In order to promote young talents, S?KODA Motorsport is continuing to support young and talented drivers also at #rallyitaliasardegna.
After the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus caused the #rally program to be interrupted, 19-year-old Oliver Solberg (SWE) and co-driver Aaron Johnston (IRL) are back in the S?KODA FABIA Rally2 evo. They are among the top favourites for winning the WRC3 category of the FIA World #rally Championship’s sixth round.
Since the re-start of the FIA World #rally Championship, S?KODA customer crews impressed with top results. Three times FIA European #rally Champion Kajetan Kajetanowicz from Poland, together with co-driver Maciej Szczepaniak competing in a S?KODA FABIA Rally2 evo which is privately run by the Lotos #rally team, won the WRC3 category at the recent #rally Turkey. They were also fastest in the combined field of the Rally2 cars. Right now, 2017 WRC2 champion Pontus Tidemand (SWE) and co-driver Patrick Barth (SWE) lead the WRC2 championship standings in a private S?KODA FABIA Rally2 evo run by Toksport WRT. Another category win would be important to keep the chances alive on winning the 2020 title. The Mediterranean island of Sardinia has always been a good place for S?KODA. 2017 and 2018, Jan Kopecky? won the WRC2 category. Kalle Rovanpera? (FIN) and Jan Kopecky? (CZE) achieved 2019 a double category victory for S?KODA. In 2020 a total of 15 teams run a S?KODA, the majority of the 35-strong field of Rally2 vehicles.
The #rallyitaliasardegna, which is held on sandy and stony gravel roads, features 16 special stages totalling 238.84 kilometres. As in 2019, Saturday offers the longest leg of the #rally with nearly 102 kilometres of stages. On Sunday, the decision will take place on the remaining four stages near the coast north of the start and finish town of Alghero. Due to the measures taken against the spread of the COVID-19 virus, #rallyitaliasardegna will take place without spectators for the first time.
Did you know,
…that the Italian round of the FIA World #rally Championship until 2003 was held on the mainland, based in Sanremo, before it moved to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia?
…the #event today known as #rallyitaliasardegna first took place in 1928 under the name “Rally of the Flowers” and was (except for 2010, when it was counting for the IRC/Intercontinental #rally Championship) a part of the FIA World #rally Championship ever since its inauguration in 1973?
…Miche?le Mouton became the first – and until today only – woman to win a WRC round when she finished first at the 1981 Sanremo Rally?
…that the iconic stage “Monte Lerno” of #rally Italia Sardegna features the spectacular “Micky’s jump”, comparable only to the famous Fafe jump of #rally Portugal.
