TCR World and life

38 COPPA ITALIA Audi RS 3 LMS cars made a clean sweep in the two last events of the Coppa Italia Turismo that took place at Vallelunga and Imola, with four victories in the TCR class. VALLELUNGA – BETTERA AND BARBOLINI SHARE VICTORIES In the first race, Jacopo Guidetti was the first to cross the finishing line, but he was given a 15-second penalty for an incident with Enrico Bettera and so dropped to third overall behind the BMW M3 of Federico Borret and Bettera who inherited victory in the TCR class. The second race was run under pouring rain and saw Edoardo Barbolini – Guidetti’s co driver – claiming an authoritative win ahead of his teammate Andrea Argenti and disabled driver Giulio Valentini. IMOLA – AIELLO IS STRIPPED OF VICTORY IN RACE 2 In Race 1, Guidetti was classified second overall, behind Borret’s BMW, after they had a close fight; Alessio Aiello was classified third overall and second in TCR, while Omar Fiorucci completed the class podium. Borret encored in Race 2, winning from Riccardo Fumagalli’s BMW. Aiello finished third overall and first in the TCR class, but he was given a five- second penalty and so dropped to second in the class behind Barbolini; Guidettiwascrowned championoftheCoppaItalia Round 11 – Saturday 21 September, Autodromo P. Taruffi, Vallelunga 1. E. Bettera (Pit Lane Competizioni, Audi RS 3 LMS); 2. J. Guidetti (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 3. A. Aiello (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic FK2) Round 12 – Sunday 22 September, Autodromo P. Taruffi, Vallelunga 1. E. Barbolini (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 2. A. Argenti (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 3. G. Valentini (One Team) Round 13 – Sunday 13 October, Autodromo E. & D. Ferrari, Imola 1. J. Guidetti (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 2. A. Aiello (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic FK2); 3. O. Fiorucci (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS) Round 14 – Sunday 13 October, Autodromo E. & D. Ferrari, Imola 1. E. Barbolini (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 2. A. Aiello (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic FK2); 3. R. Lissignoli (Pit Lane Competizioni, CUPRA) the TCR podium was completed by Raffaele Lissignoli. These results meant that Guidetti was crowned overall champion, beating his co-driver Barbolini by three points; Daniele Cappellari retained third place in the final standings despite not finishing Race 1 and then not starting Race 2 after an incident with Lissignoli.