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Monza Rally Show 2008 Results and videos: Capello wins rally as Longhi claims the Master Show, with Rossi second in both events


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Three times Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello won this year's Monza Rally Show finishing 20s ahead of Valentino Rossi (pictured above), both were driving Beta sponsored Ford Focus 07 WRCs.

This is Capello's fourth Monza Rally Show win having previously won the event in 2000, 2004 and 2005. Piero Longhi brought his Subaru S10 WRC home in third ahead of Luca Cantamessa's Focus 08 (Hirvonen's Corsica car). Luca Rossetti won the S2000 Group N battle ahead of Basso's Punto.

The traditional finish to the event is the Masters Show where the drivers go head to head in an elimination shoot-out. Piero Longhi won this by defeating Valentino Rossi in the final.

Monza Master Show:

Capello vs Rossi 1/2 final

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Longhi vs Rossi Final

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Monza Rally Show:

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Onboard action

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2008 MONZA RALLY SHOW RESULTS:
1. Rinaldo Capello/Luigi Pirollo (I) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 1:11.11,5
2. Valentino Rossi/Carlo Cassina (I) Ford Focus RS WRC 07 +20,3
3. Piero Longhi/Luca Cassol (I) Subaru Impreza WRC S10 +23,9
4. Luca Cantamessa/Massimo Ciceri (I) Ford Focus RS WRC 08 +29,6
5. Alex Caffi/Patrizia Boero (I) Peugeot 307 WRC +31,9
6. Felice Re/Mara Bariani (I) Citroen C4 WRC +1.00,6
7. Corrado Fontana/Luigi Fontana (I) Citroen Xsara WRC +1.47,6
8. Tobia Cavallini/Franco Ballerini (I) Peugeot 206 WRC +2.05,2
9. Andrea Dallavilla/Marco Della Noce (I) Peugeot 307 WRC +2.19,5
10. Mirco Virag/Domenico Pozzi (I) Peugeot 307 WRC +2.43,7 

WRC MONZA MASTER SHOW RESULTS:

1/4 final
Capello 2.56,62 - Cavallini 2.59,38
Rossi 2.53,93 - Virag 2.58,73
Longhi 2.53,45 - C. Fontana 2.58,31
Cantamessa 2.53,39 – Chentre 2.54,09

1/2 final
Rossi 2.54,29 - Capello 2.57,76
Longhi 2.52,31- Cantamessa 2.53,94

Final
Longhi 4.16,72 - Rossi 4.21,76

MotoGP sensation Vale Rossi had to settle for second in both events:

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Images: Massimo Bettiol/rallylink.it

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