TC: Bonelli set the course in the 1st practice

Nicolas Bonelli (Chevrolet) was the fastest in the first training session of the Road Tourism at the autodrome Rafaelawhere this weekend the 7th date of the 2024 Championship takes place. With a time of 1m26s583the pilot of the RUS Med Team relegated to 2nd place Facundo Ardusso (Chevrolet), who was 0s123 behind.

The man from Entre Ríos, who tested the previous week in La Plata, is competing this weekend for his 2nd race with Chevrolet on the circuit where he achieved his only “pole” in 157 classifications in the Turismo Carretera, which was on October 8, 2017, with a Ford from the family team. “Nico” He was 0s255s away from the best time on the track since in 2014 the layout of the chicanes was modified with the Chevy that Ardusso used in the first 5 rounds of the year.

The representative of Las Parejas, who faces his 2nd participation with the Chevrolet of RV Racingwas precisely Bonelli’s escort in the rehearsal that opened the activity of the 41st visit of the TC to the Rafael racetrack. Martin Vazquez (Dodge) was 3rd at 0s172 but after setting the time he suffered an engine failure.

Lautaro of the Church (Dodge) and Jonathan Castellano (Dodge) completed the “3-4-5” of the “Pentaestrella”, which has not won in Rafaela since 2013 with “Pechito” Lópezjust before the layout of the chicanes was modified and the average speed for the lap fell almost 18 km/h.

Julian Santero (Ford), the leader of the championship, was ranked 13th, 0s707 behind Bonelli, while his runner-up in the tournament, José Manuel Urcera (Mustang), placed 20th, at 0s880. Mariano Werner (Mustang), for its part, was 10th, at 0s555.

The first trip to the road tourism track left two other engine failures (all Cherokee), in addition to the Martin Vazquez (Dodge): those of Santiago Alvarez (Dodge) and Tobias Martinez (Torino ’24). Each of them will be recharged with 6 tenths in the classification.

The 2nd and last training on the Santa Fe circuit it will start at 13:05 and will last 30 minutes for each group.

TC – TRAINING 1 – RAFAELA

AVERAGE: 197.082 km/h.

Photo: RUS Med Team Press