Alghero, 30.01.2024 - The adventure of the Rally Italia Sardegna will continue this year with a compact route based on the new FIA guidelines from 2025, with the entire race condensed in just 48 hours. The Rally Italia Sardegna will return to Alghero this year, with the service park set up, as two years ago, along the waterfront of the Catalan city, and the press room will still be hosted in Lu Qualté, after the experience of the last edition in Olbia.

Four months before the race starts, with the publication of the first official document of RIS 2024, Rally Guide 1, the route that will host the race has been revealed. The rally is again organized as in the past by the Automobile Club d'Italia with the partnership of the Regione Sardegna. The route confirmed the choice of the last seven editions to host the entire race in the north of the island.

The sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, valid also for the WRC 2, WRC 3, and Junior world championships, is scheduled from May 30th to June 2nd. There are 16 special stages planned, divided into three legs for 266.48 competitive kilometers, all on gravel. The location returns to Alghero this year, with the service park set up along the waterfront of the Catalan city, as two years ago. The press room will still be hosted in Lu Qualté.

The route.

The 21st Rally Italia Sardegna presents a compact route based on the new FIA guidelines from 2025, with only three days of racing. It starts on Friday, May, 31st, with the Olmedo shakedown (2.14 km) scheduled for Friday morning at 8:01, and then at 13:30, the start of the first leg consisting of 77.82 timed kilometers and four special stages, those repeated twice of Osilo-Tergu - in the long version of 25.65 km - and Sedini-Castelsardo (13.26 km).

On Saturday, June 1st, the second leg, the longest one with 149.36 competitive kilometers, and 8 stages. Those in the morning are repeated twice in Tempio (12.03 km) and Tula (22.81 km). Then, after the Tyre Fitting Zone in Pattada in the middle of the day, the classic special stages of Monte Acuto di Monte Lerno-Monti di Alà (25.17 km) and Coiluna-Loelle (14.67 km) will take place in the afternoon. Finally, on Sunday, June 2nd, the final leg with only 39.30 competitive kilometers, featuring the last two stages of Cala Flumini (12.55 km) and Sassari Argentiera (7.10 km), which will host the final power stage.

The initiatives.

It is also worth noting that this year there will be once again the interesting initiative of RIS Experience, with specific paid privileged areas for those spectators who wish to take advantage of them. This initiative has already been successfully adopted in past editions.

Finally, thanks to the renewal of the agreement with Grimaldi Lines, there will be a special and very convenient 30% discount on the destinations of Olbia and Porto Torres, both for competitors and for the fans who wish to travel to Sardinia by ship to participate in or attend the race. These special conditions can be enjoyed by booking from January 30th to May 28th, 2024, for departures from May 20th to June 16th in the maritime connections: Barcelona-Porto Torres, Livorno-Olbia, Civitavecchia-Porto Torres and Civitavecchia-Olbia. In addition, competitors and teams can also benefit from discounts on the Genoa-Porto Torres route. More information on this is available on the official website of the event www.rallyitaliasardegna.com.