Rally Sulcis Iglesiente, Gessa and Pusceddu give an encore

And like last year, Marino Gessa and Salvatore Pusceddu win. The crew of the Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo won the second edition of the Sulcis Iglesiente Rally and are confirmed one year later. The driver from Arbus and the navigator from Cagliari, standard bearers of Sardegna Racing, completed the race in 46'48”2, after having won the first four special stages on Saturday and intelligently managed the advantage in today's six, a day in which they still had the opportunity to "baptise" with the best time in the "Coequaddus 1", the new sea view test designed close to the beach of Sant'Antioco.
In second place, with a gap of 17"5, is the Porto Cervo Racing crew made up of Auro Siddi and Giuseppe Maccioni (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) who, after a complicated Saturday, but finished in second place, today tried to close the gap with the leaders, setting the best time in both laps on the “Nuxis-Santadi” and “Perdaxius” special stages. Third place for the Piedmontese Loris Ronzano and Gloria Andreis (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo), who finished 46" behind the leaders, but also set the best time in the "Coequaddus 2" before heading towards Iglesias for the podium ceremony.
Fourth place overall for the experts Giuseppe Mannu and Carlo Pisano (Skoda Fabia R5) at 52"6 from the top, who raced as a couple for the first time at Sulcis and who will see each other again together in the other asphalt races in Sardinia. In fifth position Antonio Dettori and Marco Demontis (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) at 1'28”4, followed by a superlative Andrea Pisano who, navigated by Salvatore Musselli, placed the “two-wheel drive” of his Peugeot 208 Rally4 in sixth place overall place, ahead of the Rally2s of Francesco Farci and Francesco Fois and Sandro Locci and Fabrizio Musu. Closing out the top 10 are the Peugeot 208 Rally4s of Roberto Cocco and Sergio Deiana and Giacomo Melis and Veronica Cottu.
In the second Sulcis Iglesiente Historic Rally, overall and third group victory for Marc and Stephanie Laboisse (Porsche 911 Sc) in 53'50”6. Second place overall and first in the Fourth Group for Marco Casalloni and Alessandro Frau (Peugeot 205) at 8'02”. Third place overall for Carlo Volpe and Duilio Siddi (Fiat Ritmo) at 17'15”2. Fourth overall and first in the Second Grouping Gianfranco Cambedda and Stefano a Achenza (Fiat 128) at 21'53”8.
Comments.
The winner Marino Gessa: «This morning it was very difficult to manage, a fight with myself, but the advantage was important and it would have been a mistake to throw it away. In the last three stages I tried not to make any mistakes in order to win my home race again. It's truly a great emotion."
Auro Siddi, second: «Yesterday we had some problems and Marino was strong today too. Rallies are also this."
Loris Rozzano, third: «Fantastic welcome, beautiful special tests, last night didn't go very well, I'd say a six minus, a half five, then we worked on the car with the team and managed to find a good feeling with the car. I would say that, being our first time here, we couldn't have asked for anything better. Will we return next year? I hope even sooner."
Marc and Stephanie Laboisse, brother and sister, winners of the Historic: «After retiring last year, this time it was important to get to the stage, but you always think about the result too. Nice race, nice tests, thanks to the assistance and the family, who always follows us."
Final ranking of the Modern Rally: 1) Gessa-Pusceddu (Skoda Fabia Evo) in 46'48”2; 2) Siddi-Maccioni (Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) at 17”5; 3) Ronzano-Andreis (Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) at 46”0; 4) Mannu-Pisano (Skoda Fabia R5) at 52”6; 5) Dettori-Demontis (Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) at 1'28”4; 6) Pisano-Musselli (Peugeot 208) at 2'16”9; 7) Farci-Fois (Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo) at 3'10”6; 8) Locci-Musu (Skoda Fabia R5) at 3'48”6; 9) Cocco-Deiana (Peugeot 208) at 4'05”8; 10) Melis-Cottu (Peugeot 208) at 4'31”0.
Final classification of the Sulcis Iglesiente Historic Rally: 1) Laboisse-Laboisse (Porsche 911 Sc) in 53'50”6; 2) Casalloni-Frau (Peugeot 205) at 8'02”0; 3) Volpe-Siddi (Fiat Ritmo) at 17'15”2; 4) Cambedda-Achenza (Fiat 128) at 21'53”8.