Alen - Kivimaki (Lancia 037) win the 11th Rallylegend

Markku Alen, Finnish champion still very much loved in Italy, and Ilkka Kivimaki, at his side on the Lancia 037 Magneti Marelli Checkstar, won the 11th Rallylegend dominating the last two days of competition among the " Historic " and easily managing the advantage gained on competitors.

"I am pleased I have won Rallylegend again, like last year - stated Alen on the final podium, while admiring the wonderful Eberhard & Co. watch "Kikki" Kivimaki and him received- but above all I want to congratulate Vito Piarulli and Paolo Valli for organizing a very high standard edition and I’d very much like to thank the audience who cheered the special stages. "

A last day recovery led Enrico Brazzoli from Piemonte to the final second place, 2011 historic Rally European champion, debuting at Rallylegend and at his third race with the Lancia 037 K Sport, with Maurizio Barone as co-driver.

The San Marino Giuliano "Lupo" Calzolari, always spectacular with his Ford Escort Rs co-driven by Corrado Costa, tried to defend second place, but the more powerful Lancia 037 and dry asphalt won on his great knowledge of home streets. Calzolari, however, will be comforted with a dream vacation of ten days at Christmas to the Caribbean for two people. This is the prize offered by the 1st Antigua Legend Cup, which is inspired by sailing competitions with a system for the allocation of time coefficient and awarded the fastest rally driver of Rallylegend, regardless of the car.

Another great champion dominated among the "Myth": the Uruguayan Gustavo Trelles, with the faithful Jorge Del Buono, who led the Toyota Celica St 205 Orlando "dressed" Magneti Marelli ahead of everyone, taking the lead from the very early stages.

Despite some problem with the clutch of the Lancia Delta Integrale on day one which affected a little the race by the Veneto driver Simone Romagna (with Dino Lamonato), their second place was safe. The podium was completed by another San Marino crew, always among the protagonists of Rallylegend: Marcello Colombini and Marco Selva, also driving a Lancia Delta Integrale, while the fourth place has gone to the Abruzzo driver " Dedo ", who with Silvia Micheletti at his side was able to take the most out of his Bmw 320 Es.

A solo race at the top of Wrc for 1994 World Rally Champion Didier Auriol, co-driver Thierry Barjou, who led for the first time the Citroen Xsara WRC. "It was a great experience - commented Auriol at the end - I came back to Rallylegend because I like the atmosphere and the affection of the fans who come here, and I go home impressed by the professionalism of the D-Max team, which gave me a perfect and very powerful car."

The battle for second place between two teams from the Czech Republic has favoured, for a little less than seven seconds, Stepan Vojtech, a young driver with good international experience at his debut at Rallylegend, where he ran with a Peugeot 206 Wrc with Michal Ernst at notes. Behind him, Karel Trněný and Stanislav Kafka on a 2003 Skoda Fabia WRC, who had already been noted at Rallylegend last year.

Charming and full of history the parade of splendid Legend Stars, pure entertainment with no time detection, where champions such as of Sandro Munari, Jummy Mc Rae, Franco Cunico, Gigi Galli, Harald Demuth, Fabrizia Pons, Per Eklund , Federico Ormezzano and many others gave their best.

Admired and applauded Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya who have been forerunners with Volkjswagen Polo R Wrc, newly World Rally Champion with Sebastian Ogier.

"This year Rallylegend exceeded our most optimistic expectations. - commented at the end Vito Piarulli, manager of the organization, together with Paolo Valli - We were committed, as always, to have at the start historical value cars and great champions. The weather gave us a hand and the crowd that followed the event was overwhelming, as well as the flow of media from all over Europe. Finally, the satisfaction and enthusiasm of key partners such as Volkswagen, Magneti Marelli, Asset Banca and the "new entry" Eberhard & Co. is the drive to always find new ideas for Rallylegend ".

Paolo Valli adds. " Rallylegend has become an event of international level - he concludes, while collecting applause from the crowd at arrival - and for the Republic of San Marino, where the rally is a sport we have in the DNA: it is the most attractive event of the year, both from the sporting point of view but also as a powerful economic engine to promote the area. "