ONIDI AND CRESTANI ON THE PODIUM
Marco Bonanomi didn't need much time to revenge on the bad luck that forced him towithdraw in Valencia's first race. The italian driver, indeed, managed to clinch a great victoryin the second race, the best way to say thank you to the FMSI team, whose mechanicsworked hard during the night to fix his car with a spare engine.
Bonanomi started well from pole position and immediately tried to build a gap pushing hardin the first laps.
Behind him, Fabio Onidi did the usual great start, passing from 4th to 2nd squeezing his carbetween a slow starting Will Bratt and Fabrizio Crestani. There was a slight touch betweenOnidi and Bratt, wich forced the brit to go on the grass losing ground until the sixth place.The race 1 winner had some damage from the contact and a bad feeling with his car'sbrakes, so he didn't manage to recover.
Bratt was passed also by Rodolfo Gonzalez and Edoardo Piscopo, with a good start from theVenezuelan driver that allowed him to overtake the italian. The two engaged a fair and closefight that was interrupted on lap 11, wen Piscopo went back to the pits with a loose anti-rollbar. He came back into the race with a 2 laps gap, just to increase his experience.At the front, Bonanomi's race pace was a low 1'25”, something that the others simplycouldn't match. So the positions settled down early, with Marco in front of Onidi by 4” andCrestani 3rd with a similar gap to Fabio.
In the meantime, the best battle was the one beetween Francesco Dracone and Juan CarlosSistos for 7th place. The mexican started 8th as he let his engine stop in the warm-up lap, andthen tried to regain his starting seventh place throughout the whole race. The gap beetweenthe two was as low as 0”4, but the italian didn't feel the pressure and managed to keep hisposition until the checkered flag.
The race ended with Bonanomi on the top spot, Onidi second and Crestani third. With thisresult, the fight for the title becomes even closer, with three drivers in only 5 points.
Marco Bonanomi: “That's what I wanted. The car was perfect and I knew that, withoutyesterday's bad luck, I could be that fast. At the start I was pushing a lot, partly because Iwas a bit angry for yesterday's race, and mainly because I wanted the extra point grantedby the fastest lap. I want to dedicate this win to my father, who will stay in a hospital formore than one month due to a motorcycle accident, and to the team, they worked all nightto fix my car”.
Fabio Onidi: “I would have loved doing a better race, fighting with Bonanomi, but it wasimpossible. I managed a great started, but touching Bratt I damaged my steering. With toomuch understeer, I couldn't match Marco's pace, but I can be satisfied anyway.”
Fabrizio Crestani: “With the team we are working in the right direction to set-up the caras I want it. Today was already much better than in race 1, so I hope that in this afternoon'srace we will do another step forward”.
Race classification1. Marco Bonanomi (FMSI) 18 laps in 25'48”900, avg 167,55 km/h2. Fabio Onidi (FMSI) + 6”1963. Fabrizio Crestani (EmiliodeVillota.com) + 11”6754. Rodolfo Gonzalez (FMSI) + 20”8405. Will Bratt (EmiliodeVillota.com) + 30”7886. Francesco Dracone (Emmebi Motorsport) + 48”6407. Juan Carlos Sistos (Team Costa Rica) + 49”0518. Edoardo Piscopo (Emmebi Motorsport) + 2 laps
Fastest lap: 5th by Marco Bonanomi in 1’24”868, avg. 169, 887 km/h.
Drivers standings1. Onidi 45 points; 2. Bonanomi 44; 3. Crestani 40; 4. Bratt 35; 5. Gonzalez 22; 6. Hanley18; 7. Maldonado 10; 8. Piccione, Bamber e Sistos 8; 11. Dracone 7; 12. Piscopo, Herck ePuglisi 6; 15. Nunes 5; 16. Rodriguez e Dalle Stelle 1.
Teams standings1. Fisichella Motorsport International 89 points; 2. EmiliodeVillota.com 47; 3. TP Formula 44;4. Bull Racing 21; 5. Team Costa Rica 17; 6. Emmebi Motorsport 13; 7. Lazarus 12; 8.Teamcraft 10; 9. Durango 6.
