Fiorio Cup—Alex Fiorio Trophy Awarded to Roberto Daprà and Luca Guglielmetti

Roberto Daprà and Luca Guglielmetti stood on the top step of the podium at the Fiorio Cup—Alex Fiorio Trophy, wrapping up the 2026 season with yet another victory after clinching the Italian title in mid-October at the Sanremo Rally.

On Saturday, the day before the race, the drivers experienced the thrill of being mobbed by fans in Piazza Plebiscito: a presentation ceremony preceded, on the big screen, by a video tribute to Alex.

And so the curtain falls on the event, dedicated to Alex Fiorio, who was the creator of this new, modern rally competition format developed by Rally University—the driving school founded by Alex and now led by Alex Bruschetta, his longtime friend who also serves as an instructor for the school’s students.

On the podium with the winners and dominant drivers of the race were Sweden’s Pontus Tidemand and Giovanni Trentin, along with Team Italia, captained by former champion Andrea Aghini, which prevailed over Team Europa with 78 points to the 50 scored by the team led by Henning Solberg,

The event was set against the backdrop of a crowd worthy of a major occasion—suffice it to say that along the roads and in the specially prepared parking lots, there were no fewer than two thousand cars, with spectators crowding the walls bordering the race area to watch the action.

Eight drivers—four Italians and four rally drivers from beyond the Alps—competed, for once, all in the same car model (the Skoda Fabia Rally 2s from Alessandro Perico’s PA Racing) over four special stages—all on gravel—set within the grounds of Masseria Camarda, the international resort that has been the home of Cesare Fiorio and his family for years.

Over the course of more than 16 kilometers of racing, the eight drivers who had accepted the invitation to participate battled it out, separated by mere tenths of a second, The course designed by Alex Bruschetta, head of the Rally University—which he co-founded with Alex—required high speed combined with equal precision, since the many turns were marked by posts and touching them resulted in a penalty.

Many paid dearly for imperfect lines, most notably Giovanni Trentin, Pontus Tidemans, and Elliot Delecour, while precise driving rewarded Daprà, Solberg, and Tamara Molinaro, who clearly won the competition among the female drivers: Norway’s Hosas never finished higher than seventh or eighth.