At the conclusion of the weekend's Costa Smeralda Rally, the fourth event in the Italian Rally Championship, the Fiat Punto Abarths driven by reigning  champion Paolo Andreucci and Giandomenico Basso finished in first and third place the two-wheel drive Super 1600 class.

Splitting the Puntos of Andreucci and Basso was Travaglia in a Peugeot, while the overall winner of the event was Navarra in a Subaru, followed by Longhi in a similar car and Dati in a Mitsubishi.

On a rally over unmade roads, which posed a particularly difficult terrain for two-wheel drive cars, at the end of the first leg Andreucci was fastest overall in the Super 1600 class, before sharing out the stage wins with Basso during the special sections in the second leg.

Basso meanwhile had performed a fighting comeback after going off the road and being hindered by a power-steering problem during the first leg.

The situation in the Drivers Championship now sees Andreucci slip down into second place, a single point behind Navarra, while Basso drops from joint second to fifth. In the Manufacturers standings Fiat is close on the heels of Subaru and ahead of Mitsubishi, Renault, Citroen and Peugeot.

Italian Rally Drivers' Championship standings:
1. Navarra (Subaru) 48 points; 2. Andreucci (Fiat) 47; 3. Longhi (Subaru) 42; 4.Cantamessa (Mitsubishi) 32; 5. Basso (Fiat) 30.

Italian Rally Manufacturers' Championship standings:
1. Subaru 67 points; 2. Fiat 52; 3. Mitsubishi 38; 4. Renault 20; 5. Citroen 18; 6. Peugeot 12.