Emotion was high, apparently having built up during the "yellow flag period” – once the safety car retired and racing was back on, a collision occurred almost immediately, at the end of the start/finish straight. This time it was quite serious, as not only were the two cars involved out of the picture for good, but also they were unable to return to their pits on their own. One of the „injured” Vengas was the one driven by Alberto Biraghi (wearing Stako Worthington livery), hit from behind by the Valgrana car driven by Aldo Del Monte. The safety car and the stewards were back on the track and soon enough, with only 14 minutes into the race, it was all over – instead of the checkered flag the red one appeared and the safety car led the pack right into the pit lane. But even though there was no triumphant finish line crossing, the race had its winners as the order at the moment of cancellation became the official results. This way Paolo Gnemmi, who had started from the pole position (fourth in Saturday's qualifications, yet as far as eighth in the first race), won, with Andrea Portatadino came in second. Lombardelli and Ghione finished third and fourth, respectively, having managed to climb up the ladder despite the short time available. Who knows what could have happened had they been given a few more laps...
All in all, Jacopo Lombardelli remains the series' leader at 77 points, with Jimmy Ghione following at 8 points' loss. Paolo Palanti, sixth in race two, is now fifth overall and if the victory in Poznan gives him wings, he may go further up in the rounds to come. Places 3 and 4 in the general standings are occupied by Gabriele Torelli (not really visible during the Poznan round) and Andrea Portatadino, respectively. Paolo Gnemmi, the second run's winner, is now sixth overall.
It seems like the first two rounds of the Green Hybrid Cup's 2014 season revealed this year's stars of the series. Hopefully, despite Lombardelli's and Ghione's regular pace so far, we're going to witness a lot of contest and emotions in the rounds to come and they'll be more than just a duel between Lombardelli and Ghione. Bumper-to-bumper competition always livens racing up and racing autogas-electric hybrids is no exception here. The next round is going to be held on June 28-29 at the Italian track of Imola – the very same that claimed the life of three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna on May 1, 1994, during that year's San Marino Grand Prix race.
Two rounds (four races) into the 2014 season of the BRC Green Hybrid Cup, the standings are as follows:
Results of the first race: | Results of the second race: | ||
Driver | Points | Driver | Points |
1. Paolo Palanti | 30 | 1. Paolo Gnemmi | 25 |
2. Jacopo Lombardelli | 22 | 2. Andrea Portatadino | 18 |
3. Jimmy Ghione | 18 | 3. Jacopo Lombardelli | 15 |
4. Gabriele Torelli | 13 | 4. Jimmy Ghione | 12 |
5. Alberto Carobbio | 10 | 5. Gabriele Torelli | 10 |
6. Alberto Biraghi | 8 | 6. Paolo Palanti | 8 |
7. Andrea Portatadino | 6 | 7. Alberto Carobbio | 6 |
8. Paolo Gnemmi | 6 | 8. Giuseppe Gulizia | 4 |
9. Aldo Del Monte | 2 | 9. Mladen Lalusić | 2 |
10. Paolo Strabello | 1 | 10. Paolo Strabello | 1 |
11. Arturo Merzario | 0 | 11. Piero Mertoli | 0 |
Drivers' general standings: | Teams' general standings: | ||
Driver | Points | Team | Points |
1. Jacopo Lombardelli | 77 | 1. MTE Friends | 62 |
2. Jimmy Ghione | 69 | 2. Indra | 48 |
3. Gabriele Torelli | 55 | 3. Pack Service | 48 |
4. Andrea Portatadino | 49 | 4. PuntoGas | 44 |
5. Paolo Palanti | 44 | 5. Valgrana | 41 |
6. Paolo Gnemmi | 37 | 6. Rotopim | 38 |
7. Alberto Biraghi | 29 | 7. TCN | 36 |
8. Giuseppe Gulizia | 21 | 8. Lavazza | 30 |
9. Jochen Trettl | 18 | 9. Righi Energy | 29 |
10. Alberto Carobbio | 16 | 10. GD Giannitti | 21 |
11. Arturo Merzario | 6 | 11. Tumedei | 20 |
12. Francesco Fontanella | 6 | 12. Gemini Project | 8 |
13. Aldo Del Monte | 2 | 13. STAKO | 8 |
14. Mladen Lalusić | 2 | 14. DHL | 1 |
15. Paolo Strabello | 2 | ||
16. Antonio Pellitteri | 1 |
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