Rallye Sanremo 2003

The preview of Rallye Sanremo 2003

The Sanremo is an asphalt championship rally held in the hinterland behind Italy's Ligurian coast. Several of the stages are run in both directions, but the special feature this year is a stage (tackled twice) of 52km, the longest ever run on this event.
The roads are of good quality, with a variety of wide and narrow roads, with a lot of change of elevation and going up to 1500 metres above sea level. One of the special characteristics is the long time (up to two hours) between choosing tyres and driving the stage, in circumstances where the weather conditions can change fast and often.
Marcos Ligato's comments: "Sanremo is a special event because it is Italy's most important rally and it will be the last time it will be held on asphalt stages. This is only the second time I have competed here. I was very pleased with our performance two years ago, where we had been always in the top four places in Group N before we retired. The surfaces are good and the roads have a variety between fast and twisty, wide and narrow. One of the biggest difficulties comes when there has been bad weather, because overnight rain can often bring sand unexpectedly on to the roads. It is also a rally where you have to drive very precisely. You must not take risks and try to cut corners, like on some other events, and you must never hit the mountains on the side of the road!"
"The big challenge for me is adapting to each of the coming events," admitted Ligato. "In the space of four weeks we will have three world championship rallies, two with the Fiat and one with the Mitsubishi, then two weeks later comes the final round of the world series on Britain, again with Fiat. There will just be no spare time to do private testing before each event in order to play yourself in. The Fiat and the Mitsubishi demand different styles of driving."
A lot of activity has happened since Australia. Marcos made the first appearance on a European rally of a left hand drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII in Sardinia on Costa Smeralda. Marcos made comparable stage times as the eventual Group N winner Gianluigi Galli, but suffered badly when a stage was blocked, as he was given an "interruption time" from a much slower driver.
Then a shock absorber failed, and he had to drive three stages slowly to reach service. At that point the car was withdrawn. It is quite likely that Sardinia will be the location for future Italian world championship events, so the experience was invaluable.
Nico Caldarola meanwhile had contested Hokkaido Rally, the world championship candidate rally in Japan and round of the Asia Pacific series. The front differential failed, but Nico had to stay ten hours on the stage before he was rescued. "It was a good event but it was extremely expensive place..." For Sanremo Marcos will drive another old model Punto, fitted with various parts that are being developed for the new model Punto to be used next year.
There are three more events in the JWRC series to go, Sanremo included. French driver Brice Tirabassi holds a ten point lead in the series. Some interesting non-championship Super 1600 entries have been received for this event.
The Italian Peugeot Auto Sport team have invited former rally winner Piero Liatti to rally one of their 206 Super 1600s at Sanremo, while two members of the Swedish Junior Team have entered: PG Andersson (Clio) and Jimmy Joge (206).
Disappointing news comes from VW Motorsport. It is expected their drivers will not compete on the remaining JWRC rounds, following instructions from the company's new competition director Kris Nissen to concentrate on other motorsport disciplines. Even at this time (Friday) it is not known if their drivers will be able to start Sanremo Rally.

Entry List

NUM	Driver - Codriver          Country              Car
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61 Tirabassi - Renucci         F                    Renault Clio
52 Carlsson - Andersson        S                    Suzuki Ignis
69 Canellas - Amigo Colon      E                    Suzuki Ignis
71 Aava - Sikk                 EE                   Suzuki Ignis
70 Wilks - Pugh                GB                   Ford Puma
54 Katamajaki - Laaksonen      FIN                  Volkswagen Polo
58 Ligato - Garcia             I - RA               Fiat Punto
67 Broccoli - Girelli          RSM - I              Renault Clio
64 Teuronen - Kaapro           FIN                  Suzuki Ignis
62 Svedlund - Nilsson          S                    Volkswagen Polo
76 Cecchettini - Muzzarelli    I                    Fiat Punto
63 Ceccato - Dotta             I                    Fiat Punto
65 Feghali - Matar             RL                   Ford Puma
51 Baldacci - Bernacchini      RSM-I                Fiat Punto
57 Iliev - Sivov               BG                   Peugeot 206
59 Harrach - Kolbach           A - D                Ford Puma
73 Donchev - Manolov           BG-YU                Peugeot 206
74 Meeke - Patterson           GB                   Opel Corsa
78 Vasiljsevic - Geipel        D                    Volkswagen Polo

Admitted cars for the A/6 class: 

NUM	 Driver - Codriver          Country              Car
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101 Liatti - Geninatti         I                    Peugeot 206
102 Jean Joseph - Boyere       F                    Renault Clio
103 PG Andersson - Andersson   S                    Renault Clio
105 Caldani - Caliro           I                    Fiat Punto
106 Bernardi - Brissart        F                    Renault Clio
107 Joge - Stigh               S                    Peugeot 206
108 Wagner - Gross             CZ-D                 Renault Clio
109 Honda - Sitnik             CZ                   Citroen Saxo

Leg 1

The first leg of Rallye Sanremo started in name of the tarmac specialists, as expected. Tirabassi at the wheel of Renault Clio signs the best time 2"5 ahead Mirco Baldacci with Hi-tec's Punto Abarth at his second partecipation of the Riviera rally. Third is Marco Ligato, whilst Carlsson pays only 7"9 seconds from the leader. No troubles at all for the rest of the crews, apart Guy Wilks who suffers a puncture with his Ford Puma. The second scratch is rich of important surprises, because Brice Tirabassi makes a mistake: "I spuned and the engine cut out. I switched the spare control unit on so the car started again. I lost  a lot of time". Bad luck also for Marco Ligato, who suffers serious mechanic issues and sets a time of 17'12" slower than the stage winner, Mirco Baldacci, who takes the leadership in the Junior classification. Ligato will suffer also a minute more penalty for exiting the park assistance later than the time check, because his team tried to fix the troubles occurred on the stage. Other drivers have important delays on the longest stage of the first leg in the leaderboard, like the Turkish winner Kosti Katajam&amul;ki (+12'12") and Wilks again (+6'38").
The troubles seem to stop for the Frenchman, who wins the third stage, but Baldacci is just 3"50 seconds slower, which doesn't let him lose too much time in the general board. Brice said: "My car is not working well. I will try on the last stages of the day". In the meanwhile the fight among the S1600 category between Jean Joseph and Bernardi, both with Renault Clio, still goes on, altough both are out of the championship.
After the second assistance Baldacci is ahead 46" of Carlsson while Canellas, Meeke and Broccoli are closed in a 6 seconds frame and fighting for the third position. Daniel Carlsson, the winner of the previous Junior round - the Neste Rally of Finland - commented: "I am very pleased. I had only a driving problem in the last stage. I have to think at the champioship".
The unexpected Piero Liatti, famous to being one of the outsiders at Subaru team at the era of the introduction of the WRC cars, sets very good times at the debut with the Auto Sport Italia's Peugeot 206 Super1600 with Pirelli tyres.
The last two stages of the leg are a solo for Mirco Baldacci, who wins his third and fourth stage on a total of six. Baldacci commented shortly: "Everything is going fine for me". The only drivers who could attack him are the Suzuki crews, but the Spanish tarmac expert Salvador Canellas suffered a puncture on the front right tyre in the fourth stage and made him lost 3 minutes. Another young Sanmarinese guy, who showed a very good pace in the previous rounds, is Alessandro Broccoli, who said: "We keep our pace without taking many risks. We hope to consolidate the position for the evening".
The local drivers with Fiat Punto are not shining too much, but they claim the lack of experience on an event they never run. Luca Cecchettini commented: "Only two passages during the practices are not enough for me", while Top Run Racing based Massimo Ceccato said: "We have lost a lot of time at the start of the stage beacuse we had a puncture".
After the first leg, Mirco Baldacci enjoys 1'24" from Daniel Carlsson, while the Briton guy Kris Meeke is satisfied with the third position in a event typically hard for gravel experts from Great Britain. The top runners, however, populate the lower part of the standings, with Tirabassi 12th at +13'05", Katajamaki 13th at +13'40" and lastly Ligato at 20'30", with few chances to get points for the Junior World Rally Championship.

SS1 (Perinaldo 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   08'42"100  85.5 km/h   0   0
  2. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   08'44"600 + 00'02"50   0   0
  3. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   08'46"800 + 00'04"70   0   0
  4. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   08'50"000 + 00'07"90   0   0
  5. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   08'50"400 + 00'08"30   0   0
  6. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   08'53"600 + 00'11"50   0   0
  7. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   08'54"700 + 00'12"60   0   0
  8. 71 Aava-Sikk       Suzuki Igni A6   08'55"600 + 00'13"50   0   0
  9. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   08'59"400 + 00'17"30   0   0
 10. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   09'00"100 + 00'18"00   0   0
 11. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   09'00"800 + 00'18"70   0   0
 12. 73 Donchev-Manolov Peugeot 206 A6   09'00"800 + 00'18"70   0   0
 13. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   09'02"100 + 00'20"00   0   0
 14. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   09'03"800 + 00'21"70   0   0
 15. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   09'07"300 + 00'25"20   0   0
 16. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   10'40"900 + 01'58"80   0   0
Retires

SS2 (Ceppo 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   26'34"000  82.3 km/h   0   0
  2. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   26'56"300 + 00'22"30   0   0
  3. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   27'09"700 + 00'35"70   0   0
  4. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   27'16"000 + 00'42"00   0   0
  5. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   27'17"600 + 00'43"60   0   0
  6. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   27'32"700 + 00'58"70   0   0
  7. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   27'40"900 + 01'06"90   0   0
  8. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   27'44"900 + 01'10"90   0   0
  9. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   28'05"300 + 01'31"30   0   0
 10. 71 Aava-Sikk       Suzuki Igni A6   28'09"100 + 01'35"10   0   0
 11. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   29'33"500 + 02'59"50   0   0
 12. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   33'12"700 + 06'38"70   0   0
 13. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   38'46"600 + 12'12"60   0   0
 14. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   38'53"100 + 12'19"10   0   0
 15. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   43'46"200 + 17'12"20   0   0
Retires
73 Donchev - Manolov (Peugeot 206)

SS3 (Cosio 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   13'19"900  86.4 km/h   0   0
  2. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   13'23"000 + 00'03"10   0   0
  3. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   13'23"000 + 00'03"10   0   0
  4. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   13'23"400 + 00'03"50   0   0
  5. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   13'23"800 + 00'03"90   0   0
  6. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   13'24"000 + 00'04"10   0   0
  7. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   13'27"800 + 00'07"90   0   0
  8. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   13'30"600 + 00'10"70   0   0
  9. 71 Aava-Sikk       Suzuki Igni A6   13'31"200 + 00'11"30   0   0
 10. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   13'32"000 + 00'12"10   0   0
 11. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   13'38"900 + 00'19"00   0   0
 12. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   13'40"100 + 00'20"20   0   0
 13. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   13'40"100 + 00'20"20   0   0
 14. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   13'43"500 + 00'23"60   0   0
 15. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   13'48"200 + 00'28"30   0   0
Retires

SS4 (San Bartolomeo 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   16'20"100  93.0 km/h   0   0
  2. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   16'27"200 + 00'07"10   0   0
  3. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   16'37"500 + 00'17"40   0   0
  4. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   16'38"700 + 00'18"60   0   0
  5. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   16'39"200 + 00'19"10   0   0
  6. 71 Aava-Sikk       Suzuki Igni A6   16'41"300 + 00'21"20   0   0
  7. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   16'42"300 + 00'22"20   0   0
  8. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   16'42"600 + 00'22"50   0   0
  9. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   16'47"200 + 00'27"10   0   0
 10. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   16'50"900 + 00'30"80   0   0
 11. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   16'51"200 + 00'31"10   0   0
 12. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   17'01"800 + 00'41"70   0   0
 13. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   17'02"600 + 00'42"50   0   0
 14. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   17'03"400 + 00'43"30   0   0
 15. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   17'05"800 + 00'45"70   0   0
Retires

SS5 (Perinaldo 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   08'37"200  86.3 km/h   0   0
  2. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   08'40"300 + 00'03"10   0   0
  3. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   08'46"500 + 00'09"30   0   0
  4. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   08'46"600 + 00'09"40   0   0
  5. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   08'51"700 + 00'14"50   0   0
  6. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   08'53"100 + 00'15"90   0   0
  7. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   08'56"500 + 00'19"30   0   0
  8. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   08'56"700 + 00'19"50   0   0
  9. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   08'56"700 + 00'19"50   0   0
 10. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   08'57"000 + 00'19"80   0   0
 11. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   08'57"100 + 00'19"90   0   0
 12. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   08'57"100 + 00'19"90   0   0
 13. 71 Aava-Sikk       Suzuki Igni A6   08'58"600 + 00'21"40   0   0
 14. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   09'00"500 + 00'23"30   0   0
 15. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   11'34"000 + 02'56"80   0   0
Retires

SS6 (Ceppo 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   26'49"600  81.5 km/h   0   0
  2. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   27'14"700 + 00'25"10   0   0
  3. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   27'17"500 + 00'27"90   0   0
  4. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   27'17"700 + 00'28"10   0   0
  5. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   27'18"400 + 00'28"80   0   0
  6. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6   27'18"900 + 00'29"30   0   0
  7. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6   27'31"300 + 00'41"70   0   0
  8. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   27'36"600 + 00'47"00   0   0
  9. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   27'40"800 + 00'51"20   0   0
 10. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   27'45"500 + 00'55"90   0   0
 11. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   27'58"800 + 01'09"20   0   0
 12. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   28'13"700 + 01'24"10   0   0
 13. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6   28'19"600 + 01'30"00   0   0
 14. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   28'33"900 + 01'44"30   0   0
Retires
71 Aava - Sikk (Suzuki Ignis)

At the end of the first leg (October 3th)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6 1h40'28"900  84.9 km/h   0   0
  2. 52 Carlsson-Anders Suzuki Igni A6 1h41'53"400 + 01'24"50   0   0
  3. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6 1h42'18"600 + 01'49"70   0   0
  4. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6 1h42'51"600 + 02'22"70   0   0
  5. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6 1h44'16"000 + 03'47"10   0   0
  6. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6 1h44'17"900 + 03'49"00   0   0
  7. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6 1h44'40"900 + 04'12"00   0   0
  8. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6 1h45'03"500 + 04'34"60   0   0
  9. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6 1h45'24"600 + 04'55"70   0   0
 10. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6 1h45'58"400 + 05'29"50   0   0
 11. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6 1h50'16"000 + 09'47"10   0   0
 12. 61 Tirabassi-Renuc Renault Cli A6 1h53'33"900 + 13'05"00   0   0
 13. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6 1h54'09"700 + 13'40"80   0   0
 14. 58 Ligato-Garcia   Fiat Punto  A6 2h00'59"500 + 20'30"60   0   0

Leg 2

The beginning of the second leg of Sanremo Rally starts with several missing top drivers of the Junior World Rally Championship. Several drivers and their teams opted to abandon the event, because of the difficulties of the second leg, which counts few special stages, but the first one, repeated also as the last in the afternoon, is the longest stage even run on the tarmac, the Teglia stage. 52 kms of twisted run alternating with narrow and wide roads, up and down in the Imperia's hinterland are really demanding for the resistance capabilities of the Super1600 car and require their drivers to prove their skill and ability to remain concentrated for such long distance.
This is why Marco Ligato with Top Run Racing's Fiat Punto doesn't start the second leg, while the Frenchman Brice Tirabassi of the official Renault Clio team retired during the last reconneissance from the last stage to the park assistance of Friday evening, with a electronic failure and fueling trouble of the Super1600 French car.
The terrible Teglia stage makes another important victim of the Junior championship: Daniel Carlsson, who hasn't had in mind to attack the rally leader Mirco Baldacci, but who told to having in mind only the points of the championship, has a puncture at 2 km from the stage finish line, but retires for mechanical failure. It's an hard stop for the Swede and his ambition to delete the gap in the provisional JWRC leaderboard. The young and fast Swedish rallyman is talking with Peugeot Sport in order to get the third vacant seat in the World Rally Championship 2004 on the upcoming Peugeot 307 CC WRC.
Massimo Ceccato, with the second Fiat Punto of Top Run team, wins the stage and gets some higher position in the classification, while Mirco Baldacci has to administer the important gain he accumulated during the previous leg. Apart Daniel Carlsson's retirement, Teglia stage deserves for the Sanmarinese Alessandro Broccoli, with Renault Clio from Autorel Sport, a lot of time lost on the stage.
Next stages, Cosio 2 and San Bartolomeo 2, went free for all the Junior crews, with Mirco Baldacci who allows himself the luxury of winning a stage, with unmodified positions in the scoreboard, where Kris Meeke at the wheel of Palmer's Opel Corsa at more than 2' and five drivers battling for the last position of the podium.
It's on the repetition of the Teglia stage, the last of the day, that two further victims are registered in list of the Junior drivers: the Italian Massimo Ceccato, who won the previous run on the stage, and the Sanmarinese Alessandro Broccoli, codriven by Simona Girelli, are forced to retire for mechanical failure. Mirco Baldacci resists in the reduced list of the Super1600 youngsters and wins another stage, counting 6 stage wins over a total of 10.
The second leg finished with Baldacci first, with a +2'09" ahead of Meeke and the Bulgarian Dimitri Iliev at the wheel of the Auto Sport Italia's Peugeot 206 Super1600 at 5'37". The Suzuki men are Teuronen and Canellas, fourth and fifth, who will try on the last leg to attack the third position and bring home as many points as possible for the Japanese brand.

SS7 (Teglia 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   39'06"400  80.2 km/h   0   0
  2. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   39'15"300 + 00'08"90   0   0
  3. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   39'19"700 + 00'13"30   0   0
  4. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   39'24"700 + 00'18"30   0   0
  5. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   39'26"500 + 00'20"10   0   0
  6. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   39'32"100 + 00'25"70   0   0
  7. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   39'51"000 + 00'44"60   0   0
  8. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   40'24"400 + 01'18"00   0   0
  9. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   40'39"600 + 01'33"20   0   0
 10. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   42'04"500 + 02'58"10   0   0
 11. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   42'43"700 + 03'37"30   0   0
Retires
61 Tirabassi - Renucci (Renault Clio, after end of leg 1)
52 Carlsson - Andersson (Suzuki Ignis, mechanical failure)
58 Ligato - Garcia (Fiat Punto, after end of leg 1)

SS8 (Cosio 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   13'15"800  86.8 km/h   0   0
  2. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   13'15"900 + 00'00"10   0   0
  3. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   13'19"800 + 00'04"00   0   0
  4. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   13'21"200 + 00'05"40   0   0
  5. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   13'21"800 + 00'06"00   0   0
  6. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   13'24"100 + 00'08"30   0   0
  7. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   13'25"800 + 00'10"00   0   0
  8. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   13'26"300 + 00'10"50   0   0
  9. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   13'29"100 + 00'13"30   0   0
 10. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   13'30"200 + 00'14"40   0   0
 11. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   13'43"100 + 00'27"30   0   0
Retires

SS9 (San Bartolomeo 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   16'22"000  92.8 km/h   0   0
  2. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   16'26"000 + 00'04"00   0   0
  3. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   16'27"500 + 00'05"50   0   0
  4. 67 Broccoli-Girell Opel Corsa  A6   16'27"800 + 00'05"80   0   0
  5. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   16'35"700 + 00'13"70   0   0
  6. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   16'37"300 + 00'15"30   0   0
  7. 63 Ceccato-Dotta   Fiat Punto  A6   16'38"500 + 00'16"50   0   0
  8. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   16'41"200 + 00'19"20   0   0
  9. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   16'42"900 + 00'20"90   0   0
 10. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   16'47"700 + 00'25"70   0   0
 11. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   16'57"100 + 00'35"10   0   0
Retires

SS10 (Teglia 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   38'54"600  80.6 km/h   0   0
  2. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6   38'59"400 + 00'04"80   0   0
  3. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6   39'06"600 + 00'12"00   0   0
  4. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   39'16"700 + 00'22"10   0   0
  5. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   39'36"700 + 00'42"10   0   0
  6. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   39'48"000 + 00'53"40   0   0
  7. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   40'01"800 + 01'07"20   0   0
  8. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   41'56"200 + 03'01"60   0   0
  9. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   43'22"200 + 04'27"60   0   0
Retires
67 Broccoli - Girelli (Opel Corsa, mechanical)
63 Ceccato - Dotta (Fiat Punto, mechanical)

At the end of the second leg (October 4th)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6 3h28'37"900  83.8 km/h   0   0
  2. 74 Meeke-Patterson Opel Corsa  A6 3h30'46"900 + 02'09"00   0   0
  3. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6 3h34'15"700 + 05'37"80   0   0
  4. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6 3h34'18"000 + 05'40"10   0   0
  5. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6 3h34'20"700 + 05'42"80   0   0
  6. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6 3h34'46"300 + 06'08"40   0   0
  7. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6 3h38'20"300 + 09'42"40   0   0
  8. 54 Katajamaki-Laak VW Polo Sup A6 3h43'05"300 + 14'27"40   0   0
  9. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6 3h44'04"500 + 15'26"60   0   0

Leg 3

SS11 (Vignai 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   20'15"200  78.6 km/h   0   0
  2. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  3. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  4. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  5. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  6. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  7. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   20'15"200 + 00'00"0.   0   0
Retires
54 Katamajaki - Laaksonen (Volkswagen Polo, mechanical)

SS12 (Colle d'Oggia 1)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   14'58"100  86.3 km/h   0   0
  2. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  3. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  4. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  5. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  6. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
  7. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   14'58"100 + 00'00"0.   0   0
Retires
74 Meeke - Patterson (Opel Corsa, off road)

SS13 (Vignai 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   21'45"600  73.2 km/h   0   0
  2. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   21'49"700 + 00'04"10   0   0
  3. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   21'54"900 + 00'09"30   0   0
  4. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   22'24"100 + 00'38"50   0   0
  5. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   22'43"700 + 00'58"10   0   0
  6. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   22'47"900 + 01'02"30   0   0
  7. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   22'56"700 + 01'11"10   0   0
Retires

SS14 (Colle d'Oggia 2)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6   17'21"300  74.4 km/h   0   0
  2. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6   17'24"800 + 00'03"50   0   0
  3. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6   17'36"500 + 00'15"20   0   0
  4. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6   18'09"000 + 00'47"70   0   0
  5. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6   18'18"500 + 00'57"20   0   0
  6. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6   18'50"500 + 01'29"20   0   0
  7. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6   19'42"600 + 02'21"30   0   0
Retires

Final results of the end of the third leg (October 5th)

POS  NO CREW            CAR         CL      TIME      DELAY      PEN
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  1. 51 Baldacci-Bernac Fiat Punto  A6 4h43'22"600  82.0 km/h   0   0
  2. 69 Canellas-Amigo  Suzuki Igni A6 4h48'44"400 + 05'21"80   0   0
  3. 65 Feghali-Matar   Ford Puma S A6 4h49'40"600 + 06'18"00   0   0
  4. 57 Iliev-Yanakiev  Peugeot 206 A6 4h50'02"100 + 06'39"50   0   0
  5. 64 Teuronen-Kaapro Suzuki Igni A6 4h52'01"800 + 08'39"20   0   0
  6. 76 Cecchettini-Muz Fiat Punto  A6 4h55'07"800 + 11'45"20   0   0
  7. 70 Wilks-Pugh      Ford Puma S A6 5h00'33"000 + 17'10"40   0   0

Stages won by drivers
  1. Baldacci (no.4, SS2, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS9, SS10)
  2. Tirabassi (no.2, SS1, SS3)
  3. Canellas (no.1, SS8, SS13)
  4. Ceccato (no.1, SS7)
  5. Feghali (no.1, SS14)

Stages won by cars

  1. Fiat Punto (no.7, SS2, SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS9, SS10)
  2. Renault Clio (no.2, SS1, SS3)
  3. Suzuki Ignis (no.2, SS8, SS13)
  4. Ford Puma (no.1, SS14)

Pictures

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Sanremo riviera no.1
Sanremo riviera no.2
Baldacci no.1
Broccoli's car at P.A.
Tirabassi no.1
Canellas no.1

Aava no.1
Wilks no.1
Katajamaki no.1
Katajamaki no.2
Broccoli on stage
Teuronen no.1

Cecchettini no.1
Ceccato no.1
Feghali no.1
Baldacci no.2
Ligato no.1
Baldacci on Colle d'Oggia

Meeke on Colle d'Oggia
Cecchettini on Colle d'Oggia
Broccoli on Colle d'Oggia
Canellas on Colle d'Oggia
Baldacci after a time check
Hi-tec's car at P.A.

Hi-tec mechanics at work
Mechanics and engineers of Balbosca's team
Cecchettin's car inside
Canellas at P.A.
Canellas's car at P.A.
Canellas interviewed

Feghali's car at P.A.
Wilks's car at Birbeck's box
Guy Wilks signs for a boy
Pughs makes a signature
Katamajaki
Katamajaki's box

Opel Corsa at team Palmer
Baldacci's car at P.A.
Mirco Baldacci before the podium
Baldacci's car queued for the podium
Baldacci and Bernacchini greeted
Mirco Baldacci

Iliev's Peugeot 206
Teuronen is fifth
Cecchettini's car back
Wilks scored 2 points for JWRC
the Junior crews

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