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Baja Colline Metallifere 2024: Schiumarini-Salvatore on Mitsubishi L200 win the 2nd Baja Colline Metallifere
Victory for Buttò-Marcon among SSVs.
Victory came in the final stage of the race for the Forli driver, who finished ahead of the two Suzuki Grand Vitara of Bordonaro-Lovisa and Ferroni-Fiorini. Spinetti-Giusti on Grand Vitara first among “standard vehicles.” Success of Buttò-Marcon in the classification reserved for Side by Side Vehicles.
The curtain falls on the second edition of the Baja Colline Metallifere, the second appointment on the calendar for the Italian Cross Country and SSV 2024 Championship, which proved to be exciting for the competitors of the tricolor and fans of the specialty. The race organized by R Team saw its protagonists battle it out along 80 competitive kilometers divided into the four selective sectors of “Boschetti-Poggio,” “Poggio-Bivio,” “Bivio-Poggio” and “Poggio-Boschetti,” enthralling and full of challenges for those registered for the second round of the national series that had as its backdrop the territory of the province of Grosseto and Monterotondo Marittimo to act as headquarters.
Race with many twists and turns starting with the victory centered in the last special by Andrea Schiumarini, in evidence in three out of four stages at the wheel of the Mitsubishi L200 with Massimo Salvatore on the right seat. Excellent performance by the Forlì native who, despite the difficulties and pitfalls of the course, conquers the second useful result of the 2024 season, after the silver place obtained last March in Pordenone at the 14th Italian Baja di Primavera - Artugna Race. Second place went to Alfio Bordonaro, who remained in the lead until the last timed kilometers, where, due to a puncture, he had to give way to the R Team bearer. However, the driver from Catania at the wheel of the Suzuki Grand Vitara in Group T1, shared with Stefano Lovisa, obtained the first place in the second round of the Suzuki Challenge, which allows him to stretch on Lorenzo Codecà in the ranking of the one-make promoted by the Japanese manufacturer. Third step of the podium for Emilio Ferroni flanked by Daniele Fiorini on a twin car, ahead of Alberto Spinetti, the latter author of the victory among the T2 on a Suzuki Grand Vitara, navigated by Lara Giusti. Fifth is the crew composed of Stefano Moro and Tiziano Menichini on a Mitsubishi Pajero that commands the ranking reserved for Group TH vehicles, with Giuseppe Ananasso, accompanied on the notes by Stefano Incaini on a Suzuki Grand Vitara, following him in second place in his category and seventh overall. Sixth place overall, on the other hand, for Alessandro and Marco Trivini Bellini, who on another Mitsubishi obtained silver place among “series vehicles” ahead of Gianluca Morra and Stefano Tironi on Grand Vitara, eighth overall. Ninth place for the Grand Vitara belonging to the THs of Michele Abeniacar and Gianluca Sbaraglia, behind whom were Giovanni and Francesco Farina who on Suzuki Vitara closed the top ten.
Also full of challenges was the race between the competitors of the Side by Side Vehicles, where the winner was Federico Buttò. The pordenonese navigated by Alberto Marcon on Can Am Maverick of Group T3 was the author of the best time in the first special and finished with a gap of 3'47.6 on Fabrizio Edoardo and Fabrizio Pietranera on Can Am Maverick of type TM, second by sum of times but which is transparent for the purposes of the official overall classification, as it belongs to vehicles of expired homologation. Behind the crew composed of father and son is Stefano Marrini assisted by Giovanni Squarcialupi on Can Am belonging to the T4 category, ahead of an excellent Enrico Gaspari who with Francesco Maria Proietti on Polaris RZR Pro R, in evidence several times, closes in fourth position. Fifth place for Andrea Castagnera accompanied to the notes by Elisa Tassile on another Can Am Maverick T4, then sixth Marco Zini and Roberto Briani on South Racing Can Am, while Riccardo Errani, running on Yamaha YXZ 1000R shared with Daniele Manoni, completes the ranking along with Giada and Michele Manocchi who on another Yamaha finish eighth overall.
With the 2nd Baja Colline Metallifere concluded, the Italian Cross Country and SSV 2024 Championship will return to Friuli-Venezia Giulia for its third act at the Italian Baja 2024, which will be valid for the tricolor and the FIA European Cup Cross Country Bajas.
Automatic translation of the Italian version
Source: ACI Sport
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