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Beretta and Iaquinta claim a pole each at Abarth finale at Monza

by Peter Allen
Michele Beretta

Photo: ACI/CSAI

Michele Beretta and Simone Iaquinta scored a pole position each in qualifying for the final round of Formula Abarth at Monza, as champion Alessio Rovera failed to set a time in either session due to mechanical problems.

Iaquinta had finished the first segment of qualifying with the best time but then had it taken away from him for setting the lap under yellow flags.

That meant that Beretta inherited his first pole of the year, the Euronova driver going 0.084 seconds faster than Iaquinta’s best legitimate time.

Vitaly Larionov was the best of the rest in third, six tenths of a second off the pace with fellow Russians Denis Nagulin and Sergey Trofimov?close behind.

Dario Orsini took sixth ahead of Alex Perullo and Sabino De Castro, with Lukas De Moraes and Gianmarco Maggiulli completing the top ten.

Iaquinta was 0.584 seconds faster than Beretta in second qualifying, with his pole position allowed to stay this time.

Orsini claimed third, missing out on a front row spot by just nine thousandths of a second. Perullo took fourth with F3 Open regular Nagulin beating his compatriots to take fifth ahead of Trofimov and Larionov.

De Moraes, Maggiulli and Giorgio Alberto Mandozzi completed the top ten.

Rovera, who topped the first nine of this season’s 12 qualifying sessions, will have to start both races from the back. He went out towards the end of the first session but his car stopped, preventing him from setting a time in either session.

Qualifying one – race one grid
Pos Driver? Team Time? Gap Laps?
1 Michele Beretta Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:53.718 6
2 Simone Iaquinta GSK Motorsport 1:53.802 0.084 6
3 Vitaly Larionov Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:54.364 0.646 7
4 Denis Nagulin Cram Motorsport 1:54.370 0.652 6
5 Sergey Trofimov Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:54.447 0.729 7
6 Dario Orsini NBC Group 1:54.473 0.755 6
7 Alex Perullo Technorace 1:54.928 1.210 6
8 Sabino de Castro Ab Motorsport 1:55.562 1.844 7
9 Lukas Moraes Facondini Racing 1:55.980 2.262 6
10 Gianmarco Maggiulli Tomcat Racing 1:56.811 3.093 6
11 Giorgio Alberto Mandozzi SG Motors 1:58.325 4.607 6
Alessio Rovera Cram Motorsport No time 0
Qualifying two – race three grid
Pos Driver? Team Time? Gap Laps?
1 Simone Iaquinta GSK Motorsport 1:52.444 12
2 Michele Beretta Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:53.028 0.584 11
3 Dario Orsini NBC Group 1:53.037 0.593 12
4 Alex Perullo Technorace 1:53.774 1.330 12
5 Denis Nagulin Cram Motorsport 1:53.934 1.490 12
6 Sergey Trofimov Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:54.073 1.629 12
7 Vitaly Larionov Euronova Racing by Fortec 1:54.193 1.749 12
8 Lukas Moraes Facondini Racing 1:55.351 2.907 12
9 Gianmarco Maggiulli Tomcat Racing 1:55.665 3.221 11
10 Giorgio Alberto Mandozzi SG Motors 1:56.639 4.195 12
Sabino de Castro Ab Motorsport 2:06.751 14.307 10
Alessio Rovera Cram Motorsport No time 0