Porto Cervo Racing will start the Rally dei Nuraghi e del Vermentino with eight crews, competing on the gravel roads of Gallura and Monte Acuto. The event runs from Friday October 30 to Sunday, November 1, with the timed stages scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. It is an important event for the Emerald Coast team in the penultimate round of the Italian Rally Terra Championship.
Porto Cervo Racing crews
According to the team, two crews will compete in Rally2 in a Skoda Fabia Evo: Auro Siddi and Marco Corda, and Giorgio and Federico Cellino. Three pairs will compete in Rally4, all in Peugeot 208s: Mattia Ricciu with Giovanni Maria Mazzone, Gabriele Angius with Stefano Achenza, and Roberto Cocco with Giuseppe Maccioni. Ricciu and Mazzone’s car is entered by the Vieffecorse team.
The team is rounded out by Mirco Lorrai and Eleonora Murgia, entered in a Renault Clio Rally5; Giovanni and Manuel Pileri, at the wheel of a Peugeot 106 in class N2; and Pietro Lilliu and Silvia Piras, competing in a Citroën C2 VTS in class RS 1.6. The team will therefore be represented in several categories, from Rally2 and Rally4 to the lower classes.
Ten special stages on Saturday and Sunday
The 23rd edition features 90.07 timed kilometres across ten stages, over a total route of 433.08 kilometres. Friday’s schedule includes road book distribution, reconnaissance and scrutineering. On Saturday morning, activities will focus on the 2.58-kilometre Berchidda section, with free practice from 7:30 to 9, the Qualifying Stage at 9:15 and the shakedown from 10:15 to 12.
The ceremonial start is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Piazza del Popolo, in Berchidda. The first day of competition features two runs each of the 10.81-kilometre Monti di Ala stage and the 7.48-kilometre Monte Olia stage. The latter returns to the route after several years, with a revamped layout.
On Sunday, there will be three runs of the Monte Lerno stage, which is 10.40 kilometres long, and the same number of runs of Filigosu, which is 7.43 kilometres long. The third run at Filigosu will count as the Power Stage. The finish is scheduled for 3:05 p.m., again in Piazza del Popolo in Berchidda. The eighth edition of the Rally Vermentino Historicu, for historic cars, will also take place over the weekend.