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  07/28/2002 - 2002 CIK-FIA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Sarno (Italy - Sa) - Laudato dominates the 2nd trial of the Super ICC European Championship.

Francesco Laudato and the Birel Motorsport team won both competitions during the second trial of the European Championship, Formula Super-Icc. The continental title of the top category of class 125, will be awarded after three trials and, thanks to his clean performance achieved during the Italian lap, Laudato will have the opportunity of facing the last competition scheduled in September in Mariembourg with the concrete ambition to be successful. Piccini, Forè, Ryttarbris and Elkmann are the competitors he will have to beat. The Icc and FA categories underlined Birel colours as well: Giampaolo Viani (Birel - Tm) won trial 1 in the Icc category, while Robert Dirks (Birel - Pavesi) came in first in trial 2. In Formula A Davide Gaggianesi of the M.G.M. Racing team made a good score, even though his attainment of the title will be very difficult because of the double success obtained by the Swiss driver Hutless Bass Lammers.

 
 
 
FORMULA SUPER ICC

Alessandro Piccini is the leading driver in the results list after the first trial in Ampfing, while Birel drivers Laudato and Groppi will have to get good results after the debacle during the opening competition. The racing track of Sarno has no secrets for Francesco Laudato and for this reason his quick recovery is expected. Even Bridgestone tyres, late in Ampfing, have now a better performance. As a matter of fact after qualifying rounds both leading Birel drivers Laudato and Groppi are well placed, getting respectively the 3rd and 6th position at the starting grid. Elkmann, Poncelet and Azzolina are also well placed, giving a confirmation of the Birel frames' competitiveness. After the first lap already Laudato is at the head of the competition, dominating this event and also keeping this position up to the finishing line. Another Birel driver, Peter Elkmann, comes is second after him, with a lead of more than 4''. Sauro Cesetti comes in third, attaining the third step of the podium instead of Davide Forè. On the contrary Alessandro Piccini, because of a problem on a tyre, leaves the second position coming in tenth and scoring only 6 points for the championship. Ryttarbris comes in sixth, while Poncelet and Azzolina achieve respectively the eleventh and twelfth position. Groppi, going off the racing track, has to conclude in advance his competition. Laudato is at the head of the competition in trial 2 as well, having the same success obtained during the first trial. The driver of Salerno heads Cesetti and Forè, but during the ninth lap it starts raining on the racing track of Sarno and the competition is stopped. After the resumption of the competition Laudato is still leading and at the finishing line he heads Cesetti and Foré who will also step on to the podium, completely devoted to the Italian tricolour. Elkmann comes in fourth before Wouters and Piccini. Groppi, who is out after the first lap, is still down on his luck while Azzolina is out after his fourth lap. Piccini is still leading the Championship but the gap between him and Laudato is now smaller, amounting only to 7 scores, and in September the competition will be still heated on the racing track of Mariembourg.


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