Sinceramente non avevamo idea di cosa ci aspettava al SANREMO RALLY STORICO. In origine avevamo programmato di partecipare al rally con la nostra Morris Cooper S del 1967 nella gara riservata al Rally Storico ma poi per problemi di ritardo nell'ottenimento dell'HTP (colpa della posta....) abbiamo deciso di dirottare la nostra gara verso la Coppa dei Fiori, gara di regolarità a media imposta, alla guida della fidata Works Spitfire.Fin qui tutto bene; il problema era che una gara con la media imposta per noi era assolutamente una novità.
La tappa del venerdì è stata molto tribolata e complicata, alla ricerca dell'affiatamento dell'equipaggio e della padronanza della equazione spazio-tempo fondamentale in questo genere di gara. Solo discreto il risultato finale della tappa con molti errori di valutazione e molta ingenuità nella interpretazione del regolamento. Grazie anche alle dritte dell'equipaggio della Daimler n. 250 che gareggiava immediatamente dietro di noi, la tappa del sabato è stata affrontata con altro piglio e decisione.
In tutta la tappa, nonostante fosse più lunga e complicata abbiamo confezionato un punteggio di penalità totale di molto inferiore alle penalità registrate nella sola I° speciale del venerdì, realizzando un ottimo recupero.Una bella esperienza e crediamo che se dovessimo rifare la gara oggi, abbasseremmo di almeno 10 volte il nostro punteggio finale.
Comunque, il nostro sforzo è stato ripagato con il primo posto nella classifica di classe 3 davanti ad una Morris Cooper.......tanto per restare in famiglia.
I honestly had no idea what to expect in SANREMO RALLY HISTORY.
Originally we planned to attend the rally with our 1967 Morris Cooper S in the race for the Historic Rally, but then due to problems of delay in obtaining HTP (fault of the mail ....) we decided to divert our race to the "Coppa dei Fiori", a regularity race with average speed, driving the trusty Works rally Spitfire.
So far so good, the problem was that a race with the average speed for us was absolutely new. The stage on Friday was very troubled and complicated, in search of fellowship crew and the master equation of space-time is essential in this kind of race. Only discrete stage with the final result of many errors of evaluation and a lot of ingenuity in the interpretation of the regulation. Thanks also to the crew of the Daimler n° 250 that competed directly behind us, the stage on Saturday was faced with another look and decide.
Across the stage, despite being longer and more complicated we packed a total penalty score much lower than the penalty recorded in the only first P.S. on Friday, making a good recovery. A wonderful experience and we believe that if we had to make the race today, drop by at least 10 times our final score. However, our effort was rewarded with the first place in "Class 3" in front of a Morris Cooper ....... just to stay in the family.
Originally we planned to attend the rally with our 1967 Morris Cooper S in the race for the Historic Rally, but then due to problems of delay in obtaining HTP (fault of the mail ....) we decided to divert our race to the "Coppa dei Fiori", a regularity race with average speed, driving the trusty Works rally Spitfire.
So far so good, the problem was that a race with the average speed for us was absolutely new. The stage on Friday was very troubled and complicated, in search of fellowship crew and the master equation of space-time is essential in this kind of race. Only discrete stage with the final result of many errors of evaluation and a lot of ingenuity in the interpretation of the regulation. Thanks also to the crew of the Daimler n° 250 that competed directly behind us, the stage on Saturday was faced with another look and decide.
Across the stage, despite being longer and more complicated we packed a total penalty score much lower than the penalty recorded in the only first P.S. on Friday, making a good recovery. A wonderful experience and we believe that if we had to make the race today, drop by at least 10 times our final score. However, our effort was rewarded with the first place in "Class 3" in front of a Morris Cooper ....... just to stay in the family.
