Vallelunga: triplet for Ferrari in GT3, duel Porsche-Lamborghini in GT Cup

Casè-Gattuso (Scuderia Baldini 27) proceeded Lucchini-Venturi (BMS-Scuderia Italia) and Schirò-Berton (Villorba Corse), while Pastorelli brothers in GT Cup (Krypton Motorsport) had the best of Zanardini-Perel (Bonaldi Motorsport). The two commentaries follow.

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Race-2 GT3: The second race of class GT3 got inflamed since the formation lap. Francioni had some problems to his McLaren and had to retire, while Venturi got the lead from Bortolotti, Gattuso, Postiglione, Mapelli, Berton, Ferrara and Beretta.

In the heat of the start Ceccato hit the barriers finishing his race early, and was followed at lap four by Geri, who was also penalised as his team mate Francioni by some electric problems. On top the pace was quite high and Venturi got a 2 seconds lead from Bortolotti, while Beretta and Ferrara hit each other while fighting for P6. The driver from Bari had the worse of it and slipped down in P11 right ahead of Capello that in turn had managed to gain quite some ground from the last row of the grid.

The comeback on track after drivers change confirmed BMS-Scuderia Italia on top with Lucchini, who replaced Venturi, getting the lead ahead of Casè, who took on Gattuso's seat, Donativi, Amici, Di Amato, Schirò, Gagliardini, Gai and Viberti, while Frassineti, slowed down by the penalty due to the victory in race-1, had to serve a drive through penalty due to the incident involving his team mate and Ferrara. Bad luck for Viberti who was slowed down at the driver change with Bortolotti as the fixing of a seat belt made him lose a lot of seconds.

Donativi and Amici inflamed the final stages with the fight for P3 and Schirò that put in a great comeback. At lap 22 Villorba's driver got past Di Amato, while Donativi managed to fend off the Audi driver. Schirò and Di Amato also joined this very good battle, but the latter spun at the curvone and lost some ground, as did Gagliardini who had an excursion on the grass to avoid the MP1 Corse driver. At lap 24 Schirò overtook Amici and found his way past Donativi at the following lap, gaining a great third place.

The ryhthm kept high also close to the flag. In the final laps Donativi managed to keep Amici behind, while Casè move an attack to Lucchini for the lead. The reigning champion succeeded at the penultimate lap when Lucchini could not keep Scuderia Baldini 27's driver behind.

At the flag, Casè proceeded Lucchini and Schirò, while Donativi was fourth leading Amici, Gai, Viberti, who was great in recovering the ground lost at the driver's change, Zonzini, Frassineti that recovered from P16, and Di Amato followed in order.

Race-2 GT Cup: Pastorelli and Maino managed to get past the poleman Zanardini at the start, while Di Amato was fourth ahead of Carboni, Comi, Bianco, Del Prete and Zangari. The latter was then overtaken by Venerosi, while Goldstein had to pit with shifting problems.

Pastorelli on top did not struggle to keep Maino behind, who was good to get close to his rival in several occasions. Behind them, Zangari and Del Prete, hit each other while fighting for P9, while Bianco spun. Back on track after the driver's change, Selva who replaced Maino, was on top due to the penalty handed to Pastorelli due to the victory in race-1. The third place was held by Di Amato, who led Perel, Romani, Baccani, Monfardini, Zangari, Valori and Caso.

At lap 21 Baccani found his way past Romani, while Valori and Zangari started a good fight for P9. Perel managed to get past Di Amato at lap 25 and installed himself in P3 behind Selva and Pastorelli. The latter tried all and, with two corners to go, he got the lead after a spin of the Ebimotors driver, crossing the line first ahead of Perel, who also got the most out of Selva's mistake, who ended third. Di Amato was fourth proceeding Baccani, Monfardini, Caso, Romani, Valori and Zangari.

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