Bernanrdo Sousa is set to make his debut at the most "glamorous" Italian rally event - the Monza Rally Show.

Sousa will be at the start with the Peugeot 207 Super 2000 of the Pa Racing Team, the car with which he recently competed in the Rally du Valais, where he was forced to retire when he was in first place overall.

United Business, Sousa's talent agency, wanted Bernardo's presence at the important Italian event. Among the entries are the eight-time world champion  Sébastien Loeb (Citroen Ds 3 WRC), Dani Sordo (Mini Countryman WRC) winner of the 2010 edition, Dindo Capello (Citroen Ds 3 WRC), Valentino Rossi (Ford Fiesta WRC), Piero Longhi (Mini Countryman WRC), Alessandro Perico (Citroen C4 WRC), Felice Re (Citroen C4 WRC) and another 20 drivers with WRC cars. Sousa will race with his Peugeot fitted with Pirelli tyres, competition in this class will be fierce, as there will be the three-time European Rally Champion  Luca Rossetti, of the multiple Italian Rally Champion Paolo Andreucci, of Giandomenico Basso, of the Moto Gp and Gp2 champions (Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone), the Super 2000 cars at the start should be over 30.

Also noteworthy is the participation of Max Papis with the Toyota Camry with which he competes in the NASCAR championship. Papis will be the course car in all the special stages and, on Sunday afternoon, he will perform during the Master Show.

“It is the first time I take part in the Monza Rally Show," said Sousa. "The drivers of United Business, my team mates, described it with enthusiastic terms for the names of the drivers who take part in it, for the spectators, for the media coverage that this rally guarantees, thanks to the many celebrities and famous people who are present, but I will mostly be in  Monza to measure myself against some of the Italian and the world's best drivers."

"I have never done this race, with the 207 I did only half of the Rally du Valais, I will have at my side a codriver with whom I have never raced previously, Corrado Mancini, in short, everything is new for me, but also very nice, I will see during the race how the situation will evolve and I hope to do well. It is a rally show, so it will be important to entertain the audience, but I will also try to get some good stage times."

The format of the 2011 edition of the Monza Rally Show offers the new "Grid Exhibition", scheduled before the start of  SS1 on Friday November 25th, an initiative that aims to increase the involvement of spectators and schedules the deployment of the cars in the pit lane, according to the start order,  in a sort of exhibition for the spectators who will have the chance to take a close look at the cars and meet the drivers a few minutes before the start of the first Special Stage.

The race will take place from  Thursday November 24th to Sunday 27th at the Autodromo di Monza, with a total of 9 special stages for a total length of 154.70 Km. On Sunday, November 27th, from 14:00 the "Master Show" will take place, a direct knock-out special stage which will be held on a 1,500 mt track set up on the central straight line of the track and that will host the best crews of the "Monza Rally Show".

The "Master Show" will be broadcast live on Rai Sport and recorded by many other television networks. All the information on the event can be found on the www.monzarallyshow.it website.

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