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| Race Report by Alessandro Brunelli |
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| Round 2 of Italian the UISP Championship was held in Rome on June 7 at the new racetrack of Roma. There were three categories: SUPERSPORT engine 10.5 Novak and rubber tires, SPORT engine 10.5 and foam tires, and Mod class. A total of 85 drivers attended. |
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| The weather was changing during the whole qualification time, forcing drivers to modify their set-ups for the rest of the days. |
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SUPERSPORT
After the first round (altered by the wet track), the classification saw five XRAYs in the top 10 positions:
1. Alessandro Brunelli XRAY T2'009
2. Fabrizio di Michele
3. Luca Magnocavallo XRAY T2'009
4. Baldissarri Daniel
5. Macchioni Diego
6. Fabiani Mauro XRAY T2'009
7. Zapparoli Adalberto XRAY T2'009
8. Freducci Paolo
9. Dâ™Otavio Simone
10. Rossetti Luigi XRAY T2'009 |
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SPORT
The battle in the Sport category was very exciting and you can feel the heavy XRAY presence in the top 3 positions:
1. Bicchi Maurizio XRAY T2'009
2. Romagnoli Samuele XRAY T2'009
3. Cola Valter XRAY T2'009
4. Aquilino Andrea
5. Tenan Ivan
6. Mazzini Marco
7. Bigi Lorenzo
8. Rossi Alessandro XRAY T2'009
9. Cantamerli Marco XRAY T2'009
10. Tagliavini Michelangelo |
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MOD
Since it was quite a narrow track which made it difficult for passing (especially considering the speed of the cars in this category), some XRAY pilots like Martini and Menicucci â“ even if they were the fastest ones â“ were penalized on overpassing and so slowed down the performance. At the end of the three rounds the classification:
1. Fabiani Massimo
2. Sala Federico
3. Menicucci Alessio XRAY T2'009
4. Martini Francesco XRAY T2'009
5. Romagnoli Michele XRAY T2'009
6. Torreggiani Luca XRAY T2'009
7. Donadelli Marco
8. Rabitti Davide
9. Giorgio Alberto XRAY T2'009
10. Rabitti Stefano |
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FINALS
During the finals the sun came out strongly, forcing drivers to scramble to change their set-ups. XRAY dominated in all three categories and conquered the entire podium within the Sport category.
SUPERSPORT
In the first final Brunelli left the pole right away from the horn, but the very fast Fabiani followed him closely without really being able to seriously attack him. The second final saw a continuous change of the lead positions, with Brunelli making errors which forced him into a 4th place finish. Magnocavallo (after overpassing problems in the first rounds) was able to make it up to 2nd place and be within a few tenths of a second from the lead driver. In the third final Brunelli was able to acquire a lead of a few meters in the first corners and then controlled the race for the remaining time until the end. A technical problem stopped Magnocavallo at the first corner and thus prevented him from taking a podium finish. |
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Final classification SUPERSPORT:
1. Brunelli Alessandro XRAY T2'009
2. Di Michele Fabrizio
3. Fabiani Mauro XRAY T2'009
4. Baldissarri Daniel
5. Magnocavallo Luca XRAY T2'009
6. Zapparoli Adalberto XRAY T2'009
7. Dâ™ottavio Simone
8. Macchioni Diego
9. Freducci Paolo
10. Rossetti Luigi XRAY T2'009
SPORT
In Sport it was XRAY dominion with Bicchi, Romagnoli and Cola each winning one final, giving exciting battles where each one was always close to the others. Bicchi won over Romagnoli and Cola, and the others were forced to follow. |
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SPORT final results:
1. Bicchi Maurizio XRAY T2'009
2. Romagnoli Samuele XRAY T2'009
3. Cola Valter XRAY T2'009
4. Aquilino Andrea
5. Mazzini Marco
6. Tenan Ivan
7. Cantamerli Marco XRAY T2'009
8. Bigi Lorenzo
9. Rossi Alessandro XRAY T2'009
10. Tagliavini Michelangelo
MOD
It was a beautiful showing, with big bustle but also lots of luck. Menicucci drove the first final right behind Martini, Sala and Fabiani in a fight that turned to Salaâ™s favour after a hard overpass in the last corner had Fabiani harming Martini which forced Francesco into 4th place and disqualified Fabiani.
In the second final Menicucci was able to avoid the first corner pileup (which involved many cars and put Romagnoli and Martini at the back.
Menicucci won the second final and also took the overall win. Martini was slower because of the continuous overpassing he did.
The start of the third final again penalized XRAY drivers, among them Martini who was quite fast and was able to climb from 10th place to 4th place. |
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Final classification MODIFIED:
1. Menicucci Alessio XRAY T2'009
2. Fabiani Massimo
3. Sala Federico
4. Romagnoli Michele XRAY T2'009
5. Martini Francesco XRAY T2'009
6. Torregiani Luca XRAY T2'009
7. RAbitti Davide
8. Donadelli Marco
9. Rabitti Stafano
10. Giorgio Alberto XRAY T2'009
At the end of the race, XRAY conquered two of the three pole positions, took three wins, one 2nd place, and two 3rd places. |
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Winners (from left): Brunelli, Menicucci, Bicchi
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