OPEN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 22ND JULY 2007, VAL VIBRATA – ROUND 5

THE BIS VANISHES FOR VIGANÒ IN KF3

THE PILOT OF TEAM MGM TOILS, AS THE IMPORTANT BIREL PILOTS, TO FIND THE BEST SET UP FOR THE RENEWED CIRCUIT OF VAL VIBRATA. IN KZ2 CLASSIFICATION SUB GIUDICE.

Matteo Viganò introduced himself as leader of the classification in KF3 to the last one round of the Open Masters, but accomplice a difficult weekend in which he toiled to find the most operative set-up and a little misfortune (in Contest 2 a bump forced him to the stop), he was not successful to confirm the own supremacy in juvenile class KF3 after the success obtained in series WSK. The young from Bergamo of the Birel team - MGM, even, for a series of little inconvenients was forced to dispute the recovery contest, in order to close then the Contest 1 to the 9th place. Better than him is successful to make the direct adversary for the title Harvey, who concluded to the 2nd place behind the winner Goff. The epilogue then took place in Contest 2 when, for a contact, Viganò had to withdraw leaving the title to the English pilot finished to 4th place behind Grice, Goff and Bailly. Little fortunate also Kevin Ceccon, outside from the games for the title already in Contest 1 where he obtained the 10th place. In Contest 2, instead, the pilot of the Gandolfi team conquered the 8th position. Positive the test of Lorenzo Camplese, author of the 2nd time in qualification and protagonist in the elimination’s manche. But then to the start of Contest 1 a bump forced him outside of the track and to the consequent one recovery from the last one, until the 20th place. The redeem and the confirmation of the young pilot’s potential, recently passed to the Birel colors, it arrived then in Contest 2, where, with an exceptional recovery and marking clock’s record reliefs, he arrived until the 7th final place. Little fortune also for Maring Burkhard (Birel/KSB Team) in KF2 who, if also loitered in the comparisons of Stevens, he could still hanker the title. But unfortunately the new track’s asphalt of Val Vibrata complicated the work also of the German who, after to have disputed the difficult qualification’s manche, he started from the last liner for the Contest 1. To the end of the first Finale, therefore, he classified himself to the 11th place, whereas Will Stevens winning the contest closed the games for the title in advance to his favor. In shadow in KF2 also Libor, De Conto and Turchetto who, substantially, suffered the same problems of Burkhard, beyond to tripping in some contact and to use the weekend in order to try some technical solution in sight of the imminent European category championship. In KF1, with the games for the title closed, it was a long weekend of test for the Birel pilots: Sauro Cesetti closed the Contest 1 (gained by Catt before Forè) to the 7th place and Contest 2 to the 5th, whereas Croxford was forced to the withdrawal in both the Finales. The Monza colors, instead, were to the command of the classify of championship with Manuel Cozzaglio in KZ2, but also in the class with the change of speed the things have not worked as it was in the waits. The pilot from Brescia, in fact, in Contest 1 closed only to the 7th place because of a little happy start, while the direct adversary Ardigò for the title classified himself to the 2nd place behind the winner Toninelli. The pilot of the Birel Motorsport Francesco Laudato, instead, conquered the 3rd step of the podium preceding Manetti, Giulietti and Piccini. The 2nd Finale therefore become decisive for the title and it saw the first turn of events still before the start: in pre - grill Ardigò realized to have a tire that lost pressure and he rushed in repair zone for replace it. The agitation of these moments, probably, carried the staff of his team to aid the mechanic attributed. On such circumstance, prohibited by the regulation (that allows the only mechanic of the pilot the technical participations), it was activated a verification by the sports commissioners at the end of the contest. In any case Ardigò is successful to catch up the start grill and, using a more turn of reconnaissance granted by the contest director, he also resumed the own position on the alignment. The contest, therefore, took the way with all the protagonists in the conditions to playing the own chance. After a first phase in which Laudato found the Toninelli’s command, then Piccini carried to the 1st place who lead until the end. Behind him Toninelli become part newly, while Marco Ardigò coquered the 3rd step of the podium winning the title virtually. Laudato closed his contest to the 5th place, leaving to pass in the last phases the parter of team Cozzaglio, who finished to the 4th place. The general classification with this ranking would reward in key championship Ardigò, but, in the end of the contest it was placed sub iudice because the verifications on the happened episode to Ardigò in pre grill carried the sports commissioners to exclude him from the contest. The team of the pilot fro Brescia interposed appeal freezing the situation, therefore to know who will be the winner between Ardigò and Cozzaglio (virtually become the winner of the title with the exclusion of Ardigò) it will have to attend the end of the Federal proceeding with the several degrees of judgment.