The three-days-challenge around Brescia highlights the supremacy of the crew Basso-Dotta, debuting on the “Regional” Ford Fiesta S2000 and conquering their 4 th success in this race. The rest of the Podium goes to Paolo Andreucci (Peugeot) and Umberto Scandola (Skoda).

Giandomenico Basso, co-driven by Mitia Dotta, is the winner of the 36 th edition of Rally 1000 Miglia; he has been dominating the overall classification since SS3, where he remained for the whole race and which signed his triumph in Brescia for the fourth time. Yesterday he “built” an important gap on his first pursuer Andreucci (Peugeot 207 S2000), which reached +37’’7 at the end of Day 1.

The Peugeot factory driver, after an inappropriate choose of tires made on Friday morning, did not manage to contain Basso’s attack neither in the afternoon. Therefore, the six-time Italian Champion decided to work on his gap on Umberto Scandola in the Italian Championship Classification. The crew “signed” Skoda (3 rd overall) raced regularly, although it never managed to reach the bagarre for the victory.

Foto: Massimo Bettiol

The 4 th position overall is occupied by Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia S2000), at his first experience on the insidious roads of the stages around Brescia. The Skoda Motorsport driver has been a protagonist in the highest part of the classification, until he slightly “touches” a wall on SS11 “Colle S. Zeno 1” and loses more than a minute. A satisfied Matteo Gamba closes the “top five” preceding Stefano Albertini, 6 th overall for the first time on board of the Peugeot 207 S2000 sponsored by ACI-CSAI, Pirelli and Racing Lions.

Luca Betti (Peugeot 207 S2000) ends the race in 7 th position. After he finished Day 1 as 5 th overall, today he decided to attack: unfortunately, not only he didn’t manage to improve his position, but he also punctured twice (losing a lot of time because he had to change both the tires during the stages and not at the end of them). Marco Signor is in 8 th position with the Skoda Fabia S2000 and Gyosher (Peugeot 207 S2000) is 9 th (and second among the strangers); the Czech Jan Cerny on Citroen DS3 R3 is 10 th overall and winner of the 2WD classification.

The first position in the Italian Junior Championship was achieved by Simone Campedelli (Citroen DS3 R3), the factory driver of Citroen Italia, also winner of the first race of the series. He was able to win the race, nevertheless the breaking of power-stearing during the second day.

Michele Tassone ends the race in second position among drivers of Italian Junior Championship, winning also the standings of Trofeo Renault Twingo Gordini R2 TOP. He won the Richard Burns Award..