The sporting threat rewarded the profitable crew, greater than ever shared equally between crew and driver. The “Desafío de las Estrellas” of Turismo Carretera, on the worldwide circuit San Juan – Villicum, meant the triumphant debut of Santiago Álvarez within the prime class in addition to the primary reward of a Chevrolet Camaro. The renewal of automobiles has increasingly customers with the brand new manufacturers and for the reason that ninth spherical of the match they’re the bulk with 24 new technology automobiles among the many 41 registered for the particular race that included obligatory tire change and refueling. Exactly, Canning Motorsport proposed a daring technique for the 25-year-old driver, who began in the course of the pack.
The particularity of this occasion, which is opposed by purists, is that there isn’t any qualifying session that orders the beginning positions based on the benefit of the quickest first. Quite the opposite, the ball of a draw decides the beginning place for every driver, with one factor sure: the most effective third of the match is ordered within the final positions and people with the fewest factors up to now, in entrance.
Álvarez was as a result of begin twenty first however, with two retirements as a result of mechanical issues, he began from nineteenth place and prolonged his pit cease interval to fulfill the 2 race necessities. As most had determined to cease as quickly as they may, on lap 15 he changed each proper tyres and remained among the many leaders till lap 24 when he went for a refuelling.
At that second, a mishap pressured the race to be neutralized to rescue the car positioned in a harmful space and all of the drivers slowed down; which gave the driving force from Buenos Aires the air he wanted to refuel and return to the observe with out dropping the lead. It was so sudden that the race administration confused the beginning place of the security automotive, which was positioned in entrance of the second-placed Toyota of Andrés Jakos; however thanks to a different neutralization –for a minor incident– the error typical of an atypical race and obscure, even for the authorities, was hid.
The win got here in Alvarez’s twenty sixth race (twenty fourth as a starter) / ACTC Press
With the Problem of the Stars full, the 224th completely different winner within the historical past of the TC was topped and the primary in a Chevrolet Camaro. The second place of Santiago Mangoni, who began thirtieth together with his Chevy, prolonged the enjoyment of the crew (merged between the previous JP and Las Toscas) whereas the third place of Ricardo Risatti (Camaro) was the primary podium for LRD Efficiency and closed a terrific day for the model with the golden ribbon.
With tears that had been inconceivable to cease, the younger winner who rose to the highest after being runner-up in TC Pista in 2022, stated that “I have been on this since I used to be 10 years previous, the dream was to get there and we acquired there with sacrifice, with many issues that aren’t seen.” Though it was the primary race of this car carrying the Camaro pores and skin on the security construction, the plates match on prime of the irons of the automotive that his teammate Diego Ciantini discarded a couple of weeks in the past and that Agustín Canapino himself as soon as drove in 2022. For Álvarez, it’s only the second automotive he has had since he debuted as a daily driver in TC with Dodge, final 12 months.
Altering two tires and refueling was obligatory on this race / ACTC Press
Time for definitions
With one date left to complete the Common Stage of the match, which determines the 12 drivers who will go for the title within the Gold Cup, 5 protagonists have secured their place. They’re José Manuel Urcera (Ford Mustang), who held the lead within the championship; Mauricio Lambiris (Ford Mustang) his runner-up; Julián Santero (Ford Mustang), Mariano Werner (Ford Mustang) and Diego Ciantini (Chevrolet Camaro). The remainder will likely be determined within the TC competitors in Buenos Aires on August 17 and 18, the place the duel between the leaders “Guillermo Ortelli Vs Omar Martínez” may very well be repeated and the normal schedule with coaching, qualifying, collection and last will return; prioritizing the sporting spectacle over using likelihood as camouflage for the present.
