Gold and triple silver for Gretaracing in Erice, GT Racing adds a victory and a podium to the list of achievements
The first race weekend of the year for the newborn Italian Superclimb Championship at the 66th Monte Erice smiles at Gretaracing and GT Racing: the athletes of stable they have indeed conquered a victory And three podiums on the asphalt of Trapani, with afurther victory plus a second place to podium for the drivers who raced under their own team colors but who supported the new brand GT Racing for vehicle support.
Saturday saw the four drivers starting with the Gretaracing colors obtain excellent results in testing: of the first three cars, all belonging to the Peugeot 308 model in various competitive declinations, Salvatore Tortora he was the leader of the TCR group with 3:32.46 in the best of the two heatsfollowed by Gianni Loffredo with 3:54.92 (best among the RSTB 1.6+ and 15th in the RS+ group) and Anna Maria Fumo, 3rd in the RS Turbo Cup 2 group and 5th in the group with 3:58.71. The standard bearer of the team among the historic cars Franco Iantorno instead he closed Saturday with 3rd place in the T1600 class with 4:33.39.
The results of the three drivers starting with their own team colors but under the aegis of GT Racing for the supply of the cars were also very good, Gianni Angelini (3:39.78), Matteo Gabrielli (3:53.70) e Angelo Loconte (4:03.11).
The two race sessions on Sunday (unlike the CIVM cars, which had already run the first heat on Saturday) saw a very close fight for the top of the TCR group, with Salvatore Tortora that has came close to winning with less than a second and a half of separation (7:00.18 the driver’s final time). Second silver laurel that of Anna Maria Fumo (plus the bronze medal in the Dame Trophy), which wins the 2nd place in the RS Cup group with an aggregate of 7:37.75, 2.08 seconds from the best time of the day. Instead, it was worth it RSTB 1.6+ class victory the exceptional performance marked by Gianni Loffredowith a total time of 7:31.35also finishing 6th overall in the Racing Start Plus group. The classic car specialist Franco Iantorno instead he closed the two racing sessions with the 2nd place on the podium in the classroom T1600 with an aggregate of 8:53.54just over 4′ from the class victory, as well as 13th place overall in the group out of 30 classified cars.
Among the drivers starting under the brand GT Racing, Gianni Angelini he closed the TCR podium and was the best among the DSG cars with an aggregate of 7:11.07followed by Matteo Gabrielli 6th in TCR group with an overall 7:35.26. The RS group’s laurel was played out on the edge of cents, where Angelo Loconte he finished with the victory thanks to an excellent time 7:54.24 (a very hard-fought podium, with the first three riders separated by just half a second).
The first weekend of the 2024 Superclimb concluded with great successes for both teams, the season will now continue with the following calendar:
10 May – 12 May: 65th Selva di Fasano Cup.
14 June – 16 June: 73rd Trento Bondone.
28 June – 30 June: 63rd Paolino Teodori Cup.
12 July – 14 July: 53rd Vallecamonica Trophy.
2 August – 4 August: 59th Rieti-Terminillo 57th Coppa Carotti.
30 August – 1 September: 59th Luigi Fagioli Trophy
