The Clerk of the Course declared the track to be still wet and therefore all competitors were forced to line up on the starting grid with rain tyres. But it was not raining any more, so it could be easily thought that in the second half of the race at least the trajectories would have dried up. These were definitely not the best conditions to compete for the last 6 places available in the title Finals. At the start, two warm-up laps were required to achieve an optimum alignment, and De Marchi and Iacuzzo had to pay for it, both stopped by their sparking plugs that went out. Also Luca Carone suffered from some problems at the start, but still managed to go with the group, and is 25th after the first lap. Franco D’Urso took the lead, instead, ahead of Englishman Hawkey, Garulli, Grampa, Pica, Macri, Russian Kramarskiy and Baroni. In the 5th lap, D’Urso and Hawkey were 2’’ ahead of the large pursuing group led by Emilia Kart driver Garulli. The 4th position was occupied by excellent Kramarskiy, feeling perfectly at ease on the wet track, then Pica, Macrì, Grampa, Baroni, Fucchi, Campo, American Joe Iannucci, Villa and Todisco. The contest for the places 3rd to 6th was hard-fought and as many as 10 drivers were involved. In the 9th lap, Macrì overtook Kramarskiy to gain the 4th position, while Fucchi and Baroni took turns twice alternating in the 6th position: at stake was the last place to qualify for the title Finals. In the course of the 13th lap, Macrì attacked Garulli, too, but the Blu Racing driver missed the proper trajectory at a bend and contact was unavoidable. Macrì was forced to withdraw, having to renounce to a qualification that was easily within his reach, while Garulli managed to carry on even if he was then overtaken by Kramarskiy. In the 15th lap, the leading pair was still formed by D’Urso and Hawkey, divided by 2’’ seconds. Behind them the race was still open among Garulli, Kramarskiy, Baroni, Grampa, Campo, Pica and Iannucci. In the central group, instead, a close contest took place between Scotti, Russo, Todisco and Bernuzzi. In the final laps of the race, lapped drivers played an important role creating high-tension situations for the higher sections of the ranking. The scrimmage caused a 180-degree spin for Grampa (17th lap), and also Fucchi and Pica found themselves too close: the first one went spinning at the Railway bend and forced Pica off the track and consequently to withdraw from the race. After 24 heated laps, D’Urso won the race, 2’’ ahead of Hawkey. There was almost a photo finish final spurt for the third place, with Kramarskiy ahead of Garulli, Fucchi and Baroni. Excluded from the qualified drivers by a hair’s breadth was Grampa, 7th, followed by Villa, Joe Iannucci, Meraviglia, Carone, Scotti, Russo, Todisco and Bernuzzi.

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