Italian Rally News

**Ucci** · 14th October 2018, 15:32

Originally Posted by dimviii

so which are the strange problems as you said he retired?

Cempedelli - Rally Roma Capitale: broken rear axle-shaft already on the 1st (city) stage, without touching anything
- 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....

**dimviii** · 14th October 2018, 15:40

i dont see something strange

**Ucci** · 14th October 2018, 15:47

Originally Posted by dimviii

i dont see something strange

It is you.....

**AL14** · 14th October 2018, 15:53

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.

**dimviii** · 14th October 2018, 16:02

Originally Posted by Ucci

It is you.....

quite the opposite.Only you see ''strange'' problems.

**Rally Power** · 14th October 2018, 16:05

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?

**Mirek** · 14th October 2018, 16:08

Originally Posted by Ucci

Cempedelli - Rally Roma Capitale: broken rear axle-shaft already on the 1st (city) stage, without touching anything
- 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....

No, it's not strange.

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.

**Jarek Z** · 14th October 2018, 16:57

Originally Posted by Ucci

Cempedelli - Rally Roma Capitale: broken rear axle-shaft already on the 1st (city) stage, without touching anything
- 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 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.

**Ucci** · 14th October 2018, 19:35

Originally Posted by AL14

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.
(hell even 50yrs old driver are still faster. Rossetti won the rally and Ucci the championship, this must mean something...).

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).
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.

**Jarek Z** · 14th October 2018, 21:27

Originally Posted by Jarek Z

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.

This is what I was talking about, it apparently happened during Rally di Roma Capitale:
http://www.rallyssimo.it/2018/07/23/...il-campionato/