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9 MUGELLO – MAIDEN WIN FOR THE NEW CUPRA LEON In Race 1, Pellegrini and Tavano sprinted ahead of poleman Brigliadori and began fighting. They made contact and then Tavano took the lead on lap 4. Both Brigliadori and Damiano Reduzzi pitted with flat front tyres, and for the same reason Franco Girolami stopped on the track having just lost P3 to Jelmini. Tavano won from Pellegrini and Jelmini who had completed an outstanding recovery from 23rd on the grid. At the start of Race 2, Tavano passed Reduzzi for the lead, but then pitted with a flat front tyre. Once again Jelmini charged from 23rd on the grid, survived a collision that eliminated Francesca Raffaele and Simone Pellegrinelli, and benefited from the fights between the front runners to take the lead from Reduzzi during the final lap. However, he was given a penalty for the early incident and Reduzzi inherited the victory, while Girolami and Pellegrini were promoted to second and third.