VERONA (ITALPRESS) – They had looked for and studied this first victory for a long time and in the end, at the Rally Due Valli, after the misfortunes of the past rounds, the first success of the season in the Suzuki Rally Cup arrived for Giorgio Fichera and Enzo Colombaro. The expert Sicilian driver built this result test by test, without making mistakes and always remaining one step ahead of the others, and at the end of the weekend, taking into account Dallapiccola-Andrian’s retirement suffered on SS1, he relaunched himself in the race towards the trophy single-brand championship, which after 4 rounds is tighter than ever. On such long tests, among the most demanding for cars and crews of the entire season, with clear cuts, suffocating heat and gravel and dust, in second place under the arches of the Arena was the senator of the Suzuki Rally Cup Roberto Pellè, paired with Luca Franceschini. The driver from Trentino left everyone speechless with a monstrous time in the last special, a performance which earned him the overtaking of Alessandro Forneris and the top of the Japanese single-brand championship, of which he is now leader again with 81 points thanks to mistake by Dallapiccola, only two points behind. Thanks to the victory, Fichera takes both at 71 points, promising sparks for the next scheduled rounds. Thus, right at the last breath, a much defended 2nd place was seen slipping away from the young under25 Forneris sailed by Vincenzo Torricelli who, while he was firmly behind Fichera, after having also won two races, gave a slight touch that slipped to the bottom step of the podium. However, a performance worth remembering for Forneris, who confirms himself as the second strength of the under25s and who also gets closer to Dallapiccola. In the trophy overall, the first 5 positions were all occupied by Suzuki Swift Sport Hybrids of the Ra5h class, and 4th place was obtained after a good race by Davide Bertini paired with Luca Vignolo, after having made the difference on the second part of the route. Finally, fifth, 16″3 behind Bertini, one of the many under at the start, Samuele Santero flanked by Nadir Bionaz. In the Racing Start rankings, the entry category to the rally world, victory went to Jean Claude Vallino, aboard the Suzuki Baleno shared with Sandro Sanesi. The young under25 was second in this ranking almost until the end, but right on the last stage the leaders Varesco-Benedet retired due to a banal mechanical problem, leaving the field free for Vallino to enjoy another great evening of celebration. Thus, the gentleman driver Marco Soliani, navigated by Domenico Corradi, who ended his race with a good advantage over the Vitali family crew, passed second in the splendid Piazza Bra, with the background of the opera. The young Stefano navigated by Maurizio won the podium among the Boosterjets, with the classification now seeing him in 5th place behind Soliani, while Vallino flies to 56 points.
Among the two women at the start of the 4th round of the Suzuki Rally Cup it was Silvia Franchini, flanked by Loredana Zanet, who prevailed with a 17″ advantage over Alice Poggio and Luca Migone. The latter had also gone off the road on Friday evening, thus losing a lot of precious time, but on the last special stage they demonstrated their abilities with a great 2nd class time. Franchini, on the other hand, ran consistently throughout the race, always setting his usual good pace.
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