The 61st edition of the Alghero-Scala Piccada was presented today, a time trial that will open the Aci Sport Italian Hill Climb Championship and the Tivm North, South and Center Trophy on Saturday and Sunday.
The event organized by Aci Sassari is back on the calendar after a year's break due to work on the Statale 292 , now ready to host the awaited queen of Sardinia's climbs along a 5.1 km route, from km 3.818 to km 8.918, with average gradient of 4.92% and a chicane inserted at the end of the long straight on the plateau, about halfway through. As explained by the race director Fabrizio Fondacci , 140 race officials will be located along the track. The program includes the two reconnaissance heats on Saturday, starting at 9, and the two race heats on Sunday, again from 9 . In addition, the Ottavio Sechi Trophy , record holder of the event who died last year, is expected, which provides for the assignment of a cash prize to the youngest and longest-lived driver to promote motoring activity.
The protagonists. 92 entrants at the start, including 7 reigning Italian champions and the European champion Christian Merli , Osella official driver who will race on the Pa21 4C and the other Italian and European multiple champion Simone Faggioli , Norma M20 Fc Zytek official. Eyes also focused on the prototypes of Degasperi , Scarafone , Fazzino , Lombardi , Caruso , Iaquinta and the Sardinians Satta (Nova Proto Np01), Farris (Wolf Gn 08 Thunder) and Vacca (Osella Pa30). In the E2Sh watch out for Gramenzi 's Alfa 4c, among the GTs Peruggini (Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo), Nappi (Aston Martin Vantage at its Italian debut) and the Sardinian Mela (Ferrari 458 GT) are waiting.
The presentation. To illustrate the details of the event, the president of Aci Sassari, Giulio Pes di San Vittorio, the president of the Regional Council Michele Pais and the honorable Marco Tedde, the mayor of Alghero Mario Conoci, the president of the Alghero Foundation Pierpaolo Carta and the race director Fabrizio Fondacci.
«We all look ahead to always seek prestigious objectives, which is also why we gave up on the 2022 edition, to arrive at this year's with various strengths, such as the new road surface and all the works which, thanks to the Region and Anas , have brought an amplified common benefit on the occasion of the sporting event. The city experiences the event completely and for this reason we have returned to creating the Paddock in Piazzale della Pace», underlined the organizer Giulio Pes .
«On Friday evening some racing cars will be exhibited on the Rambla and we will share an aperitif with those who come to visit us. Our territory will be further discovered and enhanced by the live broadcast of Aci Sport, which will be completed with the award ceremony in the finish area, a moment curated by the good and competent speaker and entertainer Tommy Rossi. I thank all the partners, the institutions and the forces of order".
«The Italian Championship race organized in Alghero by Aci Sassari is a point of reference for the entire Region», said the President of the Regional Council Michele Pais , «a long story that represents an entire territory. The presence of the Region is important because the Alghero Scala Piccada is a heartfelt event towards which there is a concrete commitment on the part of everyone. Aci Sassari organizes various events in several parts of the Region, for this reason we find an important interlocutor in the institution chaired by Giulio Pes of San Vittorio».
«The Alghero Scala Piccada is an event for our city, a very effective promotion through sport. The race has returned to the top thanks to an effective Aci Sassari presidency. We are pleased to welcome so many prominent riders and teams, we need to look to the future together», added the mayor of Alghero Mario Conoci .
Pierpaolo Carta of the Alghero Foundation also follows the same line: »The Alghero Foundation has the prerogative of promoting the territory and does so through a competition that has returned to the top of the Italian panorama. We find and offer full collaboration with Aci Sassari which favors all our forms of promotion".
«The Scala Piccada has a profound meaning for all Sardinians and for the Algherese in particular, each of us has memories linked to the race from the long history of this event which embraces many aspects. For this reason, the collaboration of the institutions fully deserves ", concluded the regional councilor Marco Tedde .