Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
But I'm curious about Tempestini. He's shown good pace lately and he's doing a good job both in ERC and in JWRC. But know what? He drives mostly with romanian flag. It has been "raised" in his career with the help of romanian federation (his father has a company there if I remember well, and I think he his somewhat romanian too, but he's italian in a first instance). That is way far from french mentality and way far from golden ages in '70s and '80s. In summary, do not expect italian world champions for near future.
Tempestini's family is living in Romania for a long time. And Simone is starting with romanian licence from beginning. I dont know how much romanian federation was helping him, but most of the budget is found by his father. And the whole Napoca Rally Academy is not supporting only him, but also other drivers, like for example Florin Tincescu in JERC...