A few hours From one qualification fundamental for the last round of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia 2021 is the opportunity to take stock of what the contenders for the title of champion still have in their “backpack”. A goal that 6 are looking forward to in this grand finale in Monza (which woke up this morning under a gray sky that does not bode well): from leader Cerqui to Fulgenzi, sixth at 35 points when there are still 61 up for grabs. (Mathematically, Amati would still be in the running, seventh at 61 points, but he is a minimally probable situation).
Valid scores and “rejects”
The situation of “rejects” is interesting, because Cerqui has already received the receipt at the cash desk to pay his “zero” and therefore his 173 will remain all valid. Giardelli’s situation is different. Among the title contenders, the Dinamic Motorsport rookie is the only one who has always scored points and therefore 167 accumulated so far they are certainly valid, but it is not certain that they will remain so today or tomorrow. TOat the moment his worst result is the 8 points of race 2 at the PEC Franciacorta and therefore However, the fact of recovering these additional 8 points from Cerqui will also weigh on his ranking, who therefore on Giardelli is as if he had 14 points ahead of him and not 6.
All the other pursuers have already “discarded”, instead: curiously Quaresmini, Caglioni And Moretti have marked a “zero” (the champion 2018 even two!) last weekend in Franciacorta, which in fact had smiled a lot at Cerqui, careful not to take risks beyond reasonable and was left without podiums right in the home stage but collecting two precious placings that now out of the three make him boast respectively 22, 31 and 33 points ahead. As said at 35 lengths it follows Fulgenzi, which on its part pays the “zeros” of the first rounds. If the 2013 champion had regularly inaugurated the season at Misano, he would probably be closer in the standings.
“Jolly” tires
Then there is the question of the two additional sets of new tires, defined as “wild card”, which each driver can use in any one of the six race weekends on the calendar. The top five in the standings only used one and therefore they start in perfect equality at Monza and could play an advantage over Fulgenzi, who, on the other hand, has used both and no longer has any available. Should it rain during both races scheduled for the weekend (which is possible at this time), the question of the “wild card” Michelin would become completely irrelevant.
And the Michelin Cup?
Speaking of Michelin, looking to the balanced duel of the Michelin Cup, which is about to experience one of the most beautiful head to head of these 15 years of Carrera Cup Italia, Marco Cassarà and Alex De Giacomi discard both already a zero and therefore theirs is a real duel “whoever wins”: the points that separate them, in fact, are just two (72 to 70) and therefore no one can do calculations. At least on the eve, it will eventually be evaluated after race 1. It should be noted that De Giacomi suffered gearbox problems (bearing problem, later solved) in yesterday’s free practice which forced him to complete only a handful of laps.
The only difference between the two isrebbe in the jolly tires available (Cassarà due trains, De Giacomi one), even if in fact they are equal there too, since, whether it rains or not, at most it is allowed set up only one set for weekend …
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