06/04/2016

Dante ended second absolute in the Trophy, while Sani, at the debut with Maranello Kart/SGrace, has been very competitive too.

Maranello Kart and its drivers have been once again protagonist in the final round of the 27th Spring Trophy held at the South Garda Karting track of Lonato. Massimo Dante, assisted by SG Race led by Stefano Griggio and by Rizzi for TM engines, confirmed the speed of the Maranello Kart chassis in KZ2. He has been among the contenders to the final victory since the beginning, after the successful campaign in the first two rounds of the Spring Trophy. In the final round, Dante has been among the most competitive drivers, but this time around he had to settle for P2 at the end of a very tight Final until the closing meters. Thanks to the victory obtained in the first round of the 20 March and the second place in the final held on April 3rd, Dante ended on top of the absolute classification of the Trophy, equal on points with Bernardotto. This time the Maranello Kart/SGrace driver had to give the trophy away though, due to the tie breaker of the number of pole positions. This did not allow Dante to continue his winning string at the Trophy after his victories in 2011, 2012 and 2015. The second absolute place confirmed him among the main protagonists anyway Flavio Sani had a sensational debut with Maranello Kart by Sg Race with Modena by SRP engines in KZ2. Sani has been very competitive since the beginning, he obtained the third time in qualifying being only 33 thousands of a second shy of Dante and confirmed himself on top in Prefinal. Sani had secured an excellent second place in the race but was later on handed a 10s time penalty and lost 7 positions with it for jumping the start. That was a real pity as this penalty prevented Sani to get a prestigious result in the Final, as he closed his effort in sixth place at the end of a good comeback with the icing on the cake of the fastest lap of the race. Without such a penalty, Sani would have certainly celebrated his debut with Maranello Kart/SGrace on the podium.