Crugnola with a short header in Rome

With only 29,89 km timed divided into 3 special stages, the end of the first stage was not marked by any significant turnarounds.

At the wheel of his Hyundai i20 R5, Andrea Crugnola s’est imposé dans le plus long tronçon (ES5, 19,70 km) et a pris ses distances avec la Fabia Rally2 de Giandomenico Basso. Isolés en tête, les deux Italiens ne sont séparés que par 5″4.

Installed at 3^e place since SS2, Alexey Lukyanuk admits he cannot do better, but believes that his position is not bad from a championship perspective ERC. It must be said that his opponents, Gryazin, Mikkelsen or Breen didn't have a good day.

Within the top 10, Norbert Herczig (5^e) or Efren Llarena (6^e) behaved well. They are ahead of Yoann Bonato who occupies 8^e rank, but only 13″5 behind the 4th^e.

Among the other tricolors present in Italy, Jean-Baptiste Franceschi is in ambush in ERC3 and dominates in the Juniors. After brake problems, he is 10″6 behind Mas Bassas while Florian Bernardi has retired. Author of remarkable times, Manu Guigou continues his rise in RGT where Pierres Ragues leads and Philippe Baffoun is 3^e.

With 7 more special stages on the program and 123,19 km timed, the event is far from over in each category.