21 stage x 314 km
Cerimonial start + street stage in Olbia
Cerimonial finish in Alghero
https://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/...edizione-2022/
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21 stage x 314 km
Cerimonial start + street stage in Olbia
Cerimonial finish in Alghero
https://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/...edizione-2022/
Sassari-Argentiera returns as the power stage. Tergu-Osilo (reversed) and Monte Baranta also returns. All stages (except SSS1) are familiar from the last 2-3 years.
Service park in Alghero, right?
EDIT: ah found it, yes it is.
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc...une-encounter/
Route changes
- Osilo-Tergu and Castelsardo moved from Saturday to Friday
- Erula-Tula and Tempio Pausania moved from Friday to Saturday
- Only tyre zone, no service on Saturday noon
- Sunday opening stage is now Cala Flumini (like from 2014 to 2020) instead of Monte Baranta
When could we have maps for this rally, and Croatia WRC on rally-maps.com?
Well, when they publish something :D The website says Sardegna maps should be out at the beginning of May. For Croatia, it should be 21th March so next week.
Hi all!
My wife and I are going for the first time to Sardegna. Really looking forward to it as it's my first gravel event.
I believe this rally is free of charge for spectators?
If you guys have some nice spots, lets say within 30min walk from the parking, please let me know (if possible with GPS coordinates).
Thank you,
Glenn
Hi Glenn, I went in 2018, it is free to spectators but if you can afford a gold pass it's worth it's weight in gold if you want priority parking without walking kms uphill in the Sardinian sun just to get to the stage, or be sure to get to the stages very early. I drove past kms of cars on some stages and I aim to get there early. Check if this is still the case and you might only need one for this purpose but will need one pass per person to use the viewing zones, a bonus on the parking really. Not really needed if you want to pick your own spot anyway. I perched in one zone at the powerstage which was heaving everywhere and I found it all to be a bit meh, gold or no gold.
As for viewing there was a spot on Monti di Ala I found in 2018 where you could see the cars continuously for a couple of minutes, from a spec in the distance to right past you. I imagine from the top of the hill you could see the other way too which would be ridiculous but I didn't feel the need to find out, I was happy. They cut some of it out in recent years so best wait for the route to be published to check/decide, but that was in the general area of 40.654271,9.244137. General pic:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...degna_2018.jpg
Ford Fiesta R2T, Jean-Baptiste Franceschi & Romain Courbon, Rally Italia Sardegna 2018
Hi Stan! Thanks for the spot and info about the gold pass.
The best itinerary format in the WRC.
New route for Cala Flumini, while Tula, Monte Lerno, Monti di Ala and Coiluna Loelle keep changing like every year. Completely new shakedown.
I'm starting to prepare my schedule and searching some places with the onboard on WRC+.
Is there any info available of closed roads and parkings?
I had this info when I went to Germany in the past and this is a big help when making routes from one stage to another.
Can't seem to find this info on their website.
Thanks!
The years I went to sardinia, they used to upload maps of access roads to the stages and spectacle zones very close to the days of the rally ( less than one month if I remember properly).
If you have any questions about the spots don't hesitate to ask, if i can I will help.
Be ambitious with your planning!
Argentiera Power Stage is the place to be. I was there in 2017 (first WRC victory for Tänak), 2018 (Neuville beating Ogier with less than 1 second) and in 2019 (surprise victory for Sordo). This is probably one of the toughest Power Stages, especially last part around the beach with deep sand and loose rocks. But probably one of the most spectator friendly stage too were multiple options are available. The best part is on top of the hill (red color) were you can have multiple view of the cars going around the stage + finish. WRC Sardegna also means a whole lot of dust, it should not be underestimad at all. Being on top of hill means also mostly dust free + the sea breeze is really appreciated. But you can get closer to the action too if you wish for the 2nd pass by closely watching the wind direction. Added bonus is the beach which makes leaving after the rally a less pressing matter ;). Take care, this power stage has nothing to do with Argentiera, for navigating you need Porto Palmas, that is the name of the beach Attachment 2271
Here is map of the final loop for the Argentiera Power Stage in 2022, the yellow marker is a larger open field used as public parking just a few hundred meters from the stage. As said before come early to avoid most of the traffic, I usually was already on the stage between 7:00 and 7:30 am, action begins around 9:00 amAttachment 2272
The Argentiera stage is also the SS closed to Alghero (if you are based there) with the most beautiful WRC service park scenery and background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKS-3VCWDus check 5:55 to 6:08 in the video: that is the fast downhill section towards the final beach road section, either depending the wind diretion you can sit close to the left or the right of this section. 6:47 to 7:30 gives you the view from the top of the hill when the cars are entering the final loop section of the stage (some corner are blocked from this view but most action can be seen until the finish)
Fantalist
Rally1
Loubet, Fourmaux, Breen and Greensmith (Puma rally1)
Katsuta, Lappi, Evans and Kalle (Yaris rally1)
Sordo, Tanak and Neuville (Hyundai I20 rally2)
Wrc2
Lefebvre, Camilli, Rossel, Solans (Citroën c3 rally2)
Pietarinen, Al Rashed, Kaur, Linnamae (Polo Gti R5)
Mikkelsen, Bulacia, Ingram, Bulacia, Fernandez, Gryazin, Miele, Loix, Covi, Arengi, Biolghini, Nobre, Marczyk, Kajto, serderidis (Skoda)
Solberg, Suninen, Zaldivar, McErlean, Campagnoli (i20 rally2)
Prokop, Huttunen (fiesta rally2)
Marrone (208T16)
Wrc3
Cerny, Brazzoli (fiesta rally3)
Entry list is out
https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries...sardegna-2022/
Sami Pajari and Luke Anear are surprises. Dominguez Jr. in Rally3 and Eduard Pons in Rally2 too.
WRC2 - Sami Pajari debut at the Rally Italia Sardegna. The Finn, after the first 3 appointments in wrc3 with the Ford Fiesta Rally3, will officially make his debut in the superior category aboard the Skoda Fabia Rally2 managed by TokSport. "It is a really nice rally, but done with a powerful car, I can't wait to do my first Rally2 event and drive around the world. I don't set myself goals, but of course I would like to see an increase in pace."
see the livery of the car here with original Italian arcticle of rallyssimo.it https://www.rallyssimo.it/2022/05/10...alia-sardegna/
https://itgetsfasternow.com/2022/05/...sardinia-2022/
Route preview.
Count down for Rally Italia Sardegna 2022 now has truly began: Toksport are the very first to arrive at the Alghero harbour service park.
Attachment 2282
But the most interesting Toksport car was not yet visible: the one for Pajari on his Rally2 debut.
Yet another car run by Toksport. What a huge team they are now compared to a few years ago.
Thanks for this route preview. A work of art. Some additional notes:
SSS1 Olbia – Cabu Abbas => right after the roundabout there is this incredible narrow entry into Via Tirso, seems to be absolutely no margin of error here https://www.google.be/maps/@40.92965...7i13312!8i6656
SS6+8 Osilo – Tergu => last year me and my nephew went by car to assist on this stage in the opposite direction. To our big amazement the stage at Chiesa Santa Maria di Sassalu was still open 3 hours before race time so we decided to take a look with our car on the stage to find the best point of view and eventually found one were we asked permission to a farmer to leave the car at his property. When last rally car finally passed and stage was open again we headed back to our car and drove a big chunk of the freshly razed bedrock road in the actual race direction. Some amazing experience making you a try wanna be WRC driver but passing by the damaged and abandoned cars on the stage made you quickly realize this stage is no fun. The limited time that this stage is closed probably has to do with its common open road status because used by a lot of farmers living in the neighborhood.
Notice board on the official website, already 2 bulletins issued, see https://www.rallyitaliasardegna.com/...board/?lang=en. In Bulleting 2 there are some amendments to the Road Books, RB1: New Layout of SSS1 Olbia - Cabu Abbas.The gravel Area Circo part of the sss is now nicely drawn out:
Attachment 2283
Public service announcement: Also this year FREE BUS service �� for the SS11/13 Erula-Tula.
On Saturday, 4 June, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., it will be possible to reach the Erula-Tula stage with the service set up by the municipality of Tula up to the Turrina Manna jump.
Ample parking at the start of the route.
https://twitter.com/Rally_d_Italia/s...04464681013249
If anyone knows the recce schedule, I’d be glad to have it ;)
Thanks in advance !
Edit : available on the RIS website…
Very high temperatures forecast for the weekend... just what the Rally1 crews dont need after they were already struggling in Portugal.
And not only for the crews but I also fear for the spectators. On Friday they expect 35 degrees in Osilo where the stage has mostly bushes and barely any tree covering. I will have to rethink
https://www.ilmeteo.it/meteo/Osilo
Likely this one
https://youtu.be/AooAOwqq-wc
Any one has stages on Google maps?
anybody out there for the week? give a shout!
Top 5 Reasons to Watch WRC Rally Italia Sardegna 2022 (reason #1 is truly heartwarming :angel:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f-FYxmecwE
Tomorrow taking the flight to Alghero from Barcelona!!!!!
All our power to Neuville!!!
BR
Rally Italia Sardegna WRC 2022 Hyunday Motorport - team praparation before WRC action, Tue 31 May. I have serious doubt when seeing this. One mechanic using duct tape to isolate the internal wheel arches, another mechanic using one arm to fix the suspension and another arm to handle his phone (!) and then this mechanic measuring the suspension and seems to wondering. What a Motley looking crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD0cOG44eEw