The third
rF1 round showed us the most exciting race of the season, with all drivers fighting (sometimes over the limit) for points.
Before qualifying there were several schools of thought about strategies and
Corigliano took an awesome pole position, followed by
Baroni and
Iudicello (great qualify).
GM Serra seems in troubles and closed in 7th.
At the start, shooting in slow motion for Greg creating panic in the middle of the group. In first corner,
Sburroso,
Cardozo and other drivers went off and the Force India hit GM Serra, who closed the first lap in 5th. In third sector there was a contact between Nieto and Cardozo, while at the end of the lap
Nieto and Sburroso pitted.
A victorious return for CoriglianoFourth lap, irregular defense of Iudicello on
Zingalus attack, the
Toyota driver will be penalized at the end of the race. A lap later, Zingalus completed the attack at the 4th place, overtaking Iudicello. Pitstop for
Bianchi.
In 7th lap, Iudicello made his pitstop, and coming back to track in 5th.
AT 8th lap, Corigliano leads, Baroni is second, Zingalus third and GM Serra fourth.
Nineth lap, pitstops for Cardozo,
Vacca and the leader Corigliano.
In the following two laps, we had pitstops for the deb Burdisso, Zingalus and
Greg, while
Jack Serra with the second
STR is going well up the rankings to sixth place.
In 13th lap, GM Serra and Baroni finally pit, showing they qualified with a full tank. Only one lap later, for the 7th place, Sburroso attacks Cardozo in second corner and overtake him. Two corners later they were involved in an avoidable accident that will cost a penalty at Cardozo. In consequence of this, Sburroso pitted for the second time.
Strategy has allowed Serra to seize an amazing third placeFew seconds after, hard attack of
Burdisso on Nieto and also Zingalus was involved. Jack Serra is the last driver who pitted because of his strategy.
At 16th lap, after an hard fight, GM Serra overtook Iudicello and takes 4th place, while Bianchi retired for a technical problem. In corner 3, J Serra went off the track crashing his nose against the wall and pitting at the end of the lap.
Last laps were exciting, with a contact between the leader Corigliano and the lapped Vacca, Zingalus completely missed corner 3 and lost 3rd position and Nieto overtook Vacca in the T3 of the track.
After a really hard race and a penalty, Cardozo finished in seventh place.
One lap to go, Burdisso attacked Vacca who was in troubles with his Toyota, while J Serra finally retires for an electric fail.
Final results: 1st Corigliano (BMW), 2nd Baroni (BMW), 3rd GM Serra (Toro Rosso).
DRIVER'S STANDING
