James FI

2002

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fot. Kevin Ceccon

It was nice to put on a helmet again and get into the rally car, even if Clio1600 will become a historical car soon. We have reached our goals. Checking the gear selection system was one of them. We also did it for fun, but it is normal that everyone wants to do well. It was not a lot of driving, about 70 kilometres on 7 stages, but still it was fun, though not easy. Especially behind the wheel of a front wheel drive car on the dirty roads. Not everything went perfect. Unfortunately on the last stage we've got a puncture. It was a turn everyone was cutting and we hit a sharp edge of the road, 8 kilometres before the finish. Two kilometres later the tyre came completely off the rim. It is not easy to drive a FWD car like that, especially on a long downhill section. We lost a lot of time. I would like to thank people who helped me in the preparations, the team and also Maciek Szczepaniak, who have found some time just before Rally Finland to sit with me in the car.

WRC?! No, S1600 This weekend we plan to compete in Rally Coppa Città di Lucca, regional rally in Tuscany. I will drive Clio S1600. We've been working for several months on the gear selection system, to adjust it to a Clio. Why this car? It's like going back to good old times. It's been 3 or 4 years since I drove it last time in a rally. This time it will be more kind of a testing run, because I used this system for a first time only yesterday, on a racing circuit. We plan to do some testing on Friday morning and then - if we'll get a permission from the Italian federation - we will participate in the rally with Maciek. I would like to ask you to not read between the lines. I am not coming back to rallying, I do not plan on regular starts in a front wheel drive car and I will not participate in WRC3. It's more of a joyride with a good company.

Robert , Tobia Cavallini i David Vaiani w Montemarcello - Punta Corvo.

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