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Race report by Alessandro Remia
The Italian championship started on Friday the 18th of September, with the free practices, and I started immediately to be very strong and started to turn as the expert with the best lap in the 43.632 seconds.

The car didn’t feel good at first but with some small modifications we got it solved, we have opted for thicker oil (from 600 until 700) and we have changed the lexan rear wing for the standard one. And at the end of the free practice my best lap was in 43.002 seconds.

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The second day started with the official practice. The first qualification finished with the result of 7 laps in 5:20.453 and the best lap in 43.127 with the fourth position but I wasn't satisfied as I have made some extra mistakes and I lost 10 seconds.
For the second qualification I changed the tires (catapult medium) and finished the qualification with 7 laps in 5:19.534 and the best lap in 42.842 s. I was very satisfied with my car and tires, but I again made a mistake losing another 10 seconds and finishing 4th.
For the third qualification I changed the tires again (catapult soft) but they were too soft and therefore I made a lot of mistakes and I finished the qualification with 7 laps 5:24.064 and best lap being 42.990 s.

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I switched back to tires from second qualification and at the end of fourth qualification run I was happy with this decision as I got the first position. At the end of the day I was classified the fourth.

The third day I started the semifinal B with the number two. I have dominated the semifinal from the beginning until the end. For the main final I set up the new tires (catapult medium).

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I have dominated the finals until about 15 minutes to the end with 30 seconds ahead the rest of the second place driver when I ran out of fuel. We didn’t know what happened and I lost about 1 minute but after fast refueling I was able to come back in second place 17 seconds behind the leader. I pushed hard and was closing the gap by 2 seconds lap by lap until the 5 minute mark when I ran out of fuel again loosing another 2 minutes and finishing fourth. After the race we discovered that there was a problem with refueling gun.
I have made the best lap in 42.568 and this was also the third best lap of the expert class!

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Final results:
1. Adriano Fabianelli
2. Francesco Piccinetti
3. Giuseppe Tescione
4. Alessandro Remia – XRAY XB8
5. Mattia Palazzoli

Now I am the Italian champion in the category F1!