Montoro, racing with the Fg Racing team colours, was at the top of the ranking and was able to record a time of 47” 208. Next to him qualified Alberto Cola (Fast Racing), while Gagliano and Gaspari made it to the second row. The leader of the Italian Area Championships Alfieri was only 7th, while the International Champion title holder Cobianchi couldn’t even go beyond the 16th place. The American Champion Freire Jr wasn’t any luckier, only 20th; the same can be said of Dominc Sheer (Champion in the 100 cc category in 2004), who finished 28th, the last in the ranking of the qualified drivers at the end of the qualifiers. At the start of the warm-up lap, bad luck stopped one of the most promising competitors, Davide Pavan, who suffered from an engine failure. At the green light, Montoro seized the lead, ahead of Cola, Gagliano, Colombian Gaspari, Takeshi, Scarlato, Chiesa, Alessandra Neri, Alfieri, Cobianchi and Compagnone. An illustrious victim suffered the confusion of the first lap: motorbike champion Pirovano, who was last after a collision. The long line of the 34 finalists proceeded compact and on the stretch after the Ciack the spoiler flew away from Ballarini’s vehicle after a contact. The same occurred few bends later to Scheer. Both had to stop at the pit and restarted the race with a great delay. In the second lap, Gagliano launched his attack and overtook Cola to earn the second position. In the 5th lap, Montoro was ahead of Gagliano, Cola, Scarlato, Takeshi, Guerrero, Alfieri, Gaspari, Compagnone, Chiesa, Neri, Cobianchi and Nadin. In the 6th lap Gagliano broke the lull and took the lead after having overtaken Montoro. During the 8th lap, Fucchi went off track and was forced to withdraw from the race. In the meanwhile, Alfieri overtook Guerrero to gain the 6th place. In the 10th lap, Gagliano was leading the race with Montoro in his wake. Alberto Cola was third with a gap of 3’’, while Scarlato followed 4’’ behind him. Takeshi was fifth, followed by Alfieri, Guerrero, Gaspari, Compagnone, Chiesa, Neri and Ferri, who had overtaken both De Castro and Cobianchi. Placements remained the same for a while and attention shifted to Montoro, who was closely pressing Gagliano: the team Fg Racing driver also recorded the fastest time in the 19th lap, but still didn’t manage to launch his attack against the driver of the Arrow team. In the 20th lap, the leading pair was 4’’ ahead of Cola, who was himself 4’’ ahead of the group led by Scarlato, Takeshi and Alfieri. In the 22nd lap, Alfieri overtook Takeshi, trailing in his wake also Colombian Guerrero. One lap before the end, Guerrero attacked Alfieri, but this caused a collision which both Takeshi and Gaspari benefited from. At the finishing line, Gagliano was 6 tenths of a second ahead of Montoro, and was crowned National and International Champion. Davide Montoro concluded his good race 2nd, having played an absolutely primary role, while Alberto Cola climbed the 3rd step on the podium. Scarlato seized the 4th place, followed by Takeshi, Gaspari, Alfieri, Guerrero, Compagnone, Chiesa and Alessandra Neri. Sabino De Castro finished 11th, preceding in the final sprint Ferro, Cobianchi, Nadin and Freire.

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