ROUND # 5
12 September Il Sagittario International Circuit - LATINA (LT)
In Latina we made our 2021 Honda CRF450 debut.
For the moment we have developed the chassis to 90% the exhaust in collaboration with Arrow and the ECU in collaboration with AIM, for the engine we have used a standard configuration which has given excellent results.
Gioele Filippetti immediately found himself at ease on the new bike and immediately lapped with the best of the S1GP.
In Saturday practice he set an excellent fifth time four tenths from the pole position of reigning world champion Thomas Chareyre.
In race one, due to a contact at the start, he finished fifth and third of the Italians.
The show was all in race two where Gioele demonstrated his great skills as a rider and the excellent work done on the bike by our technical chief emerged, who managed to find a perfect set-up that allowed Gioele to stay glued to the best. pilots of the world for the whole race, even attempting at the end an unsuccessful overtaking at Monticelli which caused him to lose a few seconds, in any case finishing third overall in the day's classification of the Italian S1Gp Championship.
Excellent performance for the other team drivers too, Frassino finished third in both heats in the S3 under 24 category, showing enormous driving progress in Castelletto, he will play for the victory of the Italian title being in second position just a few points from the top .
Mazzolai showed great speed on the asphalted part and ran with the times of his direct opponents, with small steps he is approaching the positions that count, he closed the first heat eleventh, after a bad contact with an opponent who has restarted from the last place and the second ninth with excellent chronometric results.
Next weekend on 18 and 19 September we will represent Italy at the World Cup for Nations with Gioele Filippetti in Paris where we will challenge the very strong France title holder on equal terms.
Fingers crossed never say never!
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