Rally di Roma Capitale 2018

[tc10a]

Stage canceled... So far it's been pretty bad from organization point of view :-(

Very bad and after the recent eventful rallys very boring event too so long. Should use iconic Sanremo in Italy instead.

The interest in the forum seems also very limited.

[dimviii]

Stage canceled... So far it's been pretty bad from organization point of view :-(

also delay for ss 10


Scheduled time first contestant: 11:02

After the cancellation of the first ps of the day, the ps.9, we remain in the act of knowing the new departure time of what will be the first test of the day, the ps.10 Monastery.

The new test schedule should be 11:30

[dimviii]

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Timetable update.

SS 10 will run at 11.30
SS11 will run at 12.10

[Fast Eddie WRC]

First stage cancelled, second delayed... looks like they waited for me to get online !

[tc10a]

And now no times, only quotes?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

BTW I saw this photo of an i20 R5 which I didnt realise was on the rally...



Who is this guy, Kevin Gilardoni, and why is he so slow ?

[Jarek Z]

I think that maybe also the Italian scene has somehow stalled through the last few years.

Yes, it's possible, most top Italian drivers are much over 30 or even 40, but it doesn't explain the fact that only last year they were faster than top ERC crews. I have just found my comparison of stage times from last year. Crugnola was wiining stages and this year he is down in the 13th position. So last year the Italians were faster and just one year later so much slower. What has changed since last year?

I was very curious about it, so I made a small comparison of stage times for both championships. In general top 3 drivers from Italian championship (Campedelli, Scandola and Crugnola) were slightly faster than ERC drivers. Only on SS4 and SS5 Lukyanuk was faster than all the Italians.

Kalle Rovanpera was slower than top ERC drivers (Bouffier, Kajetanowicz and Lukyanuk) on nearly every stage.

Comparison between stage winners in ERC and CIR:

SS1 Gryazin 1:47.9, Scandola 1:46.0
SS2 Lukyanuk 8:21.7, Crugnola 8:20.4
SS3 Bouffier 15:09.5, Crugnola 14:52.6
SS4 Lukyanuk 7:34.8, Campedelli 7:44.0
SS5 Lukyanuk 8:17.2, Scandola 8:24.0
SS6 Bouffier 15:14.7, stage canceled for Italian championship

SS7 Kajto 21:15.4, Campedelli 21:07.2
SS8 Kajto 5:12.9, Scandola 5:06.9
SS9 Kajto 6:45.1, Campedelli 6:37.2
SS10 Bouffier 20:26.7, Campedelli 20:13.1
SS11 Suarez 5:02.2, Andreucci 5'00.6
SS12 Bouffier 6:38.1, Campedelli 6'35.4

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Andreucci cant be quite the same after the crash, plus a different co-driver.

But Campedelli was right up there til his technical and Scandola wasnt bad. Basso is still pushing Lukyanuk.

[Jarek Z]

He has a new codriver, a cracked vertebrae and all of his CIR opponents are behind him, so I think he has no reason to push.

Yes, the situation in the Italian championship seems very comfortable for Ucci and that is the only thing he cares about:
http://www.rallylink.it/pdf/classifiche/2018/cir.pdf

[Mirek]

So last year the Italians were faster and just one year later so much slower. What has changed since last year?

I think this year it's second time for ERC Last year it was new for them.