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Italian Alberto Cerrai, reigning champion of the Trofeo Maserati, won the first race of the 2006 Trofeo Audemars Piguet Maserati Europa yesterday. British driver Moz Fabris and Italian Manuel Villa took second and third place respectively.
The final laps of the race witnessed a tight battle for second spot between Manuel Villa and Andrea De Megni (in the Pakelo VIP car). De Megni nudged Villa into a spin from which he recovered to come back onto the track in fourth. At the chequered flag, the race order was Cerrai, De Megni, Fabris and Villa but a 20 second penalty for De Megni relegated him to fourth place. It was the first podium in the Trofeo Maserati for former rally driver Villa.
Starting from P2, just behind pole-man Diego Alessi, Cerrai held second place until lap 14 when he eased into the lead and increased his advantage lap after lap.
The safety car was called onto the track in lap four, after Brazilian Beto Richa went off at the Ascari curve. The group compacted once more, with Alessi in the lead. During the following lap, Nicol?? Oddi overshot turn one and ran into Moz Fabris���s car first then into Alberto Radaelli’s. Oddi, who races with Matteo Cambi, owner of Italian fashion label Guru, was forced to retire while Fabris continued to finish the race and Radaelli managed to keep going until the 17th turn, before his damaged car finally gave in.
Luigi Moccia and Stefania Grassetto, the only woman in this race, finished a great seventh in the Toora VIP car. They were beaten by Alberto Pizzicannella (fifth) and Alberto Vescovi (sixth). The third VIP car, bearing Audemars Piguet colours, finished 15th with former WRC driver Jean Claude Andruet and Philippe Liechti on board.
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