Italian Rally News

[Tom206wrc]

Rox on entrylist is very interesting news

Edit: what about Andrea Carella(running in junior class)

[Tom206wrc]

Basso in the lead of Rally Friuli after two stages, just in front of Scandola and Albertini
Puncture and then retirement for Perico on SS1

Good fight in 2WDs between Nucita and Campedelli, Ucci just behind them

[Tom206wrc]

Engine problem for Ucci in SS3 !!!! Can't believe there could be an end to his long serie of results since 4 years, today in Friuli

[Tom206wrc]

Gosh !!!! Off road(crew OK)for Giandomenico Basso(SS4) once again !!!

[Andre Oliveira]

Ohhh Basso

[Tom206wrc]

I can't believe my eyes !!!! Yesterday friday Ucci escaped from a terminal electrical problem on his 208 R2, losing quite many time, and today saturday he's fghting for podium position with two stages left to go
Epic champion ???

[Barreis]

Scandola champ, can't believe... If Andreucci was in s2000, that would never happen...

[Ucci]

Italy has a new CIR 2013 champion !! My sincere congratulations to Umberto Scandola !! As I already predicted during the winter (when it was official, that Andreucci will be this season ''just'' behind the steering wheel of smal pocket-rocket P208R2), he was the main favourit for this year crown. Thank's to Škoda Italy, of course....
So, 49th edition of rally del Friuli has been finished, a lot of retirements, which shows that this rally is very selective....But there are few drivers, for whom this this is no obstacle, they push like mad....As Tom206WRC mentioned, veteran Paolo Andreucci (where the hell he finds motivation??) lost yesterday more than 1min30sec, but today his performance were simply astonished-his stage times are almost ''science fiction''. He ended rally on 4th place. Without time lose he could be third.....and we are talking over CIR, not some village rally....I know stages of this rally quite well (huge gradients & countless 180 degree bends upwards, from where a small P208R2 hardly accelerate....for example a Clio R3 or DS3R3T must obtain from each such combination app.1 second...) and therefore can not understand, how can be one driver with just 180bh and 2WD so much faster than competition with almost the double power,4WD, bigger tyres&brakes...miracle....Well, the award for such outstanding performance is already ''around the corner''-new P208R5 for CIR 2014 !!
And now to the sadder side of this rally-valid also for Slovenian championship; all I can say that Humar with his Clio R3 and Turk with P208R2 showed some speed (though both were constant ''beaten'' by Andreucci), but unfortunately they retaired...the biggest slovenian embarrassment are N4 drivers, they were all the time even behind Turk, not to mention Humar...at the end two italian crews with R2 cars are 3min in front of ''mighty'' Slovenian evo's9....a rally to forget....but this is sad picture of slovenian rally scene-as slovenian economy falls, so the drivers quality is dropping....hoping for better times...
Enough whining-it is time to celebrate for Scandola !!

[Barreis]

No Rosseti, Andreucci, etc. Easy job for Scandola...

[Kielder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7w4TwOJm3I