Italian Rally News

[Tom206wrc]

Well with two(long)stages left to go in Rally Valle Aosta, Chentre has 18s advantage over Re and Porro... :)

[urabus-denoS2000]

Just as I pointed out Elwis is leading (in an old car) ;)

[Tom206wrc]

About Nicola Botta(Skoda Fabia S2000) retirement...the reason was the choice of the driver because he couldn't find the right set-up for him and couldn't do better times :mark:

[urabus-denoS2000]

You mean in the Felicia... ;)

[Tom206wrc]

End of rally valle d'Aosta...

Victory for Elwis Chentre in front of Felice Re and Paolo Porro :bounce:


Now can't wait for next week's Rally Targa Florio :cool:

[Ucci]

Well deserved victory for a E.Chentre !! Also tactical race for F.Re, I think he was not on the limit, because Chentre is yust a guest in TRA championship. Felice must be yust in front of his important rivals, like Porro, Oldrati, Silva, Pedersoli.
But did you notice a horror between R3 drivers ?? On each SS best drivers in this class were separeted by tens of seconds !! Stefano Bizzarri was defenetly working hard for this victory !!
So, rally Piancavallo in two weeks, I will be there, expecting a great victory for Felice Re!!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Nope Ucci you're wrong,now it's Rally Valli Pordenonesi (no more Piancavallo in the name because this year there is no climb up the Piancavallo mountain )

I hope I will be there too ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Eighteen S2000s registered on entrylist of next week Rally Targa Florio, according to latest press release :D :D


It should be availabe by tuesday... ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Rally Targa Florio !!! ;)

http://www.rallylink.it/pdf/iscritti_targa.pdf


Strangely I counted 16 entries in S2000 and not 18 as announced in the press release :confused:

[Raven]

No Longhi, Aghini, Gamba, no official Skoda... :-(
Entry list shorter than on polish Elmot Rally.

[PLuto]

Travaglia will use "Gamba car". Longhi will start from San Marino.

[Raven]

I "knew" it was Gamba's car, but in Italy there are far more cars than one Skoda :-)
Longhi is sure?

[Mirek]

Cavallini with 207 R3T???

[PLuto]

Yes

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

How many WRCs can we expect next week at the Valli Pordenonesi?

There should be Re, Silva, Porro, Pedersoli, De cecco (?). Oldrati will probably do the Rally Abeti, won´t he?

Will anyone else start in a WRC?

[Tom206wrc]

]Cavallini with 207 R3T???



It was scheduled, I wrote it in the "french Volant 207" thread :p :


He will be Racing Lions(Peugeot-Sport Italia)test driver for the new 207 of the "trofeo" ;)

[urabus-denoS2000]

How many WRCs can we expect next week at the Valli Pordenonesi?

There should be Re, Silva, Porro, Pedersoli, De cecco (?). Oldrati will probably do the Rally Abeti, won´t he?

Will anyone else start in a WRC?

Luca Rossetti is confirmed in a Procar Punto ;)

[Tom206wrc]

]Cavallini with 207 R3T???



http://www.nonsolorally.com/ita/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4229 ;)

[Jarek Z]

No Longhi, Aghini, Gamba, no official Skoda... :-(
Entry list shorter than on polish Elmot Rally.

Also no Cantamessa and no Dati :( But still the head of the entry list looks very strong. As far as the number of competitors is concerned, I think there are usually less drivers entered on the events in Southern part of Italy.

Trava GO!!!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Tom,do you know when the entry list for Rally Valli Pordenonesi will be published?

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Tom,do you know when the entry list for Rally Valli Pordenonesi will be published?

Normally the entry list of a TRA rally is published on Tuesday before the rally

[Tom206wrc]

Today shakedown Rally Targa Florio :cool:


When I find pics during the day I post them in this thread ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Mechanical problem for Travaglia during shakedown Rally Targa Florio today... :(


Mechanics are working on his Fabia S2000 in order to allow him to start event :rolleyes:

[Mirek]

I heard he crashed...

[Mirek]

His car is not badly damaged and it seems he will start tomorrow.

[Mirek]

http://www.siciliarally.com/portale/files/posted_images/user_2_08052009407.jpg

[Tom206wrc]

Pics shakedown Targa Florio ;)
http://www.rallylink.it/news/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&gid=72&Itemid=169


Yes you're right Mirek, Travaglia crashed :mark:
But if he can start tomorrow it's good news ;)

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

First stage of the Targa was won by Rossetti, Andreucci is only 0.2 behind. The rest of the field is already far behind.

[Jarek Z]

Damn it, Fabia is not fast enough for Italian stages. Travaglia only 7th after SS3 :(

Great battle between Rossetti and Andreucci :up:

[RS]

Damn it, Fabia is not fast enough for Italian stages. Travaglia only 7th after SS3 :(

Great battle between Rossetti and Andreucci :up:

Lol, maybe Travaglia is taking it easy so he doesn't "do a Juho" and crash again.

Doubt he is as fast as Rossetti and Andreucci outright though?

[Wim_Impreza]

Lol, maybe Travaglia is taking it easy so he doesn't "do a Juho" and crash again.

Doubt he is as fast as Rossetti and Andreucci outright though?

I have the same opinion too as you in your first sentence. 7th is not so bad after the first 3 stages, he must learn the car and his self confidence is maybe not so high after his little accident in shakedown.

In my opinion, Travaglia is even fast as Rossetti. Andreucci is probably a little bit faster.

[Jarek Z]

Doubt he is as fast as Rossetti and Andreucci outright though?

I would say Travaglia was very close to those two a few years back. Unfortunately he spent most of the recent years trying to find a good budget, changing teams and cars etc. so I believe it stopped him a bit. Nevertheless Travaglia is still one of my favourite Italian drivers!

[Tom206wrc]

So Andreucci in the lead after SS3 :D

[tolis]

Rossetti in the lead by 1.3 sec after SS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HaCo]

Great! :D

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

rossetti extended his lead over Ucci. Vai Luca! Vai FIAT!

[Mirek]

Travaglia lost 53 seconds on first section but now he is back on third overal and doing similar times to Ucci :) Rossetti is leading by 9 seconds.

[Ucci]

Surprise, for me personaly small dissappointment-my personal favorite,Mr.Andreucci is ONLY on the second position !!!! Keep on pushing, Ucci......
On the other hand it is shame to see Navarra in the leading N4 car only on 10th position, so much second class-drivers in front of him....But that is cruel reality, S2000 cars are much to fast on tarmac.

[Mirek]

1. Rossetti (Punto S2000) 1:20:05,5
2. Andreucci (207 S2000) +6,1
3. Travaglia (Fabia S2000) +1:31,0
4. Medici (207 S2000) +1:36,0
5. Riolo (Punto S2000) +1:45,1
6. Scandola (Punto S2000) +1:54,6
7. Michelini (207 S2000) +2:20,7
8. Perico (207 S2000) +2:43,5
9. Di Benedetto (207 S2000) +2:47,6
10. Signor (Punto S2000) +3:15,4
11. Navarra (Impeza N14) +3:27,3

[tolis]

The first ten are all S2000 cars!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ucci]

Well done Mr.Rossetti, I must admit ! It is obviusly, that CIR will be desided between Rossetti and Andreucci, thay are a step away from others. Maybe Trava and U.Scandola can fight on some events, but generaly speeking thay are the one to watch.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Well done Rossetti,I must admit I thought he had no chance against Ucci!

It seems it will be a classic duel!

P.S. I'm watching Rox on Rally Valli Pordenonesi next weekend ;)

[Ucci]

So, to a next event, which I will vist in Italy, rally Valli Pordenonesi, I hope for a nice, dry weather, as already Urabus told, a special guest on this event, Luca Rossetti will be a strong competitor, not for a win in general ranking, but in class S2000 he will be first to watch out...
Did you notice what kind of surprise have Organisers of next event after Vali Pordenonesi, Rally Marca ???? Kimi Raikkonen, together with ex-Makinen co-driver Kaj Lindstrom will drive a Punto S2000. Watch out Italian boys, he will be looking for a win in S2000 !!

http://www.rallylink.it/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5390:motoring-club-kimi-raikkonen-al-rally-marca&catid=35:comunicati&Itemid=27

[Tom206wrc]

Congratulations Rox !!! :up:


This coming week-end, two big rallies to follow: Valli Pordenonesi(TRA tarmac championship) and Rally degli Abeti(IRC International Rally Cup) ;)

[Ucci]

http://www.italianbaja.com/Valli/pdf/ElencoIscritti.pdf

There you have a list of entries for Rally Valli Pordenonesi-I must admit, I am quite disappointment abot poor list: yust six WRC, only two S2000, three N4 and a few S1600. I can't belive....sorry, but I will stay home and hope for better list for next TRA race-Del Marca end of May.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Come on Ucci,why stay home?

I am also dissapointed (I thought that the change of date would bring 100 cars..) but you are going to combine Mannazons and Clauzzetto Pradis stages and watch the first 25 cars 6 times...

[Tom206wrc]

Start SSS Rally Valli Pordenonesi(TRA)this evening... ;)

http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=80&p_Manifestazione=2

[Tom206wrc]

Tomorrow saturday afternoon(3.00pm) will start first leg Rally degli Abetti(IRC)... :)

http://www.cronopt.it/live/index.html

[Tom206wrc]

End of SSS Rally Valli Perdonesoni...best time for Re ahead of Chentre, Porro and Pedersoli ;)

Rossetti 5th fastest in his Grande Punto S2000...

[Tom206wrc]

Felice Re turbo problem and Elwis Chentre off road today on the rally Valli Pordenonesi :(

Paolo Porro leading in front of Luca Rossetti and Luca Pedersoli after SS4...

[Ucci]

Damm, in the moment of Chentre's retairment, Felice Re had an open door to a great win-but turbo problems destroyed this dreams....Rossetti will give hard times to other drivers of WRC car !!
Well, I hope Felice will push like crazy and try to get some places back !!

[Mirek]

Rossetti shows WRC guys his class!

[wwbroe]

Final results in Rally Valli Pordenonesi:

1. Porro
2. Rosetti at 30"7
3. Re at 2'15"1
4. Zannier at 4'40"5
5. Pisi at 5'19"6

[urabus-denoS2000]

Just came back from an excellent Rally Valli Pordenonesi :D

To make it clear at the begging:Rossetti was on a mission,he was extremely fast and keeping up with the WRC guys.But for me the man of the day was local man Zannier :) . I haven't seen crazy driving like that in a long time,that guy is a maniac.I am sorry about Elwis,of course I was cheering for him.

Congratulations to Porro and Cargnelutti,very nice and attractive driving from them and they deserve the win

[lcd]

...But for me the man of the day was local man Zannier :) . I haven't seen crazy driving like that in a long time,that guy is a maniac...

You have stimulated my Interest with Zannier...
So, I've searched a little and from what I've watched
so far, I know what you mean by 'crazy driving' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHe5SXV1ms
Are more videos of him around? Is he driving on gravel too or just asphalt?

[Tom206wrc]

After 4 stages rally degli Abeti yesterday, Cunico(Focus) leading in front of Grossi(Impreza) and Botta(Xsara) ;)

Bif battle of S2000s between Colombini and Sora(5th and 6th overall)...

Today are four stages again before end of rally :)

[urabus-denoS2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8cW6Yf457o

Here's more ;)

[Fiat-131-Abarth]

Coming back from Italy I must say it was really a very great rally.
urbanus is right, Zannier was the man of the rally. I´ve seen lots of crazy italian rally driver but Zannier is the craziest of all. He was sideways before nearly every corner. Would love to see him in a stronger car in the CIR soon. I think this rally was his first rally in S1600 car.

[urabus-denoS2000]

I think Zannier drove this rally last year in a Clio S1600,but I'm not sure it was him...

[urabus-denoS2000]

IRC Rally Degli Abeti

1.Cunico
2.Grossi
3.Botta
4.Cresci
5.Colombini

[Tom206wrc]

Rally della Marca(TRA - tarmac championship)entrylist available :) :)
http://www.marcaracing.it/2009/documenti/Iscritti.pdf

Results on http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=99&p_Manifestazione=2

[Ucci]

Well, this is something totally different as Valli Pordenonosi ! More WRC cars, eight S2000 cars ( Go Kimi, go..)and 22 R3 Clio's. And not to forget, two Slovenian drivers with C2 Max, we will cheer for them !!
In the general ranking I espect a tight fight beetwen Chentre, Re and a local driver, Gasparotto.
In a class S2000 two rivals from CIR-Signor and Gianfico will play the main role, but all eyes will be focused in a guest driver, Kimi Raikkonen !!
So, waiting for Saturday...

[urabus-denoS2000]

Go Humar and Petric!

I think Humar will be very fast...

[RALLYITA]

You have stimulated my Interest with Zannier...
So, I've searched a little and from what I've watched
so far, I know what you mean by 'crazy driving' :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhHe5SXV1ms
Are more videos of him around? Is he driving on gravel too or just asphalt?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8cW6Yf457o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LwuCvuh6uo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAjrdItjS4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LPACB0LqOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7xnVIEiIw
these video are ZANNIER MARCO!!!! I know him!

[RALLYITA]

I think Zannier drove this rally last year in a Clio S1600,but I'm not sure it was him...
zannier was the first race with clio S1600, last year he run with peugeot 106!!

[SubaruNorway]

Any results from the rally Kimi is doing today somewhere?
http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=5056&desc=Raikkonen ready to make asphalt rally debut

[Mirek]

Here You go ;) Kimmi retired on SS3...

http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=99&p_Manifestazione=3

[RS]

What happened to the Kimster? I thought his times were not too bad for his first asphalt rally.

[Mirek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GodBsN6_o

You can see ;)

[RS]

]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7GodBsN6_o

You can see ;)

Ooops, hope to see Kimi doing some rallying again soon.

[Jarek Z]

What happened to the Kimster? I thought his times were not too bad for his first asphalt rally.

Raikkonen went off the road and lost wheel on SS3.

[Ucci]

Full of positive impressions from Rallye Della Marca I would like to write a few impressions: The Iceman suprised us all, in the first two SS he lost yust a 1sec/km according to the fastest in the S2000 class !! I was on one attractive jump, Kimi was flaying the longest, mean that he has no fear ! He is a real talent.
About WRC's drivers is not to be diskussed, theay are very, very fast and attractive. In the Clio R3 class is a fight to the knife, they are all the time on the limit and I yust hope that none of the crew does not make a mistake, because this could have severe consequences.
Plesure for Slovenian fans-Humar was with his C2 Max second in his class.
Frustration of the race are undoubtedly Peugeot's 207 R3T: with the restrictor they run so slow, even the view on the ranking shows this-they were not only behind C2 Max, but even Clio N3 was much faster !! What is the point of this cars, I don't know, I yust hope for a increase in the engine power. The only positive feature is the balance of the car, here is the progress towards P206 RC obvious.

[RS]

Frustration of the race are undoubtedly Peugeot's 207 R3T: with the restrictor they run so slow, even the view on the ranking shows this-they were not only behind C2 Max, but even Clio N3 was much faster !! What is the point of this cars, I don't know, I yust hope for a increase in the engine power. The only positive feature is the balance of the car, here is the progress towards P206 RC obvious.

Do these cars have to run a certain size restrictor in order to remain in class A6 (or whatever)?

[urabus-denoS2000]

The 207 R3T is the most boring new rally car....

I really can't remeber a more boring rally car... (this is a hyped Peugeot project remember)

[Mirek]

Do these cars have to run a certain size restrictor in order to remain in class A6 (or whatever)?

They are A7 and have 28 mm restrictor I think.

[JRodrigues]

Kimi had problemas since the beginning: http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=5063&desc=Early%20bath%20for%20Raikkonen

[soprano]

My gallery from Marca 2009:
http://www.superspecial.si/Rally-Della-Marca-2009.html

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist of next week's Rally del Salento, event counting for tarmac championship(TRA)and International Rally Cup(IRC)...

http://www.rallydelsalento.com/materiale/elenco_degli_iscritti_2009.pdf

I'm a bit disappointed :(

[Ucci]

Tom, I can not completely agree with you, if you remember lists of registered at the TRA Championship in this part of Italy, participation was always very modest, due to distance. Now the organizers solved this by the coefficient (double points) and thus attract the crews. All the main players of TRA and IRC Championship are logged, so we can expect a nice race!

[Ucci]

In ten days starts Rally San Marino, gravel race for CIR and we already recived an important news about special guests, which will participate on this event. First name will undoubtedly be Toni Gardemaister, runing Motoring Club's Impreza. Second on the list is Alexander Zheludov, twice the Russian Champion, driving Munaretto P207 S2000. And also Serkan Yazici with Grande Punto S2000....
It will be interesting to watch fights between Navarra and Gardemaister in identical cars....

[RS]

In ten days starts Rally San Marino, gravel race for CIR and we already recived an important news about special guests, which will participate on this event. First name will undoubtedly be Toni Gardemaister, runing Motoring Club's Impreza. Second on the list is Alexander Zheludov, twice the Russian Champion, driving Munaretto P207 S2000. And also Serkan Yazici with Grande Punto S2000....
It will be interesting to watch fights between Navarra and Gardemaister in identical cars....

I would expect Toni to be much faster...

[Tom206wrc]

Pitty no Gardemeister in S2000 though :(

[urabus-denoS2000]

RS,don't be so sure... ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Alex Raschi, usual very fast driver of Renault Clio R3, will drive a 207 S2000 for next week Rally San Marino :D

[Ucci]

This is it, list of partipations for next round of CIR, Rally San Marino:
http://www.rallysanmarino.com/2009/pdf/iscritti.pdf

I'm almost speachless.....can not belive: 19 S2000, 34 Suby/Mitsu.....
Toni Gardemaister as a guest, Piero Longhi for the first time with Fabia. Well, something is for sure, Toni will not win (with all respect for Toni !!), but some top Italian drivers will push like hell.....

[Tom206wrc]

Good entry indeed :)


No Perico ??? :(

[Barreis]

I hope Toni G can win this in Impreza.. It's gravel and that car can still win on that kind of surface..

[urabus-denoS2000]

I doubt it...

He can't match Ucci,Rox,Longhi and Travi on home terrain in my opinion ;)

[Barreis]

I doubt it only in terms of motivation.. After works teams again in fight with some locals.. And without sequentual gearbox..

[Jarek Z]

Guys, don't forget that Toni Gardemeister is not such an exceptional driver. He's very good off course, but have you ever seen him winning anything important? At least any ERC, IRC, not to mention a WRC round? Drivers such as Andreucci, Rossetti, Travaglia etc. have achieved much more in rallying...

By the way, a great entry list, indeed! It's going to be a fantastic rally! :up:

[Barreis]

Good joking! First time I saw Toni G was on Eurosport coverage from MC rally ('98 or '99; Ibiza kit car without sponsor stickers) and THEN LIVE STAGE from New Zeland (don't know year) when he took 3rd place in Cordoba WRC.. :)

[urabus-denoS2000]

That was as you said 10 years ago ;)

[Barreis]

Does anybody know what's going on with Piero Liatti? Such a great driver! :)

[Jarek Z]

I think Liatti quit professional rally career a long time ago. The last time I saw his name in rally results was on Rallye du Valais a few years ago. Since then only silence... :(

[Wim_Impreza]

Liatti drove a small rally or rallysprint in Italy in December 2008 with an Impreza WRC.

[urabus-denoS2000]

With a beautiful S5 Impreza :D

[Ucci]

No one yet mentioned Rally Salento, valid for TRA and Italian IRC. The winner was (very convincing!!) Elwis Chentre with old P206 WRC, second was the legendary Franco Cunico (he disappointed me) with Focus WRC '07, third Pucco Grossi....Two important retairments: Felice Re and Paolo Porro!!
As all classified get double points, Chentre has now a strong lead in a TRA classification.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Elwis still showing his class in an 206 ;)

But I am still cheering for Paolo Porro ;)

[Wim_Impreza]

I thought Chentre hasn't the budget for the European Rally Championship in a Citroën C2 R2 Max. That was his programm some months ago, but he drives rallies in a 206 WRC. Strange.

[Mirek]

It depends on sponsors. Some don't need advertisemens abroad...

[Mirek]

Travaglia won't drive Fabia in San Marino (money). He should drive Lancer instead :(

[Jarek Z]

Yes, a great pity for Travaglia. He lost one of his sponsors and Mitsubishi Lancer is all he can afford now. What a pity, yet another year of constant changes of cars and teams for this great driver... :(

[Tom206wrc]

:(

[Ucci]

]Travaglia won't drive Fabia in San Marino (money). He should drive Lancer instead :(

And this is already a fourth different car in this season (after Abarth, Pug and Fabia) for Travaglia. But Travaglia is a fighter and with Lancer he has still good chances for a top-result. Remember, this is a gravel rally.....

[Jarek Z]

But Travaglia is a fighter and with Lancer he has still good chances for a top-result. Remember, this is a gravel rally.....

...but Travaglia has never been a great gravel fan...

[Tom206wrc]

Then he should run Ypres, not San Marino, this week-end :rolleyes:





:p :

[Mirek]

If he doesn't have money for San Marino, he could hardly have money for Ypres. Try to think a bit...

[Tom206wrc]

Quite strange because Brian Lavio stopped to run the swiss championship because lack of budget(reason given at least)but can run the ERC rounds instead :confused:

[Wim_Impreza]

I think that was planned, Tom. If you read sometimes on rally-erc, he said that he would absolutely drive in the ERC this year.

[Mirek]

yyyyyes, the car exists :D

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs111.snc1/4818_1115358178496_1663203146_267605_2237148_n.jpg
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs111.snc1/4818_1115358298499_1663203146_267608_7870987_n.jpg

[tolis]

Very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom206wrc]

I thought Skoda Italy was partner with BFGoodrich for the tyres :confused:

[Mirek]

Longhi has been using Pirelli for a loooooooooong time...

[Tom206wrc]

Wrong !!! He used BFGoodrich when he ran for Subaru last year(100% sure) ;)
As Andrea Navarra this season...

[Mirek]

Hups, sorry :)

[Tom206wrc]

Pics shakedown :D

http://www.rallylink.it/news/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&gid=79&Itemid=181

[Mirek]

Live results (SSS now): http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=77&p_Manifestazione=3

[Tom206wrc]

No trace of Alex Raschi and Alexander Zheludov on SS1 :confused:

[Andrey]

No trace of Alex Raschi and Alexander Zheludov on SS1 :confused:

Finally Raschi 19th, Zheludov 58th.
But Alexander only studies the new car before Rally Russia, therefore do not wait from him a good results in SMR.

[Helstar]

Elwis still showing his class in an 206 ;)
But I am still cheering for Paolo Porro ;)
He crashed the Focus WRC in a little wall ^^

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-usz_dMFsY&fmt=18

Problems for Felice Re and his Xsara, I heard the car is not performing like last year anymore (don't know why).

These guys (except Pisi on the Grande Punto) are nothing special IMHO, kudos to Cunico (old braveheart) but the speed isn't there anymore ...

We have to see CIR and TRA to see some good italian driving :p talking about San Marino, I also think that Toni G. has almost no chance to win with that slow STI ... maybe he can beat Navarra (same car) but I wouldn't be even sure of that :p

[Tom206wrc]

Start SS2 San Marino at 9.36am...in a little bit more than 30 minutes ;)

[Ondra WRC]

SS2- where Longhi?

[Tom206wrc]

Navarra has a small off(lost 5 minutes), Longhi looks like mechanical problem before SS2... :mark:

[Tom206wrc]

Starting raining on current SS3 :s

[RS]

Kudos to whoever said Gardemeister wouldn't find it easy, he is only on a similar pace to Travaglia so far. I thought he would be a bit better, but I guess this puts another nail in the coffin of the myth that WRC drivers are on a vastly different level.

[Mirek]

Navarra has a small off(lost 5 minutes), Longhi looks like mechanical problem before SS2... :mark:

Looks like problem with starter or batery...

[Tom206wrc]

Incredible what happened on long SS4 !!!! Many mistakes from lots of drivers :eek:


But everything OK for Ucci, Rox and Dati... :D

[Mirek]

Ucci is on his own league now winning SS4 by huge 23 seconds.

[tolis]

Gardemeister third after SS7.

[Mirek]

He is fourth.

[tolis]

]He is fourth.
Yes, you're right Mirek, sorry. ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Only three stages left to go(the last loop of three stages)before knowing the final result of Rally San Marino :p :

[Helstar]

Go go Travaglia ! :)

Ucci is on his own league, even though 44 years old he's still the best in Italy.

Rossetti good but not enough to beat Ucci =)

[Helstar]

Rossetti is now cruising, he accepts second place =)

Great battle for third position between Dati, Toni and Travaglia, only 19 sec split overall

[Helstar]

Toni G passes Dati, now 0.5 sec ahead ! Travaglia is 13 sec behind... 1 stage to go

[Helstar]

Disaster for Toni G and Travaglia in last SS ^^

Andreucci won ALL special stages !

N.1 for Ucci, again.

[Mirek]

Andreucci was wayyyyyy faster than anyone else. Pitty that he doesn't drive abroad :(

[Tom206wrc]

Great Colombini and Trentin 4th and 5th :D :D

[Moriarty]

What happend with Garde in the very last stage?

[Tom206wrc]

What happend with Garde in the very last stage?



Puncture for Garde :(
Puncture, 13 min. loss(change wheels) and retirement for Davide Medici too :(

[Tom206wrc]

Next week-end is Appenino Reggiano, next round of TRA(tarmac championship)...don't know the entrylist for now :mark:

[Ucci]

Andreucci=Loeb !! Ucci won all stages, this was a cat against mouse play.....All others are one class under Ucci, so simple is this!! Well done Paolo&Ana (and not to forget a superb car, Pug).

[Helstar]

With the same car, Rossetti would be hard to beat :) but I agree Andreucci is the best anyway

[giangino]

Photos rally San Marino - Italian Rally Championship http://www.avetowrc.com/

[Tom206wrc]

Common rally for Italians and Swiss the Ronde del Ticino...with surprise for Mirek and other czech members :D

http://swissrally.ch/saisons/2009/presentation_ticino.html

[giangino]

Video rally San Marino - Italy - http://www.youtube.com/avetowrc?gl=IT&hl=it

[Tom206wrc]

Next week-end is Appenino Reggiano, next round of TRA(tarmac championship)...don't know the entrylist for now :mark:



Entrylist ;)
http://www.rallyappenninoreggiano.org/iscri.htm

[Wim_Impreza]

Thank you, Tom. Nice to see fast Slovenian driver Aleks Humar on the entry list.

[Ucci]

Thank you, Tom. Nice to see fast Slovenian driver Aleks Humar on the entry list.

Of course, Humar is a candidate for victory in his class. However, we should not overlook Matteo Musti, I hope he will fight for a overall victory with Xsara WRC.

[Tom206wrc]

I say Elwis Chentre for the win :p :

[Tom206wrc]

Hey !!!! A Proton Satria S2000 at the Rosa Camuna !!! :confused:
http://www.psarally.com/articles.php?lng=it&pg=680

[Helstar]

Nice ! We like good cars in Italy, what can I say :p

[Mirek]

The car should have been sold to Italy ;)

[Barreis]

http://www.rally-emotions.com/

[Tom206wrc]

Nice start of Rally Ticino for Ivan Comineli in his Fabia S2000, threatening Hotz lead after first leg(2 stages) :D :D
http://www.cronocomo.it/web/2009/2009/RyTicino09/index.html

[Tom206wrc]

Cominelli takes the lead in front of Hotz and von Dach after short SS3 this morning :)

[Tom206wrc]

At Appennino Reggiano(TRA)after three stages Felice Re leading in front of Matteo Musti and Claudio Vellani ;)

Something happened to Chentre in SS2 but I don't know what :(

http://www.cronore.it/class/rally/appennino2009/index.html

[Mirek]

Cominelli takes the lead in front of Hotz and von Dach after short SS3 this morning :)

Tom, this rally is Swiss championship taking place at Lugano, Switzerland, as far as I know.

[Tom206wrc]

Have a look at next week's rally del Casentino entrylist !!! :eek: :D
http://www.scuderiaetruria.net/PDF/Elenco%20Iscritti%202009.pdf


:bounce:

[andre93]

photo of ticino??

[Tom206wrc]

Without surprise, Abarth factory driver Umberto Scandola just won the Rally Valli Imperersi ;)
http://www.cronoimperia.it/valli_im09/index.html

[wwbroe]

Have a look at next week's rally del Casentino entrylist !!!


Sosella with Peugeot 207 WRC, is that a new model Tom? :D :confused: :D

[Tom206wrc]

Sosella with Peugeot 207 WRC, is that a new model Tom? :D :confused: :D



In fact it'll be a 206 :)

[Tom206wrc]

On Rallylink forum they talk about 12 S2000 on entrylist of next week-end's Rally Moscato :eek:

[Tom206wrc]

On Rallylink forum they talk about 12 S2000 on entrylist of next week-end's Rally Moscato :eek:



And also 7 S2000 at the Benacus Rally :)

[vino_93]

Moscato : 6 S2000
http://www.991racing.it/immagini/moscato/Elenco_provvisorio_moderne.pdf

What about this drivers ? :confused: It's the first time for them ?

Benacus : 7 S2000
http://www.scuderiacar.it/benacus2009/iscritti.pdf
First time for Hoelbing with an S2000, no ?
And what about others drivers ? (except De Cecco)

[Tom206wrc]

Henning Solberg at Rally San Crispino next week(rumour read on Rallylink forum) ????? :confused: :confused:

[Tom206wrc]

Have a look at next week's rally del Casentino entrylist !!! :eek: :D
http://www.scuderiaetruria.net/PDF/Elenco%20Iscritti%202009.pdf


:bounce:




Pieter Tsjoen with Focus on the final entrylist :eek: :D

Rally will be on-line saturday on http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=86&p_Manifestazione=111

[HaCo]

Pieter Tsjoen with Focus on the final entrylist :eek: :D

Rally will be on-line saturday on http://rally.ficr.it/tab_schedule.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=86&p_Manifestazione=111

First stage almost underway... :)

[tolis]

Photos:
http://www.rallylink.it/news/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&gid=83&Itemid=181

[wwbroe]

Tsjoen isn't doing bad at all, fourth overall after three stages at only 11 sec of the pace. Cunico in the lead, but first four contenders are within 11 sec, then there is rather big gap. ;)

[HaCo]

Yep, very good of Tsjoen. Now he's in third overall!

[Jarek Z]

Tsjoen is not doing bad indeed. But Wevers can't keep the pace of top Italian veteran drivers. He's only 7th after SS5.

[Jarek Z]

Wow! Tsjoen wins stages 6 and 7! But Cunicos' win is just a matter of finishing one last stage...

[Motorsportfun]

http://www.blog.playtvitalia.it/

At this link, who want to see again this afternoon's LIVE-TV stage, tomorrow can see it at about 4.30 pm (CET).

I saw it this afternoon and was exciting as well as Eurosport's ones... almost BETTER (with slow-motions, videographic splits, helicopter camera, etc!!) :p :

[wwbroe]

Cunico takes the win overall, with Grossi and Tsjoen finishing in exactly same total time, joint second place. Wevers takes 6th place despite being very slow and at almost five minutes of the leader. ;)

[Wim_Impreza]

Well done by Cunico, Grossi and for sure Tsjoen. I didn't expect the Belgian driver on the podium. There were a lot of WRC's. Wevers had a puncture in SS4. Cresci, the first leader in the rally, retired in the final SS. What happened with him?

Can someone help me to find a link to the results or entry list where I can look the full names of the drivers and codrivers?

[Tom206wrc]

Fantastic result for Tsjoen at Rally Casentino indeed :up:

Not too bad Wevers too... :cool:

[Tom206wrc]

Can someone help me to find a link to the results or entry list where I can look the full names of the drivers and codrivers?


http://rally.perugiatiming.com/tab_legtimes.asp?p_Anno=2009&p_Codice=86&p_Manifestazione=111&p_Gara=1 :)



I note the Peugeot WRC had a desperately lack of reliability(all retirements due to technical failures) ;( but the Pugs S2000 did a great job(Colombini and Sora had good duel) :bounce:

[Wim_Impreza]

Tom, you didn't read my sentence correctly. I know that link, but I am looking for the surnames of the drivers and codrivers too.

[Helstar]

http://www.blog.playtvitalia.it/

At this link, who want to see again this afternoon's LIVE-TV stage, tomorrow can see it at about 4.30 pm (CET).

I saw it this afternoon and was exciting as well as Eurosport's ones... almost BETTER (with slow-motions, videographic splits, helicopter camera, etc!!) :p :
Wow thanx, why am I discovering this so late =) ?

Play TV is FREE TO AIR on satellite (HotBird 13°) too ... 3 hours of livestages !

Tom, you didn't read my sentence correctly. I know that link, but I am looking for the surnames of the drivers and codrivers too.

Unfortunately there isn't online any list with name and surname.
How many names do you need? all?

[vino_93]

Rally del Casentino :
1 Cunico (Focus)
2 Grossi (Impreza) +29"2
3 Tsjoen (Focus) +29"2
4 Colombini (207) +3'31"1
5 Sora (207) +4'22"1
6 Wevers (Focus) +4'52"0
7 Ambrosoli (207) +5'48"2
8 Freguglia (207) +6'49"0
9 Gimondi (307) +6'49"9
10 Capelli (Clio S1600) +6'56"3

Moscato Rally :
1 Carosso (Fabia S2000)
2 Bosca (Clio R3) +15"1
3 Verna (Clio S1600) +18"4
4 Tonso (Fabia S2000) +45"5
5 Pierotti (Clio R3) +51"3
6 Marasso (Clio S1600) +53"6
7 Picotto (207 S2000) +1'13"5
8 Vola (Clio S1600) +1'15"8
9 Gara (Clio R3) +1'16"4
10 Murialdi (Clio S1600) +1'20"8

Benacus Rally :
1 Arbetti (207 S2000)
2 Hoelbling (Punto S2000) +6"0
3 Lovisetto (207 S2000) +8"4
4 Fiocco (Clio Williams) +44"5
5 Gaspari (Punto S2000) +1'00"6
6 Brazzale (Punto S2000) +1'34"7
7 Cunegatti (Saxo S1600) +1'39"2
8 Patuzzo (207 S2000) +1'50"6
9 Caffi (Clio R3) +2'11"8
10 Medde (Clio R3) +2'24"0

[Wim_Impreza]

Unfortunately there isn't online any list with name and surname.
How many names do you need? all?

I want 'only' top 20 overall, the surname of Alex Raschi's codriver in 21th position overall and if you know some retirement reasons with the surnames of the codrivers (especially from #9 Mauro Zanchi, #10 Cresci, #11 Manuel Sossella, #12 Max Beltrami, #39 Janina Depping/Sabrina Beier) , that is very welcome too. Thank you a lot in advance.

[Motorsportfun]

Wow thanx, why am I discovering this so late =) ?

Play TV is FREE TO AIR on satellite (HotBird 13°) too ... 3 hours of livestages !

Yeah, itz absolutely good, during each rally of the IRCup season (www.ircup.net (http://www.ircup.net)) one special stage is broadcasted live. So, in every rally, there is a stage like that! And if u add that there for the commentary there is a former PWRC champion like Alex Fiorio!! :eek: :D

For who missed Sunday's re-broadcast, can see the "live stage" on Tuesday (July 7) from 5 pm (CET). ;)

[Helstar]

Yeah, itz absolutely good, during each rally of the IRCup season (www.ircup.net (http://www.ircup.net)) one special stage is broadcasted live. So, in every rally, there is a stage like that! And if u add that there for the commentary there is a former PWRC champion like Alex Fiorio!! :eek: :D
For who missed Sunday's re-broadcast, can see the "live stage" on Tuesday (July 7) from 5 pm (CET). ;)
Pity they do a lot of local 'history' intervals xD well done, sure, but they made me sleep lol

Grossi is a maniac O_o with the crappy Impreza he is equal to Tsjoen with a 08 Focus ... he's a tyres destroyer lol

[Motorsportfun]

Pity they do a lot of local 'history' intervals xD well done, sure, but they made me sleep lol

Grossi is a maniac O_o with the crappy Impreza he is equal to Tsjoen with a 08 Focus ... he's a tyres destroyer lol

hahaha ya, too much "discovery-channel-style" things! :p

I want 'only' top 20 overall, the surname of Alex Raschi's codriver in 21th position overall and if you know some retirement reasons with the surnames of the codrivers (especially from #9 Mauro Zanchi, #10 Cresci, #11 Manuel Sossella, #12 Max Beltrami, #39 Janina Depping/Sabrina Beier) , that is very welcome too. Thank you a lot in advance.

1 CUNICO Gianfranco / PIROLLO Luigi
2 GROSSI Giuseppe / PAVESI Alessandro
3 TSJOEN Pieter / CHEVAILLIER Eddy
4 COLOMBINI Denis / GUGLIELMINI Flavio
5 SORA Claudio / PRESSIANI Aldo
6 WEVERS Erik / VAN WEEREN Jalmar
7 AMBROSOLI Luca / VIVIANI Corrado
8 FREGUGLIA Giuseppe / FALZONE Guseppe
9 GIMONDI Tiziano / PINA Gianni
10 CAPELLI Stefano / PRATESI Michele
11 MORALDI Matteo / GALASTRI Francesco
12 BELLI Marco / CASTIGLIONI David
13 TOGNOZZI Gabriele / CICOGNINI Monica
14 TABARELLI Daniele / CIRESA Sara
15 MARALDI Massimo / GUZZI Giancarla
16 RENDINA Massimiliano / PIZZUTI Mario
17 PASQUALI Romano / PASQUALI Renato
18 ROVATTI Michele / MARTINELLI Manuela
19 TOMASSINI Danilo / BIZZOCCHI Massimo
20 SANTINI Alessio / MARTINELLI Veronica
21 RASCHI Alex / PIERUCCI Emanuele

Retirements:
11 SOSSELLA Manuel / CONTINI Alberto : gearbox
9 ZANCHI Mauro / COSTANTINI Luca : hydraulic system
10 CRESCI Roberto / CIABATTI Fabio : electric problems
12 BELTRAMI Massimo / SALA Vittorio : hydraulic system
20 CAVALIERI Marco / BAZZANI Massimo : driver decision due to poor feeling with the car

if u need other names ask me

[Wim_Impreza]

Thank you very much. It is enough information for me.

[Tom206wrc]

Renato Travaglia back in the 207 S2000 for this coming week-end rally San Crispino(gravel event of CIR) :) :)

Entrylist was closed yesterday...I hope it'll be available TODAY because I'll go in holliday and risk to have difficulty to get Internet :mad: ;(

[tolis]

Me too ,Tom!!!!

[Barreis]

Man, what a championship!! I guess only in Italy are paid drivers (beside Loeb, Hirvonen, Sordo and few others in IRC).. :)

[Wim_Impreza]

Renato Travaglia back in the 207 S2000 for this coming week-end rally San Crispino(gravel event of CIR) :) :)

Entrylist was closed yesterday...I hope it'll be available TODAY because I'll go in holliday and risk to have difficulty to get Internet :mad: ;(

I thought you have always holiday.

[Raven]

I thought you have always holiday.
Me too ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Here entrylist San Crispino!!
http://95.110.142.54/crispino_2009/elenco_iscritti.pdf


Quality entry...but not very quantity in S2000s compared to previous rounds :(

[wwbroe]

Entrylist looks nice enough for me. :D

[Ucci]

Entrylist looks nice enough for me. :D

And the winner will be ...?? Paolo Andreucci !!!!!!!!!

[Jarek Z]

I don't think anybody can complain about such entry list! :up:

Yes, Ucci is an obvious candidate for a win. Rossetti in FIAT is kind of an underdog here so it is him that I will be cheering for in this rally! Go Luca! Go FIAT! Go Abarth! :)

[Helstar]

They need a stronger engine, hopefully they have a new step for this rally... otherwise it will be hard to beat the Ucci Pug.

[Ucci]

What a superb demonstration of Paolo Andreucci-after two stages already a 14 sec gap to a second Piero Longhi. All others are far away, Scandola&Dati&Signor retired. Navarra lost a lot of time on first stage (damaged front left tyre). So, for Ucci evertyhing according to plan !!!

[Mirek]

Rossetti strikes back on SS3 ;)

[HaCo]

What a superb demonstration of Paolo Andreucci-after two stages already a 14 sec gap to a second Piero Longhi. All others are far away, Scandola&Dati&Signor retired. Navarra lost a lot of time on first stage (damaged front left tyre). So, for Ucci evertyhing according to plan !!!

And after 3 stages Rosetti also won a stage and is 19secs behind. Longhi is second with 16sec gap from Ucci who only had third time.

[HaCo]

Nice to see stages called by famous rally drivers...

[HaCo]

This explains Ucci time loss...
http://www.rallylink.it/news/images/stories/rallylink/sancrispino09/gomma_andreucci.JPG

Rosseti problems with shock absorber?

[HaCo]

Pics of shakedown
http://www.testrally.com/public/immagini/0010266.JPG
http://www.testrally.com/galleria.asp?tipo=Rally&id=224&anno=2009

[HaCo]

Rosseti in the lead! But wait for time of Longhi...

[Mirek]

Incredible time for Rossetti in SS5! Pitty for Andreucci, he got FR puncture and suffered a broken brake pipe. I hope he can repair it before last SS.

[Ucci]

]Incredible time for Rossetti in SS5! Pitty for Andreucci, he got FR puncture and suffered a broken brake pipe. I hope he can repair it before last SS.

This is not Ucci's day, he can not get rid of bad luck today.

[HaCo]

Seriously? He just won the event, Rosseti had a puncture :(

[HaCo]

Seriously? He just won the event, Rosseti had a puncture :(

Hang on, Longhi hasn't finished yet. Would be awesome for Skoda!

[Mirek]

Lol, Longhi won the rally :D

[HaCo]

Yep, what an excelent weekend for Skoda!!! :)

[Ucci]

Where the two fight, third profit has-in this case Longhi. Rossetti had a puncture on the last stage and lost the lead.....Now Ucci and Travaglia are equal in the championship standings. Lucky boy, Piero Longhi....

[Helstar]

And what about Travaglia ? Was he there ?

[Mirek]

Yes, he was 4th

[Helstar]

Cool he's still in da game then ... :> thanks

[Ucci]

This week-end, Rally San Martino di Castrozza (TRA), entry list has been already published, I must admit it is quite good one ! As the rumors are spread, Chentre will drive Xsara WRC (GMA Team), because his ''usually'' 206 WRC has not been repaired yet ! If this is correct, Porro and Re can say goodbye to a possible win.....,
http://www.rallysanmartino.com/nuovo2009/file/elencoiscritti.pdf

[Helstar]

Ohhh ... there's also new idol Zannier with a Renault Clio S1600 :D

I see a Toyota Corolla S2000 too ...

[RS]

Rossetti seems to be the only one who can make the Punto keep up with the 207 this year, might be time to swap positions with Alen.

[Helstar]

Rossetti seems to be the only one who can make the Punto keep up with the 207 this year, might be time to swap positions with Alen.
It's already done xD (on tarmac)

[Ucci]

San Martino di Castrozza after fifth stage: as I announced currently in the lead Chentre, second is Re (a great result for Citroën), Silva with almost a minute delay is on a third position. Big problems for Porro (turbo failure), Batagalin OUT !!

[Helstar]

Something happened in the last SS ... Felice Re retired (he was less than 20 sec from the first place), and also Chentre lost a lot of time, but he won same way.

Zannier also retired after some impressive times in the slow S1600 :'

[urabus-denoS2000]

Slow S1600???

[Helstar]

Well if you compare it to the other cars present ^^ such as WRC (Xsara, Focus) and S2000 (Pug, Abarth). Or not ?

[urabus-denoS2000]

Its a very fast car,just the others are faster ;)
At the end it's all about the driver

[Helstar]

At the end it's all about the driver
Suzuki S1600 is a great car .... if you compare it to the others of the same category xD !
But no chances against more powerful cars, even if you are Loeb you are doomed against a WRC.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Loeb was competitive with S1600 on du Var last year against gentleman WRCs ;)
Btw Zannier drove a Suzuki? I'm on mobile internet so I have limited info

[Tom206wrc]

Slow S1600???



Compared to Clio R3s I guess :p :

[Ucci]

Zannier drove a Clio S1600.
Given the final rank-last SS was a place of drama-Felice Re had to resign because of brake problems, Chentre had a tyre puncture, lost one minute and almost lost a win to Silva. In response to repeated brake problems on Re's Xsara, I think F.Re will have a serious meeting with responsible in TAM-AUTO team, as seems he will loose the fight for the title this year because of repeated brake problems.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Yep,the seemmingly perfect Xsara tends to let down Re on the last stage quite often

[RALLYITA]

zannier beat R3, before you retire!!!! he would arrive in top 10!!!!!!

[principe IRC]

¿How many cars have the Skoda Rally Team Italia?, no A-Style

[Mirek]

I know about just one (No.7).

[principe IRC]

]I know about just one (No.7).

Ok.

Julien Maurin is on his calendar the Rally principe on September 11/12, and Piero Longhi the Rally Costa Esmeralda the same weekend.

Logically piero is the official driver of the brand in Italy and bring that car. ¿What Skoda would julien ?

[Ucci]

I know that this weekend evertyhing revolves all around Finland and Madeira, but for those who are acquainted with Italian rallying today during the night is held rally Lanterna in the vicinity of Genoa. I personally hope that Felice Re will shook off the pitch with the brakes on his Xsara and that he will show all the potential that he can do ! If he or Paolo Porro will not beat Elwis Chentre, the TRA Cup champion will be Chentre....And I'm looking forward for all fearcing battles among Clio R3 drivers !! Ultimately, also a Slovenian representative in this race-I hope Alex Humar will fight for a top ranking between Citroën C2 R2 class.

[Ucci]

We have a new champion in TRA championship-Elwis Chentre. During the night resigned Felice Re, Porro didn't even start, so Chentre has an open way to the victory and now he can begin to celebrate. Congratulations !!

[Helstar]

Is there a site with times and such ... ? Was Zannier racing ?

[Wim_Impreza]

Here are the results: http://digilander.libero.it/genovagare/Lanterna09/index.html
Even more info you can find here: http://www.lanternarally.com/Lanterna_09/homepage.htm

Zannier was not running. Turkish driver Burak Çukurova was 22nd and Humar retired.

[modri dirkac]

Here are the results: http://digilander.libero.it/genovagare/Lanterna09/index.html
Even more info you can find here: http://www.lanternarally.com/Lanterna_09/homepage.htm

Zannier was not running. Turkish driver Burak Çukurova was 22nd and Humar retired.

Brakes problem for Humar and as a consequence small demolition of the car. ;(

[[Madeira-Rally]]

- Subary italy won't compete in the next tarmac rallys of CIR, instead they will do some gravel events of TRT
- Travaglia will compete in 45° Rally del Friuli e delle Alpi Orientali with a 207 from Friulmotor
- Cantaluka is back in 45° Rally del Friuli e delle Alpi Orientali with a 207 from Team Balbosca

[Helstar]

Cantaluka is Luca Cantamessa right xD ?

[Raven]

Cantaluca=Luca Cantamessa :)
There are plans to do more rallies this year and whole next season of CIR.

[Ucci]

]- Subary italy won't compete in the next tarmac rallys of CIR, instead they will do some gravel events of TRT
- Travaglia will compete in 45° Rally del Friuli e delle Alpi Orientali with a 207 from Friulmotor
- Cantaluka is back in 45° Rally del Friuli e delle Alpi Orientali with a 207 from Team Balbosca
About Subaru Italy: I don't know where it officially says, but if it is true, this is a logical decision because on the tarmac races valid for CIR Impreza is not capable for the point score.....On the gravel with their specialist Navarra there are some options for a top result.
I'm especially happy for Cantamessa and I want all the best for him at the end of August in the vicinity of Udine.

[Tom206wrc]

Great news about Cantaluka :bounce:

[Ucci]

Entry list for next-weekend rally Del Friuli Alpi Orientali is already available:
http://www.rallyalpiorientali.it/docs/moderne/Moderne.pdf

Great, 15 S2000 cars, a lot of N4, R3 Clio's...looks very promising ! Ouh, not to forget-five Slovenian crews !!

[Tom206wrc]

I just wanted to write the entrylist of Friuli :p :

[Tom206wrc]

In fact on Friuli Rally entrylist crew #7 Daniele Ceccoli/Cristina Biondi will use the 207 S2000 from Sab Motorsport, not the Lancer... ;)

Eighteen S2000s on this event :eek: :D

[Wim_Impreza]

It counts also for the Mitropa Rally Cup. That is the reason why there are 5 Slovenian crews, some Austrian teams and both Gaßner's.

[Ucci]

Yust five days until rally Del Friuli Alpi Orientali starts, as Rossetti was very modest in his performance on Barum, I hope Andreucci will show to him (and others) who is the fastest Italian driver....
But I'm afraid, that the tyres will play very important role-Pirelli's are not known as the best choice on hot tarmac.

[Tom206wrc]

Matteo Gamba replaces Alessio Pisi on the Sab Motorsport 207 S2000 at this week-end's Friuli rally...great news he's a young promising driver(especially using Clio R3) :D