INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS ITALIAN FINALS - Arce (Italy), 16/17
October, 2004 |
EASYKART 60: MIDRLA, INTERNATIONAL
CHAMPION, AND DEFENDI, NATIONAL CHAMPION
THE CZECH DRIVER WINS BOTH RACE AND INTERNATIONAL TITLE
IN FRONT OF ORDONEX AND DAZA. LUCA DEFENDI (4TH) IS THE
NATIONAL CHAMPION IN FRONT OF TORTA AND DAVENIA.
Three
drivers competed for the pole position in the 2nd round
of qualifications, after the first session was raced using
rain tyres because of rainfall the previous night, namely
the Czech, Midrla, Cavalieri and Defendi. These three drivers
went under the 57” threshold and Luca Defendi was
a few thousandths away with a pole position of 56”783
chronometer time. Alongside him, Midrla qualified with only
92 thousandths delay and Cavalieri came in 3rd place. Another
Italian qualified in 4th place, the Northeastern Area Champion,
Torta, while the current American champion Spencer Pigot
and Danny Daniso sprinted from the 3rd row. The excitement
created some problems to the young drivers in the test lap
and the Race Management Committee had to repeat the start
procedure. At the 2nd start off, there was some more contact
in the centre of the group, that penalised Erica Gallina
who started late. A technical problem, instead, forced the
Colombian Alzate to move into the rear positions. Luca Defendi
immediately took the lead, followed by Cavalieri, Torta,
Midrla, Daza, Pigot, Davenia, Daniso, De Berardinis and
Zonzini. At the 2nd lap, Daniso and De Berardinis made contact
forcing both to the rear of the group. At the 3rd lap, Midrla
overcame Cavalieri and with the following lap went to the
head of the group in front of leader Defendi. In the meantime,
Cavalieri and Torta, had to fend off Ordonez and Daza's
attacks. Further back, Davenia rallied back with a slight
margin over Zonzini, Rocca and Ranzini. At the 5th lap,
Cavalieri had turned off onto the lawn because of a technical
problem and was able to restart his engine only after two
laps. For the top Italian driver this was yet another unfortunate
episode in the season. The following lap, once again because
of technical problems, Ranzini was also forced to withdraw
from the race. Meanwhile at the lead, Midrla moved a few
metres up closer to Defendi, while the American duo Ordonez
and Daza pursued the Italian relentlessly. Matteo Torta
held his ground firmly at 5th and in the second half of
the race started to reclaim a few metres on his opponents.
Instead, at the centre of the group, the scene was set by
a battle between 8 drivers nearing the 10th place, Farioli,
Plazzi, Mazzeo, Scotti, Rivella, Montemagno, Daniso and
Rocca that continued to overtake each other. Overtaking
also characterised the back of the group made up of Riva,
Amaya, Erica Gallina, Alzate, Lamanuzzi and Schirosi that
put up a valiant fight. Andrea De Berardinis, the Blu Racing
driver, emerged in the main phase of the race as he had
often done in the previous season, managing to move up to
the 10th place right behind Roby Dalton and Gian Marco Macchi.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to battle his opponents,
Cavalieri made contact with him as he tried to recover the
lost laps due to his previous problem. Regardless, De Berardinis
managed to keep himself on track, but the Race Management
Committee decided to exclude Cavalieri from the race for
that manoeuvre. The last stages of the race were marked
by the struggle for 2nd place between the Colombian Daza
and the American Ordonez, and for 4th place between Defendi
and Torta who were also contending for the National Title.
9 laps from the end, the race lost yet another important
participant, the American champion Spencer Pigot hampered
by technical problems. And just a few laps later, the Italian
Zonzini was also forced to withdraw. Midrla flew right under
the chequered flag, with over 10” margin on Ordonez,
becoming the International Champion in his category. The
American, Ordonez was Vice-Champion, while the Colombian,
Daza stood 3rd on the podium. Luca Defendi, on the other
hand, contrasted Torta's attacks in the last few laps and
protected his 4th place, for which he obtained the National
Title. Torta closed the race at 5th to become the National
Vice-Champion, while Matteo Davenia moved to 3rd on the
final Italian podium by arriving 6th overall. The 7th place
went to Roby Dalton, in front of De Berardinis, the excellent
Macchi, Farioli, Plazzi, Mazzeo, Scotti and Rivella who
made up the top ten in the National Italian ranking. Closing
the race were Montemagno, Daniso, Rocca, Amaya, Erica Gallina,
Lamanuzzi, Riva, Schirosi and Alzate.
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INTERNATIONAL FINAL |
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NATIONAL FINAL |
| 1 |
MIDRLA JAN |
19:04.037 |
1 |
DEFENDI LUCA |
| 2 |
ORDONEZ SEBASTIAN |
12.864 |
2 |
TORTA MATTEO |
| 3 |
DAZA NICHOLAS |
13.230 |
3 |
DAVENIA MATTEO |
| 4 |
DEFENDI LUCA |
15.025 |
4 |
DE BERARDINIS ANDREA |
| 5 |
TORTA MATTEO |
15.323 |
5 |
MACCHI GIANMARCO |
| 6 |
DAVENIA MATTEO |
21.040 |
6 |
FARIOLI FEDERICO |
| 7 |
DALTON ROBY |
40.123 |
7 |
PLAZZI MARZOTTO |
| 8 |
DE BERARDINIS ANDREA |
42.681 |
8 |
MAZZEO FRANCESCO |
| 9 |
MACCHI GIANMARCO |
45.743 |
9 |
SCOTTI RICCARDO |
| 10 |
FARIOLI FEDERICO |
54.329 |
10 |
RIVELLA PAOLO |
| 11 |
PLAZZI MARZOTTO |
54.582 |
11 |
MONTEMAGNO NOCOLA |
| 12 |
MAZZEO FRANCESCO |
55.551 |
12 |
DANISO DANNY |
| 13 |
SCOTTI RICCARDO |
56.744 |
13 |
ROCCA NICOLO' |
| 14 |
RIVELLA PAOLO |
57.145 |
14 |
GALLINA ERICA |
| 15 |
MONTEMAGNO NOCOLA |
58.118 |
15 |
LAMANUZZI LUCA |
| 16 |
DANISO DANNY |
58.209 |
16 |
RIVA LUCA |
| 17 |
ROCCA NICOLO' |
58.463 |
17 |
SCHIROSI WILLIAM |
| 18 |
AMAYA JOFFREY |
1 lap |
18 |
ZONZINI EMANUELE |
| 19 |
GALLINA ERICA |
4.252 |
19 |
RANZINI GIACOMO |
| 20 |
LAMANUZZI LUCA |
5.488 |
20 |
CAVALIERI ALBERTO |
| 21 |
RIVA LUCA |
21.195 |
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| 22 |
SCHIROSI WILLIAM |
48.395 |
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| 23 |
ALZATE DIEGO |
57.093 |
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| 24 |
ZONZINI EMANUELE |
2 laps |
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| 25 |
PIGOT SPENCER |
9 laps |
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| 26 |
RANZINI GIACOMO |
15 laps |
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| 27 |
CAVALIERI ALBERTO |
10:48.021 |
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