Just browsing some photos from Casentino... It's great to see Snijers' Sierra again :)
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...o18_03/301.JPG
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Just browsing some photos from Casentino... It's great to see Snijers' Sierra again :)
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...o18_03/301.JPG
Congratulations of the Slovene crew Humar-Cevc with the r2 car, which was faster than all home Italian crews in this class, came, saw and won.
Lindholm got 2 punctures, without those fastest non Skoda driver.
True, to beat Italian crews on their home stages, is definitely success to be proud of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by evoIX
Aftera summer break, the Italian WRC championship is going to be contiuined this week-end around Friuli.
The list for modern cars looks more than promissing:
http://www.rallyalpiorientali.it/A18...%20Moderne.pdf
This time Rossetti has no chance for overal victory, Albertini & Corrado Fontana and Manuel Sossela are to strong with their WRC machinery. I hope that Perico will be at least a bit up against Rossetti, otherwise Rossetti has nobody to fight with in R5 class.
And you were right. Albertini and his Ford Fiesta WRC win the rally, Rossetti 4th overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Final results Rally del Friuli Venezia Giulia:
1° Stefano Albertini - Danilo Fappani su Ford Fiesta WRC
2° Corrado Fontana - Nicola Arena su Hyundai i20 WRC a 15.9 secondi
3° Manuel Sossella - Gabriel Falzone su Ford Fiesta WRC a 43.1 secondi
4° Luca Rossetti - Eleonora Mori su Hyundai i20 R5 a 43.7 secondi
5° Paolo Porro - Paolo Cargnelutti su Ford Fiesta WRC a 44.4 secondi
6° Alessandro Perico - Mauro Turati su Skoda Fabia R5 a 1 minuto e 51,9 secondi
7° Andrea Carella - Enrico Bracco su Peugeot 208 R5 a 3 minuti e 33,2 secondi
8° Lorenzo Della Casa - Luca Beltrame su Ford Fiesta WRC a 6 minuti e 25,3 secondi
9° Matteo Daprà - Fabio Adrian su Skoda Fabia S2000 a 7 minuti e 42 secondi
10° Giampaolo Bizzotto - Sandra Tommasini su Peugeot 207 S2000 a 7 minuti e 52,5 secondi
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...shakedown2.jpg
The next round of Italian rally championship is Rally Adriatico. This rally will see a comeback of the famous pair Andreucci/Andreussi, after their serious crash before Rally di Roma. Entry list is here:
https://www.rallylink.it/pdf/2018/adriatico_2018.pdf
This event has a coeff.1,5, therefore special atention for Cempedelli and Scandola is required-they can not afford retirement. Andreucci will sweep the stages (Nb.1), so he can only dream winning it. Scandola is a clear favorite, this time he has even advantage in tyres (D-Mack).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
This is so good news the return of Anna :bounce:
Interesting to see Eerik Pietarinen back as "teammate" of Ucci ;)
Emil Lindholm leads after SS3 with Hyundai, very good start from him.
Lindholm had a small crash at a chicane.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2018/?s=198061
impressive times from Lindholm
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2018/?s=198064
Pietarinen off https://twitter.com/rallyssimo/statu...59493550600192
Lindholm out of road,but managed to come back without damages.Watch how far the road he went
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/index...o-2018?start=0
Surprise surprise! Umberto Scandola wins Rally Adriatico and takes the lead in the Italian championship!
Classifica CIR assoluta ad una prova dal termine:
1. Umberto Scandola 57.5 punti
2. Paolo Andreucci 57.0 punti
3. Simone Campedelli 52,0 punti
4. Andrea Crugnola 45,0 punti
Andreucci rolled his car:
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...co/ucciout.jpg
My god, I can't belive-Andreucci lost control while driving on the last stage, damaged the car, lost a lot of time, lost places.....luckly he finished the stage....stupid....
As I predicted Umby Scandola won the event, now he is in the lead of the championship!
The only relief to Andreucci is a fact, that on the last C.I.R event (Due Valli) Scandola will be without any chance to win because he is driving on D-Mack.
Interesting fact - first 4 drivers with 4 different tyres :)
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2018/?s=198070
The last round of Italian rally championship, Rally Due Valli (Rally of Two Valleys), will be held on October 12-13. This event will decide who is Italian champion for this year. Four drivers still have a chance for the title - Scandola, Andreucci, Campedelli and Crugnola.
Interesting fact - the return of Luca Rossetti in Hyundai i20 R5.
Entry list:
https://www.rallylink.it/pdf/2018/duevalli_cir.pdf
Current standings:
http://www.rallylink.it/pdf/classifiche/2018/cir.pdf
Rosseti leads after 2 stages with hyundai i20 r5
http://www.cronocarservice.it/tempor...ew.asp?stage=8
Campedelli retired with electric problems,
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...li/campe11.jpg
Pollara had a dangerous accident,both they are ok
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...otopollara.jpg
https://www.rallylink.it/cms16/image...li/pollara.jpg
After SS3 Rossetti still leads.
http://www.acisport.it/watermarked_t..._shakedown.jpg
Rosseti still faster
https://www.ewrc-results.com/results...2018/?s=200503
Just two stages to go....and Scandola with diferential troubles.
Andreucci for 11th time Italian champion.
C.I.R. 2018 is over. The champion again Paolo Andreucci. Deep respect for this achivement!
This year Paolo was lucky, after the first half of the season it looked that the crown is going to be ''a piece of cake'', but than came accidents & retairements and Scandola was leading. In addition it must be said, that Simone Cempedelli is faster than Paolo, althoug a lot of ''strange'' technical troubles prevented Simone to fight for the championship.
About competitiveness of P208R5 compare to Fabia and now even i20 is not worth to discuss (almost like a chariot to a car). So, a very tactical approach in the last race made the 11th crown possible.
So, Andreucci's aaccomplishments will remain forever in the history of Italian racing, no doubt about that.
IMO-I hope Paolo will stop with rallying, at his age (53) he has nothing to prove anymore; if he say ''goodbye'' at the peak of his success, it would be best decision.
elaborate please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Rally Due Valli
https://scontent.flju1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...=5C14C5C2&dl=1
wow! howcan be sure that only Campedelli would cut ?Quote:
Originally Posted by NoFear85
Cempedeli reteired already on the 1st stage du to electrical problems...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
so which are the strange problems as you said he retired?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Cempedelli - Rally Roma Capitale: broken rear axle-shaft already on the 1st (city) stage, without touching anythingQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
- Due Valli: already mentioned weird electrical problem (car just shot-down in the stage)
Crungola (also Fiesta R5): - Targa Florio: broken wheel hub on the 4th stage
For the car, which is in production for five years, if I'm correct; those troubles are strange....
i dont see something strange
It is you.....Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Let's not be conspirationists. Campedelli has never proved to be faster than Ucci which is 52yrs and drive an inferior car and still was faster.
Campedelli and his team manager have moaned all year long but the fact is that they have been slower and they should first blame themselves.
I really don't like all these polemics every year. CIR could have been a wonderful show but it's ruined by people trying to sabotage each other both in the stages and outside the cars.
Organization should think how to revive and innovate a sport and a federation who is stopped at 20 years ago (hell even 50yrs old driver are still faster. Rossetti won the rally and Ucci the championship, this must mean something...). Instead they are only good to keep their chairs safe. It's a pity because in terms of athletes, roads and show the championship is one of the best among the nationals.
quite the opposite.Only you see ''strange'' problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Congrats to Ucci/Ussi and Peugeot Italy; it’s fantastic to see how PI managed to turn the 208 into a competitive and reliable car, while the ERC official team is still struggling after so many years. Btw, nice show from Rossetti; will he be full time in next year CIR?
No, it's not strange.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
Broken driveshaft or any part of the drive-train mostly happens during starts from zero or 1st gear acceleration. If a part is deffective (espceially if it's a new part) it can happen already in the first stage. That's nothing strange. In fact it happen pretty often and a city stage is exactly the place where driveshafts get extremely loaded.
Electrical problems is something what happens. don't see anything strange here.
Broken wheel hub was a pretty common issue for Fiestas during the summer. Some wheel hubs were defective. The same happened all over the Europe. For example to Pech and Černý on Barum.
Dimviii is right. There is absolutely nothing strange to be seen here. Just take down the tinfoil hat.
I read somewhere that Campedelli's team manager said that he hit a stone that was prepared for him on one of the rallies a few weeks ago. He reportedly threatened the Italian federation to withdraw his team from the championship if such things continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ucci
First, I follow C.I.R very close for almost 20 years and in the last two seasons Simone was always faster than Ucci. Which is normaly because of the car(but technical problems and drivers errors hampered his standing in the C.I.R)...and I'm not going to proof you with checking the 2018 results(do it by yourselve).Quote:
Originally Posted by AL14
Second, of course was Roxys faster than Ucci....Ucci was driving for thr championship, it would be very stupid to fight with Roxy. And even i20 is a space shuttle (Roxy drove all last modifications; he admited that the car progressed extremly) compare to old P208.
This is what I was talking about, it apparently happened during Rally di Roma Capitale:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
http://www.rallyssimo.it/2018/07/23/...il-campionato/