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Young Danish driver Christian Stubbe Olsen is the reigning FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup champion after winning both races at Zandvoort in 2018 and is returning to defend his title in his Class 2 1983 Martini MK39.

The competitors taking part in the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic faced six special stages on day 2. At the end of the tenth and final stage the no302 Porsche 911 SC local drivers Lucio Da Zanche and Daniele De Luis was the overall winner, finishing 15 seconds ahead of the no301 Lancia Delta Integrale of ‘Lucky’ and Fabrizia Pons, the EHSRC entered car taking maximum Category 4 points in Italy.

The first day of the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic, Round 7 of the 2019 FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship, ended with the no302 Porsche 911 SC local drivers Lucio Da Zanche and Daniele De Luis leading overall by 18 seconds ahead of the no309 Porsche of Italian crew Marco Bertinotti and Andrea Rondi. The no301 Lancia Delta Integrale was the top EHSRC entered car with ‘Lucky’ and Fabrizia Pons finishing the day 21.2 seconds behind the leading Porsche after picking up a 10 second penalty for failure to check in on time.

The Graham family are well known on the FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship. Ernie and Karen Graham are multiple Category 1 winners with their Ford Escort Twin Cam, while son Will is contesting Category 4 in a BMW E30 M3 for the first time in 2019. In Finland last month Will Graham secured his first Category 4 win on the Lahti Historic Rally.

After the gravel roads of Finland, the 2019 European Historic Sporting Rally Championship heads south to Italy with the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic hosting Round 7. This will be the first of two visits to Italy, with the Rally Elba Storico being held on 19-21 September. A total of 61 entries have been received by the organisers of the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic, with 26 eligible for championship points.

With just over one week until the FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup at Zandvoort in The Netherlands on the 6-8 September a large 29 car entry has been revealed for the 2019 event. The grid will feature six manufacturers, six engine tuners and drivers from all over Europe.

The Rally Alpi Orientali Historic will be the host event for Round 7 of the 2019 FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship the first of two Italian rounds in the next four weeks.

With the 2019 season now two thirds complete, the FIA European Historic Sporting Rally Championship heads to Italy for Round 7 of 9, the Rally Alpi Orientali Historic on 30/31 August. The battle for the four category titles is now even more intense following the results from the only gravel rally on the calendar, round 6 which was the Lahti Historic Rally in Finland.

The Lahti Historic Rally in Finland earlier this month attracted a wealth of entries from far and wide but the furthest travelled team came all the way from Australia to take on the challenge of Finland’s gravel roads.

After the top two cars went off track into retirement on day two, the no4 Audi Quattro of Finland’s Antero Laine and Topi Luhtinen finished the 2019 Lahti Historic Rally in first place, with the no7 Toyota Starlet 1300 of Esa Peltonen and Jyrki Saarto in second and the first EHSRC entrant across the finish line. The Toyota was 1m03.5s behind the Audi and 9.9 seconds ahead of the no2 Audi Quattro of ‘Zippo’ and Nicola Arena, the Italians finishing 3rd overall. However in post event scrutineering the no4 Audi was found to not be in compliance with the Historic Technical Passport (HTP) for the car and was disqualified from the event.