Italian Rally News

[MartijnS]

They're just not that good?
Pedersoli was also terrible at Rally Sardegna.

[Mirek]

Yes, drivers like Re or Fontana are no competition for top Italian drivers as well - be it Basso, Andreucci, Rossetti or Scandola.

[Kielder]

Another scratch to complete a perfect loop this morning. Great.

[tommeke_B]

@ Jarek Z, I think you can probably compare the level of Fontana, Pedersoli etc to guys like Olekskowicz.

[Jarek Z]

@ Jarek Z, I think you can probably compare the level of Fontana, Pedersoli etc to guys like Olekskowicz.

I can't agree. Oleksowicz has been competing for years in top cars and never won anything important. Fontana at least won a few international events, so I expected more from him...

[tommeke_B]

When Fontana drove in Ypres, he lost at least 1s/km to the top guys, depending on the stage and conditions.

[Jarek Z]

And Oleksowicz lost 3
eWRC-results.com - results Geko Ypres Rally 2011

[PLuto]

I can't agree. Oleksowicz has been competing for years in top cars and never won anything important. Fontana at least won a few international events, so I expected more from him...

Everything depends on surface, type of stages. Macek made a big progress on the beginning of year 2011, especially on Croatia Rally he was able to be on same speed like Iliev, Betti or Longhi (despite he had technical problems), and Bosphorus Rally, where he was fighting for overall win with Avci, Travaglia and Betti. He has never been good on fast bumpy tarmac like Ypres or Barum. I think that Macek and Corrado are on similar level - on some events they are able to be very fast, on others only average...

[dimviii]

At Costa Smeralda Ucci took 18,6 sec from Scandola at stage1
Rally FICr

[Mintexmemory]

He has never been good on fast bumpy tarmac like Ypres or Barum.

And judging from what I saw last week not so hot on wet gravel or smooth tarmac either.
At the start of this season I would have rated him as being ahead of Al Rajhi but Yazeed has improved considerably throughout the year, he has not. In fact he has usually been beaten by the Proton newbies in the second car. Maybe it is just that he doesn't travel well.