Thanks Alitalia! Monte Lerno flyover with famous Mickey’s Jump on my flight from Cagliari to Milan. Home for two days on the Rallye weekend. Perfect way to say goodbye to 2014’s Rally di Italia Sardegna.
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After finishing Sunday’s Tergu-Osilo stage it was time for some beach fun and washing all the dust off the body. The stage is located on Sardegna’s noth coast, the plane next day would leave from Cagliari, located on the south coast. To save time the other day, I went the half way down on Sunday and ended up on the famous white “rice grain” beaches on Sinis peninsula near Oristano. Nice place! Feels like Baltic Sea. Okay, “rice corn” sand is different to the sand at the Baltic Sea, but the perfect light blue water compensates this. Behind the dunes is nothing but a small and nice restaurant. Nothin else, pure nature. Didn’t expect this at the Mediterranean Sea. Perfect end of a great weekend.
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The rising morning sun seen from my sleeping spot on Monte Lerno. I think this was the highest point on this stage, which, was probably the longest stage of the 2014 WRC season calendar with an total length of 59,13km. I slept directly at the pass, a few hundred meters behind famous Micky’s Jump.
The photo shows the marvelous view over the first 30 kilometers of the tage. I never had such a view before. You could see the dust rising from several cars on the stage at the same time and they still needed minutes to reach this spot. Beside having those 3 great spots for doing the photos showed earlier, I also had a view to Micky’s Jump after only a 200m walk through the fields.
This view was a perfect beginning for a day full of rallye action. And imagine: while having this view, I had a breakfast like this one.
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If you were ever wondering what do we do all the time waiting for 2 hours of action on the stages? Having fun! Playing around with the photo gear for example. This one was taken on the last night of the rallye. Same corner as on the last pic. Unfortunately almost at sea level, so the night sky wasn’t that clear as in the nights up in the mountains the other night. Anyway, I’m happy with what I got.
Kris Meeke
SS16 – Tergu-Osilo
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
All you need are heat, dust, rallye and wide angle lenses! ;)
Jaroslav Melicharek
SS16 – Tergu-Osilo
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
This one was taken on the last stage I visited on this years Rallye di Italia Sardegna. Compared to the previous stages I had seen the days before, it was completely different. Located in a valley near the northern coast of Sardegna, only a few meters above sea level. I found this nice hairpin turn. I think I was quite happy with that spot.
Robert Kubica
SS 11 – Monte Lerno 1
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
Martin Prokop
SS 5 – Loelle 1
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
This one was taken in Fridays Loelle stage near Buddusò. A nice day, started with one of the best sleeping spots we ever had (clearing between cork oaks), discovering the local super market, breakfast with lovely Pecorino, salame and wine, Rallye action and a delicious dinner in Buddusò afterwards.
Thierry Neuville
SS 11 – Monte Lerno 1
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
Jari Matti Latvala
SS 11 – Monte Lerno 1
Rally Italia Sardegna 2014
Still Monte Lerno stage, again a different spot. After crossing the crest, the stage went downhill through some nice hairpins. Was really fun to shoot there.