The 7th Rally di Roma Capitale awarded strong emotions until the final meters of the “Arena ACI Roma”, the final show that ran in front of thousands of spectators in Ostia that cheered an all-Italian podium at the 5th round of the European Rally Championship and Italian Rally Championship. Giandomenico Basso and Lorenzo Granai took the win on Skoda Fabia R5. The crew of Metior Sport got the lead halfway through leg one thanks to the win in SS4. Since then they defended with skills and experience the lead from the attacks of their rivals. The second position eventually went to Simone Campedelli and Tania Canton that after a troubled start saw their efforts as well as the work of Team Orange One on the Ford Fiesta R5 delivered by M-sport in its latest updates only at the eve of the race rewarded also by the win of SS7. Andrea Crugnola and Pietro Elia Ometto managed to get on the podium thanks to a gritty performance on the Skoda Fabia R5. The Gass Racing crew dominated the rally winning 13 of the 16 tests but slipped down to the back due to a puncture in leg one and with a great resolution they started a furious comeback run completing it with the decisive attack in the closing stages when the two recovered the final seconds. Thanks to the double win on the “Arena ACI Roma” Crugnola won the “Memorial Pasquale Amoroso”, event in the memory of the late ACI Sport Manager. The opening race was won by the Russian Gryazin on Skoda Fabia instead.
