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06/12/2002
- WORLD FSA CHAMPIONSHIP IN MARIEMBOURG (B) - BIREL MOTORSPORT
STEPS ON THE PODIUM
The first weekend of the FSA Word Championship ended
up in a positive outcome for Birel Motorsport.
The first weekend of the FSA Word Championship ended up
in a positive outcome for Birel Motorsport. In Mariembourg,
during the first of the five scheduled competitions, Gianluca
Beggio came in third during trial 2. The winner of both
races was Alessandro Manetti of the CRG team that amazed
all experts with their effective tyres. As a matter of
fact Manetti and his team-mate Bressaglia are the only
pilots equipped with Dunlop. And tyres were really a decisive
factor in Belgium and they allowed the CRG pilot to win
both competitions and to be successful twice in qualifier
rounds as well. On the contrary a considerable balance
emerged among Bridgestone pilots and both in qualifier
rounds and during races their gaps were always slight.
During the trial Ronnie Quintarelli of the Birel team
succeded in getting his pole position and his team-mate
Gianluca Beggio came in third. On the contrary Marco Ardigò
was slowed down by some trim problems, like the French
pilot Laurent Groppi. During qualifier rounds some tyre
debris knocked Beggio's and Ardigò's engines out,
causing some problems to Quintarelli as well. So the round
result was endangered compared to expectations, with Quintarelli
ranking second, Beggio fifth and with Ardigò and
Groppi forced to start the race behind the lines.
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RACE 1
The Dutch pilot Van der Garde and the British pilot Ben
Hanley, sprinting from the first position, lead the group
during the first part of the race heading Quintarelli,
Asmer, Gandolfi, Beggio and Marinetti. After the first
laps Marinetti, who was the fastest pilot in the morning
during warm-up, makes up ground ranking third after Van
der Garde and Asmer. Quintarelli is outstripped by Beggio
but the group of the fastest pilots is still solid and
they keep on racing recording the same times. During the
second half of the race Manetti is the only pilot who
is able to take the lead, keeping this position up to
the finishing line. The former world cycling champion
Davide Forè and Sauro Cesetti, expected to become
protagonists on the eve of the race, can not stand the
pace of the leaders coming in respectively ninth and tenth.
Marko Asmer of the Tony Kart team steps on to the second
step of the podium and Van der Garde of the CRG team comes
in third. Birel pilots, Quintarelli and Beggio, come in
fifth and sixth, while Marco Ardigò, making up
ground from the twentififth position, is able to reach
the score zone.
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