The #7 Porsche 997 GT3 R of Herberth Motorsport won the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO after having dominated most of the eight hours of the race run on Saturday. German drivers Robert Renauer, Alfred Renauer, Ralf Bohn, and Switzerland’s Daniel Allemann completed 342 laps of the 5.2 kilometer circuit in Tuscany. They won by 2 minutes over the #30 Mercedes SLS AMG of Ram Racing which was driven by Tom Onslow-Cole, Adam Christodoulou, and Paul White. The Mercedes lost the lead when it was caught in the pits during a Code 60 neutralization period which came about three hours into Part II of the race. Despite some strong driving, the Ram Racing drivers were unable to make up the deficit.
Third place overall and third in the A6 Pro class fell to the #9 Hofor Racing Mercedes of Michael Kroll, Chantal Kroll, Roland Eggimann, Kenneth Heyer, and Christiaan Frankenhout. The all-Porsche 997 class was won by the #7 Ruffier Racing team of Paul Lafargue, Gabriel Abergel, and Patrice Lafargue. They persevered in a tight fight with the #63 Porsche L’Orient Racing 997 Cup S. The #56 Classica Motors Porsche 991 Cup was third in class.
The #10 Hofor Racing Mercedes was a surprise winner in A6-Am when the #5 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes suffered a late race suspension failure. The #10 Mercedes was driven by the same lineup as the teams’ third place overall #9 Mercedes. This result insures that the Hofor Racing team and drivers have made significant strides towards leading the various championship categories, including the lead of the Ladies Cup for Chantal Kroll.
NKPP Racing was the top team in A3T. Their #98 Seat Leon Cup Racer was driven by an ironman lineup of only two drivers, Harry Hilders and Roger Grouwels. The three Lebanese brothers, Razi, Nabil, and Sami Moutran along with Britain’s Phil Quaife, were second in A3T with their #95 Duel Racing Seat Leon Supercopa LR.Third in class was another Seat Leon Cup Racer, #100 of PCR Sport. That Spanish team had lost their second entry during a pre-race testing crash.
The ‪#‎91MARC‬ Cars Australia Focus rattled to victory in SP2 after being after having some bodywork and wheel problems. Keith Kassulke, Jake Camilleri, Peter Leemhui, and Ryan McLeod spent much time battling with their teammates in the #92 Focus. However, that car had even more troubles and dropped to third in class behind a steadier run by the #46 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 997 Cup. The #96 LMS Engineering Audi TT RS2 had run strongly in SP2 for much of the race but had a late race gearbox failure.
Adrian Barwick, Bradley Ellis, and Flick Haigh won SP3 in the #163 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55. Another Ginetta, the #206 G50 of Nova Race, was second. This marked a good comeback for the marque as many of the Ginettas struggled earlier in the race. Third in class was the Aston Martin Vantage of Speedworks Motorsport, #170. The SP3 class was led for a long period by the #160 Cor Euser Racing Lotus Evora until it was stranded on course during the second half of the race.
The #115 K-Rejser Racing Peugeot RCZ took the top spot in A2. Driven by Adriano Stanco, Luigi Stanco, and Stefan Tanner, the team led for most of the race from the #138 KPM Racing Volkswagen Golf. As the #138 car was a diesel it takes top points for the D1 sub-class within A2. The Team Sally Racing Renault Clio fought back from an earlier deficit to also finish on the A2 podium.
The CUP1 class was composed of similarly prepared BMW M235i Racing types. Sorg Rennsport won thanks to the driving of Ulf Wickop, Anders Fjordbach, Maciej Dreszer, and Kevin Warum in the #71 entry while second place went to archrival Bonk Motorsport’s #73 BMW. The #68 Pricon Racing entry fell to third in class after having earlier fought for the lead.
Liesette Braams was on the driving strength in the #71 BMW which meant that three different women took four podium spots. The others were Chantal Kroll and Flick Haigh (1st in SP3). Kroll managed two great finishes, third overall and third in A6-Pro as well as first in A6-Am.
Hofor-Küpper Racing won the A5 class with the #75 BMW E46 M3 Coupe, driven by Bernd Küpper, Lars Zander, and Martin Kroll. They moved to the front after having repaired some crash damage. The #31 Duller Motorsport BMW had dominated the class for much of the day but had suspension and brake problems late during the race.
There were six Code 60 interruptions with two due to damage to the surface of the circuit. The end of the race almost coincided with sunset although a gradually lowering cloud cover prevented a view of the beautiful surrounding hills. The 24H Series powered by Hankook now moves on to Zandvoort in the Netherlands on 28-29 May. More information about the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook can be found at: www.24hseries.com

The #30 Ram Racing Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 leads the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO after the completion of Part 1 of the 12 hour race. The top four finishers ended on the lead lap. Part 2, tomorrow morning, will start with each car’s lap totals intact but with the margins erased. This means that the top four teams will continue where they left off, side-by-side and nose-to-tail. Behind the leading Mercedes are the #7 HB Racing Team Herberth Porsche 997 GT3 R, the #66 Black Pearl Racing by Rinaldi Ferrari 458 Italia GT3, and the #67 GDL Racing Mercedes SLS AMG. The end of the four hour Part 1 marks the start of an overnight intermission. The race resumes with the final eight hour Part 2 beginning on Saturday morning at 09:30.

Pierre Kaffer, starting driver in the #66 Ferrari, led from pole position and held the spot until being passed on track by Robert Renauer in the #7 Porsche. These two teams, as well as the #30 Mercedes, traded the lead several times. Charles Espenlaub led briefly overall as his very frugal #20 MRS GT Racing 997 class Porsche car remained out longest of all the top cars. The #67 Mercedes also led for a period before the #66 Ferrari retook the top spot. It looked set to end Part 1 at the front until Alexander Volz had a spin and stalled momentarily. The A6-Am sub class was led by the #5 Car Collection motorsport Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 with a margin of more than one lap over the #10 Hofor Racing SLS AMG.

The contest in the all-Porsche 997 was a struggle between three teams. The #17 Ruffier Racing entry finished ahead of the two Porsche Lorient Racing entries, #63 ahead of #62. All finished on the same lap and will start together in the morning. The early leader in the class, the #20 MRS GT Racing 991 Cup, lost considerable time after spinning and stopping on course.

The SP2 class consists of silhouette specials and some faster production based cars. The Ford-bodied cars of MARC Cars Australia enjoyed a 1-2 in class at the intermission. The #92 MARC Focus leads over #91 MARC Focus by one lap while the #96 Audi TTRS 2 was a bit further back in third place.

The #160 Cor Euser Racing Lotus Evora had been able to maintain the lead in the SP3 class despite having lost time after tangling with a Mercedes. Second in class was the #163 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G55. Several of the Ginettas in the race had a variety of mechanical problems.

The A3T class was closely fought. At the break it was led by the #98 NKKP Racing Seat Leon Cup Racer over the slightly older Seat model, the Supercopa, of Memac Ogilvy Duel Racing (#95). As they completed the same number of laps they will start with no gap between them when the race resumes.

The A5 production based class was led by the #31 Duller Motorsport BMW E46 M3 over the similar BMW of #75 Hofor-Küpper Racing. It marked a good come back for the Austrian team as they led the class early on, made a long stop, and returned to head A5.

The A2 class was led by the #115 K-Rejser Peugeot RCZ. A surprising second in class was the #135 Red Camel Seat Leon. It is actually part of a three-car D1 sub-class which is classified for the race under A2 but receive separate championship points. Third in A2 was the #126 Team Sally Racing Renault Clio and the next of the diesel cars was the #138 KPM Racing Volkswagen Golf.

The all-BMW CUP1 class featured a thrilling back and forth struggle between two cars. The #68 Pricon Racing M235i Racing ended up barely ahead of the similar #71 Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport entry. The two had swapped the top spot for most of the afternoon.

The end of Part 1 coincided with a beautiful Tuscan sunset and took place in perfect spring weather. The cars are placed into parc ferme overnight and may not be touched by the teams until the race resumes. There were 72 starters and only two retirements, the #3 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW Z4 had overheating problems and the #87 GDL Racing Porsche Cup car crashed at Casanova Corner. There were two short neutralizations of the race in order to recover stranded vehicles. When the race resumes the cars will retain the number of laps completed during Part 1.

Racing resumes Saturday morning at 09:30 with the finish at 17:30 CET. Live Streaming of the entire race available on www.24hseries.com. There are also regular updates on Twitter (@24HSERIES) and Facebook (24H Series). More information about the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO and the other rounds of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook can be found at: www.24hseries.com.

On Friday and Saturday (13 and 14 March), the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello will host the second running of the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO. With an entry of 73 cars, the grid size for the endurance race in Tuscany has doubled compared to last year’s inaugural edition! “We are delighted with this great interest and we are looking forward to a fantastic event, the second round of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook,” says Gerrie Willems on behalf of CREVENTIC. The Dutch agency is promoter and organiser of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook in co-operation with the Dutch National Racing Team (DNRT). Once again, the race for GTs, touring cars and 24H Specials will be split up into two parts: the first four hours of the race will be held on Friday, the remaining eight hours take place on Saturday.
The entry list shows teams and drivers from 24 different countries all over the world, some of them coming from as far as Australia, Hong Kong, India, the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America. The entry includes plenty of variety with a good balance between GTs and touring cars. With BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, the A6 class has GT3-spec cars from four different brands on the grid. Entrants include Swiss Porsche team Stadler Motorsport, Scuderia Praha from he Czech Republic with a Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz teams Car Collection Motorsport from Germany and Hofor Racing from Switzerland, all four of them previous race winners in CREVENTIC’s endurance events. With seven cars entered for the race, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 is the best represented machine in the A6 class.
With 16 entries, the Porsche class for Porsche 991 and 997 Cup cars is the biggest class for the race in Mugello. Porsche teams from eight different countries have entered cars to compete in Italy and among the drivers are some well-known Porsche specialists. The SP2 class includes another Porsche Cup car plus the silhouette cars from French team GC Automobile and Australian constructor MARC Cars, as well as the Audi R8, run by Dutch team, Red Camel-Jordans.nl. The SP3 class includes a variety of GT4-spec cars from Aston Martin, BMW, Ginetta and Lotus, plus another GC Automobiles silhouette with a smaller engine than the SP2 version. The A5 touring car class is the field for the battle between three BMWs from three different teams (including Austrian team, Duller Motorsport, winners of the first two races in Dubai and now making a comeback in a CREVENTIC event after an absence of several years) and the French Altran team’s pair of Peugeot 208 GTis.
The A3T class consists of various SEAT Leon cup cars, including three of the latest SEAT Leon Cup Racer cars run by Dutch team, NKPP Racing and Spanish team PCR Sport plus one Audi TT-RS2 run by German team LMS Engineering, former title winners in the German VLN endurance championship. There is also one Volkswagen Golf GTI entered by R8 Motorsport from Poland. The CUP1 class for BMW M235i Racing Cup cars includes five entries from four teams while the A2 class consists of ten teams representing BMW, Honda, Peugeot, Renault, SEAT and Volkswagen.
Following optional private tests on Thursday, official track action at Mugello starts with Free practice on Friday from 9.15 till 10.45 hrs and qualifying from 11.00 till 11.45 hrs. The first four hours of the race start on Friday at 13.30 hrs and ends at 17.30 hrs, followed by intervention rules. The re-start for the remaining eight hours is given on Saturday at 9.30 hrs, the finish is at 17.30 hrs. Hankook is the official title sponsor and exclusive tyre suppler for the event. BRM is the official timing partner while SPAA05 provides the LED-position displays on all the cars. Showtrax and Stand21 will have their own paddock booths. Live timing and live streaming with commentary by the Radio Show Limited team, well known from Radio Le Mans, can be found online at: live.24series.com. More information about the Hankook 12H ITALY-MUGELLO and all the other rounds of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook can be found at: www.24hseries.com

Il Duathlon Mugello Circuit alla sua terza edizione, si conferma una delle gare più avvincenti e spettacolari nel panorama nazionale, 400 atleti al via con un livello tecnico di assoluto prestigio! Il programma gare prevedeva la prova Super Sprint (2,9 Km corsa, 10.5 ciclismo e 1 km corsa), il giovanissimo atleta Fragrassi Mattia (Centro Nuoto Cepagatti) ha preso il largo ed ha tenuto il primo posto sino alla fine della gara, tra le donne vittoria di Campanelli Viola (Cus Bari). Alle 12.30 è partita con il semaforo verde come nei GP la gara Sprint donne (5,25 Km corsa, 21km ciclismo e 2,9 km corsa) ed il duo Sara Dossena (707) e Mateja Simic (DDS) come da pronostico hanno condotto la gara appaiate sino alla T1 , la testa della gara è rimasta tale anche durante la frazione ciclistica, in T2 la prima ad uscire dalla zona cambio è stata la Simic ma la campionessa italiana di duathlon Dossena, nelle ripide salite della pista, ha ripreso l’olimpionica slovena e si è presentata con un vantaggio di qualche secondo in pit-lane ed è andata a vincere il 3° Duathlon Mugello Circuit riscattando il secondo posto dell’edizione 2014. La batteria uomini è partita alle 12.40, subito in testa alla gara il terzetto Massimo De Ponti (Carabinieri), Daniel Hofer (Carabineri) e il giovane Alberto Della Pasqua (TD Rimini) che hanno condotto praticamente tutta la frazione podistica e ciclistica appaiati, gli inseguitori Dario Chitti, Manuel Biagiotti, Stefano Intagliata ed altri hanno tentato di rientrare ma invano, in T2 e nell’ultima frazione di corsa si sono giocati la sorte della vittoria che è andata a Massimo De Ponti su Daniel Hofer anche quest’anno secondo come nelle precedenti due edizioni, al terzo posto è giunto Alberto Della Pasqua. La giornata di sole con temperature miti, un circuito unico e spettacolare ed un'organizzazione molto apprezzata dagli atleti e dal pubblico presente hanno regalato una giornata di sport e spettacolo davvero entusiasmante! Nei prossimi giorni su trievolution.it sarà on line il video della gara realizzato da Fotoeventi

Grandi numeri anche per questa terza edizione del Duathlon Mugello Circuit. Volano le iscrizioni che hanno raggiunto la quota 400. La prima manifestazione dell’anno organizzata da TRIevolution SportEventi si conferma anche per il 2015 una gara di assoluto livello apprezzata dai più forti atleti della specialità. Ad oggi infatti sono già iscritti il Campione Italiano di Duathlon Daniel Hofer (C.S. Carabinieri), sempre presente alle edizioni precedenti, Massimo De Ponti (C.S. Carabinieri) e Dario Chitti del Cus Parma Medel vincitore dell’edizione 2014 in un’emozionante volata proprio su Hofer. Tra le donne attesa la Campionessa Italiana di Duathlon Sara Dossena del 707 vincitrice domenica 15 febbraio della mezza maratona di Verona “Romeo e Giulietta” con l’ottimo tempo di 1h13’.
Sono due le gare in programma all’Autodromo del Mugello: la prima con partenza alle ore 10 prova Super Sprint aperta a tutti, per questa gara gli atleti dovranno effettuare mezzo giro di pista di corsa per un totale di 2,9 km. dopodiché inforcheranno le loro biciclette ed effettueranno 2 giri di pista per un totale di 10,5 km. e poi infine 1 km. di corsa finale, la gara clou Sprint aperta ai tesserati Fitri e a coloro che hanno certificato medico agonistico per triathlon invece partirà alle ore 12.30 con la batteria femminile e alle 12.40 la batteria maschile e prevederà un giro completo di pista di corsa per un totale di 5,25 km. poi 4 giri di pista in bicicletta per un totale di 21 km. e infine la corsa su mezzo giro di pista per 2,9 km.  L’arrivo è previsto sulla pitlane della pista mentre la partenza avverrà sull’ emozionante rettilineo teatro delle competizione auto e moto.
Novità anche per il Pasta Party che quest’anno sarà particolarmente curato grazie ad un accordo di collaborazione raggiunto in questi giorni con l’Istituto Superiore “Chino Chini” per i servizi alberghieri e l’enogastronomia, di Borgo San Lorenzo e per la festa di tutti gli atleti e del pubblico ci sarà, all’interno del paddock, la Zumba Fitness organizzata dalla Palestra Oplà sotto la direzione di Francesca. Intanto l’organizzazione di TRIevolution Sport Eventi continua a mettere a punto i servizi agli atleti in sinergia con il team dell’Autodromo Internazionale che garantirà una competizione in totale sicurezza e di grande spettacolarità mettendo a disposizione di atleti e pubblico: il prestigioso Media Centre per la cerimonia di premiazione, i Paddock, la terrazza panoramica, le tribune coperte sulla partenza/arrivo, un centro medico di eccellenza interno all’autodromo, il servizio speaker/audio lungo tutto il tracciato, docce calde, parcheggi a pochi metri dalla zona cambio e il bar ristorante. Si ricorda che il percorso del Mugello Circuit è un anello di 5,245 km. con un dislivello di 41 mt. per ogni giro ed una larghezza della pista che varia da 9,6 mt. a 14 mt. con asfalto tra i più performanti al mondo. La manifestazione è organizzata di concerto con Mugello Circuit. Tra i partecipanti iscritti da segnalare anche l’Amministratore Delegato del Mugello Circuit Paolo Poli che ha preso parte alla gara nelle precedenti edizioni.
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Ingresso gratuito per ragazze e ragazzi fino a 16 anni; istituzione di uno specifico biglietto “ridotto” per le donne; taglio del costo degli abbonamenti, dei biglietti tribuna e degli accessi camper. Queste le novità dell’attesissimo Gran Premio d’Italia 2015 in programma all’Autodromo del Mugello nel weekend 29-31 maggio. Oltre a queste nuove opportunità, il management del circuito toscano ha confermato tutti gli sconti per la prevendita, che sarà suddivisa in fasce: - 30% da oggi fino al 1 marzo; -20% fino al 31 marzo;  – 10% fino al 30 aprile. Cliccando sul sito www.ticketone.it o recandosi in uno dei punti vendita presenti in tutta Italia, da oggi sarà possibile acquistare il biglietto per il Gran Premio 2015 a prezzi assolutamente competitivi: 99€ l’abbonamento prato per i tre giorni, 85€ per quello da due.  
“I giovani sono il nostro futuro ed il futuro di questo nostro sport, spiega il direttore del circuito Paolo Poli. A loro ed alle loro famiglie abbiamo rivolto la massima attenzione perché sia facilitata in ogni modo la partecipazione al più grande evento motociclistico d’Italia, dove potranno vivere tre giorni di pura passione e sano divertimento. Oltre a questo,  aver ridotto il costo dell’abbonamento e dedicare uno specifico biglietto “ridotto” a tutto l’universo femminile, significa dare risposte concrete  a quelle famiglie che, fino a ieri, avrebbero voluto partecipare alla grande festa del Mugello, ma che sono state scoraggiate dalle difficoltà legate alla persistente crisi economica. Queste nostre iniziative hanno l’obiettivo di avvicinare il Motomondiale ad un numero sempre maggiore di persone”.    A conferma di ciò, quest’anno una famiglia composta da quattro persone (padre, madre, con un figlio di dieci anni ed uno di quindici) che vorrà vivere in camper l’intero Gran Premio spenderà per i quattro giorni di permanenza all’interno del Mugello, la cifra totale di  232€ contro i 374 € del 2014.
La bellezza dell’ambiente che racchiude il circuito, la spettacolarità  del tracciato apprezzato ed esaltato dai campioni del motociclismo, l’atmosfera che si respira sulle colline toscane in occasione del  Gran Premio d’Italia, rendono questo evento un appuntamento unico nel suo genere. Quest’anno ci sono tutte le condizioni per aspettarsi il tutto esaurito al Mugello !

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