There will be fifteen Sardinian crews competing in the national final of the Zone Rally Cup, scheduled on the roads of the 61st Coppa Città di Lucca. The event begins on Friday, November 13, with preliminary activities, while the race days are Saturday, November 14, and Sunday, November 15: the national class titles of the 2026 Aci Sport Rally Italia Cup are up for grabs.

The island’s drivers and co-drivers qualified through Zone Rally Cup 10, which concluded with the Rally del Vermentino. The Lucca route features 85.47 timed kilometres out of a total of 414.14 kilometres; weather conditions could affect the course of the competition.

The fifteen Sardinian crews

The group includes competitors in several classes, driving cars from multiple categories. Participants also include female classification competitors Nicoletta Deidda and Giustina Cossu. Porto Cervo Racing will be represented by three crews at the Lucca final.

  • Antonio and Giuseppe Mario Perazzona, Toyota Yaris (R1T 4×4), ABC Motor Sport; Alberto Contini and Fabrizio Musu, Peugeot 208 Rally 4, MRC Sport; Lorenzo Ruiu and Lorenzo Fratta, Peugeot 208 R2B, Team Autoservice Sport.
  • Mirco Lorrai and Eleonora Murgia, Renault Clio RS Line Rally 5, Porto Cervo Racing; Salvatore Castaniotto and Bruno Caddeo, Francesco Fois and Isabella Pinna, Federico Cannas and Gian Domenico Piccinnu, all in Mini Cooper RSTB 1.6 Plus cars for Sardegna Racing Team.
  • Federico Tiddia and Filippo Sirigu, Renault Clio RS 2.0 Plus Plus, Sardegna Racing Team; Fabio Floris and Mario Pirroni, Peugeot 208 RSTB 1.6, Mistral Racing; Salvatore Gaglio and Francesca Carta, Citroen C2 RS 1.6 Plus, Sardegna Racing Team.
  • Nicoletta Deidda and Giustina Cossu, Citroen Saxo N2, MRC Sport; Pietro Lillu and Silvia Piras, Suzuki Swift RS 1.6, Porto Cervo Racing; Davide Murgia and Riccardo Carabellese, Seat Ibiza Cupra RSD 2.0 Plus, Mistral Racing.
  • Paolo Angius and Gian Matteo Bechere, Fiat Seicento A0, and Alessandro Schirru and Sonia Uccheddu, Fiat Seicento RS 1.15 Plus: both crews are with Team Autoservice Sport.

The event schedule

On Friday, November 13, the Valgiano shakedown will be held in three sessions: from 10:15 to 12:30 for Group A finalists, from 12:30 to 14:45 for Group B and from 14:45 to 17:00 for non-finalists. The start ceremony is set for 19:30 at Caffè delle Mura, on the Lucca city walls.

  • Saturday, November 14: departure from the service park at Tassignano Airport at 9:00; “Boveglio 1” at 10:18 and “Pizzorne 1” at 10:54, followed by “Fiano 1” at 14:18, “Pescaglia 1” at 14:43 and the “Città di Lucca” show stage at 17:06.
  • Sunday, November 15: “Boveglio 2” at 9:38, “Pizzorne 2” at 10:14 and the final stage, “Pescaglia 2”, at 14:01. The finish is scheduled for 15:35 in Piazzale Vittorio Emanuele, Lucca.
  • The service park will be at Giacomo Puccini Airport in Tassignano, in the municipality of Capannori. Regroupings are scheduled at Castello di Porta San Donato and, on Saturday evening, on Via Aldo Mei in Capannori; after the finish time control, the cars will proceed under neutralisation to the podium at Antico Caffè delle Mura.