NOVAROSSI ITALIA !
This weekend was the 3rd round of São Paulo championships. The
race was held in Jundiai track, a very small and tight parking lot track
located in the parking area of a supermarket.
The layout is very challenging as the lanes are super narrow and
too be fast the car must carry a lot of speed and at a super tight line.
On Sport class qualifying was tense as the race incidents were a
problems for most of the drivers. In the end, many of the fastest didn’t
manage to make one single clean run and had to start back on the grid
for the semifinals.
As the rules predict semifinals for everybody, starting from the
first places just meant a clean track at the beginning of the race and
less chance of retiring the race because of an incident. All contenders
for the victory just drove easy to secure a place on the main final
grid, especially Sandro Martines who had to start from the last place on
semifinal A after being the penultimate qualifier due to problems in
all qualifying round.
Main final started with TQ Marcel Hernandez holding the first place
for a few laps followed by Silvio Mendes, Luiz Pedro, Sandro Martines
and Evandro Giroto. On lap 5 Marcel flipped over and on lap 6 Silvio
also rolled, so the leaders were Luiz Pedro and Sandro Martines. Both
ran together until the 5 minute mark, at this time Luiz Pedro was under
pressure with Sandro’s car on his toes. First refueling and Sandro took
the lead as Luiz Pedro flamed out at the pitlane. From that Sandro just
managed the race driving consistently and never looked back to cross the
finish line on 1st place, 1 lap ahead of Marcel and with
Luiz Pedro completing the podium.
1st Sandro Martines -Novarossi Flash 12
2nd Marcel Hernandes - JP
3rd Luiz Pedro – Capricorn
On Racer class it looked like Flavio Elias found some extra pace
after Saturday’s practice and was the TQ followed by Guilherme
Rodrigues, Renato Paiva and me. I had a fast car during free practice
but after a crash at first quail round my car never performed the same
and I also started my best run with a delay of 4 seconds, thus missing
the 2nd fastest run. Eduardo Dulac set the fastest time but
was DQ and had to start his semi back on the grid.
On semi B I started on 2nd spot and right after the
green flag I anaged to overtake Guilherme and held the 1st
place until I flipped my car a couple times. From that I was 3rd
chasing Guilherme on 2nd and with a recovered Dulac on 1st
place. In the end of the semi I managed to close down on Guilherme and
passed him to finish 2nd.
On semi A Flavio Elias just cruised and finished 1st
ahead of Renato Paiva. The leader of the championship Leandro had a lot
of trouble but worked his way to get the 10th sport for the
main final.
Main final started with Flavio holding 1st place,
Eduardo Dulac flamed out on the starting grid and Renato went wide in
the end of the first lap giving me the space to take the 2nd
place. Flavio made a couple mistakes and closed down on him but his pace
was quicker than mine and he pulled away again after few laps. I made a
mistake and now was back on 3rd with Renato on 2nd
and Leandro on 4th place. Leandro and I were faster than
Renato and withing a couple laps there was no distance between the 3
cars. Renato touched a curb and allowed us to go and then Leandro
started to put a lot of pressure on me and I did my best to stay in
front of him until the first refueling, but unfortunately as I entered
the pitlane my 1st super gear was gone and I lost 1 minute to
repair the car and join the race again. Bad luck also for Novarossi
racers Eduardo Dulac and Renato Paiva, both retiring with a stripped
belt. In the end Flavio won the race with a superb performance, 3 laps
ahead of Leandro Campos, with Guilherme Rodrigues finishing on 3rd.
1st Flavio Elias – Novarossi FLASH 12
2nd Leandro Campos - Capricorn
3rd Guilherme Rodrigues – Max
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