Das erste Training auf dem wiedereröffneten Red Bull Ring wurde
absolviert. Mit David Freiburghaus fuhr ein weiter LO Rookie auf die Pole
Position.
David Freiburghaus, der in seiner ersten Saison bei der LO formel lista
junior am Start ist, verwies die Konkurrenten im LO-Startfeld auf die
Plätze. In der letzten Runde des Qualifying fuhr er mit einer Zeit von
1:39.567 auf die Pole zum 3. Meisterschaftslauf der LO flj.
ROSSETTI PULLS AWAY WHILE BETTI INCREASES THE GAP FROM LONGHI
With a bright end to the second day, which had its peak in the fantastic performance amongst a crowd of spectators on the special stage in the town of Opatija (derived from the old circuit). Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi (Abarth) have stretched their led to a reassuring margin of one minute ahead of Luca Betti and Maurizio Barone (Peugeot). The latter, after a great day in which he also won two stages, has in turn gained the same advantage over Piero Longhi. The former Italian champion Italy managed to regain third place overall towards the end of the day, but he will have to with the predictable reaction of Polish Maciej Oleksowicz (Ford) who pursues him, only 6"6 behind.
Behind them, firmly in fifth is Bulgarian Iliev (Skoda), while the fight for sixth place sees Ruta (winner of a stage in the second day), Tlustak (Skoda) and Pulic (Abarth) enclosed in less than 30 seconds.
Andrea Dallavilla’s day had an unlucky epilogue: The leader in Gr.N and ninth overall after the last special stage was forced to retire in the final service due to an engine overheating problem.
Among the 2-wheel drive cars Rok Turk (Peugeot 207 R3T) continues to lead in the European Championship category, ahead of Giovanni Vergnano (Fiat Grande Punto R3D).
Performance wise, Croatian Juraj Sebali (Mitsubishi) is still outstanding, almost always among the top 5 overall, although he is far behind in the standings because of the nearly 20′ he lost first when he hit a rock in the first day, and for a puncture in the second.
Standings after Day 2: 1. Rossetti 1.45’53.4; 2. Betti + 1’00.2; 3. Longhi + 1’53.1; 4. Oleksowicz + 1’59.7; 5. Iliev + 3’05.8; 6. Ruta + 4’56.7; 7. Tlustak + 5’09.6; 8. Pulic + 5’23.3; 9. Rzenzik + 6’18.1; 10. Turk-Kranjc + 10’37.9.
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
Temperatur Strecke: 34,4°C
Temperatur Luft: 27,2 °C
Die Pole-Position für den 70. Grand Prix de Pau, der gleichzeitig der dritte Wertungslauf der neuen FIA Formula 3 International Trophy ist, ging an den Deutschen Marco Wittmann (Signature, 1:10,572 Minuten). Der Signature-Pilot benötigte für den 2,76 Kilometer kurzen Stadtkurs 0,095 Sekunden länger als Carlos Muñoz (Signature, 1:10,667 Minuten), der den zweiten Platz belegte. Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam, 1:10,833 Minuten) reihte sich als Dritter ein; sein Landsmann Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam, 1:10,941 Minuten), aktueller Tabellenführer der FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, folgte auf Platz vier.
Nach der ersten Hälfte lag noch Roberto Merhi in Führung, doch er konnte die Spitzenposition nicht halten. Zunächst schob sich Daniel Juncadella vorbei an Merhi. Wenig später musste sich Juncadella Marco Wittmann geschlagen geben und auch Carlos Muñoz zog an ihm vorbei. Den Erfolg des Teams Signature machten Daniel Abt (Signature, 1:10,998 Minuten) und Laurens Vanthoor (Signature, 1:11,043 Minuten) mit ihren Positionen fünf und sechs perfekt. Damit qualifizierten sich nur Fahrer der Formel 3 Euro Serie für die ersten drei Startreihen des traditionellen Grand Prix de Pau, der Abstand vom führenden Wittmann zu Vanthoor auf Rang sechs betrug weniger als eine halbe Sekunde.
Marco Wittmann (Signature): Ich freue mich riesig, bei meinem ersten Rennen in Pau gleich auf der Pole-Position zu stehen. Wir haben eine gute Basis-Abstimmung und ich fühle mich auf dieser Strecke sehr wohl. Im ersten Qualifying lag ich noch knapp hinter meinem Teamkollegen Carlos Muñoz, aber ich wusste, dass ich noch schneller fahren kann.
Carlos Muñoz (Signature): Nach dem ersten Qualifying war ich noch ganz vorne, nun bin ich knapp hinter meinem Teampartner Marco Wittmann Zweiter. Nachdem ich in den ersten Rennen der Formel 3 Euro Serie immer Probleme mit dem Qualifying hatte, bin ich über den zweiten Platz wirklich glücklich.
Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam): Nach Platz sechs im ersten Qualifying war ich etwas verärgert. Deshalb bin ich umso erleichterter und glücklicher, nun Dritter zu sein. Morgen wird der Start der Schlüssel zum Erfolg sein, da Überholen hier besonders schwierig ist.
ROSSETTI IS STILL LEADING, BETTI AND RUTA ARE THE STARS
While we wait for the grand finale of the second day, culminating in the final special stage in the city of Rijeka, Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi with the Abarth Grande Punto S2000 are still in the lead of the overall standings, but their advantage has been reduced by a few seconds since this morning, although they are still safe thanks to a new best stage time on SS 8.
Thanks mainly to Luca Betti (Peugeot 207) – the fastest on the second stage – but also to a mistake of the reigning European Champion (a spin on the same stage after having won the first one) and to a not-perfect set-up choice by Piero Longhi. Longhi had a difficult day, as he fell from second to fourth place.
Remarkable performances of Polish Szymon Ruta, who set a fastest stage time on SS7 gaining two positions in the overall standings.
Another leap forward for Andrea Dallavilla, who passed Polish Rzeznik (Subaru R4).
Among the 2-wheel drive cars still an excellent performance of Slovenian Rok Turk, who with the Peugeot 207 R3T leads ahead of Italian Giovanni Vergnano (Fiat Grande Punto R3D) for the European 2WD standings.
Another great performance for Croatian Niko Pulic, who, although he is transparent for the European championship standings (as well as the other Croatian driver Dobrila, like all the competitors entered for the sole purpose of the Croatian championship), occupies the seventh position overall behind Ruta and before Czech Tlustak.
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
Though Robert Dahlgren’s normally-aspirated Volvo C30 was outpaced by the turbo cars in Monza, the Swedish driver and Volvo Polestar Racing were satisfied after the Italian event.
"It was our best race weekend so far looking at the steps we have taken forward with the car," said Dahlgren.
Christian Dahl, Managing Director of Volvo Polestar Racing explained: "It was very useful for us to complete both races and we have got loads of new data to analyze."
Compared to the lap times set last year at Monza, when most of the teams used normally-aspirated engines, Dahlgren was only two tenths away from the fastest laps.
"The car keeps getting better and better. We have definitely improved the chassis in both qualifying and race conditions. We are really pleased with the first three race meetings of this development season," said Dahlgren. "It is going to be really interesting in the next event, because the Hungaroring is new to everyone in the championship. The track is twisty and should suit our car much better than Monza."
Robert Dahlgren’s Volvo C30 fighting for mid-field positions at Monza
POULSEN LEADS THE YOKOHAMA TROPHY
Kristian Poulsen and Norbert Michelisz shared victories at Monza in the Yokohama Trophies, with Darryl O’Young claiming one third and one second. The battle for the top positions in the Trophy is incredibly close.
Poulsen has scored three race wins so far in his Liqui Moly BMW 320 TC, one in each event, and managed to build a small gap; the Dane leads with 45 points, 12 ahead of the trio formed by Michelisz (Zengö Dension Team BMW), Darryl O’Young (bamboo-engineering Chevrolet) and Javier Villa (Proteam Racing BMW) who have won one race apiece.
Poulsen’s team mate Franz Engstler has been very consistent so far and lies fifth, 21 points behind the leader, but still did not manage to win a race.
Other drivers have proved to be competitive, but lacked luck so far, like Michel Nykjær and Fredy Barth (both SUNRED SEAT) and Mehdi Bennani (Proteam Racing BMW) who scored only a few points in Monza.
Kristian Poulsen, Norbert Michelisz and Darryl O’Young on the podium
From 2011, thanks to the efforts of Ellegy Ltd. and Motors TV, rally enthusiast from all over the world can now follow on TV the events of the European Rally Championship.
Ellegy will film and produce the magazines of the 2011 calendar events, all in High Definition, taking care of the internet promotion as well, offering all the magazines for free in HD streaming.
From Saturday May 28 the Magazine will be online in HD on Ellegy.com and Rally-ERC.com.
TV Schedule 38. Croatia Rally
MotorsTV (Europe):
– Friday May 27 at 22:31, 06:35
– Saturday May 28 at 8:30, 12:36, 22:32
– Sunday May 29 at 19:04, 22:57
– Monday May 30 at 11:45
MotorsTV (UK):
– Friday May 27 at 22:35, 05:32
– Saturday May 28 at 10:04, 21:32
– Sunday May 29 at 18:56, 01:12
– Monday May 30 at 10:35
MotorsTV (France):
– Friday May 27 at 22:03
– Sunday May 29 at 09:49, 02:04
– Monday May 30 at 19:47
– Tuesday May 31 at 05:44
– Thursday June 2 at 11:53, 01:13
Primocanale Sky 595 (Italy):
– Friday May 27 at 20:00 and 22:30
PrimocanaleSport (DDT-Liguria) and Primocanale.it (Simul Cast):
– Thursday May 26 at 19:30
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
Croatia Rally started under the banner of the European champions Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi, who with their Grande Punto Abarth with Michelin tires have dominated the first leg winning all the four special stages run.
Renato Travaglia was immediately forced to retire due to an engine problem to his Skoda, the fight for second place was between Piero Longhi (Skoda) and Luca Betti (Peugeot), who took turns behind the Abarth driver and ended the leg divided by just two tenths of a second: an important gap because this gave 2 more points more (for the leg results) to Longhi in the European championship standings.
In the wake of the three Italians are Polish Oleksowicz (Ford) and Bulgarian Iliev (Skoda), while the first local driver, Croatian Niko Pulic is sixth. Andrea Dallavilla (9 th overall) leads in Gr.N and is very close to Maciej Rzeznik (Subaru R4), while Slovenian Rok Turk with the Peugeot 207 R3T leads between the 2 wheel drive cars.
It is worth mentioning the great start of Juraj Sebalj (Mitsubishi): the three-time winner of the race was fifth overall after the first two special stages, but lost 12′ on the third test.
Also noteworthy is the fact that Mauro Patrucco (Mitsubishi) lost a lot of time on the last special stage last night due to a malfunction of his lamp pods.
Luca Rossetti: Everything is going very well. I also took this opportunity to try out some alternative solutions in view of my next event in the Italian championship, the Targa Florio, which has an itinerary and a surface similar to today’s stages".
Piero Longhi: The set-up is not completely right, but I am satisfied.
Niko Pulic: It is my first race this year and I do not know the car well: I am extremely happy with my result.
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
The President of the Republic of Croatia Ivo Josipovic wanted to greet the protagonists of Rally Croatia before the start of the race. The President arrived in the town centre of Rijeka at 12.30, at the end of the shakedown, and spent about half an hour with the drivers in the start podium area.
His visit has honoured the drivers and the organizers, and that is even more significant since the president found the way and the time to be in Rijeka despite the international institutional commitments set for the afternoon in the Croatian capital.
In the afternoon the Mayor of Rijeka, Vojko Obersnel, waved the start flag to Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi, who opened the list of starters tackling today the first 4 stages of the competition with a return in Rijeka from 22.59.
Three entered drivers have not started. Michal Solowow due to the unavailability of the Mitsubishi Lancer R4, and also Frenchman Cyril Vosalho (Subaru Impreza) and Slovenian Uric Petric (Citroen C2)
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
Streckenlänge: 2,76 Kilometer
Rundenrekord F3ES: 1:11,353 Minuten / Lewis Hamilton 2005
Distanz: 35 Runden
Sieger 2008: James Jakes / Edoardo Mortara
Nach einer Pause von einem Jahr wird am kommenden Wochenende wieder der Grand Prix de Pau ausgetragen. Auf der nur 2,76 Kilometer kurzen, aber sehr engen und selektiven Strecke durch das südfranzösische Pau bestreiten die Youngster der Formel 3 den dritten Lauf der neuen FIA Formula 3 International Trophy. Als Tabellenführer fährt Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam) an den Fuß der Pyrenäen. Daniel Abt (Signature) und Daniel Juncadella (Prema Powerteam) teilen sich nach zwei Auftaktrennen, die drei Wochen vor dem Grand Prix de Pau im Rahmen der Formel 3 Euro Serie auf dem Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg stattfanden, punktgleich den zweiten Rang.
Von der Formel 3 Euro Serie werden insgesamt sieben Fahrer am diesjährigen Grand Prix de Pau teilnehmen, der eine lange Tradition hat. Neben Merhi, Abt und Juncadella stellen sich auch Laurens Vanthoor (Signature), Carlos Muñoz (Signature), Kimiya Sato (Team Motopark) und Marco Wittmann (Signature) dem Wettbewerb. Außerdem bringt das Team Motopark Tom Dillmann an den Start. Alle außer Wittmann und Dillmann sind auch für die FIA Formula 3 International Trophy eingeschrieben, in der die drei Erstplatzierten der Gesamtwertung am Ende der Saison die Formel-1-Superlizenz erhalten.
Die Formel 3 Euro Serie war zuletzt 2008 in Pau. Damals gelang dem aktuellen DTM-Piloten Edoardo Mortara der erste Triumph eines Volkswagen-Motors in der Geschichte der Euro Serie. Der Brite James Jakes, der mittlerweile in die amerikanische IndyCar-Serie aufgestiegen ist, entschied das turbulente erste Rennen des Pau-Wochenendes 2008 für sich.
Daniel Abt (Signature): Ich war zwar noch nie in Pau, aber ich weiß natürlich, dass es ein sehr enger Stadtkurs ist, der keine Fehler verzeiht. Trotzdem gehe ich zuversichtlich in das Pau-Wochenende, denn in Macau war ich Ende 2010 in einer vergleichbaren Situation: Ich kannte die Stecke, die der von Pau sehr ähnlich ist, nicht und war trotzdem auf Anhieb schnell.
The third challenge of the World Series by Renault Championship took place for the first time as a round of the FIA WTCC Championship on the Monza track in Italy.
Nelson Panciatici and his KMP Racing team all arrived full of determination to race in the first free practices on Friday but unfortunately, from the very first spin of the wheels, performance was not to be found.
After checking and testing everything on Nelson Panciaticis car and not the slightest improvement to the problem, the KMP team led by Bruno Besson decided, after a first qualifier to the back of the grid, to change the engine and get rid of any possible doubts. They had to forgo the first race because the second qualifier would start, quite exceptionally, a few hours after the finish and they would have run out of time.
Despite a 19th place which bears no reflection on the quality of the KMP Racing team, a definite improvement was noticeable as Nelson Panciatici was finally able to make some good times.
After a chaotic start at the lights-out where several drivers pre-empted him quite seriously, Nelson found himself down below 20th place before he pulled himself back into the ranks to 7th and to top it off with the 3rd best time in the race just 1 tenth behind first.
Nelson Panciatici: It was a difficult weekend because we were far from imagining such a sequence of events, the whole team was outstanding and I want to thank them. It paid off in the end because I had an incredible car for the second race, I overtook a dozen cars and a few more laps would have been even better, I really enjoyed myself.
If the Team Manager of KMP Racing, Bruno Besson, was disappointed, he still has confidence because: the great race Nelson performed shows our real potential but its frustrating to see that we can be in the front positions and then everything goes wrong this weekend. We were looking for grip the whole time and were as perplexed by this as the results were good during the winter trials when Nelson and Anton Nebylitskyi were very fast. Nevertheless, we leave Monza on a high note and it bodes well for the future. The whole team is gunning for a battle to the end!
The next meeting for Formula Renault 3.5 will be on the F1 circuit in Monaco on 27, 28 and 29 May.
For more information on Nelson Panciatici, please visit www.nelsonpancia.com.
II RAL.LI SPRINT CIUTAT DE MANACOR DA-LI GAS
21 DE MAIG 2011
Dorsal Equipo Concursante Vehiculo Competición Gpo Cl.
1 José Martorell / Jaime Martorell P. A. S. Q. CITROËN SAXO VTS 16V A 4
2 Antonio David García / Guillermo Cuart E. ILLES BALEARS PEUGEOT 206 S 1600 A 4
3 Jaime Riera R. / Tomás García P. A. S. Q. RENAULT CLIO SPORT N 2
4 Guillermo Riera / Mateo Mestre P. A. S. Q. RENAULT CLIO WILLIAMS N 2
5 Rafael Binimelis / Francesc Manresa E. MCA COMPETICIÓ RENAULT CLIO SPORT N 2
6 Sión Verger / Jaume Barceló E. MCA COMPETICIÓ RENAULT CLIO SPORT N 2
7 José Miguel Alvarez / Esteban Alcina P. A. S. Q. CITROËN SAXO VTS 16V A 4
8 Carlos Perez / Mateo Figuera E. MCA COMPETICIÓ MITSUBISHI CARISMA EVO VI A 6
9 Lorenzo Andreu/ Pedro Soler P. A. S. Q. PEUGEOT 306 A 5
10 Lucas Ramis / Rudy Hensen P. A. S. Q. RENAULT CLIO WILLIAMS A 7
11 Fernando Dameto / Pau Abraham TR. BALEAR FORD SCORT MK 1 H 16
12 Juan Pascual / Adrian del Moral E.ILLES BALEARS RENAULT CLIO 16V A 5
14 Oscar Fernandez / Mª Victoria Cifre E. MCA COMPETICIÓ PEUGEOT 206 GTI A 5
15 Pedro Vila /Sergio Narvaez E. MCA COMPETICIÓ PEUGEOT 106 RALLY N I
16 Jose Miguel Munar/ Antoni Vives P. A. S. Q. PEUGEOT 106 RALLY A 5
17 Marcos Marquez / Jesús Martínez E. MCA COMPETICIÓ RENAULT CLIO WILLIAMS N 2
18 Juan Manuel Jimenez / Juan DamiaBauza ESCUDERIA DRACH SEAT IBIZA CUPRA N 2
19 Francisco Garrido / Sebastián Estaras P. A. S. Q. PEUGEOT 205 RALLYE R 8
20 Ivan Colom / Carlos A. Luna E. MCA COMPETICIÓ PEUGEOT 205 GTI R 12
21 José Ruiz / Toni Palou P. A. S. Q. PEUGEOT 205 RALLYE R 8
22 Juan Antonio Orvay / Ana Albertí A.CLUB IBIZA Y F. PEUGEOT 205 RALLYE R 8
23 Alejandro Vicente Oliver/ Jose A. Astorga P. A. S. Q. PEUGEOT 205 RALLYE R 8
24 Adolfo Van Gelderen/ Domingo Marti P. A. S. Q. RENAULT CLIO SPORT N 2
30 Gaspar Homar/ Pep Homar P. A. S. Q. PORSCHE 356 REG
31 Tofol Castañer / Tommy Castañer P. A. S. Q. FRAU PORSCHE REG
32 Toni Barceló / Juan Verger P. A. S. Q. BMW 2002 REG
33 Juan Fullana / Roberto Fullana P. A. S. Q. ALFA ROMEO JULIA REG
34 Sebastian Verger/ Miquel Angel Verger P. A. S. Q. VOLKSWAGEN GOLF REG
35 Jose Garau / David Caballero P. A. S. Q. PORSCHE 924 REG
36 Antoni Gener/ Barbara Haverland P. A. S. Q. Mg REG
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Das Rennwochenende in der Steiermark könnte interessant werden, da doch während der Umbauzeit des Redbull A1 Rings keine Motorsportaktivitäten und Fahrtrainings mehr möglich waren. Für die Teilnehmer der LO flj bedeutet dies, sich möglichst gut mit der Strecke vertraut zu machen und das Fahrzeug in kürzester Zeit abzustimmen.
Zeitplan Redbull A1 Ring LO formel lista junior (ohne Gewähr)
Freitag, 20.5.11
08.30 – 08.50 freies Training
09.20 – 09.40 freies Training
10.10 – 10.30 freies Training
11.00 – 11.20 freies Training
13.00 – 13.20 freies Training
14.30 – 14.50 freies Training
15.20 – 15.45 freies Training
16.20 – 17.20 freies Training
Samstag, 21.5.11
09.05 – 09.30 1. Qualifying Rennen 3
13.00 – 13.40 Rennen 3
Sonntag, 22.5.11
10.15 – 10.50 2. Qualifying Rennen 4
15.05 – 15.45 Rennen 4
Joan Perelló ha concluido su participación en la cuarta prueba del Mundial de Motociclismo, celebrada este fin de semana en el Circuito de Le Mans, con su segundo abandono de la temporada. Tras una desafortuna clasificación, con problemas técnicos en su Aprilia RSW125R del Matteoni Racing, ocupó la penúltima plaza de la parrilla de salida, una posición que a la larga le impidió terminar en las posiciones habituales. Tras la salida pudo recuperar algunas posiciones hasta que los problemas técnicos volvieron a surgir a cuatro vueltas del final, viéndose obligado a retirarse.
Joan Perelló: La última fila de la parrilla de salida no es la mejor posición para empezar la carrera. Tras unas vueltas tuve un pequeño encontronazo con un piloto que me hizo perder algo de terreno, pero me recuperé y conseguí adelantar cuatro posiciones, hasta que un piloto más lento, al que no pude superar frenó mi progresión. A falta de cuatro vueltas se rompió la moto y tuve que retirarme. Espero hacerlo mejor en la próxima carrera, que se celebra el 5 de junio en España.
Koldo Zuazaga – Ferbis Press
A legitimate satisfaction for the organizers of the Croatia Rally who have a total of 59 entries in the event, an uncommon figure for the country, about half of which are foreign crews. There are 16 crews registered for the FIA European Rally Championship, including all the main candidates for the 2011 title, starting with the reigning European champion and current leader of the series, Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi on the Grande Punto Abarth, the 2006, 2009 and 2010 European Champion car.
In the race there will be all the main models of Super 2000 cars: Abarth Grande Punto, Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 207, Skoda Fabia. Among the favourites for the overall victory are also the two-time European champion Renato Travaglia, former Italian national champions Piero Longhi and Andrea Dallavilla, former European 2WD champion, Czech Anton Tlustak, former Bulgarian champion Dimitar Iliev and outstanding drivers such as Polish Maciej Oleksowicz, Italian Luca Betti, Polish Szymon Ruta, Frenchman Cyril Vosalho, Croats Niko Pulic and Juraj ebalj, Slovenian Rok Turk, Hungarian Janos Szylagyi.
It is worth noting that thanks to the organizers‘ decision to offer a free entry to female crews, there will be two such teams at the start, one from Bulgaria, Ekaterina Sratieva and Blagovesta Milanova and one from Croatia, Lana Sutlović and Anamarija Pozojević.
The Croatia Rally is valid for the FIA European Rally Championship, the FIA Central European Trophy, for the Croatian Regional Rally Championship and for the Croatian Rally Championship.
The competition, based in Rijeka, will be held from Thursday to Sunday this week.
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CROATIA RALLY
Croatian Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Italian Office Address: V.le delle Terme, 97 - 27052 Salice Terme/Godiasco(PV) ITALY
Tel.+ 39 038/944916 Fax +39 0383934583
www.croatia-rally.com
Die Meisterschaft startet am 4. und 5. Juni in Assen in den Niederlanden und der britische Fahrer Craig Dolby, der die vergangenen zwei Saisons als Vizemeister abgeschlossen hat, ist unter diesen ersten Namen, die bekanntgegeben wurden.
Ich habe sicherlich noch eine Rechnung offen, nachdem ich in den letzten zwei Saisons so nah am Titel war, sagte Dolby: Ich habe ein Ziel für 2011 und das heißt am Ende der Saison ganz oben auf dem Podium zu stehen.
Eine der größten Entscheidungen war es, bei Alan (Alan Docking Racing) zu verbleiben. Wir hatten einige Angebote, aber das Team ist wie eine große Familie und es war der einzig richtige Weg für mich. Da ist ein richtiger Wille im Team, die Meisterschaft zu gewinnen, mehr als jemals zu vor und es scheint, als ob jeder begeistert ist und Spaß hat. Es ist eine großartige Umgebung zum Arbeiten.
John Martin ist ein weiterer Rückkehrer 2011 und wie sein Teamkollege Dolby ist auch er optimistisch für seine Aussichten in diesem Jahr. Ich kann es kaum abwarten, wieder ins Auto zu steigen und den Sound des V12 zu hören, sagt der Australier: Ich beendete die vorige Saison mit einem Hoch. Ein Sieg im ersten Rennen und dem Super Final in Navarra. Außerdem habe ich in der Winterpause hart trainiert, um auf meine alte Form mit sechs Siegen, zehn Podiums, zwei Poles und zehn Starts aus der ersten Reihe aus dem Jahr 2010 aufzubauen."
Es besteht kein Zweifel, wenn ich die Saison so begonnen hätte, wie ich sie beendete, wäre ich ein Meisterschafts-Anwärter gewesen. Der Kalender mit den Rennen in Russland, China, Brasilien und dem Mittleren Osten dieses Jahr ist sehr interessant. Am Meisten freue ich mich aber auf das Rennen in Neuseeland am Ende der Saison, das so dicht an meiner Heimat ist. Australier und Neuseeländer haben eine enge Beziehung zueinander und ich weiß, dass viele meiner Freunde in Australien mich unterstützen werden. Hoffentlich kann ich es mit dem Sieg der Meisterschaft zu einem unvergesslichen Wochenende machen.
Ein anderer ehemaliger Rennsieger ist der deutsche Fahrer Max Wissel, der die Saison 2009 als Dritter beenden konnte und 2011 wieder in der Superleague Formula unterwegs ist.
Neu ist hingegen der Tscheche Filip Salaquarda, der nach einem erfolgreichen Wintertest für das Team Atech Reid GP unterwegs sein wird.