“Passion and desire to win, this is how the result comes”
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10/06/2022 – Final preparations in the Proline Team of San Marino, to better face the 21st Rally Bianco Azzurro, home race that takes place on the roads of the Titano territory on 11 and 12 June, with the Macerata driver Samuele Martinelli, sailed by Nicolò Micheletti, who will defend the colors of the GR Motorsport team in Medesano (Parma) in a Renault Clio in the R3 group.
“I will always run with my faithful navigator Nicolò Micheletti – says Samuele Martinelli – with whom I won the Foligno Rally on gravel with the Citroen Saxo, but since it runs on asphalt I preferred to use the Clio with its 260 hp, then on I will be back with the Saxo for next season. Considering that the race I did at the San Marino Circuit in March and that I always won with the Clio and on asphalt, I am confident also for this race “.
The 21st Rally Bianco Azzurro, organized by the San Marino Scuderia, takes place in 3 special stages to be repeated 3 times, for a total of 50 km. The PS are all located around the Titan, in the splendid setting of the Republic of San Marino. Roads that the Macerata driver knows quite well as he often frequents them, having raced there and having as reference the Proline team, which prepared his car. For this reason, the race is felt a little by everyone as that of home and the goal is also ambitious. “As always, I feel lucky for the people I now have alongside in this sport – adds Martinelli – like the mechanics Andrea and Emanuele della Proline, who are impeccable and always offer me all their experience that has been established for years, especially in rallies. always great cars with attention to everything from the engine to the set-up. Then there is my navigator with his over 65 races of experience who is a great ally, both in advising me with notes, and in guiding me in the race trying to reach the Maximum result. Therefore, the great skill and experience of Giancarla Guzzi, president of the GR Motorsport team, but also one of the best female navigators at national level, is always at my side for any need or help. If together with all these ingredients you add a lot of passion and the desire to win the result often comes “.
The pilot from Macerata, who will be engaged in the R3C class, will also have a foreign crew among his opponents, the German one formed by the pilot Wolfgang Irlacher and the navigator Jennifer Lerch, who will race on Honda Civic Typ R, while the other class competitors are the Lorenzo brothers. and Stefano Costi and the San Marino citizens Leo Mularoni and Fabio De Luca (navigator), both in Renault Clio. The German crew will not be the only one in the race, in fact after Irlacher, who was the first to register, the Latvian driver Nikolay Gryazin arrived, who won the Rally di Sardegna in the WRC-2 world championship round. It starts tomorrow with the shakedown scheduled from 15:30 at Ca ‘Chiavello, then on Sunday morning at 8:30 the departure of the first car in the race. Three special stages to be repeated three times, for a total of nine stages, are located between Ca ‘Chiavello, Maiano and “La Casa”.
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