An important crossroads for the events of the top national rally series, the Capitoline race, saw the driver from Treviso sign an encore of successes, but above all reopen well the events of the Championship, where Andrea Crugnola has experienced bad luck again and where he is doing honor also Giacomo Scattolon.
Reggio Emilia, July 26th – 2021
Apotheosis Movisport, in Rome, for the important crossroads of the Italian Championship, where the Reggio colors returned to the top of the standings thanks to the victory of Giandomenico Basso and Lorenzo Granai in their Skoda Fabia R5. For the Venetian-Tuscan couple it is an encore after the 2019 laurel in the Capital race, which has reopened the ranking events as best as possible, passing to the lead with force.
The Roman race was constantly a dualism between Basso and the other Movisport standard bearer, Andrea Crugnola, flanked by Pietro Ometto, who had managed to leap to the lead before being slowed down in the second stage by a puncture with a lot of time left on the road. however, which did not stop him from finishing second.
Movisport is therefore the “master” of the tricolor situation in Rome with two thirds of the absolute podium and certainly in contention for the championship, having at its disposal much of the best of national rallying in terms of drivers.
Giacomo Scattolon was also looking for heavy points, in the compact CIRA classification, and in addition to him Marco Pollara also had aims of rebirth, after a disappointing and for him a liar. The driver from Pavia, flanked by Giovanni Bernacchini, finished in second final position despite some difficulties in adapting, thus giving a jolt to the provisional ranking. To complete the crystalline performance of the Pavese there is then the eleventh overall position, which is worth gold.
Also from Marco Pollara, paired with Mangiarotti, with a show of strength on the roads of Lazio the push definitely came, with the best result of the season, the right sprint to get back into the game well for the championship finale. The Sicilian, with the Fabia R5, finished with a brilliant fourth place, certainly refreshing. The other Movisport exponent, Rudy Michelini, was missing from the series, who was absent for work reasons.
The “continental” aims for Umberto Scandola did not have the desired effect. The race, which the Veronese also won in the recent past, did not satisfy the pilot, extemporaneously flanked by Danilo Fappani, in place of Guido D’Amore, recovering from the accident in north-eastern Europe two weeks ago, causing him to end up in a not satisfactory 13th absolute position. Still from an ERC perspective, the performance of Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov, at the start with the Volkswagen Polo R5, did not satisfy, with the Russian crew already fastest of all in the qualifying test for the starting order, then penalized in the early stages of the race from a puncture that ousted him from the top fight for the rest of the race, finishing only 24th overall. However, some good top speed performances remained, confirming its value.
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