Campana confirmed for his third IRC event at Rallye San Remo

Pierre Campana’s extraordinary 2011 rally campaign continues its relentless pace as the Corsican star is set to take part in Rallye San Remo, round nine of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, later this month.

Campana has already competed in two IRC events this season, having won the 2WD category of the Monte-Carlo rally back in January, and having stormed to fourth overall in his home event Tour de Corse in May. As a result of the Monte-Carlo result, Pierre still lies third in the 2WD classification, while the twelve points he attained at Tour de Corse see him in the top half of the overall IRC standings in spite of not participating in most of the events.

For San Remo, Pierre will be reunited with the Italian Munaretto team, for whom the event will be a home rally, and the Michelin-shod Peugeot 207 S2000 with which he and co-driver Sabrina de Castelli performed so competitively during Tour de Corse earlier in the year. Pierre’s star has truly been on the rise this season and this event will give the 26-year-old another opportunity to show why he is the genuine article.

Rallye San Remo is a competitive asphalt event with all the action packaged into a narrow 23 hour window, putting an intense focus on team and car performance. Narrow, undulating roads characterise the rally, creating a fast and flowing series of 13 stages with rapid climbs and descents. Pierre is no stranger to the challenges that San Remo will present, having taken a supreme victory in the 2WD class at the 2009 event, again with the Munaretto squad. Following his impressive fourth place at Tour de Corse, Pierre’s aims for this year’s San Remo rally will be higher as he targets a top five place overall.

Pierre Campana: “I am looking forward to reacquainting myself with the Peugeot 207 S2000 and the Munaretto team who we shared some very positive results with earlier this year. It has been a very busy and highly enjoyable year for me and I am pleased to have the opportunity to take part at San Remo; it is a fantastic event, full of character and challenges that I remember fondly from 2009 when I took part and took the 2WD win. Like at Tour de Corse, I appreciate that Peugeot Sport will be keeping an eye on our progress and I welcome their guidance. It will be good to continue my working relationship with Michelin and having their competitive tyres beneath me. I would also like to say thanks to Perin, who are giving me such vital support for this event, just as they did at Tour de Corse, as well as VP Racing and Sparco. It is very much a team effort, and they all play a key role in our success. We performed well at Tour de Corse so I think we would be realistic in our objectives to target a top five result overall at San Remo.”