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Valencia: Saturday race report
The Series made their official debut today in the Circuit of Valencia with the celebration of two races in the minor categories, International Series FIA Formula Nissan 2000 (220 Hp) and the Spanish Formula Junior Championship (114 hp) Matteo ...
Published: May 12, 2002, 5:09 PM
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The Series made their official debut today in the Circuit of Valencia with the celebration of two races in the minor categories, International Series FIA Formula Nissan 2000 (220 Hp) and the Spanish Formula Junior Championship (114 hp)
Matteo Bobbi (Vergani Racing) and Leo Orecchioni (Cibiemme), the first winners.
The first winner of the Formula Nissan 2000 was the Italian Matteo Bobbi; Bobbi led the race from the beginning although Borja García (Escuela Lois Circuit) was following him very close. Juan Antonio del Pino (Repsol Meycom) completed the podium.
Cibiemme had a very successful debut in the Spanish Formula Junior Championship achieving a very important victory with the Italian driver Leo Orecchioni. Orecchioni headed the race in front of Adrian Vallés (Escuela Lois Circuit), who finished 4 seconds behind the leader. Cristian Cano (Team Elías), was third, five seconds behind.
The schedule for tomorrow
Tomorrow, the first World Series race will take place at 11:45 (18 laps) and the second race will be at 14:15 (26 laps with a compulsory pit stop).
Only the first 10 drivers get points: 20 points for the winner, 15 points for the second driver, 12 points for the 3rd classified, 10 for the 4th driver, 8 points for the 5th, 6 points for the 6th top driver, 4 points for the 7th, 3 points for the 8th, 2 points for the 9th, and 1 point for the 10th driver. The fastest lap gives two more points to the quickest driver.
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