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This morning there will be 260 cars lined up, first at the former Zuffo area and then on the starting line in Montevideo, to give life to the timed trials of the 73rd «Trento Bondone», third stage of the Superclimb Championship.
Yesterday was dedicated by teams and drivers to setting up the paddocks and carrying out technical and sporting checks, while today the engines will begin to roar.
There are two heats available to set up the cars and regain contact with the longest track in Europe, but given that the second is affected by the uncertain weather, the first will probably be the one that will have to be exploited by the drivers. Yesterday, just four drivers did not show up to the scrutineers for checks, three registered with historic cars and only one with a modern one (the German Paul Burkhardt with a Polo from the E2SH group), who were therefore excluded from the official starting list. A truly negligible “filing” compared to the average.
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As far as sports cars are concernedthe huge favorite Simone Faggioli will be chasing his 14th success on a track that he appreciates like few others and today he will try to understand if there is some margin, with the new Nova Proto NP01, to get closer to his own absolute record of 9’00″52, set in 2017 and approached in 2022, when he climbed to Vason in 9’04″65.
His first objective, in any case, is to extend his streak of successes in the Supersalita championship, the novelty of 2024.
The Sicilian Luigi Fazzino on the Osella PA 30 Zytek, making his first appearance in Bondone, is keen to put a lot of pressure on him, boosted by the success at «Levico Vetriolo», while another Sicilian, Samuele Cassibba (Nova Proto Sinergy V8), is aiming for the podium. the Lucanian Achille Lombardi (Osella PA 21 4C turbo), naturally the host Diego Degasperi at the wheel of the Norma M20 FC which belonged to Faggioli (but with another engine), then another Sicilian who got on the podium at the «Levico Vetriolo », or Franco Caruso (Nova Proto NP01-2).
Among the five Wolf GB 08 Thunder Aprilia, the name of Filippo Ferretti stands out, aiming for success in the Italian Junior Championship, as well as the Thunder Cup, where Virgilio Gosio, Rosario Iaquinta, Antonio Di Benedetto and Romy Dall’ will compete for the lead Antonia.
For the two-seater group, the CN, the Apulian Francesco Leogrande arrives as leader, followed by Alberto Scarafone, both on Osella PA 21, the Trentino Giancarlo Graziosi (Osella Pa21/P) and the Umbrian Daniele Filippetti ( Ligier Js 51). Marco Gramenzi (Alfa 4C MG 01 Furore) could not be missing from the E2SH group, threatened by Alessandro Gabrielli (Alfa Romeo 4C), Manuel Dondi, second overall in the year of the flood, 2019, and Gianluca Ticci, both with the Fiat /9.
Great anticipation for the challenge in the GT group, which includes a record number of cars, 19, a show within a show that only «Trento Bondone» is able to offer, with the Foggia native Lucio Peruggini (Ferrari 488 Evo), the Roman Marco Iacoangeli (BMW Z4 GT3), the president of the Scuderia Trentina Giuseppe Ghezzi (Porsche 997 GT3) and the Brescian Mirko Zanardini (Lamborghini Huracan) among the most accredited. In the TCR group, Luca Tosini on Audi, Salvatore Tortora on Peugeot 308, Matteo Gabrielli, again on Peugeot 308, Giuseppe Caruso on Hyundai i30N will make their voices heard.
In the E1 group, all eyes are on Giuseppe Aragona (Volkswagen Golf), Alessandro Tortora (Peugeot 106 turbo), Harald Freitag (Opel Kadett), Matteo Bacci (Alfa Romeo Giulietta), while Trentino will be represented by Claudio and Nicola Zucol from None with the BMW and Tiziano Nones (Skoda Fabia Evo).
Everything to follow the Rally Group, which sees Pietro De Tisi (Skoda Fabia) in pole position. Anna Maria Fumo (Peugeot 308 RC) leads the Racing Start Cup group and will have to defend herself from her pursuers Alessandro Giovannelli (Mini Cooper Jcw) and Giuseppe Cardetti (Peugeot 308).
In the large patrol of Seat Ibiza, the Umbrian Alex Picchi starts attacking the other very young Cristiano Piccin, the Calabrian Francesco Malizia and all the other protagonists.
