All set for the 10th edition of the legendary Sardegna Rally Race
It’s the final countdown – the breathtaking island is hosting the 10th edition of the legendary Goldentyre Sardegna Rally Race as the Grande Baia Resort & Spa has just turned into the race headquarters with a paddock early this morning.
Action in the six day event will get underway with the Prologue in Beruillas on Saturday, June 10, at 5 pm.
This year’s edition is even a bit glamorous, as the rally celebrates its tenth birthday. Tough and challenging as always, the Sardegna Rally Race is also one of the most enjoyable rallies. “When I was travelling around the globe – sometimes also to race – I realized something important: there was no place like Sardegna in the whole world! Competing in a rally is the best way to see the hidden aspects of any place, so imagine to find them in Sardegna, where the nature is really incredible. If you ride on the top of Gennargentu, you will see the sea from every side. Amazing! I still remember how I felt when I got there for the first time in my life – my thoughts were primitive, I felt part of the mother Nature,” said Antonello Chiara, one of the rally organizers together with Gianrenzo Bazzu.
Among the stars on show will be Alessandro Botturi, 5-times Dakar contestant and multiple Italian Enduro and TT champion, Jacopo Cerutti, two-times Rally Dakar contestant and a rising star of Italian Rally and Enduro racing, Maurizio Gerini and Mirko Pavan, just to mention a few. The foreign line-up is formed by a reining world champion Rafal Sonik in quad category, his fellow countryman Kamil Wisniewski, French quad rider Sebastien Souday, Japanese rider Sukenobu Tetsunori and last but not least there are also strong Spaniards Oriol Mena and Txomin Arana.
A special challenge will face the six SSVs on the entry list (Side by Side Vehicles), with lady rider Camelia Liparotti on board of a Yamaha YXZ 1000R, this time as navigator to Eric De Seynes, head of Yamaha Motor Europe.
On Sunday, June 11, the first of the five legs will take the competitors on a 1300 km long adventure towards Arborea.
