2013 Rally Italia Sardegna - Preview
Run in October last year, the event looks set to provide more gruelling action for the crews as high summer temperatures will put yet more strain on man and machinery.
This year the event takes its ceremonial start to the city of Sassari on Thursday, prior to two days of intense action amid superb scenery, providing a spectacular backdrop for Italy’s round of the Championship. One night stage run on Friday evening will add a further challenge, rounding off the action on the shorter of this two-day rally.
In addition to the WRC contenders, the FIA WRC 2 and WRC 3 crews will also be vying for honours on the final event before a five-week break for the series.
RALLY ITALIA SARDEGNA – ROUTE GRAPHICS
CHANGES TO THE ROUTE SINCE 2012
The route for the 2013 Rally Italia Sardegna will be largely familiar to the crews, with just 27.76 kilometres of completely new roads. The Qualifying Stage is however completely new this year.
RALLY DATA
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Total distance: Stage distance: Number of stages: |
1,073.35 km 304.50 km 16 |
MEDIA ACCREDITATION
The Media Accreditation Centre is located in the Geovillage Hotel, Olbia. The opening hours are:
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Tuesday 18 June Wednesday 19 June Thursday 20 June Friday 21 June |
14:00 – 20:00 hrs 08:00 – 20:00 hrs 07:00 – 20:00 hrs 08:00 - 14:00 hrs |
RALLY ITALIA SARDEGNA TIMETABLE AND MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES ORGANISED BY THE FIA
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Wednesday 19 June Mandatory Photo briefing for national and rally by rally photographers, Photographers’ Room, Media Centre, Geovillage Hotel Thursday 20 June Free Practice (P1 & P2) Qualifying (P1 & P2) Shakedown (P3 and non-priority drivers) Starting Position Attribution, Press Room, Geovillage Hotel FIA press conference, Press Room, Geovillage Hotel Autograph session (P1 drivers), Sassari Ceremonial Start, Sassari Friday 21 June First car arrives for remote service, re-group and Media Zone, Sassari First car arrives for service and Media Zone, Olbia Regroup, Arzachena First car arrives for final service and Media Zone, Olbia Saturday 22 June First car arrives for mid-day service, re-group and Media Zone, Olbia First car arrives for final service and Media Zone, Olbia Prize-giving and podium ceremony, Town Hall Square, Olbia FIA press conference, Press Room, Geovillage Hotel |
16:30 hrs 08:00-10:00 hrs 11:00 hrs 12:00-13:30 hrs 13:00 hrs 13:30 hrs 19:00 hrs 19:30 hrs 12:14 hrs 18:22 hrs 20:13 hrs 22:30 hrs 12:19 hrs 18:37 hrs 19:15 hrs 20:15 hrs |
FIA PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
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Thursday 20 June Saturday 22 June |
Simone Campedelli, FIA WRC 3 Championship Keith Cronin, FIA WRC 3 Championship Lorenzo Bertelli, FIA WRC 2 Championship Sepp Wiegand, FIA WRC 2 Championship Dani Sordo, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Sébastien Ogier, Volkswagen Motorsport Thierry Neuville, Qatar World Rally Team Andreas Mikkelsen, Volkswagen Motorsport II Winning FIA WRC 3 Championship crew Winning FIA WRC 2 Championship crew Top three crews in the overall classification Representative of the winning entrant |
ADDITIONAL MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES
Autograph Signing Session: On Friday selected crews will be available for a 15 minute autograph session. This will take place in the service park during the end of day 45 minute service at the teams’ service areas.
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS
The provisional classifications for all the WRC Championships can be found on the following link:
http://www.fia.com/
STAGE CHART
Shortly after the finish of the event on Saturday, a downloadable stage chart showing the progressive positions of the leading crews during the rally will be available. This is copyright free for editorial purposes and available at the following link:
http://www.fia.com/
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