After another successful rally in 1929, the event was given to new organisers who decided to set up a street race through the town of Sanremo instead.

[2] The rally became the centre of controversy in 1986 after the stewards disqualified the factory Peugeot team at the end of the third day for using illegal side skirts, handing the victory to Lancia.

FIA later confirmed that the exclusion had been illegal as the Peugeot cars were legal, and decided to annul the results of the whole event.

[3] Rallye Sanremo was originally a mixed surface event (tarmac and gravel) but from 1997 on it was organised as an all-tarmac rally.

The purpose for this decision was to honor Women's Italian Rally Series driven in Sanremo in the 1950s.