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Rally Ypres Belgium part of the World Rally Championship will be held this weekend from 13th to 15th August.

Rally Ypres Belgium part of the World Rally Championship will be held this weekend from 13th to 15th August. A total of 20 speed sections, 295.78 km of racing length and transitions of 653.71 km. The center of the event is the city of Ypres (Ypres) in western Belgium near the French border and close to the North Sea.
The track in asphalt, a flat race using the roads along the agricultural lands.
The difference compared to other asphalt roads is that here the asphalt is very flat and very fast route interrupted by rectangular intersections.
The longest speed stage is Hollebeke passed twice on Saturday and is 25.86 km long.
Until now, Rally Ypres was used in the European Rally Championship before in the IRC series, but after the crisis with the epidemic Ypres managed to rank among the big ones.
A total of 108 pilots have been registered for the asphalt race.
This is the 8th race on the calendar with 12 rallies in the 2021 season. It is led by Sebastien Ogier with 148 points, who would have a slight advantage over his pursuer Elfyn Evans with 111 points. Great expectations from the Belgian driver in his home race Thierry Neuville, who is third in the standings with 96 points.
The race starts on Friday afternoon and ends on Sunday, August 15 on the track known from Formula 1 Spa-Francorchamps.


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In the Italian Rally di Roma Capitale, which takes place about 40 km east of Rome, 96 crews started.

In the Italian Rally di Roma Capitale, which takes place about 40 km east of Rome, 96 crews started. The race is part of the European Rally Championship.
Competitors drove 13 speed stages, the longest of which is 21.17 km long and the entire race distance is 190 km.
On the first day of the race, the surprise was presented by Andrea Crugnola / Pietro Elia Ometto, Hyundai i20 (Hyundai Rally Team Italia), who led with 5.4 seconds ahead of Giandomenico Basso / Lorenzo Granai (Skoda Fabia Evo / Movisport) and European champions for 2020 Alexey Lukyanuk / Alexey Arnautov Citroen C3 (Sainteloc Junior Team) with a lag of 21.8 seconds. The Russians started the battle quite cautiously, betting on safe driving.
The Italian rally has a very strong competition, among them Andreas Mikkelsen / Ola Fløene, who despite their efforts and changes in settings failed to break up in the standings, finishing 17th in the general classification. Mickelsen hit a rock on the road in speed stage 2, where there were problems with the suspension.
In the 9th speed stage Santopadre - Arpino 1 the longest stage the Russians Alexey Lukyanuk / Alexey Arnautov had an accident and left the race. The crew is fine, no casualties. Some pilots described the stage as very difficult and with a much different asphalt than the others.
Andrea Crugnola / Pietro Elia had a flat tire in the second stage for Sunday after hitting a stone that was not in the notes and losing more than half a minute. Were it not for this loss with the flat tire, their position at the top would have been difficult for Basso to take.
Very strong performance of the Romanian crew Simone Tempestini / Itu Sergiu with Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo, who won the penultimate stage and reached the 7th place in the general classification.
The winners were Giandomenico Basso / Lorenzo Granai (Skoda Fabia Evo / Movisport), who in the last stages bet on safe driving with a total time of 1: 54: 06.6. The 47-year-old Basso is well known in Bulgaria for his regular appearances at Rally Bulgaria in previous years. Andrea Crugnola / Pietro Elia Ometto, Hyundai i20 (Hyundai Rally Team Italia) kept the second place with a lag of 35.8 seconds.
Hungarians Norbert Herczig / Ramón Ferencz with Skoda Fabia Evo took the last place on the podium, making one of the best achievements in their career after a lot of hard work and perseverance. They were 40.4 seconds behind and only 4.6 seconds separated them from second place.


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24.07.2021 – The first day of the Rally di Roma Capitale has put on a great challenge on top as the drivers of the Sparco Italian Rally Championship came to the fore in the super-competitive setting of the FIA European Rally Championship.

24.07.2021 – The first day of the Rally di Roma Capitale has put on a great challenge on top as the drivers of the Sparco Italian Rally Championship came to the fore in the super-competitive setting of the FIA European Rally Championship.
Andrea Crugnola and Pietro Elia Ometto, Hyundai i20 (Hyundai Rally Team Italia), after the great push yesterday in the spectacle stage in Caracalla confirmed the great feeling with the Korean car and closed day one on top winning two of the six tests.
The crew headed back to Fiuggi with a 5.4s margin on Giandomenico Basso and Lorenzo Granai (Skoda Fabia Evo/Movisport) that did not give up and won four stages. The challenge is not settled yet and seven tests will be run tomorrow, hence everything can still happen.
Behind the two Italian drivers, the 2020 winner and reigning European Champion Alexey Lukyanuk and co-driver Alexey Arnautov are third in the Citroen C3 (Sainteloc Junior Team). The Russian driver drove carefully, did not make mistakes and with a gap of 21.8s to the top he will be in a good place to fight for the podium tomorrow.
A special mention is deserved by Damiano De Tommaso and Giorgia Ascalone, that run a remarkable day in their Citroen C3 (Meteco Corse) and closed their effort in P4 at 31s. Such a great performance gives value to the ACI Team Italia project that supports young talents in the Italian championship as De Tommaso who is at his first complete season in CIR in a R5 car.
The provisional top ten was completed by Norbert Herczig and Ramon Ferencz, Skoda Fabia Evo (Skoda Rally Team Hungaria), that were fifth at 34.8s, Efren Llarena and Sara Fernandez (Skoda Fabia Evo/Rallye Team Spain) sixth at 38s, Miko Marczyk and Szymon Gospodarczyk (Skoda Fabia Evo/Orlen Team) seventh at 43.8s and were followed by Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud (Citroen C3/CHL Sport Auto) at 44.5s, Fabio Andolfi and Stefano Savoia (Skoda Fabia Evo/Gass Racing) at 45.3s and Umberto Scandola and Danilo Fappani (Hyundai i20/Hyundai Rally Team Italia) at 45.7s that rounded off the top ten.
The challenge will continue tomorrow with some more 123 competitive kilometres, which is twice as much as today. The second loop tomorrow is going to be very challenging as it will feature four stages in a row without any service. This will certainly favour twists and drama. The crews wishing to leave their mark on the Rally di Roma Capitale 2021 will definitely have to use all their talent.


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