Italian Rally News

[AL14]

Entry list for rally legend 2015.

Huge as always. A pity I'm pretty sure I can't be there :(

http://www.rally.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ELENCO-ISCRITTI-legend.pdf

[dimviii]

Allen crashed at Legend

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ3p5lzWoAAgmQg.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ3p6HdWsAQBbSP.jpg

[makinen_fan]

Video of the crash.
https://www.facebook.com/FTTRally/videos/898117040274754/

[timlord22]

Another angle of the crash, looks like something broke before the crash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbENqncKxMc

[Simmi]

Anyone on here been to Rally Legend before? What are your impressions of the event? I'm thinking of going next year for sure.

How easy is it to meet the drivers and get autographs for example?

[AL14]

Anyone on here been to Rally Legend before? What are your impressions of the event? I'm thinking of going next year for sure.

How easy is it to meet the drivers and get autographs for example?
Never been there but I know some friend who did. Everyone says the same: spectacular.
It is also easy to meet drivers etc, everything (SP and stages) are relatively close to each other

[Tom206wrc]

SS1 SSS Rally Due Valli(last CIR event) has started ;)
http://rally.ficr.it/

On YouTube you can also find videos of the shakedown... :)

[dimviii]

Another angle of the crash, looks like something broke before the crash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbENqncKxMc

yes something collapsed at front right.

[dimviii]

Kankkunen leading after 2 stages in a celica st 205


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ5icD9WgAEVuTt.jpg

[COD]

Another angle of the crash, looks like something broke before the crash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbENqncKxMc

Sure. Not a crash, a genuine suspension failure

[itix]

Anyone on here been to Rally Legend before? What are your impressions of the event? I'm thinking of going next year for sure.

How easy is it to meet the drivers and get autographs for example?

I have only been to the stages (which is something I highly recommend)... I am not so much of a start struck person and most of the people competing were active before I was born so... even if I was star struck I don't have that much connection with almost any of the drivers.

The machinery though, that's something you can appreciate for sure! Bring ear plugs! ...and visit San Marino the city while you are there, it is very intesresting :)

[Ucci]

I've visited Rally Legend many times (last year last time....it was so hot...), sometimes I stayed for two days. It was always a spectacular event, stages are close, the teams are located around the centre of the main stage "the Legend"...
Definitely on my schedule next year.....

[Mirek]

One stage to go in Rally due Valli. Scandola leading by 34 seconds. Shall be easy for him.

[NoFear85]

Scandola win Rally due Valli

[Mirek]

The accident of Andreucci: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmaIJcldse4

[AL14]

Not usual for Ucci to do these kind of mistakes. I've seen the onboard, it was a slight left before the hairpin in the right. Not an easy section because after the left turn you have the car balanced to turn left but if you are an experienced and winning driver like Paolo you know what to do.
I think it happened because he already won this year and the concentration can't be the same but also because manufacturer title was not yet sure even if it was enough for one between him and Tassone to stay in the top7 or 8. Anyway when the goal is too much easy it can bring you to drive with the fear to make something stupid, and this is when it actually happens.
Or maybe these are just too much words and he made just a mistake. :)

[Mirek]

Onboard of Václav Pech from Rally Legend with Porsche 997 GT3: http://forum.autosport.cz/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=934&start=40#p79363

[hari]

Gallery Rallyelegend San Marino 2015:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_rallyelegend_san_marino_2015.html

http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2015/sanmarino/bestof/1.jpg

[Leon]

Gallery Rallyelegend San Marino 2015:
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_bestof_rallyelegend_san_marino_2015.html

http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2015/sanmarino/bestof/1.jpg

Thank you.

Wish I was there....

Duval....too many burgers.....

[dimviii]

Legend highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOJoLL2gXJM&feature=youtu.be


turn up the volume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_i-PZFJOBc

[dimviii]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3&v=ulzyeaBPTZw

[Nowi]

My photogallery from Rallylegend 2015 at http://www.rallylife.cz/rallylegend-2015-nowi

[focus206]

Still not an official news but in 2016 championship there might be a change in the points system and format of the rallies. It could become like Australian championship with Heat 1 and Heat 2 (or like WTCC, if you want), so 2-days rallies with drivers scoring points for each day, treating the days as different rounds. And the points given would be 7,5-6-5-3,5-3-2,5-2-1,5-1-0,5 per day...
I hope this isn't true, anyone knows more? So sad...

[AL14]

Someone bring these people to some mental hospital please. For their good.

[vino_93]

Oooh no, pity, not like ARC. So bullshit system. You can give day points, but you need to keep an overall classification for the rally.

[AL14]

Oooh no, pity, not like ARC. So bullshit system. You can give day points, but you need to keep an overall classification for the rally.

Even with day points it would be idiotic. Rally events in CIR are barely more than 100 kms. Giving bonus points for a 50kms day, most of the times in a couple of stages repeated also 3 times, is for dumb people. This new point system is even worst, actually I don't think we should call him rally.
Really, these people needs medical treatments.

[dimviii]

HMI - Hyundai Team ‏@hmirally

Belgian @thierryneuville will be at @MonzaRallyShow driving a #Hyundai i20 #WRC from Italian team @hmirally!

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Will we see Polo in Monza..?

[liposh]

Monza rallyshow entry list: http://www.rallylink.it/pdf/2015/monza_2015.pdf

*btw. It is quite funny that Skoda Fabia cars are top in their categories, but there are only three Fabias S2000 and zero Fabias R5 :-)

[AL14]

Monza Rally Show is a joke. Valentino Rossi will be there with "modified" Fiesta and with his fans pretending he would be at the top in the WRC because he will beat other WRCs unless, hopefully, Neuville.
And a "Rally" hosted in a circuit with balloons that design turns is a circus more than a rally. Can't understand what is interesting in all this but maybe it's just me that can't appreciate it.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

That's Masters Show stage, buddy.

Maybe because that's Italian version of ROC (even predated ROC, since 1978), and some of the WRC, F1, & MotoGP drivers are participating there.

If you want to see the stages, http://www.monzarallyshow.it/en/infopiloti_eng.php

[AL14]

Yes I know Arnold, but I really can't like other stages too. I know it is a show and should be like that but there is everything I don't like in this kind of event. Good for those who enjoy it tough. I don't :)

[dimviii]

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12295282_10153626243595733_5637445568168774684_n.j pg?oh=0a7eb1d3245c2d53785ba74f3e86b4b2&oe=56E83663

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/t31.0-8/12240348_1028405363877328_4846849666880738968_o.jp g

[dimviii]

Rossi.Neuville testing at Monza

https://youtu.be/Ncbdc9i8bq4

[Ucci]

Monza Rally Show is a joke. Valentino Rossi will be there with "modified" Fiesta and with his fans pretending he would be at the top in the WRC because he will beat other WRCs unless, hopefully, Neuville.
And a "Rally" hosted in a circuit with balloons that design turns is a circus more than a rally. Can't understand what is interesting in all this but maybe it's just me that can't appreciate it.
It is just you.....Monza rally show is a great event. I've participated many times and has been always great.
It is the same for all and if Rossi wins, it is just a shame for regular rally drivers to be beaten by him. Imagine a show vice-versa, would let say Longhi be faster on motorcycle compare to VR? I doubt....

[dimviii]

https://youtu.be/7NQDaShZaw0

[dimviii]

why Neuville lost so much time at ss4?
http://www.dbresults.net/rallymonza/DDDA240.HTM


he said something about tyres,but cant understand.
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/monzarallyshow-2015

what kind of tyres use Rossi and other wrc cars comparing to Neuville?

[Rally Power]

why Neuville lost so much time at ss4?
http://www.dbresults.net/rallymonza/DDDA240.HTM


he said something about tyres,but cant understand.
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/monzarallyshow-2015

what kind of tyres use Rossi and other wrc cars comparing to Neuville?

No particular problem (apart a 5s penalty for cone overturn). He's just complaining "with these tyres it's not possible". It seems Pirelli are more fitted for Monza.

[dimviii]

No particular problem (apart a 5s penalty for cone overturn). He's just complaining "with these tyres it's not possible". It seems Pirelli are more fitted for Monza.

seems like that.

Thierry Neuville: unfortunately the court evidence we can defend ourselves is a sin, but unfortunately we do not have the tires that let us not waste time on lengthy trials

Tony Cairoli: all right, we went well, the second time
[To report that Tony uses the Michelin and Pirelli in court evidence in the trials long. In this test, however, he has used Pirelli]
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/monzarallyshow-2015

Cairoli with Michelin at Autodromo 1 4.45,2
Cairoli with Pirelli at Aurodromo 2 4,40,1

[focus206]

Neuville is using FIA Michelin, I know others (not specifically who) are using non-FIA Pirelli.

[dimviii]

cant understant why they used wrc tyres at Neuvilles car.
Even Bosca with the other hyundai is faster on Pirellis.
http://www.dbresults.net/rallymonza/DDDA260.HTM

Thierry Neuville: incredible, I can not follow them, they have a rubber grip much more carved on the side, I slide a lot

[Rally Power]

Strange, it seems that Perico (and Longhi) had a 1m penality for car underweight.

3 ss to go, Rossi leads by 30s. Well done Dottore!

PS: dimvii, maybe Neuville has contract obligation to use Michelin?

[dimviii]

PS: dimvii, maybe Neuville has contract obligation to use Michelin?

he could use Michelin, but not wrc ones.

[dimviii]

Neuvilles incar
http://hmirally.com/en/video/45/thierry-neuville-onboard-ss1-with-data-br-br

[dimviii]

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2015/monzarallyshow/sabato_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_monza_day_2_002.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2015/monzarallyshow/sabato_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_monza_day_2_003.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2015/monzarallyshow/sabato_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_monza_day_2_005.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2015/monzarallyshow/sabato_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_monza_day_2_011.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2015/monzarallyshow/sabato_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_monza_day_2_049.jpg

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/immagini-monzarallyshow-2015/category/89-sabato-2-giorno-di-gara

[dimviii]

can somebody translate this to English because with google translate cant understand if he switched to not wrc tyres?

Thierry Neuville: tutto bene, stiamo usando gomme troppo da "circuito", si muove troppo

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/monzarallyshow-2015


thanks in advance.

[focus206]

can somebody translate this to English because with google translate cant understand if he switched to not wrc tyres?

Thierry Neuville: tutto bene, stiamo usando gomme troppo da "circuito", si muove troppo

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/monzarallyshow-2015


thanks in advance.

"everything is ok, we are using too much 'circuit-oriented' tyres, the car moves too much"
as I understand it, it's the same problem of yesterday, he was saying that others had tyres with more pattern.

[dimviii]

Rossi won,Neuville second with almost 1 minute.
Neuville also lost at Masters Show from Cairoli (MX champion)with ds3 wrc

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Rossi win overall & Masters Show..?

Waiting for Masters Show coverages..

[dimviii]

Rossi win overall & Masters Show..?

Waiting for Masters Show coverages..

Νo Cairoli won masters show
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/classifiche-masters-show-2015

[makinen_fan]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVN5uCkWwAAhtdE.jpg:large

[Ucci]

A proof how popular is Paolo Andreucci in Italy : he was most important ''rally'' person in Italy in previous year (Personaggio del Rally 2015).

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/sondaggi-results

[AL14]

A proof how popular is Paolo Andreucci in Italy : he was most important ''rally'' person in Italy in previous year (Personaggio del Rally 2015).

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/sondaggi-results

Well it was quite an easy win actually. I have to correct you btw, he is not popular at all in Italy, he's popular in the rally niche, which is very little nowadays.
It has surprised me also the result of the "rally surprise of the year". I think Andolfi should have easily won, and Tempestini should not even be second because also Tassone has been more a promise/surprise than him.

[AL14]

Giandomenico Basso confirmed for another year at CIR with BRC team. He will drive gas fueled Fiesta r5 EVO

[Ucci]

And finally the entry list for the 1st round of C.I.R:

http://www.cioccorally.it/eventi/2016/39-rally-il-ciocco/Elenco_Iscritti_RCV2016.pdf

I must confese that I don't remember back when so quality entry list was presented for the 1st round in the season.....I'm looking forward very much, although I will not follow the rally on Saturday as I'm going to be a spectator on Rebenland rally in Österreich....

[AL14]

I'll be spectating on saturday. Looking forward to watch some nice battles.
It's almost home rally for Andreucci. I bet for a win but it will not be easy aginst Scandola on Fabia and Basso with fiesta evo

[WUff1]

And finally the entry list for the 1st round of C.I.R:

http://www.cioccorally.it/eventi/2016/39-rally-il-ciocco/Elenco_Iscritti_RCV2016.pdf

I must confese that I don't remember back when so quality entry list was presented for the 1st round in the season.....I'm looking forward very much, although I will not follow the rally on Saturday as I'm going to be a spectator on Rebenland rally in Österreich....

Rebenland Rallye will be interesting this year, too ;)

[Fly]

Any news about Nucita?

[Jarek Z]

Nice entry list!

Is this a new livery for Ucci's car or is it some private graphic's project?

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12751586_776121122532961_1790493383_n.jpg?ig_cache _key=MTE5MDc3MTgzMzM5NjgxNzA3NQ%3D%3D.2.l

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12724726_1684651711774670_1367701088_n.jpg?ig_cach e_key=MTE5MTkxODM4NTc4OTQ3NTU1NA%3D%3D.2.l

[Zeakiwi]

Italian race/ rally movie loosely inspired by Carlo Capone's story.
https://mirandaribeirog.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/carlo-capone/
https://youtu.be/lhyezZjiKAc (Veloce il come vento)

[aykutbilir]

Nice entry list!

Is this a new livery for Ucci's car or is it some private graphic's project?

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12751586_776121122532961_1790493383_n.jpg?ig_cache _key=MTE5MDc3MTgzMzM5NjgxNzA3NQ%3D%3D.2.l

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/12724726_1684651711774670_1367701088_n.jpg?ig_cach e_key=MTE5MTkxODM4NTc4OTQ3NTU1NA%3D%3D.2.l

first photonof ucci is feom official annocumwnt.


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[AL14]

Tassone's livery. I think is the best one.

https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/1930173_583960258425672_981978919575381236_n.jpg?o h=75c00bc241f3d79f135021880283bd86&oe=574D9713

And Scandola testing with Fabia R5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=fjE-ShWyIks

[Jarek Z]

Italian race/ rally movie loosely inspired by Carlo Capone's story.
https://mirandaribeirog.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/carlo-capone/
https://youtu.be/lhyezZjiKAc (Veloce il come vento)

Wow! Great reading! Thanks for sharing, it's a very interesting story!

But I saw the movie trailer and can't understand - what does it have to do with Carlo Capone? It seems it's a completely different story.

[Leon]

Italian race/ rally movie loosely inspired by Carlo Capone's story.
https://mirandaribeirog.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/carlo-capone/
https://youtu.be/lhyezZjiKAc (Veloce il come vento)

Thanks a lot for the link

[Jarek Z]

Procar team...

https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10603316_955384464498574_2195020534599923465_n.jpg ?oh=bb1377395af1723d8dc7299cc8267f56&oe=578639AB

[JTGANG]

Where are all the young guns like Campedelli,Nucita,Bosca,Albertini ???

[Jarek Z]

3 photos from technical verification:
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/ciocco/01_andreucci.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/ciocco/02_basso.jpg
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/ciocco/10_ex_evans.jpg

[Jarek Z]

Spectacular video from shakedown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTj5nry1m84

[Jeppe]

So far no new in C.I.R - papa Andreuzzi leads and other follows ;)
Anyway it´ll be nice to follow how it goes..

Results from 39º Rally del Ciocco http://www.fi/f/41K2RgLpe

[dimviii]

ss5
https://youtu.be/8fQUpYFGM4k

ss5 again and Ucci very close to the wall
https://youtu.be/0CXdxv-PsJ0

ss2
https://youtu.be/n2D7oLsf6wk

https://youtu.be/nlHwTiLu0Z8

[Jarek Z]

So far no new in C.I.R - papa Andreuzzi leads and other follows ;)

Yes, but the others are not far behind. After SS7 Basso is only 4 seconds behind Ucci and there are still 10 stages to go...

I like this livery:

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/phocagallery/2016/ciocco/giovedi_1/thumbs/phoca_thumb_l_11_cogni.jpg

[makinen_fan]

Short onboard with Andreucci from ss2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ork7wgHGZLA&feature=youtu.be

[dimviii]

ss8
https://youtu.be/2elI6vjyASQ

[Mirek]

Clear mistake from Scandola in this corner. Nothing major but some tenths lost.

[Barreis]

Hankook's sliding a lot...

[Mirek]

After today

1. Andreucci (208 T16 R5) 52:41,1
2. Basso (Fiesta R5 LPG) +14,2
3. Perico (208 T16 R5) +55,6
4. Scandola (Fabia R5) +1:04,8 (10 sec pen)
5. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +1:48,6
6. Baccega (Fiesta R5) +2:24,6
7. Ciava (DS3 R5) +2:31,7 (10 sec pen)
8. Cogni (207 S2000) +2:47,6
9. Rusce (Fiesta R5) +2:48,3
10. Panzani (Clio R3T) +3:52,7

[focus206]

So basically Andreucci won Race 1 today, as expected. Basso ok, maybe Scandola a bit off the pace even with puncture? It will be messy following Race 2 tomorrow... maybe here http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9sZWd0aW1lcy5hc3A/cF9Bbm5vPTIwMTYmcF9Db2RpY2U9MzE2JnBfTWFuaWZlc3Rhem lvbmU9NiZwX0dhcmE9MSZwX0xpbmd1YT1JVEE

[AL14]

Some thought about my day at Rally del Ciocco.

1) The rally. Il Ciocco shows another time why he deserves a safe place in the italian championship. Spectators come in high quantity every year. you see a pretty good organization (no one is stucked on access roads etc), and there are not stages repeated three times and that kind of stuff. A pity the stages are almost all the same every year. But that's it I don't think they have too much possibility to change the itinerary in a more drastic way.

Now let's go with top 5 drivers.

Tempestini: in the last 3 years this guy has spent more time driving a rally car than a normal one. Neverthless he is still not impressing anyone. I didn't expect him to be at the pace of guys who have driven these roads dozens of times but not to be so slower. Ok it's just the first rally of the year, maybe the surface is not his favourite, but there must come a moment when these kind of stuff will not count if he wants to impress.

Perico: he's doing his job. Not that it is an easy one. He is a very good tarmac driver, he's not the same pace of the other three but he's playing on a different league. Very nice that sometimes he manages to be amongst them in terms of timing.

Scandola: he has been a bit unlucky but also a bit under what we would expect from him. Actually I find it hard to criticise him. He was by far the most spectacular driver today. From where I want he showed great speed, control, skills and yes he was amazing to spectate. He looked faster than he actually was.

Basso: Very pleased to see "Giando" in great shape. Only 14s from Andreucci in Paolo's home rally is not easy outcome. Looked on the limit when I saw him. Great drive.

Andreucci: Guys, I don't know what to say about him. 50 years and still kicking asses, more hungry than a young gun. He is a pleasure for the eye. He wasn't spectacular, was actually quite smooth and clean but this man is a real champion. You could really see a different style, different lines, I would say different planet. I suspect he wasn't even pushing too much.
I think his attitude, at his age, and his love for what he does is an example for everyone.It is a tragedy he could not measure himself with the world best rally drivers.

Next to me there was a guy filming with a pretty professional camera. Hope he will upload some videos on youtube so that you can see what I'm talking about. :)
See you tomorrow for day2.

P.S. I say it again. This shit of having to rankings and two races in one weekend is not rally and someone should put an end to this farce.

[AL14]

Here are the videos of the guys next to me that I was talking about in the previous post

Various drivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDpzL4VGg8

Scandola's maximum attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNhiOaBKbnQ

[Mirek]

Results of second day:

1. Andreucci (208 T16 R5) 50:26,1
2. Basso (Fiesta R5 LPG) +11,7
3. Scandola (Fabia R5) +33,1
4. Perico (208 T16 R5) +41,5
5. Tassone (208 T16 R5) +1:30,4
6. Michelini (DS3 R5) +1:34,5
7. Rusce (Fiesta R5) +1:50,7
8. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +1:56,1
9. Baccega (Fiesta R5) +1:56,4
10. Ciava (DS3 R5) +2:17,7

[Ucci]

Some thought about my day at Rally del Ciocco.
Andreucci: Guys, I don't know what to say about him. 50 years and still kicking asses, more hungry than a young gun. He is a pleasure for the eye. He wasn't spectacular, was actually quite smooth and clean but this man is a real champion. You could really see a different style, different lines, I would say different planet. I suspect he wasn't even pushing too much.
I think his attitude, at his age, and his love for what he does is an example for everyone.It is a tragedy he could not measure himself with the world best rally drivers. .

Nice words from you! Indeed Paolo is a legend....like Noriaki Kasai in ski-jumps....and by the way-Ucci is going to be 51 year old next month...

[Jarek Z]

Nice words from you! Indeed Paolo is a legend....like Noriaki Kasai in ski-jumps....

Nice comparison! And yes, it's a shame that Ucci has never had a chance to compete at international level. It would be great to see him in the ERC.

[dimviii]

Scandola's maximum attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNhiOaBKbnQ

not surprised to loose with such driving.

[AL14]

not surprised to loose with such driving.

I think this weekend he was nervous, and that affected his drive.

[Ucci]

Very very attractive entry list for San Remo, with some surprises like Simone Cempedelli (he also entered in the C.I.R, which means that we will see him more often), Nucita and Elwis Chentre with ''arhaic'' Punto Grande S2000!
I'm expecting also fearless fights in the R2 class.

http://www.acisanremo.it/rallysanremo/documenti/CIR_Elenco%20iscritti.pdf

[Jarek Z]

Very very attractive entry list for San Remo, with some surprises like Simone Cempedelli (he also entered in the C.I.R, which means that we will see him more often), Nucita and Elwis Chentre with ''arhaic'' Punto Grande S2000!
I'm expecting also fearless fights in the R2 class.

http://www.acisanremo.it/rallysanremo/documenti/CIR_Elenco%20iscritti.pdf

Not bad! Good to see some comebacks, like Campedelli or Chentre. A lot of strange and old cars too - Abarth Grande Punto, Fiat Abarth 500, Opel Kadett GSI, Peugeot 205 GTI, Peugeot 106, Alfa Romeo 147, Fiat Uno...

[Fly]

Scandola-Basso-Andreucci after 4ss
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zdGFnZXRpbWVzLmFzcD9wX0Fubm89 MjAxNiZwX0NvZGljZT05MCZwX01hbmlmZXN0YXppb25lPTImcF 9HYXJhPTEmcF9Qcm92YVNwZWNpYWxlPTQmcF9RdWFsaWZpY2F0 b3JlPSZwX0NsYXNzaWZpY2F6aW9uZT0xJnBfUmFnZ3J1cHBhbW VudG89QUxMJnBfR3J1cHBvPUFMTCZwX1BlcmlvZG89QUxMJnBf Q2xhc3NlPUFMTCZwX0xpbmd1YT1JVEE

[dimviii]

penalty for Ucci.What for?

[Fly]

penalty for Ucci.What for?

No idea. 1 min late at TC but I haven't read the reason.
The battle should be exciting this time...

[dimviii]

Ucci after ss 4

Paolo Andreucci: 6.48.7 It is not easy today because I'm not finding the right rhythm. Now we try to fix the car, which still has something wrong. However, I think solvable.

[Ucci]

One interesting comparison : rally S.Remo is also valid for FIA Europen Historic championship; the fastest crew with P911 RS is constantly delivering same stage times as the fastest driver in 2WD class (clio R3T). All R2 crews are behind.....
About trio Basso&Ucci&Umby : the night stages will be a "breaking point".

[dimviii]

About trio Basso&Ucci&Umby : the night stages will be a "breaking point".

also a long one ss 6 (22,14 km) Lets see.

https://youtu.be/XA0BgrqBEo8

[Ucci]

Congrats to Scandola-won the first race around San Remo.

[Fly]

Who's on a charge this morning? ;)

[Ucci]

O my god? What on earth did Andreucci eat for breakfast? After three stages almost one minute lead in front of Perico...Basso is loosing 3sec/km, Scandola even managed to tear off his rim....
On the first stages the situation was very complicated: 2/3 of both stages wet, last part dry.....and also fog....

[dimviii]

hats off to the old fox.Respect.

[Tom206wrc]

Perico also is doing a great rally :)

[Tom206wrc]

Giando' Basso puncture in SS10 Sanremo right now !!!! :s

[Ucci]

Giando' Basso puncture in SS10 Sanremo right now !!!! :s
The situation is getting ridiciluos...the old fox is in total another world today....Perico on second place more than 1min30 sec behind...

[Tom206wrc]

Danilo Ameglio is doing extraordinary job in his 106 !!! :eek:
Ahead of most of the R3s drivers(including all the juniors) :D

[Ucci]

Danilo Ameglio is doing extraordinary job in his 106 !!! :eek:
Ahead of most of the R3s drivers(including all the juniors) :D
Indeed....did he miss one stage?? A bit embarrasing for R3 & R2 drivers...

[Jarek Z]

Oh no! Scandola retired! Andreucci wins everything again!

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/sanremo/scandola_out.jpg

[Jarek Z]

Is it something on my eyes or are Ameglio and his Peugeot 106 in the 9th position overall? :O

[Mirek]

Crazy, isn't it? :)

[Jarek Z]

History meets the present in San Remo

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/sanremo/sh_presentazione.jpg

More photos from Massimo Bettiol here:
http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/index.php/sanremo-2016?start=22

[Jarek Z]

Crazy, isn't it? :)

Crazy indeed! It must be a group A car, don't you think? A group N Peugeot 106 has how many - 140-150 Horsepower?

[Jarek Z]

Can we consider this car historic, too?

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/sanremo/v_11_chentre.jpg

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Is it something on my eyes or are Ameglio and his Peugeot 106 in the 9th position overall? :O

It is crazy. But same business than every year. It is a pity that this guy never had a proper car.

[TWRC]

Crazy indeed! It must be a group A car, don't you think? A group N Peugeot 106 has how many - 140-150 Horsepower?
Original Gr.N and mini Gr.A had 140 Hp, the Maxi -depending upon the size of the wallet- was 210-240 Hp.

[AL14]

A pity I couldn't manage to folow the rally properly.
Championship is already finished, lol. Ucci impressed us once again.

[Ucci]

A pity I couldn't manage to folow the rally properly.
Championship is already finished, lol. Ucci impressed us once again.
Well, it is not over yet...Basso is very close to Ucci, also in the future P208 can show some technical weaknes.....but the bast cards has at the moment old fox....

[Ucci]

Can we consider this car historic, too?

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/sanremo/v_11_chentre.jpg


That one is a good one Jarek....still nice to see old P.G. S2000 in action....

[Jarek Z]

That one is a good one Jarek....still nice to see old P.G. S2000 in action....

Yes, especially with a good driver.

If someone is interested, here are some videos from Sanremo:
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/scandola-ucieka-rywalom,67187
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/rekordzisci-san-remo,67199

[AL14]

Well, it is not over yet...Basso is very close to Ucci, also in the future P208 can show some technical weaknes.....but the bast cards has at the moment old fox....

Well yes... Only 208 could stop Ucci, but in short legs like these it's difficult... I think the other have not too much chances already. Saturday times were unbelievable...Let's see.

[Jarek Z]

Here's a spectacular video for the ones who like the combination of fast corners and small jumps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd9-IFCcuaw&nohtml5=False

[Ucci]

Happy birthday Paolo Andreucci!

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Does Twingo R1 is only available for Italian..?

Sent from my A12 using Tapatalk

[liposh]

Italian guys, how is the new movie "Veloce il come vento"? The trailer seemed good.

[Rally Power]

Does Twingo R1 is only available for Italian..?

For now it seems so: http://www.gazzetta.it/Passione-Motori/Auto/07-04-2016/renault-twingo-r1-debutta-rally-sanremo-kit-150150279494.shtml?refresh_ce-cp

[Ucci]

First race for Italian WRC championship; rally Elba :

http://www.rallyelba.com/file/elencoiscrittirallyelba2016conloghicopertinatov11. pdf

A little surprise : Felice Re in Fiesta R5 and father from Corrado Fontana, Luigi again in Focus WRC. Why? Because his ex-Hyundai I20 WRC will drive Manuel Sossela in I.R.C series.....

[Andre Oliveira]

WoW Luca Rossetti won with Fabia R5 at Rally del Taro with many WRC cars.

http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=28211&t=Rally-Internazionale-del-Taro-2016

[Ucci]

WoW Luca Rossetti won with Fabia R5 at Rally del Taro with many WRC cars.

http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=28211&t=Rally-Internazionale-del-Taro-2016

Indeed, nobody expected that Roxsy will win-this is extreme success.
But still one WRC driver showed huge progress-young Alex Re, still learning DS3WRC (he has very limited expirience with WRC) , was pushing very hard from stage to stage. At the end he missed just 0,3 against Roxsy.
Shame for Corrado Fontana, who crashed early in the race. On the other side I expected much more from Manuel Sossela, who already won few Italian series with WRC cars....

[Jarek Z]

Italian guys, how is the new movie "Veloce il come vento"? The trailer seemed good.

Yes, it would be interesting to see this movie. It has very good rates at imdb.com - 7,7 is quite promising :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4300480/?ref_=ttexrv_exrv_tt

Look at this review for example:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4300480/reviews?ref_=tt_ov_rt

http://quinlan.it/upload/images/2016/03/veloce-come-il-vento-2016-matteo-rovere-028-932x621.jpg

[AL14]

Indeed, nobody expected that Roxsy will win-this is extreme success.
But still one WRC driver showed huge progress-young Alex Re, still learning DS3WRC (he has very limited expirience with WRC) , was pushing very hard from stage to stage. At the end he missed just 0,3 against Roxsy.
Shame for Corrado Fontana, who crashed early in the race. On the other side I expected much more from Manuel Sossela, who already won few Italian series with WRC cars....

I did not understand if you are italian or not Ucci. :)

[Mirek]

Ucci is Slovenian, I think ;)

[Jarek Z]

WoW Luca Rossetti won with Fabia R5 at Rally del Taro with many WRC cars.

http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=28211&t=Rally-Internazionale-del-Taro-2016

Some videos from this rally can be found here:
http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/rossetti-pokonal-wrc,67706

[Ucci]

I did not understand if you are italian or not Ucci. :)

why is this important?

[AL14]

why is this important?

Just genuine curiosity mate. If you don't want to say it no problem. You are updated about italian rallys and I was wondering if you were italian. It was a friendly question :)

[janvanvurpa]

why is this important?

Because if you are Slovenian, and maybe from Ljubljana and you know where Tržič is then I could ask you to look up and old friend..Oh and it is of course Motorsport related..
And of course then we could talk about your country's most famous philosopher, too.

[Ucci]

Because if you are Slovenian, and maybe from Ljubljana and you know where Tržič is then I could ask you to look up and old friend..Oh and it is of course Motorsport related..
And of course then we could talk about your country's most famous philosopher, too.
Yes,I'm from Slovenia, although sometimes I would like to live somewhere else....
I know very well where Tržič is-send me a PM....
Famous philosopher-Slavoj Žižek.....sometimes you don't know if he is crazy....

[Ucci]

Just genuine curiosity mate. If you don't want to say it no problem. You are updated about italian rallys and I was wondering if you were italian. It was a friendly question :)

Indeed, I know more about Italian rally scene then 99,9% Italians....I follow the C.I.R very closely for more than 10 years (when Navarra, Longhi, Cantamesa, Travaglia and of course Andreucci, Rossetti and Basso were the main players). It is a hobby for me...relaxing time.

[Rally Power]

Great to see Rossetti/Mori and DP team winning again. Congrats!

[Ucci]

Crazy entry list for Targa Florio (100th edition !!!!):

http://acisportitalia.it/public/2016/pdf/CIR/2016_1081Rally_Targa_Florio//Elenco_iscritti_elenco_iscritti_100_targa_0205_cir _cr.pdf

+ 94 entries for ''Campionato Italiano Rally Autostorico''

Finger crossed for Paolino Andreucci !!

[Jarek Z]

Crazy entry list for Targa Florio (100th edition !!!!):

Great entry list indeed. Also, interesting to see two Porsches on it!

http://cms.pegasomedia.it/public/immagininotizie/93/2016_cristoforetti_porsche_s_martino_dsc9511_1.jpg

[Jarek Z]

According to http://rajdy.autoklub.pl/news/targa-florio-po-raz-setny,67741 the new Fiat 124 Spider is going to drive as "zero-car".

http://i.auto-bild.de/ir_img/1/4/6/3/5/2/1/Abarth-124-Spider-Genf-2016-560x373-51ccd45ea3729f67.jpg

[Rally Power]

Seems it’s only the road car version. But they choose a top rally driver!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Chrtna8UgAEU_0q.jpg
Photo: twitter.com/rallyemotion

Besides the Rally, this 100th Targa Florio anniversary it’s an amazing celebration of the Italian (and European) motorsport heritage, with an exceptional concentration of fabulous road, race and rally historic machines. Huge congrats to the organizers!
https://twitter.com/TargaFlorioOff

Btw, #38 911 is the ex-Tuthill car.

[Ucci]

First day at Sicily is over-an important victory for Basso! Congratulations! He had a very tight fight all day long with Andreucci, who was beaten by 4 seconds. Third already young Andrea Nucita, fourth place went to Umby Scandola.
Some light showers during the day made already nice race even more interesting.
Tomorrow another race!

[AL14]

Shame on the organization. I have never seen so many issues in a single rally.
It is not respectful for spectactors (not the stupid one who stays in stupid places and refuse to go elsewhere), crews, fans and even for the name of a legendary rally, the most ancient one.

[dimviii]

Ucci took the lead at morning stages,now Basso with gearbox problems.

[Ucci]

Ucci took the lead at morning stages,now Basso with gearbox problems.

I think Basso is going to retire...Nucita in a lead!

[dimviii]

Nucita won.
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zdGFnZXRpbWVzLmFzcD9wX0Fubm89 MjAxNiZwX0NvZGljZT03NCZwX01hbmlmZXN0YXppb25lPTIzJn BfR2FyYT0xJnBfUHJvdmFTcGVjaWFsZT0xNCZwX0xpbmd1YT1J VEE

[Ucci]

Great result for Andrea Nucita! I'm very happy for him.
Owerall victory went to-Andreucci! So, nothing new in Italy.
Again under-average result for Umberto Scandola, it is a shame as he is losing points....

[dimviii]

Ucci won?
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zdGFnZXRpbWVzLmFzcD9wX0Fubm89 MjAxNiZwX0NvZGljZT03NCZwX01hbmlmZXN0YXppb25lPTIzJn BfR2FyYT0xJnBfUHJvdmFTcGVjaWFsZT0xNCZwX0xpbmd1YT1J VEE

[Jarek Z]

Nucita won.

Great! After Sirmacis in Acropolis we also have a surprising winner in Italy!

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/targa/nucita.jpg

[AL14]

Sorry who have won it? Wasn't following today the rally.
Does Nucita won only day2 or the whole rally?

[Ucci]

Sorry who have won it? Wasn't following today the rally.
Does Nucita won only day2 or the whole rally?

Nucita has won the second day, but the owerall winner of 100th Targa Florio is Paolo Andreucci.
The historic class won Eric Comas with Lancia Stratos.

[Rally Power]

Nucita flat out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2NMWOQE5ew

SS2/6 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImlNLKpGXXw

[Mirek]

Nucita flat out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2NMWOQE5ew

wow


SS2/6 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImlNLKpGXXw

Like in Ciocco it's clearly visible from the video why Scandola has lost the speed he had. Compare his lines and Basso...

[itix]

Holy crap @ Nuscita flat out

[Rally Power]

Like in Ciocco it's clearly visible from the video why Scandola has lost the speed he had. Compare his lines and Basso...

Yep. Softer setup than rivals?

Btw, the athmosphere around this 100th Targa Florio looks amazing on almost every videos. A true celebration of motorsport. It'd be great see it becoming a sort of Italian Goodwood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qHn8qLvUQM
(autovideobroadcast.com)

[Ucci]

Rally Mille Miglia suspended after 4th stage because of hail storm.

[Ucci]

BRC Team (whos Fiesta R5 is alreday been driven by Basso) will expand the colaboration with Simone Cempedelli.
From rally Adriatico Cempedelli will be in the second BRC Fiesta R5 ! Nice !

http://rally.brc.it/dettaglio-news.asp?id=70269

[dimviii]

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13240538_828277827303636_3460340858945588739_n.jpg ?oh=1f8303b2dd1810c735c05908ab1b5239&oe=57D26D88

[Jarek Z]

Entry list for Rally Adriatico, 4th round of Italian championship, to be held this weekend:
www.rallyadriatico.it/?ddownload=1753

[AL14]

What a nice surprise Campedelli!

Finished second yesterday in his first outing with BRC and ahaed of Basso and Andreaucci!
Campedelli is running Gas Fiesta while Basso is going with normal Fiesta.

Scandola is first, always fast in Adriatico rally. He nedeed it.
Andreucci I think is just cruising the event in order to get valuable points. I have to say I didn't expect him so cautious.

[AL14]

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13240538_828277827303636_3460340858945588739_n.jpg ?oh=1f8303b2dd1810c735c05908ab1b5239&oe=57D26D88

This "Santero" guy is keeping rally alive in the whole Italy.

[Jarek Z]

What a nice surprise Campedelli!


There are more surprises in this rally. After SS9 Denis Colombini moves to third position, in front of both Andreucci and Basso. Scandola still leads, Campedelli still second.

http://www.rallylink.it/cms15/images/diretteweb_2016/adriatico/MMF_2553a.jpg

[Ucci]

Andreucci I think is just cruising the event in order to get valuable points. I have to say I didn't expect him so cautious.

I'm also disappointed over Andreucci's performance, in both days he even failed to set at least one fastest stage time, which is not his style....
At the moment Colombini leading the 2nd day.

[Rally Power]

What a nice surprise Campedelli!
Finished second yesterday in his first outing with BRC and ahaed of Basso and Andreaucci!
Campedelli is running Gas Fiesta while Basso is going with normal Fiesta.
Scandola is first, always fast in Adriatico rally. He nedeed it.
Andreucci I think is just cruising the event in order to get valuable points. I have to say I didn't expect him so cautious.

Andreucci was opening the road yesterday and he’s probably doing the same today. CIR rules takes independent leg results but leg 2 running order is the same of leg 1.

Still, nice job from Scandola and Campedeli yesterday (Basso was on the fight for 2nd but lost time on last ss (puncture?)). Colombini big surprise: yesterday 5th, today leading!

ACI Sport TV:
https://youtu.be/-YFFEGnvhg0
live timing:
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zY2hlZHVsZS5hc3A/cF9Bbm5vPTIwMTYmcF9Db2RpY2U9NzcmcF9NYW5pZmVzdGF6aW 9uZT0yJnBfTGluZ3VhPUlUQQ

[AL14]

Andreucci was opening the road yesterday and he’s probably doing the same today. CIR rules takes independent leg results but leg 2 running order is the same of leg 1.


Yes, I forgot to point that out but of course it is the main reason he is not among the firsts.
As said, today is Colombini's turn to shine. Good job!

[Mirek]

Final results

First day
1. Scandola (Fabia R5) 41:29,4
2. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +11,3
3. Andreucci (208 T16 R5) +22,5
4. Basso (Fiesta R5) +30,2
5. Colombini (Fabia R5) +35,6
6. Dedo (Fabia R5) +1:20,7
7. Della Casa (Fiesta RRC) +1:29,3
8. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +1:45,2
9. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +1:48,6
10. Marchioro (207 S2000) +1:52,5

Second day
1. Scandola (Fabia R5) 39:35,8
2. Colombini (Fabia R5) +1,1
3. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +4,7
4. Basso (Fiesta R5) +26,6
5. Andreucci (208 T16 R5) +40,5
6. Della Casa (Fiesta RRC) +1:15,1
7. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +1:15,4
8. Ricci (Impreza STI) +1:54,8
9. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +2:05,7
10. Hoelbling (Fabia R5) +2:25,9

[Rally Power]

Amazing! Scandola took on the last stage by 1.1s. Great job from top 3 crews.

[WUff1]

Does Basso drive a "normal" Fiesta R5 this year and only Campedelli a gas driven?

[Rally Power]

Does Basso drive a "normal" Fiesta R5 this year and only Campedelli a gas driven?

Yes, according to local rally sites GPL car for Campedelli and petrol car for Basso on this event (both runned by BRC team).
http://www.rallyemotion.it/news/2016/30235/Adriatico,-dopo-PS4:-sulle-strade-bianche-svetta-Scandola

Today's 1st ss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wmtztzq5-U

[Ucci]

Grande Umberto Scandola! Won both events, he showed again his speed, I think he will be first favourite on gravel stages around San Marino. Also very good race for Denis Colombini and Simone Cempedelli. Both "veterans" Basso and Andreucci couldn't cope with their younger rivals.
By the way-no technical troubles for all five crews. That is good to hear.

[itix]

Did Ucci have problems or have the other drivers/manufacturers caught up?
I'm used to him winning always and now he's down the order....

[Mirek]

Somebody said he had to clean the road for both days due to the strange Italian rules.

[Ucci]

Somebody said he had to clean the road for both days due to the strange Italian rules.

He cleaned them just on the first run. That why it is strange that he did not try to push on the second run. Listening to Ucci's comments-he didn't have any particular problem...not his day. Shame....but it is not the end of the world.

[AL14]

He cleaned them just on the first run. That why it is strange that he did not try to push on the second run. Listening to Ucci's comments-he didn't have any particular problem...not his day. Shame....but it is not the end of the world.

He has a good margin on general ranking...he didn't want to throw it away.
It is still strange as you said, cause Andreucci likes gravel... Maybe Anna is pregnant? :) Who knows?

[Rally Power]

Somebody said he had to clean the road for both days due to the strange Italian rules.

Somebody...that's really polite.

CIR standings after Adriatico: 1.Andreucci 53,50 pt; 2.Scandola 45; 3.Basso 39,75; 4.Perico 19; 5.Campedelli 18,50;...

[Mirek]

Sorry if You feel offended but I didn't want to search all the posts back to find who was it.

[AL14]

Andreucci 53,50 --- 3.Basso 39,75; --- Campedelli 18,50;...

http://mfa.cachefly.net/chooseveg/images/uploads/2016/04/5-3.gif

[itix]

Somebody...that's really polite.

CIR standings after Adriatico: 1.Andreucci 53,50 pt; 2.Scandola 45; 3.Basso 39,75; 4.Perico 19; 5.Campedelli 18,50;...
Weird Italian points system...

Hope Ucci is back to his usual self next rally! Considering his performance in Sardegna wrc 2 last year he should really have no problems even when road cleaning in the domestic championship... Or am I underestimating the level of Italian national rallying?

[AL14]

Weird Italian points system...

I can't find out how they got into this... I really don't know how it has been possible. I don't want to think about this because it causes me depression.

[Ucci]

I was checking results from Ronde del Ticino and saw the winner -Kevin Gilardoni.
I've never heard of this guy, it must be his first drive with WRC and already a victory. He was faster than some gentelman WRC drivers (like Felice Re), so now I am wondering if WRC is so simple to drive that a guy with some talent (and a lot's of €€€, of course) can be so fast in first attempt??

[itix]

Felice Re has to be the best name ever... "Happy King"

[Ucci]

San Marino (gravel rally) entry list (C.I.R):

http://www.sanmarinorally.com/rally/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/44-RallySan-Marino.xls.pdf

Short one, but very strong competition with R5 cars......
The weather looks very fine-sunny and hot.

[Simmi]

Might be a bit early but has anyone heard about any star driver entries for Rally Legend yet? Trying to put a trip together this year.

[dimviii]

Cambedelli

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmtOqpJWgAA8T8H.jpg:large

[Ucci]

Nb.19 on the San Marino entry list : Albert Von Thurn und Taxis. Some royal blood at this event....nice to afford yourself a switch from circuit racing to rallying....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_12th_Prince_of_Thurn_and_Taxis

[dimviii]

Basso leading ,Ucci 14 sec behind at 5th position
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zdGFnZXRpbWVzLmFzcD9wX0Fubm89 MjAxNiZwX0NvZGljZT03NyZwX01hbmlmZXN0YXppb25lPTYmcF 9HYXJhPTEmcF9Qcm92YVNwZWNpYWxlPTImcF9RdWFsaWZpY2F0 b3JlPSZwX0NsYXNzaWZpY2F6aW9uZT0xJnBfUmFnZ3J1cHBhbW VudG89QUxMJnBfR3J1cHBvPUFMTCZwX1BlcmlvZG89QUxMJnBf Q2xhc3NlPUFMTCZwX0xpbmd1YT1JVEE

[Ucci]

Ucci 14 sec behind at 5th position

Shit....

[Mirek]

Ucci out in SS3 Anyone knows the reason?

[Ucci]

Ucci out in SS3 Anyone knows the reason?

Old fox rolled the car....shame...I hope the team will manage to repair the car to re-start tomorrow....

[Mirek]

Results of first day. Andreucci and then also Scandola obviously suffered from sweeping but at least the championship gets more interesting...

1. Basso (Fiesta R5) 48:14,7
2. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +12,5
3. Scandola (Fabia R5) +26,5
4. Colombini (Fabia R5) +26,9
5. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +2:01,3
6. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +2:15,7
7. Hoelbling (Fabia R5) +2:37,9
8. Marchioro (208 T16 R5) +2:47,3
9. Ricci (Impreza STI gr.N) +2:52,4
10. Dalmazzini (207 S2000) +3:00

Von Thurn und Taxis in his rally premiere (with Fabia R5) 12th some 4,5 minutes down.

[dimviii]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cm7RNkiWEAAvb2x.jpg

[dimviii]

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13600317_521682254696783_4662497190059097230_n.jpg ?oh=2aef047cedea64612c488a25d055bb7f&oe=57EDD60D
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[vino_93]

Results of first day. Andreucci and then also Scandola obviously suffered from sweeping but at least the championship gets more interesting...

1. Basso (Fiesta R5) 48:14,7
2. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +12,5
3. Scandola (Fabia R5) +26,5
4. Colombini (Fabia R5) +26,9
5. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +2:01,3
6. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +2:15,7
7. Hoelbling (Fabia R5) +2:37,9
8. Marchioro (208 T16 R5) +2:47,3
9. Ricci (Impreza STI gr.N) +2:52,4
10. Dalmazzini (207 S2000) +3:00

Von Thurn und Taxis in his rally premiere (with Fabia R5) 12th some 4,5 minutes down.

von Thurn und Taxis already did ELE Rally in the Netherlands.

[dimviii]

Cambedelli now 1 sec behind Basso after ss9.
http://rally.ficr.it/default.asp?p=Ym9keV9zdGFnZXRpbWVzLmFzcD9wX0Fubm89 MjAxNiZwX0NvZGljZT03NyZwX01hbmlmZXN0YXppb25lPTYmcF 9HYXJhPTEmcF9Qcm92YVNwZWNpYWxlPTkmcF9MaW5ndWE9SVRB

[Ucci]

von Thurn und Taxis already did ELE Rally in the Netherlands.

But ELE rally is held on tarmac as San Marino is a pure gravel event...

[Mirek]

But ELE rally is held on tarmac as San Marino is a pure gravel event...

What does it change on the fact that I was wrong in saying that San Marino is his rally premiere?

[Mirek]

Since results of each day are counted as separate events in C.I.R., here is the second day alone

1. Basso (Fiesta R5) 43:20,4
2. Scandola (Fabia R5) +3,5
3. Campedelli (Fiesta R5 LPG) +9,0
4. Andreucci (208 T16 R5) +20,3
5. Tempestini (Fiesta R5) +1:24,4
6. Ceccoli (Fabia S2000) +1:51,8
7. Manfrinato (Fiesta R5) +2:07,1
8. Hoelbling (Fabia R5) +2:23,8
9. Marchioro (208 T16 R5) +2:29,1
10. Dalmazzini (207 S2000) +2:30,5

12. Colombini (Fabia R5) +2:39,7 (lost over 2:17 in the last stage, otherwise was fighting with Andreucci)

14. Von Thurn und Taxis (Fabia R5) +3:20,9

By the way all the Citroën DS3 R5 drivers don't drive gravel events or why there was none here?

[Ucci]

Clearly a rally to forget for Andreucci; one retirement due to his error and "just" 4th place on the second day.....and all this on his favourite surface. He contiouned his bad driving from Adriatico. If he does't win on Alpi end of August, the 10th crown will be difficult to catch...
Huge congrats to Basso, also a very strong performance by Cempedelli and Colombini.

[Mirek]

He contiouned his bad driving from Adriatico.

I can hardly recall someone succesfully using PSA R5 cars on gravel in last couple of months. It may simply be that the others have reasonably better cars for gravel surface.

[Ucci]

I can hardly recall someone succesfully using PSA R5 cars on gravel in last couple of months. It may simply be that the others have reasonably better cars for gravel surface.
Facts definitely speak in favour of your argument.....

[AL14]

Rally Casentino will be held on friday and saturday here in Tuscany.
No intenational guest this year but still a very very nice entry list:

9 WRCs, a dozen R5 and 119 entries in total.
Among them:
Luca Rossetti with R5 (he won in rally del Taro a month ago with a R5 against WRCs), Andrea Nucita with Fiesta R5, first time at Casentino. Alessandro and Felice Re from Messeri Team (father and son) with a DS3 and a Focus WRC.
Rudy Michelini finally in a WRC, then Sossella, Chentre and many other. Also d'Aste, who is a race driver, will be there. He just did some rallyshow but never a proper rally. Curious to see what will he do.

Very difficult to guess a winner! I will be there on saturday and will keep you up to date if possible.
Perhaps, for the first time in my life I will take some videos, since now I collaborate for a website here in Italy, but just with my phone and with no clue on how to do it properly lol.

[dimviii]

Epic Rally Tribe ‏@EpicRallyTribe

scandalo gomme al San Marino? @SimoCampedelli @UScandola @AndreucciPaolo @GiandoBassoFans Non si potevano scegliere le dure ? #ThisIsRally


do we know what happened?

[itix]

Rubber scandal at San Marino. Not possible to choose the compound... Can't tell you more though :/

[Mirek]

Am I the only one who doesn't understand?

[dimviii]

no

[focus206]

maybe he's talking about what happened at 2 years' ago San Marino that happened again this year for some crew? When Scandola supposely "drifted" during road section to consume more his gravel tyres before 2 asphalt stages and was excluded? Just guessing

[AL14]

I'm italian but neither I understand what he wrote. It is not gramatically logic and actually everything has been ok in S.Marino. No scandal, no scoop, tires were ok. I think he just might have misunderstood some other post or something.

[Ucci]

Casentino-after 5th stage Manuel Sossela new leader, with a small margin in front of Stefano Albertini(both with Fiesta WRC).
Corrado Fontana crashed, Rossetti this time (again with Fabia R5) without a chance for a second victory in I.R.C series (on 5th position currently)-still a very good result.

[AL14]

I'm there. Very nice in here. And the rally is far from over. 3-4 drivers fighting for victory and very nice passes especially by those two in the R5 (I'm referring to Rossetti and Nucita), but it's pretty good in general.
Also enjoyed some historic car and my beloved delta integrale.

I took some brief video. This is already online. I'm not a pro it's just a normal video. :)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH60M8mhUZ7/?taken-by=rally.it

[AL14]

In the meantime a stunning Albertini took back the leadership by only 3 tenths!

And soon after there is Michelini only 4 seconds behind.
Rossetti with r5 (only) 14secs from the lead.

Very nice rally so far

[AL14]

What a final stage!!!
Albertini won but with only one second from Rossetti who took him back 16.4 seconds in a single stage with a Skoda R5.
Sossella and Michelini with problems are far away now.

I love this sport.

[Ucci]

What a final stage!!!
Albertini won but with only one second from Rossetti who took him back 16.4 seconds in a single stage with a Skoda R5.
Sossella and Michelini with problems are far away now.

I love this sport.
Indeed! What a drama on the last 36 km long stage. Rossetti is really a master!
Third place went to Felice Re, who had all day problems with high engine temperature.
But-the winner in I.R.C classification is Luca Rossetti, as Albertini didn't enter in I.R.C championship!

[NoFear85]

Rally citta di Lucca SS4 was canceled. Some info why?

[Ucci]

Rally citta di Lucca SS4 was canceled. Some info why?

Rudy Michelini chrashed. Crew is Ok.

[Mirek]

It was a fire, not a crash. I don't know the reason for the fire but You can see it here right after the start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN2Xq2Ehuac

This is the result:
http://www.autoklub.pl/media/201607/98032-michelini.jpg
From autoklub.pl

[Ucci]

It was a fire, not a crash. I don't know the reason for the fire but You can see it here right after the start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN2Xq2Ehuac

This is the result:
http://www.autoklub.pl/media/201607/98032-michelini.jpg
From autoklub.pl

Right, it was not a crash-fire due to failure on catalytic converter.

[mousti]

Onboard with Kubica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwwRqIT3mc&feature=youtu.be

[Jarek Z]

Kubica's impressions after the rally:

"It was nice to put on a helmet again and get into the rally car, even if Clio1600 will become a historical car soon. We have reached our goals. Checking the gear selection system was one of them. We also did it for fun, but it is normal that everyone wants to do well. It was not a lot of driving, about 70 kilometres on 7 stages, but still it was fun, though not easy. Especially behind the wheel of a front wheel drive car on the dirty roads.
Not everything went perfect. Unfortunately on the last stage we've got a puncture. It was a turn everyone was cutting and we hit a sharp edge of the road, 8 kilometres before the finish. Two kilometres later the tyre came completely off the rim. It is not easy to drive a FWD car like that, especially on a long downhill section. We lost a lot of time.
I would like to thank people who helped me in the preparations, the team and also Maciek Szczepaniak, who have found some time just before Rally Finland to sit with me in the car."

[nafpaktos]

Onboard with Kubica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmwwRqIT3mc&feature=youtu.be

the camera position is worse than the position they use in the wrc

[Jarek Z]

It's so typical of Kubica. Even in such a small 3rd league rally he cannot avoid mistakes.

[Jarek Z]

Some photos from Rally Citta di Lucca:
http://www.rallylinkhost.it/immagini-2016/category/748-fotosport.html

[SpeedEstRacing]

tests day Gravel - Luca Rossetti - Hyundai i20 R5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzYig13EWM

[nafpaktos]

Rosseti????????

[Ucci]

Rosseti????????

Interesting.....

[Ucci]

This weekend the Italian championship continuos with rally del Friuli in north-east Italy. The entry list is already available (though nothing special...), we can expect big fight for the victory. All three main contenders (Basso, Scandola and Andreucci) are very close in championship ranking....

[Jarek Z]

This weekend the Italian championship continuos with rally del Friuli in north-east Italy. The entry list is already available (though nothing special...), we can expect big fight for the victory. All three main contenders (Basso, Scandola and Andreucci) are very close in championship ranking....

It's not a bad entry list at all:
http://www.rallyalpiorientali.it/docs/2016/A16%20Elenco%20CIR.pdf

[Ucci]

It's not a bad entry list at all:
http://www.rallyalpiorientali.it/docs/2016/A16%20Elenco%20CIR.pdf
Nobody said it is bad....

[AL14]

Nobody said it is bad....

Will you be there?

[evoIX]

P.S.1 – CITTA’ DELLO SPORT E DEL BENSTARE just 1.1km,no more laps?

[Ucci]

Will you be there?

No, I'm enjoying my summer holiday on a beautiful Croatian island Korčula...

[aykutbilir]

We are attending at locals class with Friul Motor run Fabia R5 to test the car :) as 103 numbered


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[aykutbilir]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160826/6d6cbd22eacf65d30f8bbe5c476490b6.jpg

Bcvision Motorsport livery on Fabia R5


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[nafpaktos]

Give us some infos!!

[Ucci]

After today's second stage (yesterday was just a short, 1.1 km stage) Basso is leading in front of Andreucci (+1,3 sec), third is Cempedelli with 8 sec delay. Scandola already out!! Broke the suspension & lost the wheel!
In the 2WD class Gasperetti with Clio R3T is leading.
Slovenian driver Rok Turk first in the R2B class!

[aykutbilir]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160827/d9ba6d29e2ffe308f4153ee589ec7772.jpg

Finished third overall at Regionals after some handbrake issues at sss yesterday.

We will warch the CIR tomorrow :)


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[Ucci]

P208 R5 is definitely history! Even Andreucci with his skills and expirience has no chance against Fiesta with Evo kit and new Fabia.
It is a sad, but this is actual situation. Even in Italy....
Basso won both days in Udine, today were even Cempedelli and Scandola clearly faster than old fox. All four drove without any technical troubles or faults.
Perico retaired due to accident.
Basso is a new leader in championship.
Sad day for me.....going back to enjoy Adriatic see....

[AL14]

P208 R5 is definitely history! Even Andreucci with his skills and expirience has no chance against Fiesta with Evo kit and new Fabia.
It is a sad, but this is actual situation. Even in Italy....
Basso won both days in Udine, today were even Cempedelli and Scandola clearly faster than old fox. All four drove without any technical troubles or faults.
Perico retaired due to accident.
Basso is a new leader in championship.
Sad day for me.....going back to enjoy Adriatic see....

I feel you, but to be fair we must not forget the years when Ucci had an upgraded r5 cars and was battling against scandola in S2000 and Basso with the heavier GPL car.
I still believe in the 10th, It would be an awesome way to end his career. Let's see.

[nafpaktos]

Has he announced when he will retire?

[AL14]

Has he announced when he will retire?

No he doesn't, it's just my supposition :)

[ik1911]

Some photos :


CIR :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cc_rc/albums/72157671882388510


Historic :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cc_rc/albums/72157669920247423

[Rally Power]

Congrats to Basso/Granai. First day Andreucci was pretty close; any special reason for being slower on day 2? Btw, did he make any comments on the Evo Kit?

[Rally Power]

Finished third overall at Regionals after some handbrake issues at sss yesterday.


Can you tell Cukurova’s impressions on the Fabia, regarding the 208?

[aykutbilir]

Can you tell Cukurova’s impressions on the Fabia, regarding the 208?

Of course.
Fabia is the machine really. 208 power and suspension is way behind Fabia.
We will drive DS3 R5 at tarmac this weekend at Turkish Championship with Evo package we will match with Fabia too soon.

But for 2017 season probably we will switch to Fabia :)


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[Gams]

Here is my friend's video with small crash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xjceNPwrdk

[Rally Power]

We will drive DS3 R5 at tarmac this weekend at Turkish Championship with Evo package we will match with Fabia too soon.


Good luck for the weekend!

[aykutbilir]

Good luck for the weekend!

Thank you :)
We use Ds3 R5 Evo at last rally of TRC Bursa at gravel too.
Ds vs 208 winner is Ds for sure. Same mechanical stuff but Ds chassis if very much WRC style and shows the difference.


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[Ucci]

Rally Valli Cuneesi (I.R.C), started yesterday and already on the 2nd stage bad luck for the Rossetti-he punctured and lost almost four minutes. Rally is lost for him and probbably also the championship (if Alessandro Re does not retire...)
At the moment Re yunior is leading the rally, the only who is close to him is Elwis Chentre.
BTW-yestreday also punctured Rudy Michelini and according to his interview he was so ''disappointed'', that he even didn't change the wheel and retaired???!! Pussy...

[Ucci]

The new I.R.C champion is Elwis Chentre !! He won Rally Valli Cuneesi. Luca Rossetti managed to get to the 5th position, but unfortunatelly this was not enough for the final victory. But in my eyes he is a moral winner, no doubt about it !
Alessandro Re was leading the rally, but on the last stage lost more than six minutes due to flat tyre....

[Simmi]

Sorry guys - another Rally Legend question. Where is the best place to get tickets from? You can order them online but it's only letting me pick them up at the rally. So I'm thinking maybe I'll just buy them when I get over there?

[Rally Power]

No news on our Turkish friends rally with the DS?

[aykutbilir]

Hello all sorry it is a fast weekend and we back to Eid Kurban holiday.
Eskisehir is a tough one for us. We had 3th Place over all with DS R5 because lost alot of time due to headlights didnt work properly at night stages. Any way it was good points. Also Ds R3t has the 4th place overall.

Next one is at Istanbul at ex WRC stages all gravel at 23th of September.

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160912/ebbf1e181bc1b10a150bf6f1aa6fcf96.jpg

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[Simmi]

Rally Legend entry list is here: http://www.rallylegend.com/images/2016/pdf/ammessiprovvisorio.pdf

[Ucci]

Entry list for Rally Roma :

http://www.rallylink.it/pdf/2016/roma_2016.pdf

Big pressure for Basso and Andreucci, who are very close in championship. Unfortunately Andreucci has ''worst cards''- to be competetive with PSA R5 car against Fiesta or Škoda is illusion...

[Jarek Z]

Renato Travaglia with SUZUKI BALENO :)

[dimviii]

Basso Andreucci and Scandola have been leaders so far. 2 more stages and Scandola leading with 4,9 secs


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