The grid for race 2 of the first round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia in Misano is slightly different compared to the one that inaugurated the Italian single-brand championship last night in a very tight race 1.
The name of the poleman does not change, the inevitable Ten Voorde, who, after having held off Iaquinta at the start of the night, this time will have Masters at his side. The new official driver of Team Q8 Hi Perform yesterday tried everything to overtake the reigning champion from that first place which at the finish line meant full spoils for Ten Voorde.
Masters thus finished second, but with the knife between his teeth. An exciting duel with fast laps, six in a row, which took place at the highest levels between lap 3 and lap 8 (when the Fulgenzi Racing leader closed the gap to around the second full mark thanks to a faster lap ( 1’35″841) which would have even earned him the top-10 in qualifying!
“It was great – commented Ten Voorde after the podium –, we had an incredible pace, but I couldn’t see very well and in these cases you have to be very careful. It was really difficult, but amazing, I was able to push even at the end taking a small margin thanks to a mega-lap, I’m proud and I thank the team.”
Even though he was unable to overtake the Dutchman, at the end of the race Masters also showed up with a smile at the awards ceremony, where he clarified the sensations of a race 1 with a furious pace: “I’m really excited to find myself here and exhilarated by how well I performed. A first podium is excellent, I’m happy with the team who worked very well on the car. I couldn’t be happier, I can’t complain about this second place. Ten Voorde did an extraordinary race and it was difficult to chase him, you can’t make the slightest mistake with him. I ran perhaps my best race, I would call it epic, but perhaps with a few small errors it was easy with the wheel locks and I had to manage a little, but I’m happy with the performance. In race 2 I’ll try to improve and let’s see what happens from the front row. Maybe it will be a duel between us again, but you never know, everyone can bring out something more here every moment and you have to keep in mind that the others will be fast too”.
Iaquinta will certainly want to be one, who yesterday, when he was second behind Ten Voorde, on lap 2 damaged the arm of a suspension on a curb and had to perform a miracle to succeed. to see the finish line and take the points of a precious, in retrospect, fourth place: “Thank goodness I finished the race, unfortunately I was too close to Ten Voorde and I didn’t see clearly where I crossed the curb, it’s a shame but let’s look ahead and see what we can do in race 2”.
Iaquinta today (12.00 pm live on Dazn e www.carreracupitalia.it) will start behind Ten Voorde and Masters in third position, flanked by Zendeli, fourth with Ombra Racing ahead of Cerqui (BeDriver) and Braschi, who after the second row conquered for race 1 and above all the splendid podium at the finish line, his first in Italian single-make brand with victory also among the Rookies, today he will start from sixth position.
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