De Kp van 60km start om 22h59. This will separate the men from the boys...
Commentaar van de IRC’s Motorsport Development Manager Jean-Pierre Nicolas:
SS4: Ronde (59.99 kilometres) start time 22:59: “Now this is what I call a real stage! The young drivers aren’t in the habit of this sort of thing anymore – so it will really sort the men out from the boys, particularly as it will take place entirely in the dark. This stage is SS1, SS2 and SS3 run as one non-stop loop, with a very narrow section linking Apricale and Perinaldo, where it will be vital not to make any mistakes. One slide and you’ll hit something: the walls take no prisoners in that bit. The challenge will be to find a good rhythm from the very start and to be physically fit enough to keep up the right level of concentration throughout the full distance in the dark. It should take the cars between 40 and 50 minutes to complete, which is a very long time to be driving flat-out on twisty roads.”
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