NASCAR Brasil: Gabriel Casagrande takes pole in Chapecó
Gabriel Casagrande set a 37s171 lap to take pole for the NASCAR Brasil playoffs opener at the Chapecó oval; Murilo Rocha starts alongside him, Gui Backes completes the front row and points leader Thiago Camilo starts 19th.
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Gabriel Casagrande, da A. Mattheis Vogel, foi o mais rápido no oval de Chapecó e garantiu a pole da etapa de abertura dos playoffs da NASCAR Brasil, com uma volta em 37s171. O paranaense larga na frente.
Quem sai ao lado dele é Murilo Rocha, da Full Time. Gui Backes, também da A. Mattheis Vogel, completa a primeira fila em terceiro. Já Thiago Camilo, líder da temporada, teve um dia ruim e larga apenas em 19º.
A sessão repetiu o formato usado em Curvelo: dois carros na pista por vez, com limite de três voltas, e ordem invertida — saíram primeiro os piores na média dos treinos livres, e por último o melhor.
Antonella Bassani e o grego Thomas Krasunis abriram os trabalhos, com 38s405 e 38s677. Na sequência vieram Arthur Gama (37s841) e o estreante Sergio Ramalho (37s878). Galid Osman passou a liderar ao marcar 37s643; Vitor Genz anotou 38s131. Camilo, o sétimo a ir para a pista, fechou em quarto com 38s083.
Bruna Tomaselli e Denis Navarro formaram a dupla seguinte: 37s668 para ela, que subiu a segundo, e 37s754 para ele, terceiro naquele instante. Depois foi a vez de Dudes Castroneves (37s902) e Ricardo Zonta (37s967). Murilo Rocha virou a ponta com 37s458 e Witold Ramasauskas apareceu em quinto, com 37s810.
O da casa Jorge Martelli marcou 37s767 e ficou em quinto; Firás Fahs veio em seguida, com 37s804. Juninho Berlanda, também piloto local, anotou 37s845, nono melhor tempo, e Alfredinho Ibiapina completou com 38s036.
Tito Giaffone e Felipinho Tozzo não conseguiram abrir volta: os dois carros pararam no mesmo momento, e a direção de prova acionou bandeira amarela. Cacá Bueno aproveitou para marcar 38s142, enquanto Tatiana Calderón assumiu o segundo lugar com 37s635.
Gui Backes superou a rival ao cravar 37s537, e Ricardo Maurício registrou 37s746. Casagrande, sozinho na pista, voou para o topo com 37s171. Rafaela Ferreira, que não entrou no momento previsto, teve uma única volta de tentativa e marcou 38s493; Giaffone também fez volta isolada, 37s746, e subiu para oitavo.
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