WINS FOR CADEI AND GIANNIBERTI AT VALLELUNGA
Niki Cadei (Rossocorsa) and Nicolas Gianniberti (Ineco/RAM)
won the two Ferrari Challenge Pirelli Trophy races held today
at the “Piero Taruffi” Circuit at Vallelunga.
However, the leaders of both classifications remain unchanged,
with the two drivers topping the points tables driving for
the Motor dealer team: thanks to two second places, Andrea
Belluzzi heads the Pirelli Trophy, while one win and a second
place is enough for Benedetto Marti to increase his lead in
the Shell Cup.
Race 1 was clearly dominated by pole man
Cadei, who, having got away well, proceeded to gradually pull
away from Belluzzi (Motor) until he had about ten seconds
in hand, which he pretty much maintained to the flag. Belluzzi
also had a virtually solitary race, as he soon built up a
cushion over his pursuers, thus taking a valuable second place.
There was a very closely contested dice for the third step
of the podium between Gianniberti and Ciro (Motor): the outcome
was decided with a few laps to go when the Motor driver was
stuck in the gravel in the run-off area having run wide. In
the Shell Cup, top honours went to Peter Reichegger thanks
to a great start. Marti, who had lost ground at the start,
managed to climb his way back up to second place, finishing
ahead of Prinoth.
Race 2 saw Gianniberti stage a spectacular
climb up the order to get the better of first Ciro and then
Belluzzi, to claim his second win of the year. The Motor driver
from San Marino repeated his second place from race 1, thus
consolidating his lead in the classification, while Ciro made
it to the third step of the podium after fighting right to
the very end with Belluzzi. In the Shell Cup, it was a third
win this season for Marti, who on this occasion was unchallenged.
The Motor driver clearly beat Sauto and Molteni, who were
involved in a closely fought final duel with Ragazzi, who
was later penalised for an earlier coming together with Turrini.
Around four thousand spectators were on hand to watch all
the excitement of the Prancing Horse one-make series and they
were also able to admire close up a large number of Ferrari
road cars, at the circuit as part of the “Emozioni in
pista Roma 2008” event, as well as the Rome leg of the
Ferrari Club Italia Trophy.
Classifications
Series Driver Points Driver Points Driver Points
Trofeo Pirelli Italia Belluzzi 108 Gianniberti 103 Montani
80
Coppa Shell Italia Marti 119 Mantovani 68 Ragazzi 66
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