Bamber alone at Monza as the Super Trofeo podium fight goes to the wire
Will Bamber of XO9 Racing won Race 2 of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at Monza, managing an 11-second lead until the mandatory stops. Persing and Eriksson finished second, with De La Torre and Lind third.
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Will Bamber transformou a Corrida 2 da etapa de Monza do Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America em um assunto solo, enquanto a briga pelas demais posições do pódio entregou o drama.
O piloto da XO9 Racing fez a largada mais limpa sob um céu cinzento que ameaçava chuva e levou o pelotão para a primeira chicane. Essa vantagem durou até as paradas obrigatórias começarem por volta da metade da prova, quando sua margem já havia crescido para 11 segundos.
Atrás dele, a disputa envolvia três carros Huracán ST EVO2: o carro da Wayne Taylor Racing de Persing e Eriksson, a dupla da TR3 Racing formada por De La Torre e Lind, e Conwright com Morillo na SP Racing. O carro de Conwright perdeu o terceiro lugar para De La Torre, que já havia garantido o título PRO na quinta-feira, e De La Torre então se aproximou de Persing e começou a atacar pelo segundo lugar.
Esse duelo entre Eriksson e Lind se estendeu para a segunda metade. Lind, o dinamarquês, completou a ultrapassagem no fim da reta, mas depois saiu largo na chicane Ascari e teve de devolver a posição.
Danny Formal, que havia subido de sexto depois de assumir o carro de Graham Doyle, então trouxe outro Huracán para a cola deles. A ordem se manteve até a bandeirada. Bamber venceu, com Persing e Eriksson em segundo e De La Torre e Lind em terceiro.
O quarto lugar deu a Formal e Doyle a vitória na classe PRO/AM, enquanto Conwright e Morillo caíram para quinto quando as paradas terminaram. Morey e Wallis, da Wayne Taylor Racing, vieram em seguida, seguidos por Giano Taurino, da Taurino Racing.
Brewer e Tandon, no carro da Forty7 Motorsports, completaram o top ten e ficaram em segundo na PRO/AM, na companhia de Queen e Gore, da Ansa Motorsport, e de David Staab. Staab venceu a classe AM com margem confortável sobre seu companheiro Cooper Broll e Dean Neuls, da TR3 Racing. Foster e Henry, da Kaizen Autosport, foram 12º na geral e preencheram a última vaga do pódio PRO/AM, enquanto o Huracán da Rafa Racing de Chambers e Porter abandonou uma briga por pódio.
A vitória na Lamborghini Cup ficou com Philippe Touchette, da TB Autosports, que assumiu a liderança depois da janela de pits. Fred Roberts, da Leipert Motorsport, e Ray Shahi, da Taurino Racing, completaram o grupo. Rocky Bolduc, da Topp Racing, havia liderado a parte inicial da prova, mas abandonou com problemas técnicos.
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