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Villorba Corse fights in the rain with Balzan-Benucci at Spa

Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 at Spa 01
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It was a Saturday between dry and wet conditions for Villorba Corse in the fifth round of the International GT Open underway on the Belgian circuit of Spa. In this “rainy roulette” all-Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio, despite some unfortunate circumstances, fights and keeps a top-five pace with Alessandro Balzan and then Nicola Benucci at the wheel of their Ferrari 458 GT3. Started from the third row after a rainy qualifying, in race-1 Balzan fights back up to third overall place but then had to suffer his rivals’ comeback and the burst of his car’s rear-left tyre, which forced the Venetian driver to do an early pit-stop. Balzan’s teammate Benucci got back on track after the mandatory driver-change but soon the rain starts to fall on track forcing the Italian driver from Modena to a further stop to go for rain tyres. In that moment the safety car is deployed and, after the subsequent re-start, Benucci has managed to keep a good pace despite the difficult track conditions, finishing in fifth position a really crazy race.

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