Rallye du Mont Blanc : Prestation écourtée.
Après un shakedown très peu représentatif de l’épreuve, les pilotes se sont élancés vendredi matin dans des conditions délicates avec une route humide dans le premier chrono. Au premier retour à Morzine, Mathieu pointe en tête de la catégorie : « Je n’ai pas la sensation d’avoir très bien roulé mais j’ai signé le meilleur temps. J’ai effectué un bon choix de pneus et j’ai été prudent. Le reste de la journée s’annonce sec donc on verra. » Dans les 2 spéciales suivantes, les choses vont basculer pour l’équipage de la DS3 du team Saintéloc. D’un coup Mathieu concède près de 40 secondes au leader en seulement 2 spéciales. « J’ai perdu les freins à 7 kilomètres de l’arrivée du deuxième chrono et également dans le troisième. Heureusement, mon assistance a fait un super boulot et a pu déceler que nous avions une fuite à un étrier de frein. Tout est en ordre mais là, je suis déjà trop loin de Cédric. »
La deuxième boucle de 2 spéciales est en fait une répétition de la boucle précédente. Mathieu y signera deux fois le deuxième temps en R3 sur les talons de Cédric Robert. « Je suis satisfait de mes chronos même si Cédric va plus vite que moi ici. Mais comme il me l’a dit, il est à 100% donc c’est déjà bien de le suivre. Encore une fois cette saison, c’est ma première participation sur ce rallye. Demain l’objectif sera de garder le même rythme sans faire de faute. »
Le lendemain, c’est chose faite avec un nouveau deuxième temps en R3 dès la première spéciale. Il en sera de même dans les deuxième et troisième chronos. Mais dans la spéciale de Joux Plane, tout bascule. La DS3 heurte un fossé et c’est malheureusement l’abandon. « Je suis déçu car je n’attaquais plus! Avant cette spéciale, j’avais décidé de baisser le rythme car le comportement de ma voiture ne me plaisait pas à 100%. De plus, je ne pouvais ni revenir sur Cédric Robert, ni contenir Manu Guigou qui a profité de sa puissance pour me repasser. Qu’importe, il ne jouait pas dans la même catégorie. En arrivant sur un virage à gauche où mes ouvreurs m’avaient noté, « léger sale », je me suis laissé surprendre par la gravette qui était à l’entrée du virage. Cette spéciale était courue dans le sens inverse d’hier, voilà ce qui explique que la gravette était présente dès l’entrée du virage. Nous avons heurté le fossé et cassé les 2 jantes sur une pierre. L’abandon était donc inévitable. Ce n’est jamais le bon moment pour sortir de la route mais là, j’espère que ça n’aura pas trop de conséquences sur ma fin de saison. Néanmoins, j’ai à nouveau prouvé que j’étais dans le bon rythme. Désormais, il est impératif de finir la saison en prouvant que je suis un pilote rapide mais également fiable ! »
Le prochain rendez-vous du championnat est programmé au Rallye de France début Octobre en Alsace.

La Escudería Mallorca Competició presentó ayer viernes en Esporles el rutómetro de la segunda edición del Rallye Vall de Sant Pere, prueba que se disputará los próximos 24 y 25 de septiembre. Fueron muchas las personas que se desplazaron hasta Esporles para conocer de primera mano como será la próxima cita del regional de rallyes de Baleares, y de paso aprovecharon para ver las imágenes y videos de la anterior edición.

Esta segunda edición contará con un total de 310 kilómetros de los que 127 corresponden a tramos cronometrados con un total de 16 especiales cronometradas que se disputarán en dos jornadas. El primer día estará compuesto por dos secciones. En la primera se disputarán los tramos Sa Figuera – Fornalutx (7,9 kms.) y Coll de Sóller (9,850 kms.) en dirección Palma que se disputarán en dos ocasiones. Por la tarde será el plato fuerte de la prueba con tres pasadas por los tramos de Esporles – Puigpunyent (8,0 kms), Galilea – Capdellà (6,2 kms) y Calvia – Coll de Sa Creu (13,4 kms) que se repetirán tres veces. En cuanto a la jornada del domingo, la última sección estará formada por un tramo dentro del circuito Renn Arena, que se repetirá en tres ocasiones.

Además aprovechando la infraestructura del Circuito Renn Arena habrá varias exposiciones y exhibiciones, así como la entrega de Trofeos al concluir la carrera.

Otra de las novedades que presentó la escudería en el día de ayer fue una nueva web donde se podrá seguir el Rallye en directo, tanto los tiempos en los tramos, como las clasificaciones parciales y las principales incidencias de la carrera a través de comunicados. Dicha web esta adaptada al móvil, con lo que hará más fácil el seguimiento de la prueba para los pilotos y sobre todo para los aficionados que se desplacen a las distintas especiales. La dirección es www.rallyevalldesantpere.com

Por último también se procedió al sorteo de una inscripción gratuita entre los pilotos asistentes, siendo el agraciado Dani Lozano, casualmente el piloto que ganó en la pasada edición.

———— NOMBRE———– CIERRE CRTA.—1ª PASO—2º PASO—3º PASO—APERTURA CRTA.

Tramo A: Sa Figuera-Fornalutx…..10:00……….11:08………12:24…………………….13:25

Tramo B: Coll de Sóller…………… 10:45………11:46………13:02……………………..14:00

Tramo C: Esporles-Puigpunyent …15:10………16:10………18:09…….20:08………..21:00

Tramo D: Galilea-Capdellà ……….15:35………16:38………18:37…….20:36………..21:35

Tramo E: Calvià-Coll Sa Creu ……16:05……….17:06………19:05…….21:04………..22:00

Tramo F: Circuit Renn Arena …………………….09:33………10:48……..11:33

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Un total de 37 vehículos se daban cita en el recinto El Molino de Santa Ponça para tomar parte en el Rallysprint Costa de Calviá, organizado por la Peña Slick Quemado bajo el patrocinio del Ayuntamiento de Calviá. De ellos no se presentaban Sebastián Galmés, Fernando Dameto y Marcos Márquez. El calor veraniego nos dio una tregua y fueron muchos los aficionados que se acercaron al Coll de Sa Creu para ver pasar a los equipos participantes.

La prueba estuvo marcada por su dureza que hizo abandonar a un total de once equipos, destacando a los favoritos Lorenzo Andreu (Peugeot 306) en el tercer tramo por avería, o José Martorell (Citroen Saxo) que sufría una ligera salida de carretera en la segunda pasada.. Por su parte Dani Lozano perdía tres minutos en el segundo tramo al tener problemas con el cable del acelerador. Puestas así las cosas la carrera fue un mano a mano entre los pilotos de la Escudería Mallorca Competició, Julián Gómez y Carlos Pérez, ambos con Mitsubishi Evo 6. Al final se imponía el primero de ellos con 23 segundos de ventaja sobre Carlos Pérez. A un minuto y medio se clasificaba, en tercera posición, David García que estuvo a la espera del posible error de los pilotos de cabeza.

Antonio Amer se aprovechaba de la debacle de los pilotos favoritos para ascender hasta la cuarta plaza de la general y superar a un Dani Lozano que solo podía ser quinto a pesar de marcar algunos scratch tras su incidente en el segundo tramo. Jaime Martorell demostró que sigue estando en forma y acababa sexto a los mandos del Citroen Saxo. Arnau Bisquerra se anotaba el grupo N y era séptimo de la general en su mejor resultado con el Mitsubishi Evo 7, mientras que José Lavigne se situaba a continuación y se anotaba el grupo RI, seguido de Ivan Colóm y José Garrido, ambos con Peugeot 205. En esta segunda sección debían abandonar por avería Jaime Riera, Sión Verger o José Manuel Álvarez.

En cuanto a la regularidad, que contó con seis participantes, la victoria iba a manos de Fullana-Fullana (Alfa Romeo Giulia), siendo segundos Gene-Haverland (MG B) y terceros Castañer-Caballero (Alfa Romeo GTV), que superaron por poca diferencia al Porsche de Hernández-Casares.

CLASIFICACIÓN OFICIAL. 1. J. Gómez-S. Pons (Mitsubishi Evo 6) 0.50.31. 2. C. Pérez-M. Figuera (Mitsubishi Evo 6) + 00.23. 3. A. D. García-G. Cuart (Peugeot 206 S1600) + 01.29. 4. A. Amer-J. J. Caracuel (Citroen Saxo) + 02.43. 5. D. Lozano-C. Adrover (Seat Ibiza K.C.) + 03.09. 6. J. Martorell-J. Martorell (Citroen Saxo) + 04.25. 7. A. Bisquerra-D. Lladó (Mitsubishi Evo 7) + 04.51. 8. J. L. Lavigne-A. Caracuel (R. GT Turbo) + 05.46. 9. I Colom-C. Luna (Peugeot 205 GTI) + 07.50. 10. Fco. Garrido-S. Estarás (Peugeot 205 R.) + 07.58. 11. E. Cerdá-Ll. Valls (Peugeot 205 R.) + 09.38. 12. G. González-A. Morro (Peugeot 306) + 10.27. 13. O. Fernández-V. Cifre (Peugeot 206) + 10.51. 14. J. M. Jiménez-J. D. Bauzá (Seat Ibiza C.) + 11.57. 15. X. Verd-M. Mulet (Peugeot 205 R.) + 12.22. 16. J. Ruiz-A. Palou (Peugeot 205 R.) + 12.23. 17. A. M. Ordinas-M. Tomas (Peugeot 205 GTI) + 22.44.

1. Rallyesprint Costa de Calvia DIASHOW ANZEIGEN ALLE HERUNTERLADEN

Texto: FERBIS    Pictures: by Wolfgang LINDNER

Played in the sun near Rodez, Rally Rouergue was up to its reputation. From the first stage, Mathieu Arzeno lost all chances to do well overall. After 15km, the front left tire of his DS3 R3 exploded, forcing its driver to stop and change. "It’s unbelievable, I really didn’t hit anything. I felt a vibration in a straight section. Then, the phenomenon has diminished until the tire literally exploded. The tire will be analyzed in Italy because nobody has an explanation. Anyway, for me, victory is gone! " Restarting now with the objective to show his speed, Mathieu would sign the last 3 best times of the day, with even a second fastest time overall in the last night stage. "I am even more disappointed when I see that I did all the best times. My DS3 R3 works very well and I can do what I want with the car. Tomorrow I will drive with the same goal: to show that I had to win here! "
And on Saturday morning, he kept his promise. Signing 3 of the 6 fastest times possible, Mathieu set a great stage time in the famous Moyrazès stage, of more than 30 km long. He took again the best of all his rivals, pushing them 12 seconds behind. And it was again on the second run of the long stage that Mathieu signed a third fastest time ahead of his teammate Cedric Robert. "I really enjoy driving this DS3 prepared by Saint Eloc. I pushed hard in the first loop. With my lack of experience on this rally, my pace notes were sometimes a bit optimistic but I have not made one single mistake from the beginning of the rally. In the final loop, my tires were "tired" so I slowed down a little bit. A lot of people came to congratulate me for my times, but it was a win I needed. I have nothing to gain tomorrow as the others drivers are too far in front of me. So I’m going to enjoy myself as from the beginning. "
The Sunday were like the other two : a real show of performance. And as like he wanted to prove his supremacy, Mathieu signed all the best times of the last day, leaving only crumbs to the rest. When passing the finish podium, Mathieu had the sense of accomplishment. "With my codriver, Renaud, we do everything to get to prove our abilities, not hesitating to review our onboard camera images taken during the recce when back at the hotel. I am fighting against drivers with a lot of experience. In the beginning of the season, I was told that if I held the pace of Cedric Robert , that I had a good level. Here, I proved that I could be in front, without any mistakes. If I calculate well, without this puncture in the first stage, we would have finished in fifth place overall, with almost 1 minute ahead of the next driver in two-wheel drive! I had the speed, but I proved here that I also had the consistency. I hope other people will realize this and give me a chance in the future! " Appointment is made for the next round of the French Rally Championship in Morzine for the Rallye du Mont Blanc in early September. Enclosed you will find a summary table of the Stages times, and the best performers of the weekend in R3.

La Escudería Ciutat de Manacor celebró el Rallysprint Ciutat de Manacor, que inauguró el calendario regional de rallyes. La prueba contó con 34 equipos de los que seis correspondían a la categoría de Regularidad. José Martorell y David García partían como principales favoritos a la victoria, destacando la baja del vigente campeón Dani Lozano, Sebastián Galmés o Alberto San José. En cuanto a las novedades destacar la reaparición de Lorenzo Andreu a los mandos del Peugeot 306, Juliá Munar ejerciendo de coche 0, o el cambio de Marcos Márquez, ahora con el Wiliams exRiera. En cuanto a debuts mencionar a Juan Pascual y Adolfo Van Delgeren con sendos Renault Clio.

Sin embargo todos los pronósticos se venían abajo y el primer tramo era para el piloto local Guillem Riera, mientras que Carlos Pérez y Lorenzo Andreu se situaban a sus espaldas a solo un segundo. José Martorell tenía problemas de cambios y quedaba bastante retrasado. El segundo tramo decidía el rallye cuando Guillem Riera se salía de la carretera y volcaba. A partir de entonces Carlos Pérez y Mateo Figuera hacían valer la potencia de su Mitsubishi Evo 6 y se anotaban cinco scratch que le otorgaban su primera victoria absoluta de su carrera deportiva, sin que nadie les llegara a inquietar.

Mas disputada resultaba la lucha por la segunda posición por la que pugnaban Antonio David García (Peugeot 206 S-1600), Lorenzo Andreu (Peugeot 306), Rafael Binimelis (Renault Clio Sport) y José Martorell (Citroen Saxo). Sin embargo en la segunda pasada por Sineu-Petra el piloto del Saxo debía abandonar la carrera con el motor roto. David García se anotaba dos segundos scrtach al igual que Lorenzo Andreu, mientras que Rafa Binimelis se anotaba uno además de controlar el grupo N. Finalmente era Lorenzo Andreu quien acababa segundo a 23 segundos del equipo de la Escudería Mallorca Competició. A solo dos segundos, David García se subía al tercer cajón del podium, mientras que a otros dos segundos Rafa Binimelis era cuarto a pesar de sufrir una avería cerca de la meta del último tramo y poder llegar a duras penas al parque cerrado.

Quinto de la general y segundo de grupo N era Jaime Riera que demostró una perfecta adaptación a su nueva montura y que tuvo que pelear duro con José Miguel Álvarez que se situaba a continuación a solo cinco segundos. Oscar Fernández era séptimo de la general, sin que nadie llegara a inquietarle puesto que Sión Verger estaba a casi un minuto tras tener algunos problemas de estabilidad en los primeros tramos. Iván Colom, noveno scratch, se adjudicaba el grupo RI y le ganaba la partida a Marcos Márquez por escasos segundos. En cuanto al grupo H destacar el abandono por avería de Fernando Dameto tras marcar unos cronos que le situaban en los puestos de cabeza. Peor suerte tenía José Miguel Munar que en su segunda carrera se salía de la carretera y también volcaba su Peugeot 106.

En la categoría de Regularidad la victoria correspondía al MG de Gené-Haverland que se imponía a los Porsche de Garau-Caballero y Castañer-Castañer, siendo cuartos Verger-Verger.

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Italians Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi (Abarth Grande Punto) are the winners of the 38^th Rally Croatia, second round of the FIA European Rally Championship. The reigning European champions led fellow countrymen Luca Betti and Maurizio Barone (Peugeot 207) and Polish Maciej Oleksowicz – Andrzej Obrebowski (Ford). With this result the Italian crew, which had also won the opening round of the series, scores full points and leads the continental ranking. Slovenian Rok Turk (Peugeot 207 R3T) won the two-wheel drive cars ranking and take the lead of the specific standings. Winners of Gr R and Gr.N were respectively Maciej Rzeznik – Przemyslaw Mazur (Subaru Impreza) and Mauro Patrucco – Chiara Bioletti (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX).

In the third and final day of competition Luca Rossetti further increased his lead by winning  almost all the special stages (the final total is of 10 stage wins against 3 for Betti and one each for Oleksowicz and Szymon Ruta with the Peugeot 207). A great fight for third position between Oleksowicz and Longhi (Skoda). The Polish driver managed to get past his rival before the latter was forced to retire because of the consequences of going off the road on the penultimate special stage, held in the rain.

Once again it is worth to mention the performances, often in the Top 5, of Croatian Juraj Sebali (Mitsubishi), although he is far behind in the overall standings because of the nearly 20′ lost in the first two days of competition. Another excellent race by Niko Pulic (Abarth Grande Punto), the best of the local drivers, who finished seventh overall.EUROPEAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING:

Driver: 1. Luca ROSSETTI 85 p.; 2. Luca BETTI 47; 3. Maciej OLEKSOWICZ; 4. Renato TRAVAGLIA 28; 5. Dimitar ILIEV 26.

Driver 2WD: 1. Rok TURK 67 p.; 2. Stefano ALBERTINI 39; 3. Giovanni VERGNANO 35; 4. Marco SIGNOR 28; 5. Andrea DALLAVILLA 2.
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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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ROSSETTI IS STILL LEADING, BETTI AND RUTA ARE THE STARS

OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY

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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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 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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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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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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Cierre de Carreteras
PETRA-SINEU
DE 12:30h a 20:30h
SINEU-PETRA
DE 12:30h a 20:30h
Salida: Res. ES CRUCE 13:00h
Fin Rallye : Bar MINGO 19:30h

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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 Šebalj, 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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Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174

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38 Croatia Rally’s entry list is online on the website www.croatia-rally.com

CROATIA RALLY
Office Address: Riva Boduli, 1 – 51000 Rijeka (Croatia)
Tel. +385 (0) 51312190 – Fax +385 (0) 51312174
Mobile +385 995599222
www.croatia-rally.com

Rossetti, Solowow, Longhi. Three great protagonists who in the last hours have come to enrich the entry list of the Croatia Rally, the second round of the FIA European Rally Championship scheduled from May 19th to 21st based in Rijeka.

Luca Rossetti and Matteo Chiarcossi, reigning European champions, current series leaders after the first event of 2011 and winners of last year’s Rally of Croatia will have, as always, the Abarth Grande Punto S2000, a car which won the European title both in 2009 (with Basso) and in 2010 (with Rossetti). For the works Abarth driver the opportunity to defend his records and to prepare the way for a new continental title, which would be the third for the crew.

Last year’s championship runner-up Michal Solowow has sent the entry to the race which marks his season debut in the series with a surprise: he is actually entered in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X in the brand new R4 version.

The entry of Piero Longhi also has something unexpected: he will race with the works Skoda Fabia S2000 of the official Slovenian subsidiary.

Entries for Croatia Rally must be sent before midnight on May 5th, therefore the entries‘ complete overview will be available over the weekend.

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