The pilot from Voghera navigated by Bernacchini is immediately ahead In the historic duel between Canzian-Prizzon and the Musti brothers
SALICE TERME
Welcome on the side of the road, and not only, as always enthusiastic for the Rally 4 Regioni, which officially got underway late yesterday afternoon. The 23rd edition of the legendary Oltrepadana race, which this year celebrates the 50th anniversary of its debut in the motoring scene, has seen the 2019 winning formula confirmed: a triple race that sees historic and modern cars racing together, naturally with separate rankings. with the addition of the “icing” represented by the “sport regularity” race reserved, also in this case, for historic cars.
A popular choice, with 146 competitors expected at the start: in this case 38 in the historical rally category, 83 in the modern rally (with 19 cars belonging to the R5 class, the most performing one) and 25 in the sport regularity. The start returned to the Salice Terme area, where the rearrangement and technical assistance were held, from where the cars left for the first of the two special stages scheduled, the Pozzol Groppo 1, around 16.20 in the late afternoon.
After the first “special”
At the end of the first test, the home drivers are ahead in modern rally, with Scattolon-Bernacchini on VW Polo, then Brega-Zanini and Tagliani-Picchetti, both on Skoda Fabia. In the history, head to head between the Porsche 911 of Riccardo Canzian and Andrea Prizzon and that of Matteo and Claudia Musti; third the Subaru Legacy of Salvatore Riolo and Maurizio Marin. The sport regularity drivers are still on trial. –