Punto Rally in 2002
Here you can find some information about the Punto Rally Abarth 2002 development. The development of the car is brought by N Technology, the Fiat Corse development team for motorsport.
The airbox system has been completed redone as you can see in this picture.
The 2001 Italian champion Paolo Andreucci will take part to the Italian Championship (Assoluto) driving a Fiat Punto Abarth Rally, tuned by N.Technology and managed by Procar Team. Andreucci will defend the title of Rallies Italian Championship, where, since 2002, the new category has been defined for Super 1600 cars.
Also Franco Cunico - consultant and tester for N.Technology - will drive the Punto Abarth, taking part at the European Championship, where he could make further stress test and try new solutions for sporting customers of N.Technology. Franco Cunico will go on testing the Fiat Stilo, the car he will use in the Italian Championship (Assoluto) as road opener.
There is also the interesting program in the French Championship of Piergiorgio Deila, with a Fiat Punto Abarth Rally managed by Team Hi-Tec.
Some pictures of Punto drivers during 2002:
Fiat Punto Rally spec 2003