SAN MARINO – The competitive part of Rallylegend 2026 ended on Sunday 11 October, with the last tests and the Bettega Memorial, protagonist of the 24th edition of the event. The winners of the main challenges were Luca Pedersoli in the WRC, Miklos Kazar in the Classic and Nicola Bonfè in the Historic.
At the wheel of the Hyundai i20 N Rally1, Luca Pedersoli, flanked by Anna Tomasi, confirmed his lead in the WRC category. Second place for Nikolay Gryazin, official Lancia Corse HF driver with the Ypsilon HF Integrale Rally2, while the San Marino Danilo Tomassini, navigated by Spadoni, took the third step of the podium with the Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo.
In the Classic category, the Hungarian Miklos Kazar won, with Tamas Begala driving the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9. Second is the Swiss Il Valli, competing with a BMW M3 together with Cirillo, followed by the Uruguayan Gustavo Trelles, third with the Subaru Impreza 555 and the navigator Garcia.
Among the Historics, the victory went to the San Marino crew composed of Nicola Bonfè and Massimo Bizzocchi, on a Ford Escort RS. Second was Simone Brusori, with Tridici on a Porsche 911, while third place was taken by Enrico Ercolani Volta and Daniele Conti, on a BMW 320 E21. Fourth position for Andrea Ercolani and Matteo Roggia, on Ford Escort RS.
Memorial Bettega, four winners in the final challenges
Great anticipation for the Bettega Memorial, which brought back to Rallylegend the atmosphere of the challenges of Area 48 of the Bologna Motorshow. Among the protagonists also Andrea Navarra, seven-time winner of the Bolognese event.
After the usual photos with Markku Alén and Miki Biasion, Alessandro Bettega, Attilio’s son, drove a Lancia 037 in Martini Racing livery along the race route, accompanied by the two champions and two Lancia Delta S4s.
In the finals of the different categories, Dani Sordo beat Martins Sesks among the WRXs, respectively on Hyundai i20 N Rally1 and Ford Puma Rally1. Among the Rally2s, Nikolay Gryazin got the better of Tony Cairoli, competing with a Skoda Fabia RS. In the Group A category, Andrea Aghini won against Piero Liatti, while in the Group B category Florian Rotter prevailed over Giorgio Mela in the Audi Quattro S1 comparison.
The organizers’ budget
The organizers expressed satisfaction with the public participation, the sporting quality and the work carried out on the safety front.
Paolo Valli, organizer of Rallylegend, defined the 2026 edition as “a very demanding edition of renewal, which required a truly impressive but highly satisfying effort”. Valli underlined the participation of the public and the collaboration between organizers and institutions, judging the one just concluded as “one of the highest quality editions of Rallylegend”.
Vito Piarulli, organizer of the event, also highlighted the results obtained on an organizational and sporting level: “The investment in safety has borne excellent fruit”. Piarulli also recalled the innovations introduced this year, starting with the debut of the Memorial Bettega, defined as a show appreciated by the public, although with some aspects still to be perfected.
