The Mendoza Julian Santero with Toyota Hilux and the three-time champion of the series, Juan Pablo Gianini with the new ford rangerthey won the qualifying series of the TC Pick Up, that this weekend is the fourth date of its contest in the ‘Roberto Mouras’ race track in La Plata (4,265 meters). That of the Salto driver supported by Ford Argentina was the faster of the two batteries and places him in a privileged position for the start of the 15-lap final that will get underway at 1:50 p.m.
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An early morning rain had left its mark on the ‘Mouras’, so the stewards decided to apply the ‘wet track’ regime for the development of the batteries, with the start in single file, although the machines started wearing ‘slick’ rubber. .
In Series 1, when the signal ordered to accelerate, Santero escaped from pole with Valentín Aguirre -Chevrolet-, Rodrigo Lugón -Ford- and Andrés Jakos -Toyota-, behind.
Lap 1 had not yet been completed and, in the ‘El Molino’ curve, the wet track played tricks on the trucks of the second batch and they were tangled in a touch, Germán Todino -Toyota-, Otto Fritzler -Toyota -, Javier Jack -Ford- and Santiago Álvarez -VW-, to quickly get out of the discussion and call the Pace Car to organize the track. The Amarok ended up excluded from the competition and Fritzler was warned.
The relaunch of lap 3 brought no news, the line was organized with Santero, Aguirre, Lugón, Jakos, Palazzo, De Carlo, Mión and Trucco. In that turn, Aguirre tried on the outside in the corner with Santero, but the humidity took its toll. He ended up making the curve very wide and losing four positions.
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The flag found Santero, Lugón +1.7, Jakos +3.1, Aguirre +5.3 -after recovering two positions in the final lap-, Trucco, Palazzo, De Carlo and Mión.
In Series 2, Gastón Mazzacane had to lead the Indian row with the possibility of taking pole, if there was no neutralization as in the previous partial. He reached the front at turn 1 and when it seemed that he was securing the lead, a patch of moisture moved his Amarok at the exit of the turn and Gianini, who was very attentive and very close, found the gap to move to the front.
The first step through the tower was Gianini, Mazzacane, Mariano Werner -Toyota-, Nicolás Pezzucchi -Nissan-, Matías Rodríguez -Toyota-, Tobías Martínez -Chevrolet-, Mauricio Lambiris -Ford-, Franco Morillo -Ford-, Nicolás Impiombato – Toyota-, Nicolás Abdala -Ford-, Gastón Ferrante -Ford- and Cristian Dose -Chevrolet-.
By dint of a good pace, Gianini became solid at the forefront, while Mazzacane had to work a little harder to contain Werner, who without putting excessive pressure, tried harder in the last lap and was close to overtaking the man from La Plata. Although he couldn’t. Those who could improve were Rodríguez and Martínez, displacing Pezzucchi.
It was the fastest series and the final order placed: Gianini, Mazzacane +2.7, Werner +2.9, Rodríguez +3.7, T. Martínez, Pezzucchi, Lambiris, Morillo, Impiombato, Abdala, Ferrante and Dose.
With these results, Gianini will command the front row in the 15-lap final, with Santero, Mazzacane and Lugón as the strongest pursuers.
With the weather improving and plenty of time to think before the 15-lap final at 1:50 p.m., we will see which of the teams gets the pace and the right setup for a track that will look very different from the series.
Chain 3 Motorfrom the ‘Roberto Mouras’ of La Plata
