Botturi Alessandro winner the Sardegna Rally Race 2013

Arborea / Chia / Porto Paglia Gonnesa_ N 39 ° 15 '58.8 ", E 8 ° 25' 31.5"



The Super Powers of Alexander Botturi

Three Aces in a minute in the middle of Stage Marathon. 

Baia di Chia, June 2, 2013. Alessandro Botturi gets rid of the uncertainties of youth "Pilot Career" and fits better to the target. Here is the "bulletin" of his professional development on June 2 nd 2013. Special wins the first of the second stage, in front of Coma and Viladoms. It is "only" second at the end of the second test, behind fellow Spaniard Joan Pedrero and in front of the myth Cyril Despres. Upon arrival of Torre di Chia, Dr. Alexander Botturi wins the stage and leaps in command of the overall standings. That's it, you're there that you prepare yourself mentally to a development expected, in this case the renewal of the duel-Marc Coma, Cyril Despres and discover that the comparison was expanded by including the Giant Italian among its protagonists. With the arrival of the "Beast of Lumezzane" the first line of the Sardinia Rally Race becomes incandescent, or to return to a period which is consistent with the assumption competitive from which it originates, magnificent!

Alessandro Botturi

The second stage leading from Arborea to Chia. It is three hundred miles of difficult slopes, mostly very technical in the mountains of the mining area of ​​Sulcis. A few kilometers as the crow flies that can take away an eternity on the long snakes of switchbacks. Needless to say, the navigation becomes "unbearable." How it works. High grass is very green and has covered the earth's crust of the island, and what's underneath disappears from view. Botturi says that the pilot runs almost without seeing where he puts the wheels. To solve the puzzle conveniently, which would otherwise cost you a lowering of "drama" of the media element, the Road Book. It is necessary that the "Book of the Route" is incredibly detailed, and it is also essential that the pilots can blindly trust its accuracy. That's what happens in Sardinia, where the World Cup becomes the universities of navigation.

As we said above, and one of the key themes of this year's competitions Sardegna Rally Race is the renewed duel between Coma and Despres, led to a higher level by the new sports suspension French. Against men but also against Brands, Teams against. The battle is more complete, and motivation increased. On the day of victory Botturi does not mean that the "clash" between the two axes has "beaten the weak," indeed. Marc Coma may well be happy with the result, and even more so the way in which the Spaniard got it. Party first from Arborea Catalan, who had before him a whole day to "scout" did not make a single mistake, and has never been achieved by the pursuers. Coma passes in second place, half a minute from the new leader, Botturi, but centered in the middle in order to contain the deficit and to be able to raise its prices in the whole third leg, or back to Arborea on a different track.

Cyril Despres 

For his part Cyril Despres runs fast on the route of adaptation to the new bike. The Yamaha he likes, it is clear, and the feeling is growing day by day. Fourth and third, respectively, in the two special stages, Despres remains third in the standings, remaining perfectly aligned to the subject, but never stated that you can take for granted, to get a good result at the end of his first rally with the Yamaha. And who knows what could be a "good result" for a champion accustomed to winning ...

Helder Rodrigues

We say that at the end of the marathon stage, the second and the third without the possibility of intermediate assistance at the end of the day, the situation will be a little 'clearer. But l '"clue" that emerged from the evolution of this initial edition of the Sardinia Rally Race Rally still indicates that it will be a very uncertain and indefinable until the end.