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Brazilian V8 Stock Cars: Barrichello on pole position to narrow title chase

F1 veteran know he has to stay ahead of Fraga on the main race to shorten the gap from leader Felipe Fraga in the standings.

Rubens Barrichello

Rubens Barrichello

Fábio Davini

Marcos Gomes, Felipe Fraga
Cimed Racing
Felipe Fraga
Felipe Fraga
Rubens Barrichello
Max Wilson
Átila Abreu
Max Wilson in Londrina
Max Wilson in Londrina
Felipe Fraga, Rubens Barrichello
Valdeno Brito
Átila Abreu
Átila Abreu

Rubens Barrichello has got a clear plan in his mind: to take as many points as possible from his title rival Felipe Fraga. The first part he manage to accomplish this Saturday afternoon in Goiânia - so the 2014 champion took pole position for round 10. He set two flying laps to take Marcos Gomes off from provisional pole. Championship leader Felipe Fraga starts third.

"At this moment it is like I am competing against the track, the time, against myself. It is where I give everything I have got. Because I think Felipe (Fraga) now starts to race in a more conservative mode - he has to save points, not risking them. On the other hand, I cannot afford to to so - I have to aim for the victories", said Barrichello, who got his third pole position this season.

As parte of the last three drivers to enter the track - following the championship classification -, provisional pole was on the hands of reigning champion Marcos Gomes. His laptime was only beaten by Barrichello - twice, since he dropped his fastest lap by one tenth in his final lap - reaching 1min25s275.

"I have to fight to keep myself ahead in the first race tomorrow and to score more points than Fraga. We have to stay alive in this battle until the very last race of the season", Rubens stated.

Valdeno Brito, Diego Nunes, Nestor Girolami, Lucas Foresti, Ricardo Maurício, Max Wilson and Daniel Serra closed the top-10 on the grid. The main race starts tomorrow at 2 pm (local time) for 45 minutes which award the winner 30 points; feature race starts right after the podium at 3:10 for 30 minutes and 15 points to the winner.

Starting grid*

Posiition Car # Driver Team Best Lap Gap
1 111 Rubens Barrichello Full Time Sports 1:25.275 -
2 80 Marcos Gomes Cimed Racing 1:25.482 0.207
3 88 Felipe Fraga Cimed Racing 1:25.490 0.215
4 77 Valdeno Brito TMG Racing 1:25.520 0.245
5 70 Diego Nunes União Química 1:25.552 0.277
6 63 Nestor Girolami Eisenbahn Racing 1:25.654 0.379
7 12 Lucas Foresti Full Time-ProGP 1:25.666 0.391
8 90 Ricardo Mauricio Eurofarma RC 1:25.717 0.442
9 65 Max Wilson Eurofarma RC 1:25.719 0.444
10 29 Daniel Serra Red Bull Racing 1:25.722 0.447
11 21 Thiago Camilo Ipiranga-RCM 1:25.776 0.501
12 0 Cacá Bueno Red Bull Racing 1:25.780 0.505
13 8 Rafael Suzuki Vogel Motorsport 1:25.843 0.568
14 28 Galid Osman Ipiranga-RCM 1:25.893 0.618
15 4 Julio Campos C2 Axalta Racing 1:25.944 0.669
16 10 Ricardo Zonta Shell Racing 1:25.947 0.672
17 9 Guga Lima TMG Racing 1:26.003 0.728
18 5 Denis Navarro Vogel Motorsport 1:26.009 0.734
19 18 Allam Khodair Full Time Sports 1:26.141 0.866
20 46 Vitor Genz Eisenbahn Racing 1:26.163 0.888
21 51 Átila Abreu Shell Racing 1:26.171 0.896
22 83 Gabriel Casagrande C2 Axalta Racing 1:26.203 0.928
23 110 Felipe Lapenna Hot Car Competições 1:26.243 0.968
24 73 Sergio Jimenez Cavaleiro Sports 1:26.331 1.056
25 3 Bia Figueiredo União Química 1:26.349 1.074
26 117 Guilherme Salas RZ Motorsport 1:26.447 1.172
27 26 Raphael Abbate Hot Car Competições 1:26.562 1.287
28 25 Tuka Rocha RZ Motorsport 1:26.733 1.458
29 99 Xandynho Negrão Cavaleiro Sports 1:27.160 1.885

*Results subject to official confirmation by the stewards

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