Uisp Italian National Outdoor 2014 was held on 13th and 14th of September in Bientina, a very nice place close to Pisa. Weather was perfect for the whole weekend, sunny but not so hot. More than 60 drivers participated to this event, divided in three classes: 13.5 Blinky F2, 13.5 Blinky F1 and Modified
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The race started on Saturday morning with two controlled practice (used to remake the qualification heats) and three qualifications in afternoon. Sunday morning started with last two qualifications and three finals for every drivers. Immediately our T4 warked perfectly with only small changes on starting setup and it allowed us to get very good results already from qualifications.
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F2 Finals:
F2 finals confirmed the leadership of Marco Marino who won easily every final showing to be ready to run in F1. Also Arisi and Ferri, after some close fights, confirmed their starting grid positions.
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F1 Finals:
In F1 finals Catelani won every final. Puleo was not far for first minutes but he understood that it was difficult to overcome Nico and he managed very well his 2nd place with Fabiano, Valerio and Musumeci fighting for 3rd place. At the end Fabiano completed the podium.
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Modified Finals:
In the Finals my car was very fast and consistent like in the qualifications and it allowed me to win the first two finals getting the title. I did not start in the last final to let my teammates fight for the 2nd and 3rd places. Modified Finals offered a very good show for the audience with nice actions but also some mistakes and crashes. At the end Martini was the most consistent and fast and he got the 2nd place, in front of Mancini.
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Final result F2:
1. Marco Marino â“ XRAY T4
2. Alessandro Arisi
3. Paolo Ferri
4. Pericle Tancioni
5. Andrea Gottarelli 6. Luca Pacaccio â“ XRAY T4
7. Danilo Donadelli â“ XRAY T4
8. Massimo Cortinovis 9. Christian Raffo â“ XRAY T4
1. Alessio Menicucci â“ XRAY T4
2. Francesco Martini â“ XRAY T4
3. Alessio Mancini â“ XRAY T4
4. Diego Macchioni â“ XRAY T4
5. Antonio Di Prisco 6. Alessandro Ciaccheri â“ XRAY T4
7. Manuel Busoli â“ XRAY T4
8. Gabriele Vignolini 9. Matteo Montagnani â“ XRAY T4
10. Simone Alleotti
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Team XRAY did a great work also in this race getting an important result. This is my 10th Italian Title, the 9th only with Team XRAY so it was special for me. I want to thanks all my sponsors again but especially Hudy family for their support and to have trust in me.
