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Luca Rossetti at the Rally du Valais to conquer mathematically the title of European Champion.

Luca Rossetti is getting ready at the wheel of the Abarth Grande Punto S2000, with the colours of United Business, to tackle the final scheduled round of the European Championship, the difficult but fascinating and prestigious 52° Rallye International du Valais  which will be held in Switzerland from Thursday 27^th to Saturday 29^th October, and will include 17 timed special stages for 264.71 km and a total length of 708.68 km. This will be an important and decisive event for the strong Italian driver, codriven by Matteo Chiarcossi, who in the race where he triumphed last year, in addition to aiming to climb once again on the top step of the podium of this spectacular rally intends to conquer the mathematical certainty of winning the 2011 European Rally Championship.

In this last race, the Abarth crew, which is only 4 points short of  winning the title, have a good chance of getting a positive result, thanks to the latest victory in the Rally d'Antibes, a race dominated by the two times European Champion. "Luca has had a great season this year, he has always been very fast, and has tackled all the races with great determination and professionalism - said Pier Liberali, team principal of United Business - he is a fast driver in every situation, and thanks to his intelligence in race management is concrete and competitive in all the rallies. He accepts the challenges and loves to compete in rallyes which are completely new for him and the challenge with the international drivers motivates him. The goal of United Business in the Swiss event is to aim at a podium, even though we know it will be a difficult challenge. I am obviously  confident that Luca can win the European title, unlike his competitors he has done less events, only 8 out of 11 on the calendar, but I am sure that he will get his third title. It would be the first time a driver wins the European Championship three times, which is certainly rewarding, both for the crew and for our society that has accompanied Luca's career in these years".

This year, the 52° Rallye International du Valais will feature 102 cars with crews from 8 countries, will a great television coverage scheduled, the event organizers have signed contracts to broadcast the race live in six countries and in other 20 later, for a minimum time of at least 30 minutes of broadcast for each transmission. The countries where the race will be broadcast are: Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Great Britain, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Ukraine. The rally will begin on Thursday, October 27^th with the opening ceremony in Martigny, followed by the first three special stages, including one at night. On Friday, October 28^th  seven special stages will be run, and the rally will end in Martigny on Saturday, October 29^th at 16.30 after the last seven stages. After the race, as traditionally in Valais, there will be a big party at the end of the rally.