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RALLY D’ITALIA
SARDEGNA 2008 IS READY
The Itinerary of
the fifth edition of the Rally d’Italia
Sardegna is on line: the 2008 edition of
the Rally Event is on line on
www.rallyitaliasardegna.com. The race,
that will take place on May 15th – 18th
, is the sixth Leg of the 2008 WRC and
the third event of the Super 1600 World
Championship.
The Head Quarters
will be in Olbia, while the
Starting and the Arrival Ceremony will
be organised in the charming location of
Porto Cervo. The Italian Leg of the
World Rally Championship, organised by
the Automobile Club d’Italia, will
develop through three Legs and 17
Special Stages.
The new Itinerary
will be similar to the last editions,
but many technical difficulties have
been introduced. “The Itinerary has been
renewed – says Carlo Cassina, the
Itinerary Co-ordinator. All the Special
Stages will be raced through the Monte
Acuto area, inside the forestry site.
The race will continue to be very
technically selective. All the three
legs will be raced on similar roads but
many changes have been introduced: the
first racing day, for example, will
start by a new edition of the Monte
Corvos stage, in the nearby of Buddusò;
going on with the second Special Stage
that will be developed inside the forest
of Crastazza, in the nearby of Bitti
(Nuoro). This Stage will be longer, in
its final part, than the last edition.
The third chrono, the Terranova’ s one,
has been planned on the old Terranova
and Monte Olia’ s road crossing the SS
389 as always”
“The second racing day – continues
Cassina – will start with the Punta
Pianedda Stage, that will start and
arrive in the nearby of the Loelle’ s
nuraghe. It will be a very fast stage
raced inside the Loelle site but driven
through some new roads without
forgetting the classical passage close
to
the plantation of cork-trees in the
Buddusò area. No changes have been
introduced in the second chrono, that
will be characterised, as last edition,
by the spectacular Monte Lerno’s jump,
while the third chrono will be raced in
the Su Filigosu area. The final Leg has
been modified: the two Special Stages of
Monte Olia and Sorilis will be
characterised by a medium average speed.
The last chrono will be completely new
and will take place in the Liscia Ruja
area, the fascinating and enchanting
scenario of the Cala di Volpe’s Gulf”
354 km, on a total
amount of 1.045 km of racing roads, will
be timed and hosted by the territory of
the Sardinian Forestall Board,
fundamental partner of the Organisation,
while the provinces involved in the
event will be three: Olbia-Tempio, Nuoro
e Sassari. The Service Park, located in
Olbia – Cala Saccaia – will be operative
at the beginning, at half way and at the
end of each Leg. The Head Quarter and
the Press Room will be hosted at the
Hotel Melià, as it was last year.
“One of the most
important changes is the fact that, for
the first time, the Race will be totally
developed in the same area – says the
Clerk of the Course Lucio De Mori –
between Monte Lerno, Monte Acuto and
Monte Olia surroundings. This is very
important because it allows the
Organisation to manage better all the
race’s details. In addition spectators
will not have to move too much on the
territory in order to follow the race
itself”. |
