[CIR] Rally del Salento 2007

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Today starts the 5th event of CIR 2007.

As all the rallys in Italy, Rally Del Salento will be for sure a nice event, the tarmac roads of Italy and the nice Italian Drivers use to be a nice show :)

For this rally the surprise is the participation of Umberto Scandola in order to prepare his debut in IRC 2007.

Let's see who wins this battle.. traditional GR N cars.. or S2000 :)

I put my money in a S2000... maybe Basso!

Official website
http://www.rallydelsalento.it/

Entry List
http://www.rallydelsalento.it/elenco_iscritti.pdf

Live Results (I hope this results work at this time..)
http://rally.perugiatiming.com/Calendar.asp?p_Anno=2007&p_Codice=2&p_Manifestazione=5

[jure dvorsek]

According to all anouncement, Basso is in a slight better position because of his BfGoodrich-they are better in warm conditions. Salento is in south of Italy, so the temperatures are going to be around 30 Celsius...Andreucci with Pirelli is still my favourite, but not forget also on Rossetti and Perico with P207 S2000.

[animrallye]

Sandro Sottile (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) won't take part at the rally.
After 2 retirement and one 8th place, he didn't start last rally and withdraw for this one.

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Sandro Sottile (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) won't take part at the rally.
After 2 retirement and one 8th place, he didn't start last rally and withdraw for this one.

Why?

Budget problems?

[animrallye]

Official reason is a pain in his back :rolleyes:

[Tom206wrc]

Go on http://www.rallylink.it !!! They often publish early their pics, and there's shakedown at the moment :p :

[HaCo]

Hope Rosetti doesn't break it, he needs his car next weekend!!! :D

[Madeira]

Andrea Dallavilla is the first leader of the competition. He was the fastest tonight in the short SSS.
The true rally only tomorow morning at 9.51am-local time.

http://rally.perugiatiming.com/Calendar.asp?p_Anno=2007&p_Codice=2&p_Manifestazione=5

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Rossetti won the 1st stage of today and now lead the rally with a small advantage over Basso..

Definitely Subarus this season aren't good :(

I suppose Longhi had problems.. but Aghini lost 13.9 sec. it's more than a second per km... really bad pace.

[[Madeira-Rally]]

I don't know exactly what happened but it's confirmed that Longhi retired after today 1st stage :(

Some pics available here ;)
http://www.rallylink.it/salento_img.htm

[jure dvorsek]

]Rossetti won the 1st stage of today and now lead the rally with a small advantage over Basso..

Definitely Subarus this season aren't good :(

I suppose Longhi had problems.. but Aghini lost 13.9 sec. it's more than a second per km... really bad pace.


Well, it is reality about Impreza vs.Evo 9: already after first round of Italian champ. Longi &Aghini said, the gap on dry tarmac is from 0,5 to 1 sec /km in favourite for Evo 9. Only in wet conditions or gravel, suby can go as fast as Evo (see the results of gravel stages-San Marino or Raid Polski). Evo has much more torque than Impreza.

[Madeira]

Longhi has retired!
He had a puncture on SS2 and damaged the radiator

[Tom206wrc]

Great pace by Fabrizio Guerra leading the 2WD and S1600 class :D

[[Madeira-Rally]]

Rossetti is going very well!
He won all today stages!

[animrallye]

After SS4 :

Rossetti (207) 25'55"2
Basso (Abarth) +10"8
Andreucci (Lancer) +11"1
Perico (207) +23"8
Gamba (Lancer) +27"3
Aghini (Impreza) +33"4
Cantamessa (Lancer) +37"2
Dallavilla (Lancer) +48"0

[Tom206wrc]

Perico is doing a fine job too in his Pirelli backed 207... ;)

[Wim_Impreza]

At this moment Ivan Paire is leading the S1600. I hope Scandola can doing some better times in the next stages.

[[Madeira-Rally]]

The next stages should be delayed because Gatti's accident. He rolled the car and and they call an ambulance.. but it's everything ok with the crew.

[Tom206wrc]

End of Leg 1(after SS11)... ;)

Rossetti finished leg as leader and get a 32s gap with Basso before day two's 6 final stages... :up:

Alessandro Perico made several mistakes and lost his 4th position to Andrea Aghini :mark:

Paolo Andreucci did a stunning time in SS10(7s faster than "Rox") but lost double of time(14s) with a mistake in the short SS11 :s

[animrallye]

After Leg 1 :

Rossetti (207) 1:17'27"8
Basso (Abarth) +32"1
Aghini (Impreza) +1'24"2
Perico (207) +1'33"9
Cantamessa (Lancer) +1'34"9
Andreucci (Lancer) +1'41"1
Gamba (Lancer) +1'45"1
Dallavilla (Lancer) +2'02"3

[animrallye]

:dozey:
First way on the longest stage of the rally canceled (30 km) !
Too much delay... (33').

[Madeira]

Seeing the standings after SS14 I think the podium is decided now, but until the end we will have a big fight between Aghini, Perico, Cantamessa and Gamba!

[Tom206wrc]

That would be a FANTASTIC victory for Luca Rossetti, Matteo Chiarcossi and the Peugeot-Sport Italia team :up:



And just a week before they go to Ypres(IRC event) :p :

[HaCo]

Yep very nice of Rosetti... :)

Hope he shows the same pace in Ypres, he will need it. ;)

[Madeira]

It's confirmed, Rossetti's win!
Perico off road in SS16, crew is ok.

[Madeira]

After this rally the overall standings of Italian Championship:

1. Basso 34
2. Andreucci 32
3. Rossetti 31
4. Cantamessa 20
5. Longhi 17

Mitsubishi 40
Fiat 32
Peugeot 28
Subaru 27

[jure dvorsek]

Well done Rossetti! His first win in general ranking for national championship.And now Ypres-we will see what he can do-remeber, this is not Italy, he knows those stages very well, but Ypres is new for him.