The MotoGP rider, the Italian Valentino Rossi # 46, managed to win the Monza Rally Show 2018, which was held in the Monza International Circuit this 7, 8 and 9 of the present me.
The 9-time MotoGP champion, the Italian Valentino Rossi #46, was the winner for the seventh time of the Monza Rally Show 2018. The Italian started in the best possible way, by managing to stay with the first two stages of the race at the wheel of his Ford Fiesta WRC Plus, which was played on Friday, November 7 at the international circuit of Monza, circuit that is also used for the F1 world championship. After these first two stages, Rossi managed a 7-second lead in the overall standings of the race to his nearest pursuer, the Thai Teemu Suninen #5. And to close the podium of the race after the first two stages, was in third place and a little over 14 seconds, the pilot Alessandro Perico #2, with the Ford Fiesta WRC.
Career positions after the first 2 stages
Day 2:
Like the first day of the Monza Rally Show 2018, Valentino Rossi, managed to take a greater advantage in the stages played on the second day, where they played 4 stages. In the first stage of the day and third of the race, Rossi took an advantage of +12.4 seconds to his nearest pursuer Teemu SUNINEN #5, after achieving an excellent time of 5'33.4s and +12.8 seconds to Roberto BRIVIO #63, who was also in charge of a FORD FIESTA WRC PLUS. In the fourth position of the PS3 (Stage 3 - Special Test 3), it was +13.3s Antonio CAIROLI # 222 , pilot of the HYUNDAI I20 WRC and in the 5 Position a +13.4s we found the pilot Alessio SALUCCI #64, just like Valentino with a FORD FIESTA WRC PLUS.
In PS4 (Special Test 4), Rossi gained more advantage by being in the first position with a time of 4'46.4 , taking +3.8 to Teemu SUNINEN, +8.0 to Roberto BRIVIO, +8.2 to Antonio CAIROLI and + 10.2sa to LONGHI Piero #1, the latter in command of a HYUNDAI I20 WRC. The PS5, Rossi made a time 5'23.2s, which gave him the first time of this stage. In the second position SUNINEN was +4.7s, followed in the third position by Alessio SALUCCI to + 11.1s.
The PS6 was the last stage of the day, which was also dominated by Italian driver Valentino Rossi, achieving a better time of 20'38.5s. Rossi like the previous stages, I take a greater advantage of +16.6s SUNINEN, +24.3sa BRIVIO, +38.1sa SALUCCI and + 45.7sa Marco BONANOMI #3, aboard a FORD FIESTA WRC.
General classification of the race after the second day.
Day 3:
On the third day of the Monza Rally Show 2018, played this Sunday November 8, Rossi managed to prevail on the PS7, however, on the PS8 achieved a time of 6'39.5s, thus equaling the time of Suninen, pilot of M -Sport in the WRC. In stage 9 (PS9) before Master Show (1.5 km) , Valentino returned to prevail, this time with only half a second of advantage with Tony Cairoli, motocross legend, and seven tenths over Suninen. In the Master Show, the driver Tony Cairoli, removed the thorn after complaining in previous days with the performance of his car with respect to the Ford Fiesta WRC Plus, to beat the Italian driver Valentino Rossi by only 590 thousandths.
Overall final classification of the Monza Rally 2018
Declarations of Valentino Rossi, after winning the Monza Rally Show 2018:
"I thought about it a lot because the race would have been more exciting, but in the end I preferred to enjoy the opportunity to ride the Fiesta Plus for once. And it's a beautiful car"
"I have spent a lot of time in cars since I was little, but a real rally is hard for me because among the first five it would not come because the WRC riders are very fast. Here at Monza I am strong because I know the race but the World Cup is something else"
Circuit Information:
As it is a Rally, the stages were carried out in Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, both in the current layout of formula 1, and in the mythical track.
Location: Monza, Italy
Coordinates: 45 ° 37'14 "N 9 ° 17'22" ECoordinates: 45 ° 37'14 "N 9 ° 17'22" E (map)
Events: Formula 1; Formula 2; GP3; Formula 3; F4 (Italy); WTCR
Inauguration: September 3, 1922 (96 years)
Here I leave a video where images of the prestigious Rally are shown:
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