The AMD Opteron Team took home the victory at the fist edition of Milan’s 500 miles Kart Challenge. This event took place on the streets of the city centre of Milan.
The team was organized by GP Group, the sports management and communication agency gpgroup.biz and was proudly supported by AMD. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD provides microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions in the communications and computer industries worldwide
Many famous faces of the Motorsport field and show business joined the AMD Opteron Team. Here’s a list of who was part of the team:
Matteo Bobbi,the 2003 world FIA GT champion. This year, Matteo finished in second place with Scuderia Italia’s Ferrari 550 Maranello in the same category.
Gabriele Lancieri, debuted with Graham Nash’s Saleen in 2004 in the very demanding FIA GT championship; which is the best of international touring competition.
Max Mugelli, A protagonist of the Ferrari Challenge for the last 3years.He has had many victories and was third in the Ferrari World Finale in 2002 on board the Ferrari 360 Modena.
Luca Casadei, the 2004 vice European champion in the Renault Clio Cup International behind the wheel of the French car manufacturer’s touring cars.
Salvatore Gatto, the young and talented cart competitor. The official Birel driver in 2002/2003 and now the official Intrepid driver in the 100 Formula A championship.
Ruben Carrapatoso, the young Brazilian driver with a lot of cart experience and who is presently competing on the Italian and English Formula Renault.
The AMD Opteron team was also joined by the popular Italian singer Max Gazzè who exchanged his microphone for a tracksuit and helmet.
AMD Opteron was ahead of the FM –Art team that had the Minardi Formula One driver Gianmaria Bruni on board their team and was also ahead of the Computer Discount team.
There was just one moment of fear for the team that was managed by Team Manager Giovanni Minardi: Matteo Bobbi who was racing during the first phase of the race was caught in an accident. He was involuntarily hit head on by another competitor and flew off track. Matteo Bobbi who was thrown off the Cart, was luckily unhurt and was able to continue the race.
Before the accident the AMD Opteron team was 3rd but after the accident they slid down to the 18th place.Without giving up, all the drivers memorably climbed their way up to the top when there were only 20 minutes left to go.
Once at the top, no other team was able to challenge AMD Opteron. In fact, Max Mugelli cut the finish line with a one lap advantage.
