Nearly 60 crews are registered at the Antepenultima race in the National Rally Championship, among those at the beginning, for the second consecutive year, the former world champion Manfred Stohl. It will pilot a Citroën C3 R5, one of the 15 state -of -the -art models that will compete these days on the macadam in Vâlcea county.
Simone Tempestini goes in a straight line
With 4 victories out of 5 possible in the current season, Simone Tempestini (Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) has a comfortable advantage in the general standings, with 173 points, with 45 more than the next ranking, Andrei Gîrtofan. With 117.8 points, Norbert Maior can only hope for second position.
The first and last official workouts on Thursday, Tempestini, who has Carmen Poenaru on the right, needs a victory or even a place 2, provided she is the first on the Power Stage test in Dăești, to make sure the champion of Romania for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons.
The first annual success of Cluj was in 2015, and had had only one syncope, in 2017, when the title was won by his colleague from Napoca Rally Academy, Bogdan Marișca. Tempestini already holds the absolute record of trophies won, exceeding last year on the legendary Titi Aur, who had 8 victories.
“I like the evidence from Vâlcea and I am eager to compete. I have not calculated what are the chances of becoming a champion, I just want to be focused on what I have to do here“Tempestini said.
The Vâlcii rally, reached the second edition, will debut on Friday and will have a total of 13 special samples on 129 kilometers, the race will end on Saturday night with the superspecial in the center of Râmnicu Vâlcea.
