8. Rally di Roma Capitale 2020
ERC #1 • ERC2 #1 • ERC3 #1 • RGT Cup #2 • ERC Ladies #1 • ERC1 Junior #1 • ERC3 Junior #1 • Italy #1 [coef 2] • Abarth Rally Cup #1
24. 7. – 26. 7. 2020, Roma - Fiuggi • Motorsport Italia • asphalt 197.80 km • total distance including road sections - 955.74 km • Other years
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SS15
"Pedro is quicker than me so I expect him to be in front. But we are happy with our pace and this experience."
"It was a tough rally for us, but we learned a lot about the car. The team did great job after yesterday, thanks to them, we will be stronger next time."
"It was like we would be starting from scratch again, it was a bit frustrating. But I'm happy to finish, thanks to the team and organizers to make it happen."
"It was difficult, thanks to the team, they did great job, the car was perfect. Congratulations to Alexey."
"I think I improved all the day today. It was not perfect rally for us, I look forward to the next rally. Thanks to my team and all people around-."
"Finishing the first rally, we learned a lot for the future, thanks to our partners, I'm happy."
"Difficult weekend after long stop. We tried to make no mistake. Not so bad."
"We are happy to be on the finish. The third loop was not perfect, we are happy to stay on the road. Sometimes the times were good, sometimes not perfect, but we now know the rally for the next time."
"50%. The driving first day was OK, but I made a mistake and today I just drove through."
"It was very clean drive on a good pace, it was a calculated drive. Generally very good, I'm so happy."
"We are very happy. It was a difficult event."
"It has been a fantastic weekend, I came here with hopes for Top 10, so the result is fantastic. I tried to push in some stages to see the times and it worked well. Third place is fantastic."
"It was a good weekend. Unfortunately today the times weren't perfect, but we enjoyed the rally."
"We really enjoyed it, it was a pleasure from start to finish. Let's move to next one."
"We are very happy, we did our job properly, tried to be constant without mistakes, the team did also great work. Good start of the season for us."
"Nice battle with Mares, only for the second time with Hyundai it was positive weekend. I hope to go to Latvia."
"Weekend without issues is always good, it's good to be back again, it was a sort of test rally, we can see now the tyres work."
"It was tough to get on the pace after Friday's accident, thanks to my team, they made it possible to get back. Yesterday it was difficult, today it went quite better."
SS14
"The car is shutting down in the stage, I do what I can."
"The setup is good, time is nice, OK."
"Only one stage to go, being on the podium. This stage was really dirty."
"We do everything we can, the pace is high today."
"Everything is good, I try to have drive clean and efficient."
"Quite OK, I think we have again the same time. There is a short distance between us."
"I tried to push, let's see."
"Not better, we just drive slowly to get to the finish."
"We did little changes in the setup and it became better, we also had a slow puncture before the stage."
"I'm trying my best."
"From half of the stage we had completely overheated tyres, so it was sliding a lot."
"It's OK, but in the previous stage we had a spin in a hairpin so we now lost the confidence a bit."
"We stayed very very long in one corner, time is not so bad, but big mistake."
"Not perfect one, but quite smooth and stable pace. Now it's important to finish the rally."
"Step by step, we just enjoyed the drive."
"The pace was very high, but sometimes I wasn't in the rhythm, there were some rocks on the road I tried to avoid."
"It went well, we are going proper way, saving the tyres."
"Everything OK, tyres are fine. We are pushing, but Crugnola is very fast."
"It was good, I set time like before, we just enjoy it. Different tyre choice now and the rear is sliding a lot, we have to be careful."
"I try to be bit faster, unfortunately in the first stage I had a spin in a hairpin."
"It was quite OK, we go step by step, we try to make the car better every time."
"The time is not so good, I overheated brakes and tyres, but for sure we are happy to be here."
"It's not that bad, one more stage remains."
"We improved again, it's about learning how to maximize the tyre usage."
"This one was not so bad, but I did one mistake and stalled the engine on braking."
SS12
"We did a little mistake and touched a wall, but the car is OK."
"Come to Rome, they said, it would be fun, they said!"
"I made couple of error in previous stages, I was struggling with tyres, lot of understeer, mussing the apexes. but despite of everyhing we are happy."
"OK, the launch control did not work so I lost one or two seconds already on the startline."
"I did some mistakes, but not so much. I'm slowly getting into it. Tyres seem to be good."
"We have some problems with the tyres, the car is little sliding now."
"I like this stage. We had a lot of understeer, we were losing a lot of time."
"That was better, but probably we don't have the setup for this stage, but we have a lot of fun."
" All OK, we carry on the tyres, we build the confidence after yesterday."
"Everything was OK, now the confidence is much better, I think the way is good."
"We trying to control the things and have fun. Not an easy morning, but it's OK."
"Everything OK, we are pushing. We changed the setup before this stage."
"The tyres are working really well, I'm happy."
"Strange day today for me, I don't know why. On this stage it was quite OK, but I'm not really happy."
"We are trying to do the maximum."
"This stage is good, I tried to be more fast, we are really confident, not so bad."
"So much fun driving this car! This stage was fast, flowing, also twisty, the time is not bad. Mareš is not far behind so we can't take it too easy."
"It was good, step forward. We were too cautious on the first loop, we are getting it easy."
"This stage was quite clear, I tried my best, we want to catch the best possible position so we are trying."
SS11
"We had a spin."
"We enjoy it, everything is OK."
"Some understeer, we have burning brakes."
"We enjoy it, everything is OK."
"It's good now, we try to push."
"We have a big problem, I forgot the remote control for the air conditiníng and it's really hot inside."
"We have a big problem, I forgot the remote control for the air conditiníng and it's really hot inside."
"Slightly better than before, still we are working with the setup and moving step by step."
"The pertol fumes are gone now, it was much better now, it wa a good stage, I'm happy."
"The time is not good, I'm struggling with the setup of the front of the car."
"Much more fun this time."
"We are pushing, the stages are beautiful."
"It's going well, we managed it like in previous loop, the tyres are warmer now."
"I don't know, what I'm doing wrong, but we have nice fight and enjoy it a lot."
"On maximum all the time, it's crazy. I did some small mistakes in the beginning."
"The first stage was completely to forget, but now this one we got to the right flow. Still not where we want to be."
"The problem is to find the right braking point, it's more slippery now with the heat."
"I was pushing more, but I was really struggling with the tyres."
"We had quite a big moment, but I enjoyed the stage. I overheated the front tyres a bit."
"It's better, but I think my tyres are done now."
"On this stage we had some problems, I hope to do it much better in the third loop."
"This stage was much much better than in the last loop. The feeling was absolutely perfect, the times are OK."
"We are getting more confidence, we improved a lot."
"We are bit struggling with our tyre choice. But we are doing well actually."
"OK, the tyres are OK, we were pushing."
"Now it was moving a lot, maybe the tyres were too soft."
"It was better than loop before, my feeling is much better, but the time is the same."
"We were really really struggling."
"Not so bad, I tried to do my best in the previous one, in this one I'm happy, the pace was good, we try to learn the car."
"We did some changes but not in a good direction, we are struggling a lot."
"Bit changes on the car again, it's getting better. We stay calm, we'll see what guys can do, there are still four stages to go."
"It's getting better and better, hopefully we can continue like this."
SS9
"All OK, it's difficult for us, I tried my best, but not enough."
"Not good, too much brakes, I should use more throttle."
"Good run this morning, but we had a problem with brakes here, we have no brakes on the rear."
"Everything is good, but we will work on the setup, on the suspension."
"Not really good, the car was shutting down, we were very slow."
"I have a big problem, no brakes after 10 kilometers."
"I need to find what to do better."
"We don't know what happened, the tyre went off on straight."
"This stage was so fast, I took no risk. I want to keep the podium."
"We are trying everything, this stage went well. We try to push."
"It's hard job, Antunes is pushing, we keep our pace."
"The mechanics did great job yesterday, the cars feels fine today. We try to improve."
"We have new notes with some changes and in these stages there are not 100%. I'm little bit frustrated becuase I think we can push more, but we have to be smart."
"This morning is difficult."
"I'm confident with the car, but not with the pacenotes, I have to manage this, but now I need to be safe."
"FVery difficult stage, very tricky. Slow corners, then you have fast sections. But we make a good steps."
"Impressive, some sections were really fast, few times we were on the limiter."
"This stage was better, I'm happy with the time."
"This stage was much better, but it was quite dangerous before the finish, there was some bag on the road and we had to slow down."
"I'm trying to find the confidence, it's going to be back today."
"We expected to be bit faster, but we carry one more spare. There is a lot of uphill sections where the weight can be a key."
"All OK. We were struggling in few places to finfd the correct line."
"We are pushing hard to get the control of the third, in this stage we were just driving cleacn."
"Not a good stage, let's see the next loop."
"Quite OK, we reduced the gap, in the second pass it will be definitely better."
"It worked perfectly, the time is not so bad, I'm happy."
"In the beginning it was not good, but the car is feeling good, I just need to improve."
"This stage is nice, we took it easy."
"Not really happy, I was struggling with the rhythm and pacenotes in this loop."
SS8
"We had a problem with intercom."
"It's different rally today, we changed the setup and we are happy for the car."
"This stage was little bit worse for us, we didn't have a correct line."
"Better and better, we changed a little bit the setup and it seems to be working."
"The setup and brakes on the front are not good."
"Today we are getting back some places, let's see how it goes, I think it's coming back again."
"It's lot harder than I expected."
"We were pushing hard, we want to hold the podium. I like the stages. They are fast, it's OK."
"It's going well, still a lot of work to do."
"I'm trying to catch Ken. This one was not so good, it was very slippery and I pushed too hard, I have to be more soft."
"We try our best, let's see."
"Still fighting, this stage was horrible. Nothing is working, but we never give up."
"Good so far, I'm happy. We have to try to be smart and improve the speed a little bit."
"The car is working fine and stages are nice, but my driving is not good."
"I'm getting into it. It's difficult, I'm trying my best, not looking at the times."
"The first stage was good, this one was really technical, we did some small mistakes."
"Difficult, fast rhythm, every corner is different. I'm trying to get the confidence woth the car, brakes are OK today."
"Not a good stage for us, I lost a confidence a bit. But we are on the finish line, the previous one was better. Lot of hairpins and work with a handbrake."
"I made a little mistake yesterday, unfortunately we continue only in superally. The first stage was OK, here I was not very brave."
"The first stage was OK, in this one we had to turn off and on the car and we lost some time. Good to be here, thanks to the team."
"Not so bad, but could be better. We are close to the limit."
"Quite OK."
"I don't know if it is good time or not. It was difficult, probably the most difficult of the rally, I have never done something like thes before.."
"Not good, I hope to wake up in the next one."
"OK, I struggled a little bit with the notes, the sun was in some places shining directly and we were driving on smell."
"I'm happy, we have competetive setup and I'm confident with the car. We changed springs and antirollbars, the team did very good work."
"The firts stage was a disaster, no setup, just my driving, had no confidence. Now it was bit better, but we are still struggling."
"We have different startegy today. The first one was not very good, this one was little bit better. We want to get experience and finish, it's still a long day."
"The first stage was better, here I had no rhythm, I think the time is not very good."
SS6
"Very hard day, but we didn't have any puncture or problems. We want to go faster tomorrow."
"I'm happy to be here, it's crazy. We still have to learn, but it's great rally. We have to improve the brakes management."
"It was awesome, can I start again? The stages were really good today!"
"No brakes at all for the last few kilometers. Tight end."
"All OK."
Car on fire after stage
"Everything OK, we had two punctures today, but we will push tomorrow."
"The day was good, this stage was better than in the first loop."
"It was getting better and better, I'm happy with my driving."
"Quite enjoyable day, in the first loop we lost the brakes, in the second loop we improved."
"We had a spin, we lost few seconds. But tomorrow is another day and we will keep pushing."
"I love this stage, I think we have a good time."
"It was long and hot day for us, we are happy to be here. Tomorow will be stages for Porsche."
"From every kilometer it was becoming better and better."
"It was OK, we finished the last stage of today."
"Very satisfied with today, very very happy. The car is perfect, all OK."
"It was fun, I'm happy to complete this day. I'd like to improve tomorrow."
"It was amazing day, the second loop was better for us, the confidence is coming back. We are here in the finish of the first day, I would like to prepare myself the best for tomorrow."
"Extremely tough day, at least we have a lot of experience with the new car."
"Very good day, this stage was super."
"The day was good, I gained a lot of experience today, I'm happy to be on the end of day."
"The same problem like this morning, something wrong with the brakes, we lost them."
"Very difficult first day, I think the second loop was little bit better."
"I'm slowly getting into it. I'm fighting nd I don't give up. It's still long rally, we will push tomorrow."
"On this stage we lost a concentration but it's funny that the improve in time is big."
"Soupertough day, really hot, tricky stages, fast and twisty, you have to keep the speed and have the right confidence trusting the notes. We can be reasonably with today, we had no big mistakes, no punctures."
"No drama, but I was out of the rhythm all the time now. Not a good day."
"Today we are very happy because it's first race of this year. It's difficult, in the last stage I drove with more attention."
"In the first stage we had some problems but it's behind us, let's focus on the tomorrow."
"The final stage was good, it was dirty, but we are happy, we are closing the gap."
"I'm not happy, I think we have some problem, maybe pop-off. But we are driving, for sure we have to improve. "
"We are pleased with today, we started the development here from the scratch."
"It was good to start international season here. I'm still learning the car, the morning was better for us than the afternoon, but we are happy."
"Quite a good day for us, we are happy so far. In the last stage the sun was quite down and we didn't see anything."
"We were struggling a little bit, but the afternoon was much better. The tarmac is a bit change for us."
"It was going really nice here, no push, we are happy with the day. Thanks to the team for the car and the tyres, this package seems to be working."
"It was OK, we won the first part of the Italian championship."
"The feeling was good, the tyres were gone in the end, I ovedrove them completely. Big slides, but it was fun, I enjoyed today."
SS5
"It was a good stage, in the end something strange happened, I thought a puncture, but then it was good again."
"Bit better, still driving like a grandma, I don't know why."
"That was a good stage, nothing special, still we are trying to be on the pace."
"It's really rough, lot of stones, it's slippery on them. On my home rally I would like to have different pace, but I'm happy."
"Now I just went through, I wasn't sure if everything was OK."
"This stage was not good, I drove slow because of tyres, we have no spares anymore."
"All good, we did some clicks on the suspension and the car is much better."
"The stage was great, we are closing the gap t the frontrunners, we are happy with the performance."
"It was a bit better than the previous one, but still I'm not very happy with my drive."
"All OK, much more dirt on the road, I lost the concentration in the middle, but in the end all good."
"I was expecting it to be more difficult, but the feeling is much better."
"We took it quite technically, no risk, good reasonable pace. Happy with the time."
"OK, better than the previous stage."
"Much more difficult than the previous stage, I had one big slide. Lot of gravel, but it's not from cuts. I'm still learning."
SS4
Accident -> Rally2
Puncture
Puncture
Puncture
"Very difficult, lot of stones. Easy to make a mistake."
"We managed to get safely through the stage, the condition of the road is bit worse."
"Lot of rocks and dirty corners. I wasn't very concentrated."
"We went out little bit, but first time when we had a feeling we were pushing. Lot of fun."
"Much better, we had more fun and enjoyed the stage."
"Difficult, I'm happy to be through, the time is not so great, but we are happy to be here."
"Unfortunately we got a slow puncture, we finished the stage with flat tyre."
"The feeling with the car is good, but I drove slow and the time is not good."
"We took it easy, we are having fun and want to finish."
"It's very dirty compared to the first pass, but I'm happy, I have much more confidence now."
"Not so bad, only in the end of the stage I hit some rocks."
"Absolutely flatout, it's proper rallying."
"I'm not happy with this stage."
"Not bad, I did one mistake and lost some seconds, but quite OK."
"Much better, we did some setup changes and it seems it worked well. The feeling is much better now."
"There is more dirt and stones on the road now. But all good."
"I was mainly watching the road and avoiding the rocks. I saved the tyres for next stages, but I'm happy."
"More gravel, Basso told me before the stage to be careful, but the grip was quite OK."
SS3
Puncture
"Very difficult, I lost the brakes."
"It was so long, I'm very tired, but I liked it very much."
"We have an electricity problem."
"It's really difficult, we have lack of experience, we loose the brakes. But it's a good fun."
"Learning the car as much as possible, but we have some problems with brakes."
"Everything OK, in the first stage we had a puncture, but we enjoy that."
"Very hard race for us, the stages are very dirty. We try mainly to finish."
"We had a problem in one hairpin because the clutch didn't work, we lost tome some seconds."
"Not so good morning, we try to improve, step by step."
"Not a good stage, I have a problem with brakes."
"We are learning more about the car and we are going faster in the stage. We try our best."
"We started good but we had a tyre issue so we had to stop and change it."
"We went without tyres from the middle of the stage, crazy."
"Very difficult, it's first time when I drive such a long stage. But very nice."
"Beautiful stage, perfect. We enjoyed it, very nice."
"This stage was very long, we had a problem with temperature to slow the car."
"It's OK, I have a good feeling with this car. We are happy, the rally is long."
"It's good to be back behind the wheel, but after the first stage it's not easy to get again on the pace."
"Very difficult, last part was very dirty. Very happy to finish these stages, it was important."
"Everything OK, I managed to make more experience."
"It's very difficult, I'm learning, we will see."
"The car seems OK now, but we miss something to the maximum push."
"Good, step by step, we are here first time, but the confidence is now much better. I'm happy."
"Not so good, we had a little of, we were lucky to finish the stage."
"It's so hot in the car! This stage was better, it's going right direction, I think the time is not bad."
"The stage went quite well, we had to be careful because we have zero spares now."
"OK, the stage was difficult, after few kilometers the front tyres became overheated."
"This stage is quite nice, we had no mistakes there, quite OK."
"Time is not so bad, we try to learn. Now the tyres and everything are heating."
"It was OK, unfortunately we again had to wait before the start. The feeling was quite OK, only last few kilometers the tyres were too hot."
"In the end I thought I had a puncture or something, I lost maybe sex or seve seconds."
"I went a bit off and lost some seconds."
"The feeling is quite good, long stage and the tyres got really hot."
"This one was bit better, not perfect, but OK."
"I think my tyres are finished. Guys are going quite fast."
"I tried to save the tyres."
"Difficult stage, the left front tyre had absolutely no grip, I'm still learning on the tarmac."
SS2
Retired in road section (Suspension damage) -> Rally2
Puncture
"For us it's quite OK, the last one was quite slippery with the cold tyres, but quite OK run."
"This stage was OK."
"In the first stage we went carefull, but I'm quite happy, we have to adjust the setup."
"I did a mistake in here, I damaged the front right suspension."
"The first stage was definitely not good for the Porsche, but this one was much better."
"First stage was really hard, I tried to understand how to drive the stages here."
"The stage was little dusty, but OK."
"We had quite a good first stage, but after five kilometers in this stage we got a turbo issue, I don't know if we reach the service."
"First stage I had a puncture, now good time, we are happy."
"So difficult, I try to improve with this car, I'm happy to be here."
"This stage was without any problem, I took it easy just to keep the car on the road and increase the confidence."
"We have to adjust the setup to better understand the car."
"This stage is hard, but it was fine."
"Very difficult, it's easy to make mistake. We go step by step."
"We have done a good stage, not brilliant, but good enough to get more confidence with the car."
"Very difficult, I did a mistake in the stage, not very good."
"Very cautious, but the car seems good now and all the black stuff is still on the rims, no problem."
"It's good, OK we did two stages with cold tyres, but it's ERC, it's new experience for me."
"Difficult, I have to improve, I have to push a little bit, but we also have to play it cool, there were already two big accidents."
"I had a spin and stalled the engine, I lost quite a lot of time."
"The stage is not easy after many cars, I drove slowly in first corner."
"Again a lot of unexpected gravel."
"Bit difficult with the cold tyres, we had a bit of understeer."
"It was much better than the first stage, now we didn't have to save the tyres, I'm happy."
"I enjoy it, the car is superb."
"It was OK, I'm not really happy with my driving, but we are trying our best. We can improve."
"Quite good."
"Not easy again, I'm struggling with the pacenotes, but we are here to test and develop and we showed some good pace, I'm happy."
"Quite carefull in the beginning with the cold tyres, but then it was OK. But we have a good pace and we build a relation with Dimitriy."
"Quite OK."
"Not good, I lost my glasses. I hit a rock, did not got a puncture, but it was not a good stage at all, I lost a lot of time."
SS1
Accident -> Rally2
Double puncture. Crew changed it on stage
Spun and got stuck in a ditch
Puncture
"I had a spin in one corner, but OK."
Damaged suspension
"I was too fast, I tried something and it didn't work. I'm sorry."
"It was OK."
"For the first time very difficult, it was tricky, I'm happy to getting no puncture."
Puncture
"Again engine problem like yesterday, we also got a puncture."
"It was not easy, in the beginning we had to warm the tyres."
"Incredible stage to open the day, it's so fast with lot of blind corners. I'm happy with my notes, I hope my time is OK and we make some progress."
"Bit carefull in places, generally I'm not happy with this stage, I hope I can improve."
"There was unexpected gravel and rocks in one corner, we got the puncture and had to change it."
"All OK, but the stage is very difficult and slippery."
"Not so good, the setup is not ideal, we have a lot of understeer and there is a lot of tight corners."
"It wasn't so bad, I tried to manage the tyres and be relaxed, it was not bad."
Puncture
"I didn't see anything but we probably hit some rock five kilometers to the stage end."
"Quite tricky, we had to wait for 40 minutes and the tyres cooled down. First five kilometers we drove carefully."
"Absolutely flat out, the car performed well, we really enjoyed it."
"We were waiting just before the startline, we heated the tyres in the stage."
"It was OK, but lot of waiting. Crazy to start the stage with cold tyres."
"The tyres were overheated in the end, I lost a little bit the concentration. But no problems."
"Very difficult, but I was OK, I pushed quite hard. Cautious in some places, there were some rocks on the road."
"Everything OK, very difficult."
"Tough stage to start. Not easy to be on the pace, we have to manage the tyres and brakes."
"It wasn't an easy one, but good stage for us. The brakes were overheating in the end, but it was probably my fault."