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"The French pair of Raphael Astier and Frédéric Vauclaire, in the Abarth 124 rally belonging to Team Milano Racing, have won the FIA R-GT world championship with a race to spare after their victory in the Czech Republic in the Barum Czech Rally Zlìn, the fourth event in the series, also valid for the European Championship. Three wins in the three events where they have taken part - the Tour de Corse, the Rally di Roma Capitale and the Barum Czech Rally Zlìn - have enabled Abarth and the French driver to claim the world title with one race still remaining in the championships season: the Rallye du Valais, to be held in Switzerland from 18 to 20 October. So in just its second season, the Abarth spider has won the most coveted title in the spectacular Gran Turismo class, confirming its status as queen of the category. Abarth 124 rally drivers occupy the top 5 positions in the FIA R-GT Cup rankings. Astier, with a score of 75 points, heads the list of Italians Andrea Nucita (33 points), Andrea Modanesi (30 points), Simone Tempestini (18 points), and French driver Philippe Gache (15 points). What's more, in 2018 the 124 rally has picked up an amazing 26 victories in the Abarth 124 rally Selenia International Challenge, the single-make trophy for Abarth 124 drivers competing in the FIA R-GT Cup, the European Rally Championship and the national championships of Italy, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Romania, Slovenia, Belgium, Austria, Germany and Bulgaria."
Seven appointments too good to be missed on seven European circuits brought together over 4,000 fans of the brand with the scorpion badge.Over 3,000 test drives, on the road and on the track, in the iconic, new Abarth 595 range, developed to embody the dual personality of performance and style, and the adrenaline-fuelled Abarth 124 spider, the racing version of which (the 124 rally) is the recent winner of the R-GT World Championship collecting 40 or so category victories.This edition was as exciting as ever with plenty of thrilling activities, including an authentic rally experience, laps on the track by the side of professional drivers, parades of classic Abarth cars, stunts and acrobatics, captivating DJ sets and animated gaming areas.The success of the Abarth Days parallels that of the brand. The 124 rally won the World Championship in the R-GT category and sales are up by about 15 percent on 2017, also as a result of the new Abarth 595 range recently introduced at the Targa Florio.
"The dirt roads enhanced the spectacular and competitive qualities of the Abarth 124 rally last weekend in two races securing two wins in the R-GT category. In the 75th Rally Poland, valid for the European Championship, Italian (with Romanian licence) Simone Tempestini, in team with the Romanian Sergiu Itu, put up a great show on the famously fast dirt roads of the race, winning the category and ending 16th in the overall ranking. In Italy, in the Rally dell'Adriatico, young Italian Andrea Modanesi, together with Roberto Mometti, repeated the category win scored in the Rally San Marino earlier in the season, demonstrating the outstanding competitiveness and reliability of the Abarth 124 rally even on the trickiest and roughest surfaces. In both cases, the rear-wheel drive of the Abarth 124 rally contributed to increase the spectacle, exciting the public with long, glides perfectly controlled by the sophisticated electronics that allow the car to perform at absolute level even in critical grip conditions."
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