Esteban Gini won the TC race in Rafaela

Esteban Gini (Toyota) took the victory in the 7th date that he Road Tourism He competed this Sunday at the Rafaela racetrack. The pilot of the Machine Parts Racing overtook the Chevrolets at the end Christian Ledesma and Diego Ciantini and celebrated for the first time on the top of the podium of the “maximum”.

El Tubo gave the final blow with 4 laps remaining, taking advantage of the fact that Ledesma – who had surpassed Ciantini at the start and led until then – and Bochita himself went a little too far in one of the chicanes. Instance where the Quilmes driver managed to get the most out of it to achieve his first victory in 107 races.

“It took many years of effort and dedication to get to this. It was a race that I ran out of breath, trying to do the curve at full speed, risking the wall and the dirt… I was able to win in all the ACTC categories and I was missing this one. But that’s it, I did it. I won in the TC, I couldn’t ask for more”said Tubo, who advanced to 5th place in the championship.

Thus, in addition, Gini gave him the 2nd victory for the Toyota Camry model in the “maximum”, the previous one had been on July 23 in San Juan by the hand of Matias Rossi. It was also the second victory in a row achieved by the team he leads. Horacio Soljan who came from celebrating on the last date with German Todino (Ford Mustang).

For its part, Ciantini was once again on the verge of victory in this season. In 4 of the 7 datesas disputed the pilot of the Canning Motorsport was candidate to win. Bochita lost position at the start with Ledesma, who in that instance showed better acceleration with the Camaro driven by Gardelito Fernandez.

From then on he ran it almost glued to the tail of the Camaro, to the point that when Ledesma passed by with brake problems, the same thing happened to him for following the reference. Anyway, when Gini jumped to the lead, he managed to hold on to 2nd place and chase the light blue Toyota until the end.

“He came on strong and that is important. But she escaped us again, although I think we didn’t have the potential to win and we were very close. When Christian passed I passed him on the reference. But hey, I look at the glass half full. I hope the victory comes with the Camaro”said the man from Balcarce who jumped to 4th place in the tournament and from the next date will be above the New Generation model.

“It was a good weekend. But I’m not going to lie: I’m not happy because I was winning the race. But I ran out of brakes on lap 4 or 5 and the car started to skid and stomp. That’s why I went too far in the chicane. In any case, the result is very positive, compared to how we did in the previous races, it is very positive”Ledesma acknowledged.

The 2007 TC champion was a great protagonist throughout the weekend by achieving 1st pole position of the Chevrolet Camaro, win his heat and lead the race over 20 laps. The problems that were reflected in the braking system prevented him from achieving the best result of the New Generation in the TC. However, on the one hand he revealed the competitiveness of the model and on the other its absolute validity at 48 years of age.

Juan Cruz Benvenuti (4th) completed the great production of the brand with the golden bow. The one from Alifraco Sport started 9th and he advanced with the passing of the laps to equal his best position in the year that it had reached on the 3rd date in Neuquén.

Jonathan Castellano (Dodge), who had started 3rd, arrived 5th. While Santiago Mangoni (Chevrolet), Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet), Julian Santero (Ford), German Todino (Ford Mustang) and Mauricio Lambiris (Ford) completed the top 10.

With this result, Santero remains at the top of the standings for the second time in a row. The pilot of the LCA Racing took advantage of the bad Sunday Manu Urcera (Ford Mustang) that arrived 27th and the desertion of Mariano Werner (Ford Mustang) for stretch their lead in the championship.

Now the man from Mendoza leads with a 26.5 point advantage over Urcera and Lambiris, who jumped to 3rd position. Fourth is Ciantini 28.5, 5th Gini at 82 and 6th Werner at 44.5.

Final – TC – 7th date – 25 laps- Rafaela

The 8th date of the Road Tourism will be disputed between July 6 and 7 at the autodrome Posadas. Advance tickets for this competition are now on sale.

Championship – TC – Played 7 of 15 dates