MOTORSPORTS-EUROPE – TELAM Agency
The Argentine Franco Girolami, with an Audi RS3, today qualified second in the first Touring Car Racing (TCR) race of Italy held in Imola and obtained the championship of the category by returning a victory he had achieved in Monza last September.
The 31-year-old driver from Cordoba obtained second place this afternoon in the test held 15 laps around the Dino and Enzo Ferrari circuit, which is 4,909 meters long.
The native of Isla Verde came 639 thousandths behind the winner, the Italian Marco Butti (Hyundai), who spent a total time of 53m. 45s. 754/1000
However, Girolami secured the title, the second on the European continent in his career, after he learned that the sports authorities returned the victory he had achieved in race 1 in Monza (September 16), where It had been declassified for regulatory reasons.
The Córdoban player thus recovered the 40 points that had been taken from him and thus became unattainable in the championship for the Frenchman Aurelien Comte (Cupra), who today finished sixth and emerged as his greatest threat to challenge him for the title.
Girolami had been champion of the TCR Europe in the 2022 season and will end his participation in the category tomorrow in the second competition that will take place in Imola, starting at 5:35 Argentine time.
The final positions of the race were as follows: 1) Marco Butti (Italy) 53m. 45s. 754/1000. 2) Franco Girolami (Argentina) at 629/1000. 3) Niels Langeveld (Netherlands) at 1s. 504/1000. 4) Felice Jelmini (Italy) at 6s. 225/1000.
Source: Ambito
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