Ferrara claims lights to flag victory at Misano

Luigi Ferrara took his third win of the season in the TCR Italy Championship at Misano. At the wheel of his V-Action Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Ferrara made good use of his pole position and led from lights to flag, followed by Salvatore Tavano’s Cupra and Plamen Kralev’s Audi RS3 LMS.
For most of the race Tavano was chased by Lorenzo Nicoli’s MM Motorsport Honda Civic; with ten minutes left on the clock, Nicoli succeeded in overtaking Tavano, but soon afterwards spun off and rejoined to finish ninth.
With Kralev comfortably in third, BRC Racing’s Eric Scalvini in his Hyundai i30 N and Target Competition’s Jürgen Schmarl’s in his Honda Civic made contact with two laps to go while fighting for fourth. This allowed MM Motorsport’s Massimiliano Mugelli to climb to fifth ahead of Schmarl.
In the DSG Trophy, returnée Giuseppe Montalbano led a BF Motorsport 1-2-3 ahead of fellow Cupra drivers Matteo Bergonzini and Alessandro Thellung.
The victory helped Ferrara to stretch a bit his leading margin in the standings; however, as Tavano posted the race’s fastest lap the gap between them is now of 8.5 points.
Race 2 will start at 10:40 CET; live streaming at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.