Rally of Rome: Giandomenico Basso wins in Rome

Starting Friday evening with the super special around the Coliseum in Rome, the 5^e The event on the calendar concluded today. The already intense battle near Fiuggi, south of the capital, was once again very close during the day's six special stages. Just over 6 km of timed runs were on the program, and warm temperatures were still forecast.

On Saturday, Andrea Crugnola (C3 Rally2) finished the stage in the lead with a lead of just 3 seconds over Giandomenico Basso (Fabia RS). The two Italians resumed their duel from the day before. After the two morning sections, Basso took the lead by just 3 seconds. In the final stage before the return to service, the Citroën driver managed to claw back his advantage by 0 seconds. Everything was in place for the battle to continue into the final stage, but immediately after the lunch break, Crugnola was 2 minutes behind and received a 2-second penalty. The battle for victory came to a sad end, with Basso slipping towards the final podium. The 5-year-old Italian won his third^e rally from Rome and becomes the 5th^e different winner of the championship, in 5 races. Like the other 4 before him, "Giando" is not interested in the title in ERC.

For the latter, Mikolaj Marczyk (Fabia RS) got off to a very good start, taking the provisional podium in the first special stages. The Pole took advantage of Crugnola's penalty to move up to 2nd^e, but he remained under threat from the Italians, Roberto Daprà (Fabia RS) and especially Andrea Mabellini (Fabia RS). The latter managed to make up the deficit and take 2^e rank in the penultimate special. During the Power Stage, the Italian managed to maintain his advantage and obtained his 1^er podium in 2025. 3^e, Marczyk secures important points in the championship where he leads with 22 points ahead of Mabellini who achieved the best operation this weekend.

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