TN C3: Manuel Mallo achieved pole position in the “Cabalén”

Manuel Mallo (Chevrolet Cruze) was the fastest in the classification of the Class 3 of the National tourism at the Cordoban autodrome High grace (6th date) and thus he got his 2nd pole position in the category and 1st it’s from the season 2024. The representative of Río Tercero, province of Córdoba, surpassed Julian Santero (Toyota Corolla), which this weekend makes its return to TN, and its brother Santiago Mallo (Chevrolet Cruze).

“Manu”, who had been 2nd in the two training sessions prior to classification, scored 1m38s206a turn that resulted 0s158 faster than Santero. Thus, the 2014 Formula Renault champion experienced a joy similar to that of the November 21, 2020 in La Platawhen he also took pole position.

Although in this case happiness had the added bonus of having gotten it locally, extending the amount of Consecutive pole positions for Córdoba in the major division of National Tourism to 3. It is worth remembering that a representative of Colazo had previously achieved this, Matias Cravero (Toyota Corolla), in Rosario, and one from Córdoba Capital, Facundo Chapur (Ford Focus), in Termas de Río Hondo.

The development of the round was marked by the failure of the Fiat Tipo’s engine. Fabian Yannantuoni, who came out to classify in the first group. The large amount of oil that spread on the track conditioned the possibilities of many of their rivals. Not those of “Manu”, who turned in the last turn on a track that he knows like no other and that in the TN is used as a test circuit (in fact, he turned last Thursday).

“We were very complicated, with a very difficult mood because we had not finished on any of the first 4 dates.. This is more than dreamed of. I took my precautions to try to make the oil as complicated as possible and that is why when passing through that area I put two rubber bands on the piano.“, said the “poleman” in AM590 Continental and Campeones Radio.

Among those who escaped the complex oil situation was Julian Santero (Toyota Corolla), as he achieved the time before the circuit lost grip. “It is a somewhat unexpected classification, given how this entire new project was put together, in just 5 or 6 days.…”, declared another Formula Renault champion (in 2013, just before “Manu” Mallo). The man from Mendoza returned to the major division of the TN with the new generation Corolla that allowed him to be champion in 2021, always with the attention of the GR Competition and the engines Esteban Pou.

Thanks to the good classification work of Jonathan Castellano (Cruze), Lucas Vicino (Corolla) and Renzo Blotta (Corolla), Chevrolet and Toyota shared the top 6 positions in the classification. The “best of the rest” was the last winner of the “Oscar Cabalén”: Leonel Pernia (Ford Focus), which placed 7th, at 0s743.

Tomorrow will be disputed series -5 laps away- in the “Oscar Cabalén”. The 1st will leave at 10:05with Manuel Mallo (Chevrolet Cruze) and Jonathan Castellano (Chevrolet Cruze) in the 1st row. Julian Santero (Toyota Corolla) and Lucas Vicino (Toyota Corolla) will start ahead in the 2nd battery, which will begin at 10:30. The 3rd partial, meanwhile, will start at 10:55with Santiago Mallo (Chevrolet Cruze) and Renzo Blotta (Toyota Corolla) in the best starting positions.

TN CLASS 3 – CLASSIFICATION – HIGH GRACE

Average of 1st: 148,280 km/h.

TN CLASS 3 – SERIES GRID – HIGH GRACE