Paolo Andreucci at the Piedmont Regional Rally on a Citroen C3 with MRF Tyres

Paolo Andreucci, led by Rudy Briani, is ready to start the second round of the 2024 Sparco Italia Rally Championship

At the wheel of the Turbocar Sport Italia Team Citroen C3 Rally2 with MRF Tires he will be the standard bearer of Rosario Montalbano’s Scuderia Ro Racing.

MRF tire development work continues for Paolo Andreucci, who next weekend will be at the start of the Piedmont Regional Championship, the second round of the Italian Absolute Rally Sparco Championship, scheduled for 11 to 13 April.

The representative of Rosario Montalbano’s Ro racing team will start the asphalt race at the wheel of the Citroen C3 Rally2 of the Turbocar Sport Italia Team and will be accompanied, as usual, by the trusted and expert sailor Rudy Briani. Despite missing the start of the Vald’Orcia Rally, Andreucci was still present at Radicofani. The MRF Trophy Italia terra, a trophy reserved for dirt road professionals, has achieved great success and in its first edition can count on the participation of more than 20 crews.

“Our development and testing work continues with MRF Tires – commented Paolo Andreucci -. This past weekend we were also supposed to start the Val d’Orcia Championship, the second event of the Italian dirt track championship, but unfortunately the car that we had to participate it was not in time. In the Piedmont Regional Championship we will be at the beginning with the Citroen C3 Rally2 of the Turbocar Sport Italia Team to continue the development process of MRF Tires. Already from the first races of the Championship, Ciocco and Valle del Serchio Rally, we collected very important data and even during the race we made a tire choice that went in that direction and that allowed us to collect important data. We are an important part of a great team and together with the engineer Fiorenzo Brivio we work to present the most progressive products.

On Friday 12 engines started with a shakedown set in Seirole and reserved for priority workers and participants in qualifications (Rally 2/R5 cars). The starting ceremony will be held in Alba at 3 pm as a prelude to the start of the challenge with the “power stage” followed live on television by Rai Sport and Aci Sport Sky platforms. The following are the sections of Cossano – Mango and SanDonato – Trezzo that will close on the first day.

Another seven timed sections are scheduled for Saturday April 13 with two sections of the famous historical test “Diano D’Alba” covered in the first edition of the Alba Championship followed by the sections of Cossano which will be covered only once when the tests of Vesime and Loazzolo. , with some characteristics that recall the challenges of the Sanremo world championship of the 90s will see two passages like “Diano”. The arrival and award ceremony will also take place in Alba at 5.40 pm.

Paolo Andreucci and Rudy Briani in the Citroen C3 Rally2 Photo by Mario Leonelli

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