Kimi Raikkonen's asphalt rally debut came to an abrupt halt after he crashed out of the Rally della Marca on SS3 in his Abarth Grande Punto S2000.

The car suffered rear suspension damage following an impact with a rock causing the right rear wheel to eventually come off and forcing Raikkonen to retire from the event.

Raikkonen was lying in 17th position (8th in S2000 category) before the crash and set 14th fastest time (7th S2000) on SS1. This was his third rally in the Tommi Makinen Racing prepared Abarth Punto Super 2000.

The rally was won by Italian Paolo Porro, in a Ford Focus RS WRC 06, who led from start to finish on the 9 stage event.