Marseglia dominates 60 Mini virtually from start to finish at the Margutti

Leonardo Marseglia (CRG / TM) started by taking pole position over the 37 drivers in 60 Mini at the 26th Andrea Margutti Trophy in front of Marzio Moretti (Tony Kart / TM), Giuseppe Fusco (Tony Kart / TM), Luca Giardelli (Tony Kart / TM) and Lorenzo Ferrari (Tony Kart / TM). In the wake Marseglia won his two races and was at the head of the class on Saturday night, always closely tailed by Moretti and Giardelli while Mattia Michelotto (Energy / Parilla) made his debut in the top five ahead of Fusco.

Moretti kept the pressure on Marseglia during the prefinal while Michelotto led the way behind the two leaders before being surpassed by Giardelli at halfway. Moretti ended up attacking at the exit of the last corner and finished 43 thousandths from Marseglia who put on a brave face. Giardelli finished 3rd, Fusco took up 4th on the final lap at the expense of Michelotto.

The start of the final didn’t change the positions in the top four, Jacopo Giudetti (Tony Kart / TM) just about the getting the better of Michelotto in 5th position. But this stability didn’t last. Marseglia immediately went on the attack to return to his favourite position, the lead, in front of Moretti. Fusco also increased the pace in 3rd position ahead of Giardelli. The top four quickly built a big gap to the pack led by Michelotto and Francesco Crescente (Energy / TM) in 6th, Jose Antonio Gomez (Croc Promotion / TM) 7th and Tereza Babickova (Tony Kart / TM) qualified through the Repechage, in 8th.

Fusco passed Moretti to take 2nd place on lap 7, while Giardelli was pushing Moretti in 4th place. Fusco then threatened the leader Marseglia and attempted a daring attack on the last lap under braking that didn’t come off. Marseglia therefore won the Margutti Trophy in 60 Mini after having long been the leader. There was a good recovery for Fusco on the second step of the podium in front of Moretti, Giardelli finished 4th, Crescente 5th with the fastest lap and Michelotto 6th.

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