra.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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[lanciarally037-1] "Jolly Club: that cold and misty winter evening". lanciarally037. Retrieved 2011-12-01.

[1993_season_data-2] 1 2 "1993 season data". Juwra.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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