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2003 CIK-FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 100 F.A. - Sarno (Italy),
October 24th – 25th -26th, 2003
REPORT ON THE ROUNDS
TIMES AND QUALIFYING SESSIONS
Drivers contend for
the times in two sessions of 10 minutes each on Saturday
morning. So the weekend gets officially to the heart
of the competition and finally the first merits on the
track are completely expressed. The surprise result
of qualifying sessions is the Brazilian Ruben Carrapatoso,
who proves to be the quickest driver, preceding the
Belgian Jonathan Thonon. But the most evident detail
emerging from qualifying sessions is that all big drivers
attained similar times, with leads of a few thousands
of a second only, and so all of them are in the right
position to compete for a very good world championship.
Liuzzi and Pantano have a very good performance and
they join the top ten drivers, while Ronnie Quintarelli,
despite his delay of 3 thousands of a second only, has
to accept the 14th position. The competition programme
goes on with qualifying sessions. The over 100 competitors
are divided into 8 groups which will contend for 12
qualifying sessions between Saturday morning and Sunday
morning. Penalties are assigned according to the position
attained during the different rounds (for example 0
penalty for the winner, 1 penalty for the driver who
comes in 2nd, 2 penalties for the driver who come in
3rd and so on).
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Michele Fanetti |
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The
first 28 drivers, who have rightly qualified for
the World Final, are selected according to the
results obtained on Sunday morning at the end
of the rounds. Among them the names of Thonon,
Renaudie and Pineiro emerge, who attain the first
positions with the lower number of penalties.
The best Birel driver is Fanetti, while Quintarelli
is slowed down by some problems during the last
round. Liuzzi and Pantano are also slowed down
by some problems and both of them have more penalties
than Quintarelli. On the other hand the last 6
positions for the World Final are assigned through
a “repechage” round involving the
first 34 drivers excluded after qualifying sessions,
while for all other drivers the World Championship
is basically over. For some drivers this happens
against all expectations, as in the case of Davide
Gaggianesi of Birel-Mgm team: his engine breaks
down during qualifying sessions and, sprinting
from a rear position, he is involved twice in
a scrimmage behind the lines.
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Davide Gaggianesi |
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