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Sardinia Preview
The FIA World Rally Championship moves from the grassy Pampas of Argentina to the dramatic Mediterranean landscape of Sardinia for round seven of the 16-event series. Rally d’Italia-Sardegna, starting on 18 May with a ceremonial start in Porto Cervo, will be the third gravel rally of the year after Mexico and Argentina…
Event Information
Total distance: 1140.18km
Number of stages: 18
Number of different stage venues: 9
Maximum number of times same stage roads are used: 2
Stage distance: 344.94km
Stage surfaces: gravel
Longest stage: 31.20km (stages 8/11)
Highest elevation on stage: about 1050 metres (on stages 8/11)
Permanent Service Park: Quayside at Cala Saccaia, 4km from Olbia centre
Shakedown Stage: 4.31km long at a location about 20km west of Olbia. There is a subsidiary service park south of S. Antonio di Gallura
Ceremonial Start: 2000 Thursday 18 May at Marina Vecchio Porto Cervo
Official Start: 0800 Friday 19 May at Olbia Service Park
Superspecials: none
Stages in darkness: none
Pretekli reli:Rally Argentina Review
After three days of competition, the Subaru World Rally Team concluded a successful Rally Argentina with a double-points finish for Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson.
Petter had again demonstrated the Impreza WRC2006’s competitive pace on gravel. After recording fastest times on six of the rally’s 21 stages, he finished Rally Argentina in second place. On his way to securing his second podium of the season, he set the fastest time through one of the toughest tests in the World Rally Championship, the classic El Condor pass on Leg three.
Meanwhile, Petter’s Australian team-mate Chris Atkinson, drove consistently throughout the rally to record two top five times to finish sixth, on only his second Rally Argentina appearance.
At the close of the rally, SWRT Sporting Director, Luis Moya said; “I think it’s been a good weekend. We got two cars to the end and some good points for Petter in the Drivers’ Championship. One of the most important things for me was the reliability of the cars. You know, we had no major problems whatsoever in the whole event and that’s what we’re looking for. We’re going to two very tough rallies now in Italy and Greece, they’re going to be very hard and this result encourages the team a lot. I’m also pleased with the work that Pirelli has done, the tyres have been working very well in tricky conditions – particularly on the second day. We’ve proved now that we have the speed on this surface and I see no reason why we can’t win the next two events – that’s our goal.”
Tehnika:Radio Communications
Ever wondered how Petter and Chris talk to the rest of the team during a rally? SWRT event electrician Nick Chalkley explains the various communications systems involved…
Zgodovina:Remember when.....
In Sardinia 2004, Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills took victory on the rally to claim their third consecutive WRC win of the season. Leading the inaugural event from the outset, the pair were fastest on 13 of the rally's 19 stages and finished 2 minutes 7.9 seconds ahead of second placed Sebastien Loeb. Success on Pirelli's home event was the third consecutive 'local' win for the team, following victories in Japan, the home of Subaru, and Great Britain, where the team is based. The result also marked Subaru's 44th WRC victory and its 43rd with the Impreza.
Nagradna igra:COMPETITION
Congratulations to Fred Groot from The Netherlands who is the winner of the Martin Holmes Pirelli booked signed by all of our drivers from the Rally Argentina competition. You correctly answered that there was 17 water splashes in Rally Argentina.
To win our exclusive Rally d’Italia Sardegna prize, a Chris Atkinson signed baseball cap, simply answer this question correctly.
Q: What percentage of the Rally d’Italia Sardegna route is completely new?
Send your answer together with your postal address to competition@swrt.com by Friday 26th May 2006 to be in with a chance of winning. Please put 'SWRT Competition' in the subject line of your e-mail.
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Gume:Pirelli Information for Rally d’Italia Sardegna
As in Argentina, only one tread pattern is permitted; once again, the preferred pattern will be the KP tread. The full range of compounds will be available for the crews using
Pirelli tyres, meaning grades 2 (hard), 4 (medium), 4+ (medium to soft) and 6 (soft), all in the new construction successfully used in Argentina. A variety of crews will have their cars fitted with Pirelli tyres on this event, including the two Subaru Impreza World Rally Cars from SWRT, driven by Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson.
Number of tyre changes: 7
Number of different tread patterns allowed: 1
Number of tyres which can be used during the event (including Shakedown): 40
Number of tyres which can be nominated for use on the event: 55
Maximum stage distance to be covered on same set of tyres: 77.94km (stages 13-18)
Vec:http://www.swrt.com/news/viewarticle.html?id=962
Eurosport (predvidoma):Predogled (preview): cetrtek 23.25
Prvi dan: petek 23.45
Drugi dan: sobota 23.30
Tretji dan: nedelja 22.30
Povzetek celotnega relija: torek 20.00
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