GROSSMAN AND FORER VICTORIOUS IN MONZA
Bjorn Grossman (Pirelli Trophy) and Walter Forer (Shell
Cup) are the winners of the first races in the European series
of the 2008 Ferrari Challenge. In fact, both the German and
Italian converted yesterday’s pole positions into victory.
Race 1 of the Pirelli Trophy was dominated by the two drivers
who started from the front row. In the end, Grossman (Autohaus
Gohm) took the chequered flag just over 3” ahead of
Austria’s Philipp Baron (Baron Service,) while Switzerland’s
Ronnie Kessel (Kessel,) third in qualifying, dropped down
the order in the opening moments and finished sixth. The third
step on the podium was therefore occupied by Italy’s
Max Blancardi (Motor/Malucelli.)
The first Shell Cup race ended with an Italian one-two, as
poleman Walter Forer (Rossocorsa/Pellin) won the sprint ahead
of Gianluca Carboni (Kessel.) Third was Frenchman Jean Marc
Bachelier (Ferrari UK Dealer Team) while worthy of note was
a great climb up the order from Spain’s Angel Santos
(Cars Barcelona,) who started ninth and ended up fourth.
Today also featured the four remaining qualifying sessions
to decide the grids for race 2 in the Pirelli Trophy and Shell
Cup in the European series and the two Italian races. A highlight
was pole in race 1 (outright fastest time of the day) and
second fastest in race 2 of the Italian Pirelli Trophy for
the veteran San Marino driver Andrea Belluzzi (Motor) and,
in the same category, a fourth fastest time for the twenty
year old youngster Marco Mapelli (Rossocorsa) in qualifying
for the first race.
Here are the pole position times for the four races scheduled
for tomorrow:
Pirelli Trophy Italy - Race 1: Andrea Belluzzi (Motor),
1.54.045 Shell Cup Italy- Race 1: Riccardo Ragazzi (Ineco/MP),
1.54.499 Pirelli Trophy - Race 2: Sandro Montani (Rossocorsa),
1.54.139 Shell Cup Italy - Race 2: Benedetto Marti (Motor),
1.54.551 Pirelli Trophy Europe- Race 2: Philipp Baron (Baron
Service), 1.54.109 Shell Cup Europe- Race 2: Michael Cantillon
(Ferrari UK Dealer Team), 1.55.516
Tomorrow’s action from the Italian series will be broadcast
live on Sky Italia, the Ferrari Challenge official broadcaster.
It gets underway at 9.15 on Sky Sport 3 for race 1 and continues
at 15.00 on Sky Sport 2 for race 2. Repeats are scheduled
for 19.00 and 00.30 on Sunday and at 23.00 the following day,
again on Sky Sport 2. Also on Monday 31st March fans of the
Prancing Horse one-make series can see the European and Italian
series races, livened up with exclusive interviews on the
Internet: all one has to do is go to
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