Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosts Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16, the ninth edition of the Special Rally Circuit organized by Vedovati Corse. Eighty-two crews are at the start. With excellent names such as Matteo Fontana from Como, who won the WRC3 world championship at the Japan Rally. In Monza, however, he will read the notes to “grandfather” Luigi, doyen of national rallies on the Toyota Yaris Gr Rally2. Also present will be Alessandro Arnaboldi, his usual navigator, who has become the youngest co-driver to boast a world title: he will flank Giuseppe Pozzoli on a Ford Fiesta Rally4.

Vice-champion overall and winner of the Italian Rally Trophy, Andrea Crugnola from Varese is a regular at Vedovati having already won it in 2022: this year he will compete with Stefano Tavernini, who has “colored” the Citroen C3 Rally2 with his marks this season.

Headlights on Matteo Bernini as well: not yet of age, he raced the Croatian championship, winning both the Junior and Overall titles.

Also on the entry list is Marco Butti from Como, fifth in TCR Europe 2025 – only a breakdown in the last round deprived him of the continental crown – and winner of “Vedovati” 2021, the first minor to win a rally in Italy.

Ossola’s Guido Zanazio and Bergamo’s Cesare Brusa will also be there in a Citroen C3 Wrc+ as they did a year ago when they captured overall success.

Simone Miele, already winner of an IRC Cup and the same “Vedovati” in 2018 and 2019, will also be present in the role of navigator of partner Sara Micheletti.

Novara-based Piero Longhi, a federal instructor who can boast two overall national titles in his trophy cabinet, and Mirko Puricelli, who triumphed in 2014, still stands out; he will now race in his Citroen DS3 WRC while the navigator who shared that success, Gabriele Falzone, will sit alongside Ogliari in Rally2.

As many as 37 Rally2s attended.

The program includes Saturday reconnaissance (with road cars) from 10.30 to 12.30 and shakedown (optional) from 14 to 15.45 and 15.45 to 17.30. On Sunday the race with the start set at 08.31 for a total of 4 Special Stages. The arrival of the first car is scheduled for 16.30 hours. There are 89.170 total kilometers of which 86.800 are timed
Admission is free, parking fee only on Sunday.

(Source: Vedovati press release)