Prato Race Report
A welcome return to racing in the showcase series after the previous race was postponed and moved to a later date. Prato became round 2.
You can watch the highlights of the race below.
PRATO RACE REPORT
Again another amazing race on a track where the first corner can lead to some big accidents,everyone was clean and quick with few mistakes, the race craft was of excellent quality from all the racers. Looking forward to the next one
It was a close battle between Roberto Olivetti and Fulvio Genova for pole in qualifying with Genova putting in a very quick lap to snatch the position from Olivetti. Tippet managed to put in a decent enough lap for 3rd but quite a way off the pace of 1st and 2nd. Macro Boemi and Andy Graydon had a closer battle for 4th and 5th on the grid with Boemi taking the spot, whilst Hugo Ramos put in a good consistent pace for 6th but unable to close the gap to Graydon in qualifying.
As the lights turned green and the race started, it was once again Graydon who got another lightning start immediately taking 4th from Boemi. Everyone got a clean getaway with Genova leading, closely followed by Olivetti and Tippet. Olivetti covered his racing line on the exit of the chicane defending well from Tippet on lap 1 making sure there was no way he could overtake.
The leading three cars proceeded to pull out a gap from the battle for fourth, with Graydon holding off from Boemi for 3 laps until he ran up on the inside curb on the last corner coming onto the pit straight, which allowed Boemi to breeze by only to run wide a few corners later and allow Graydon to retake the place for another lap. Graydon then spun his car allowing Boemi back through.
Olivetti and Fulvio traded similar lap times up front as Tippet dropped back and settled in for a lonely race as the gap extended in front. With all the action happening Ramos was lapping steadily also having a very quiet race in 6th.
As the leader entered his final lap the gap to Olivetti was around 7 seconds with Tippet a further 24 behind and making a small mistake on his final lap to run up on the grass and fight to keep control of the car, luckily managing to keep the car from spinning, Fulvio crossed the line to take the win. Ramos finished on the lead lap but also made a mistake which unluckily put his car into a spin. Olivetti took 2nd with Tippet 3rd, Boemi, Graydon and Ramos rounding up the race.
A welcome return to racing in the showcase series after the previous race was postponed and moved to a later date. Prato became round 2.
You can watch the highlights of the race below.
PRATO RACE REPORT
Again another amazing race on a track where the first corner can lead to some big accidents,everyone was clean and quick with few mistakes, the race craft was of excellent quality from all the racers. Looking forward to the next one
It was a close battle between Roberto Olivetti and Fulvio Genova for pole in qualifying with Genova putting in a very quick lap to snatch the position from Olivetti. Tippet managed to put in a decent enough lap for 3rd but quite a way off the pace of 1st and 2nd. Macro Boemi and Andy Graydon had a closer battle for 4th and 5th on the grid with Boemi taking the spot, whilst Hugo Ramos put in a good consistent pace for 6th but unable to close the gap to Graydon in qualifying.
As the lights turned green and the race started, it was once again Graydon who got another lightning start immediately taking 4th from Boemi. Everyone got a clean getaway with Genova leading, closely followed by Olivetti and Tippet. Olivetti covered his racing line on the exit of the chicane defending well from Tippet on lap 1 making sure there was no way he could overtake.
The leading three cars proceeded to pull out a gap from the battle for fourth, with Graydon holding off from Boemi for 3 laps until he ran up on the inside curb on the last corner coming onto the pit straight, which allowed Boemi to breeze by only to run wide a few corners later and allow Graydon to retake the place for another lap. Graydon then spun his car allowing Boemi back through.
Olivetti and Fulvio traded similar lap times up front as Tippet dropped back and settled in for a lonely race as the gap extended in front. With all the action happening Ramos was lapping steadily also having a very quiet race in 6th.
As the leader entered his final lap the gap to Olivetti was around 7 seconds with Tippet a further 24 behind and making a small mistake on his final lap to run up on the grass and fight to keep control of the car, luckily managing to keep the car from spinning, Fulvio crossed the line to take the win. Ramos finished on the lead lap but also made a mistake which unluckily put his car into a spin. Olivetti took 2nd with Tippet 3rd, Boemi, Graydon and Ramos rounding up the race.
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