After bagging two race wins in the first two rounds of the Auto GP World Series, Ibiza Racing enjoyed another very positive outing in Hungaroring last weekend. Despite missing the highest honors for the first time in the season, the Spanish team still clinched a double podium finish Sergio Campana, results that allowed the Italian driver to reduce the gap to championship leader Kimiya Sato, now just 5 points ahead.

Campana crossed the line in 3rd place in Race 1, then improving to a P2 finish in the second race. On both occasions, the result was achieved through a good recovery drive after starting from fifth and sixth position respectively, as a consequence of Ibiza's difficulties in finding the right setup for the Qualifying session. The car setting was sorted for the races, but Sergio still had to make the most of his racecraft to pass rivals on a track where overtaking is deemed very difficult.

Giuseppe Cipriani's weekend was also hindered by setup struggles: in Race 1 he started from Row 8 and took the flag in 13th place, while in Race 2 he had to retire due to problems with the gearbox electronics. It was a pity because the Italian driver had passed five cars in the first lap alone, and had the pace to keep climbing through the field.

For Modesto Benegiamo, Ibiza's team manager, the glass is half full: "If we consider our bad weekend start, we brought home a very good result. We closed the gap to Sato in the drivers standings, and again Campana showed that he's up to the title bid. He's skilled, experienced, quick and cool minded, something that allowed him to recover in both races, even finishing just 1 second shy of the win in Race 1. I'm sorry for Cipriani, who had a difficult weekend: we found the right setup for him just before Race 2 making some radical changes to his car, and gaining 5 places in just one lap he clearly showed us that he felt much more at ease with it. I'm sure a very good placement would have been in his reach without that gearbox glitch".