Campana battles Kubica ahead of IRC return

Pierre Campana prepared for his Intercontinental Rally Challenge return by winning the Super 2000 section of Rally Città di Bassano in Italy last weekend where his opposition included Formula One race winner Robert Kubica.

Campana was using the event to prepare for next week’s Rallye Sanremo, which will mark his first outing in the IRC for almost five months since he shone in third overall on Giru di Corsica-Tour de Corse.

While Kubica won the event in a Subaru Impreza World Rally Car, Campana finished in a strong fourth place in a Munaretto Sport Peugeot 207 S2000 alongside co-driver Sabrina de Castelli.

“The main purpose of taking part in this event was to reacquaint ourselves with the Peugeot, Michelin tyres and of course to return to competitive rallying,” said the 27-year-old Corsican. “It was good to be back and in the heat of competition and really useful practice for our participation in Sanremo.”