San Remo - Tuscany on hold

The economic crisis that this year, even more than in the past season,
involved motorsport, convinced the organizers of the event valid for the
Intercontinental Rally Challenge, the Italian Rally Championship and the
European Rally Cup to drop the idea to design a route including again
the gavel of Tuscany.

Sergio Maiga, president of Automobile Club Sanremo, explains: “Maybe we
could have carried out the idea to bring Rallye Sanremo back in the area
of Siena, but in order to do that we would have been obliged to reduce
costs in sectors like safety, were we are not willing to accept any
compromise’s choice. Furthermore we wouldn’t be able to solve any of the
economic problems that a race, like the one we had in mind, would have
entailed for the teams that will take part in the event and, even more,
for the several private drivers that are always showing their affection
to our race.
A leg on gravel and another one on asphalt would have made necessary a
change of car set up during the race and therefore an increase in costs”.

The choice to use again the asphalt roads of the Imperia area does not
diminish the value of a rally that is the most prestigious one in the
Italian championship.
Once again the Automobile Club Sanremo will offer drivers, co-drivers,
fans and everyone involved, a high level race, in line with its over
eighty years history.

The work that has been done to prepare a Rallye Sanremo with a
wide-ranging route will not get lost, the hope of the organizers is to
just postpone of twelve months the ambitious and fascinating
project…Economic crisis permitting.