Italian Rally News

[liposh]

Could somebody from Italy explain to me why there are two such championships alongside in Italy? There is Italian IRC and this new C.I.WRC championship. Where are pros and cons of these two championships in comparison? Which one is better? To be honest I am little bit lost :-)

[Mirek]

There used to be only one championship in Italy - Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.). Now Tropheo Rally Asfalto (T.R.A.) was re-branded to championship so they have two. All the rest is trophies and cups (dozens). Czech republic has 6x less citizen and maybe 10x less rally events despite that we (Czechs) have 2 championships as well and in 2007 we had even 3. Basically it's same like here. The intenational championship has better driver quality but the national one has WRC, national or old cars allowed. The Italian IRC is just a cup of minor importance.

I don't count any historic events...

[Ucci]

There used to be only one championship in Italy - Campionato Italiano Rally (C.I.R.). Now Tropheo Rally Asfalto (T.R.A.) was re-branded to championship so they have two. All the rest is trophies and cups (dozens). Czech republic has 6x less citizen and maybe 10x less rally events despite that we (Czechs) have 2 championships as well and in 2007 we had even 3. Basically it's same like here. The intenational championship has better driver quality but the national one has WRC, national or old cars allowed. The Italian IRC is just a cup of minor importance.

I don't count any historic events...

I wouldn't consider Italian IRC so unimportant-main ''attraction'' are quite high money incentives, drivers like Longhi, Sossela, F.Re, Corrado Fontana, Albertini, Crungola, Michelini (and many more...) were or are still competing in this series...and yes, most important-WRC, S1600, kit-car's, A8...everything is permitted...

[Mirek]

By minor I meant that it's not a championship. It doesn't give the winner a champion title.

[Ucci]

Mille Miglia has been finished, the former winner of this series Luca Pedersoli won it by a very small margin (less than 3 seconds) in front of Marco Signor. I'm a bit disappointed over Sossella pace, with his huge WRC experience I thought he will be in a fight for victory. Last year champoin P.Porro (first time in C4 WRC) retired. Again very good result of a young S.Albertini-he finished on the 9th position with a ''tinny'' P208 R2.

[Tom206wrc]

Tomorrow monday for the entrylist of Rally Sanremo

[nafpaktos]

Is there any web site where we can follow the italian championsips.english of course.
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[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist Sanremo available !!!

[Tom206wrc]

Is there any web site where we can follow the italian championsips.english of course.
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Sorry, none in english, but my favourite is http://www.rallylink.it/home_it.htm
You can ask questions in English on their forum

[pino]

http://www.acisanremo.it/rallysanrem...definitivo.pdf

Sanremo entry list