Giandomenico Basso is the suprice of Rally San Marino 2012 who win the rally with 2.8 seconds by Andreas Mikkelsen.
In the second day Mikkelsen start with 9.2 seconds advantage after the stage 6. In stage 7 Rofelle 1 (15.85 km) Basso finished first with 7.9 seconds faster than Mikkelsen as the overall difference was 1.3 seconds only. In stage 8 the overall time was identical between Basso and Mikkelsen. In this stage Mikkelsen comments: Last few kilometers we had no powersteering. On the previous stage we were heavily cleaning the road.
Umbrto Scandola spin 200 meters before the finished but do not lose his third position in the overall standing.
The stage win is for Germain Bonnefis who says: It's good, we are going faster and faster. Perfect time, but we started later and we had batter road.
After the service in stage 9 Basso start with new tyres but he comments for problems with the tyre choice as lost 0.3 seconds by Mikkelsen.
Scandola comments: We changed the dampers, but the setup is still not very good.
Juha Salo: We had a small spin, but OK for us, we are getting the right feeling with this car.
Bonnefis: We came out of the road little bit and we got a puncture. But not big time loss. It was early after stage start.
In stage 10 again equal time between Basso and Mikkelsen.
In stage 11 Basso takes good advantage to Mikkelsen of 4.9 seconds.
Mikkelsen comments: No problem, the road is clean, but we are struggling with that black turbocar.
Basso: Maximum attack. OK, good for us. Andreas is very fast.
Wiegand: I'm feeling OK, now we have better setup. On the previous stage we had a puncture. We try to learn and improve.
Nikara: There are some knocking sounds on the left side, I'm not shure what it is. I hope it's nothing serious.
Germain Bonnefis retired in stage 11.
In stage 12 Mikkelsen win with advantage of 1.1 seconds to Basso who remain on the top with 3.8 seconds advantage.
The last stage 12 the win is for Mikkelsen with 1.0 seconds but not enough to takes the victory.
Final comments:
Basso: Fantastic, I am really happy, it's great. Andreas is very good driver. Thanks to our team, they are great!
Mikkelsen: I tried to go maximum. The final section was downhill so I pushed with big cuts. It was big battle, the better one wins.
Scandola: Good results for us and for the Italian championship. It was good race.
Wiegand: It was good rally for us, we learnt a lot. We had good start, now we are fourth, but it was OK.

Overall results:
1. G. Basso 2:35:56.6
2. A. Mikkelsen +2.8
3. U. Scandola +1:41.6
4. S. Wiegand +2:06.2
5. J. Nikara +6:12.2
6. G. Szabo +10:15.6