Dani Sordo and navigator Diego Vallejo have laid claim to the Monza Rally Show winner’s trophy by winning the 2010 edition of the event, in front of 40,000 spectators, in what looks to be his penultimate event in a Citroen C4 WRC.
“This rally was for fun but I am pleased to have won and enjoyed myself. It is one of the last rallies for the C4 so to win is very important and at such a special venue.” said the Spaniard.
Sordo took the lead on SS3, and held the lead until the end, winning by 5.1 secs over former Audi Le Mans works driver Dindo Capello, who completed possibly the C4’s last 1-2. Capello, a treble Le Mans winner, won the Monza
Not present at the event was treble Monza Rally Show winner Valentino Rossi. The seven-times MotoGP Champion competed at the event last year in a Monster Energy-backed Ford Focus WRC.
Come Sunday, Sordo continued his winning streak by winning the Master Show. It took place on the 1500m start/finish straight of the infamous Grand Prix circuit. Alessandro Perico scored second fastest in his Citroen Xsara WRC.
Italian Rally Champion and Rally d’Italia Sardegna Paolo Andreucci, European Rally Champion Luca Rosseti and P-WRC Champion Armindo Araujo all made appearances at the events.
The event proved popular this year with MotoGP stars Marco Simoncelli, Marco Melandri, Toni Elias and Andrea Iannone.
Stefano D’Aste won the GT section in his Lotus Exige GT Cup. Armindo Araujo won the Concept Car section, albeit unchallenged. Paolo Andreucci won the S2000 section onboard his Peugeot 207 S2000.
Sordo’s final confirmed appearance in a C4 WRC will be at the Solberg Extreme Motorsport Show in Norway
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