Frenchman Henry Hassid (Kessel Racing) gained the second and ultimate warmth of the Coppa Shell Ferrari Problem 2024 at Imola’s Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit, taking the chequered flag forward of Ritzi and Lewandowski after dominating from the opening lap, regardless of two outings for the Security Automobile.
Andrzej Lewandowski began effectively from pole, however at Tamburello he instantly misplaced two positions to Hassid, who turned the brand new race chief, and Andreas Ritzi (CDP – D&C Racing). A couple of moments later, a contact took Tibor Valint out of the race, once more at Tamburello, and the Race Route opted to ship the Security Automobile out onto the observe.
With 18 minutes to go, Manuela Gostner started to decelerate on flip 16 resulting from an apparent downside along with her Ferrari 296 of the Ineco Reparto Corse workforce. There have been yellow flags within the ultimate stretch of the observe, however no entry of the protection automotive, whereas Manuela’s automotive was rapidly moved from the gravel entice.
Within the meantime, Thomas Gostner put collectively a superb comeback that took him as much as fourth place, albeit a number of seconds behind the struggle for the victory and the rostrum.
Midway by the race, after quarter-hour, an thrilling struggle for second place emerged between Ritzi and Lewandowski. With Hassid on the street to victory, the poleman and the CDP – D&C Racing driver started to battle for the runner-up slot.
Race Route deployed the Security Automobile a second time with 5 minutes to go resulting from a contact that took Fabrizio Fontana out of the race. The System Racing driver, already champion of the 488 class, ended up within the gravel at flip 9, with no probability of getting again on observe.
This eradicated Hassid’s benefit, and he discovered himself as soon as once more having to handle Ritzi and Lewandowski behind him. On the ultimate lap, nevertheless, Hassid was capable of draw back from his rivals, taking residence the victory that sealed the Coppa Shell title he had already gained within the earlier spherical.
Behind the primary three, Thomas Gostner completed fourth forward of Alexander Nussbaumer, Pierluigi Alessandri, Ernst Kirchmayr, James Weiland, Fons Scheltema and Yasutaka Shirasaki. The Japanese driver from Rosso Scuderia accomplished the general Prime 10.
As for the 488 title, with Fontana out, Wietlisbach (CDP D&C Racing) took residence the victory over Sven Shoemer (Ferrari Katowice) and Pino Frascaro (Rossocorsa).
