Giovanardi en Morbidelli konden de weg naar voren in WTCR Portugal op het Villa Real stratencircuit nog niet vinden.
Grote schade al op zaterdag bij Morbidelli en een afgebroken wielophanging over de waanzinnige kerbs bij Giovanardi in 3e race op zondag.
In TCR Italia op Misano Adriatico wel een 1e en 2e plaats voor Ferrara
TCR Italy @ Misano
Ferrara stretches his leading margin
With a victory and a second place at Misano,
Luigi Ferrara has stretched his leading margin in the TCR Italy standings.
At the wheel of his
V-Action Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Ferrara took his third win of the season in Race 1,
making good use of his pole position and leading from lights to flag.
Behind him, Salvatore Tavano’s Cupra and Lorenzo Nicoli’s MM Motorsport Honda Civic battled for second; with ten minutes left, Nicoli succeeded in overtaking Tavano, but then spun off and rejoined to finish ninth. This promoted Plamen Kralev's Audi RS3 LMS to third.
With two laps to go, the BRC Racing Hyundai i30 N of Eric Scalvini and the Target Competition Honda Civic of Jürgen Schmarl made contact while fighting for fourth, which allowed MM Motorsport’s Massimiliano Mugelli to finish fifth ahead of Schmarl.
Schmarl made up of the disappointment by claiming his maiden win in Race 2. The Austrian crossed the finishing line second, close behind the Cupra of Andrea Larini, but the latter received a 25-second time penalty for an infringement during the safety car period and dropped to 15th. Larini took the lead at the start, but two different pile ups resulted in the race being red-flagged. At the restart behind the safety car, Larini did not observe the correct distance, which was the reason for his penalty. Behind him there were thrilling fights with several contacts. Kralev’s Audi and Marco Pellegrini’s Honda Civic collided and retired while fighting for third; Scalvini’s Hyundai was sent into a spin by Matteo Greco’s Cupra while fighting for fifth; Greco was then given a drive through.
In the final laps,
Ferrara managed to overtake Schmarl, but the Austrian retook the position and was handed the victory, courtesy of Larini’s penalty. Ferrara increased his leading margin in the standings to 23.5 points; Schmarl moved up to fourth, 37 points behind.
The series will resume at Mugello on July 14th and 15th.
Photos: ACI Sport-Photo 4