Rally di Roma will kick off the ERC season with 56 registered crews

However while there were adjustments aplenty since Chris Ingram beat Alexey Lukyanuk to the 2019 title a dramatic final-stage showdown on Rally Hungary closing November, the aim within the abet of the oldest global rally collection on the planet remains unaltered: to keep a competitive and accessible sure route of development from national stage to the field stage. 

Taking discipline over six events (three on asphalt, three on gravel) between July and November, the 2020 ERC will seemingly be divided into varied classes in accordance to automobile performance and, within the case of the ERC1 Junior and Pirelli-supported ERC3 Junior divisions, driver age and journey.

Double ERC champion and closing 365 days’s Roma winner Giandomenico Basso heads the entry adopted by 2018 champion and Roma winner Alexey Lukyanuk. The ERC1 Junior and ERC3 Junior champions from closing season, Filip Mareš and Efrén Llarena, will both be competing, as will main female drivers Rachele Somaschini and Adrienn Vogel. Dariusz Poloński is a well-liked for the ERC2/Abarth Rally Cup victory.

Rally di Roma Capitale, which marks the resumption of FIA global-stage rallying as determined restrictions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ease in some nations. Essentially based totally mostly in Fiuggi to the south east of the Italian capital, this 365 days’s tournament includes 15 asphalt-totally phases over a distance of 197.80 kilometres. Following Free Practice and the Qualifying Stage on the morning of 24 July, crews head to the Castel Sant’Angelo and central Rome for the ceremonial delivery and to delivery up the Roma parade, a motorised tour of the city’s historical constructions and landmarks with drivers in their rally autos within the abet of police escorts.

Rally di Roma Capitale in 100 words

The development of this asphalt tournament, organised and promoted by Max Rendina’s Motorsport Italia organisation, is spectacular. Having first bolt in 2013, Rally di Roma Capitale made its ERC debut in 2017 as Italy returned to the European championship for the first time since 2013 when Rallye Sanremo was on the calendar. It proved a immense hit and continues to flourish. While COVID-19 restrictions mean no discuss over with to Ostia for the seaside superspecial, the smartly-liked phases around Pico to the some distance south east of tournament hub Fiuggi live. By moreover counting as an Italian championship round, local participation is solid.

The immense entry numbers

The entry list for Rally di Roma Capitale demonstrates the enchantment of the ERC and dedication from the competing teams and drivers at some point of the unprecedented period precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the key numbers:

87: A total of 87 crews have entered Rally di Roma Capitale.

56: Of the 87 drivers entered, 56 (64%) have registered for the FIA European Rally Championship.

42: Some 42 top-of-the-differ Rally2 autos are discipline for action in Rome with 29 crewed by ERC drivers.

26: The ERC Junior championships have attracted a complete of 26 entries, with 13 eligible for ERC1 Junior (for Rally2 autos) and 13 in contention for ERC3 Junior honours in Pirelli-equipped Rally4 and Rally5 autos.

24: With 24 nationalities represented by the competing drivers, the worldwide enchantment of the ERC is underlined one more time.

4: Reigning national champions from Germany, Italy, Poland and Romania, plus the ERC1 Junior and ERC3 Junior title holders discipline to participate.

34: Drivers competing in Rome have obtained a combined 34 ERC events and claimed 3 total FIA European Rally Championship titles.

ERC 2020: what’s recent?

Aspects-scoring machine: The top 15 somewhat than the head 10 will score formula as follows: 30-24-21-19-17-15-13-11-9-7-5-4-3-2-1. The leg bonus formula allocation has moreover changed with the head 5 somewhat than the head seven scoring leg bonus formula: 5-4-3-2-1.

Rally5 for ERC3 Junior: Rally5 autos will moreover be eligible for ERC3 Junior (it was Rally4 autos beforehand) A summary of alternative adjustments will seemingly be issued individually.

Five information:

1:  Rome’s famend Colosseum, which formula on the Roma parade route, is the predominant amphitheatre ever constructed. Construction began in AD 72 and was performed in AD 80.

2: In stark distinction, Rally di Roma Capitale took discipline for the first time in 2013 and joined the ERC roster in 2017 when the closest discontinue in most modern ERC historical previous was recorded as Bryan Bouffier beat Kajetan Kajetanowicz by 0.3s.

3: The commune of tournament depraved Fiuggi, to the southeast of central Rome, was made famend by its pure spring water and the healing powers it possesses.

4: Rome was one in every of two European capitals to host the ERC in 2019. Nicosia is dwelling to the Cyprus Rally.

5: Italy has famend 23 European championship triumphs through the years. Giandomenico Basso (2006 and 2009) and Luca Rossetti (2008, 2010-2011) are both a pair of winners.