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For what concern Andreucci, he found a quad in S.S. 11 and hit it.
No one was uninjured in the accident.
And in S.S. 8 he had a puncture and change the wheel in less than 2 minutes! :o

Well well, next important rally in Italy will be della Marca(TRA, tarmac championship...another win for Felice Re :p : )and then a week later the IRC round, Rally Sardegna :bounce:

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Originally Posted by Tom206wrc

Well well, next important rally in Italy will be della Marca(TRA, tarmac championship...another win for Felice Re :p : )and then a week later the IRC round, Rally Sardegna :bounce:

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Indeed Tom, you are reading my minds.....go Felice, go.....

http://www.marcaracing.it/2010/documenti/Iscritti.pdf

Re , Pede , Porro , Silva , Gasparotto , bla bla ,..... De Luna :)

Tom must be happy: Alessio Pisi is now in a 207 S2000 and not more in the Punto. Good entry list with a lot of different cars.

A pity for de Luna that he has only #78. I hope that he starts earlier for the spectators.

Pisi already drove 207 this year in a few rallies ;)

Yes, but not in the TRA I think. ;)

Pisi drove 207 in all TRA rounds this year.

In all TRA rounds so far ;)

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Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze

]Tarabus's Fiesta is way faster than the Punto. Just ask him and he will tell You. The reason why there was almost same gap is mostly in much harder road conditions this year and also because Kresta's car was meanwhile reasonably upgraded.

Problem of Punto is that it is old design which is slow anywhere else than on mediteranean type twisty roads on which it was born. It has weak engine with not enough torque, old-style suspension with very small suspesnion travel (especially compared to Fiesta or Fabia) or Öhlins shock absorbers which are not that good as Reiger.

Basso and Rossetti are able of some results with Punto only because they are exceptional drivers. If Punto was good someone would still use it but most of them are sold for low prices and almost noone use it outside Italy.

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I was quite surprised when I learnt that Adriatico was a gravel event. I saw the results last week but only just saw the photos... I thought the Punto was only any good on tarmac, but I have to agree with your comments because Rossetti is a very good gravel driver too and the roads in Adriatico look pretty smooth.