Italia: Series "Riccardo Paletti" test summary

Daniel Mancinelli fastest in the tests at "Riccardo Paletti" of Varano de' Melegari

An intense testing day just ended at the circuit "Riccardo Paletti" of Varano de' Melegari (PR) for the protagonists of the Italian Formula 3 championship.

Daniel Mancinelli set the rhythm with a fastest lap time of 1'02.315, at an average speed of 137,20 km/h, and confirmed therefore his good shape annihlating with more than 4 tenth the challenges from his rivals.

The Brazilian Cesar Ramos (BVM-Target) arrived at the back of the driver for Team Ghinzani, leader of the tri-coloured series and of Sergio Campana (Lucidi Motors), as he did not manage to go beyond the third place, after topping the morning session and forerunning a precise attack to the leadership of the classification in which he is just two points shy the leader.

Below the threshold of one minute and three seconds arrived also Stephane Richelmi (Lucidi Motors) and Andrea Caldarelli (Prema Powerteam), more determined than ever to fight for the top of the championship standings whereby they respectively occupy the fourth and fifth positions, while Edoardo Liberati harvested a sixth best time just 4 hundreds shy his team mate.

Very good seventh absoulte place for the American Gabriel Chaves (Eurointernational), first of the Mygale drivers, while Pasquale Di Sabatino, in the occasion at the wheel of a Dallara lined up by RC Motorsport, obtained the ninth time in front of Giacomo Barri (Ombra Racing) and the Finn Jesse Krohn (RP Motorsport).

The 11th place set by Vittorio Ghirelli is also worth mentioning; the driver from Brindisi, just turned 16, make him the youngest driver on track. Nineteen drivers finished within a second and half from the best time set by Mancinelli.

-source: f3 italia