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FIA WEC debuts at Imola with second round of 2024 season
FIA WEC debuts at Imola with the second round of the 2024 season
Despite not having hosted a WEC stage so far, Imola is not è new to endurance racing: exactly 50 years ago, in 1974, in fact, it hosted the 1000 km of Imola. Subsequently, from 2013 to 2016 and then again in 2022, a round of the European Le Mans Series was held at the circuit, which will return here again next July.
With the presence of 14 manufacturers (Alpine, Aston Martin, BMW, Cadillac, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, Isotta Fraschini, Lamborghini, Lexus, McLaren, Peugeot, Porsche and Toyota), 37 cars (19 Hypercars; 18 LMGT3) and a truly stellar entry list of 110 drivers from 28 different countries, the WEC is having a golden moment. Imola will also be the first race for Peugeot TotalEnergies’ all-new 9X8 2024 Hypercar, which will sport important new features on the aerodynamic front, including the rear wing, as well as different width tires.
The entry list for the 6 Hours of Imola includes several home teams and drivers, including last year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans winners in Ferraris and Italian manufacturers making their debut just this season, Lamborghini and Isotta Fraschini. Among the drivers there are 12 Italians who will participate, including Antonio Giovinazzi (Ferrari AF Corse), Antonio Fuoco (Ferrari AF Corse), Mirko Bortolotti (Lamborghini Iron Lynx), Alessandro Pier Guidi (Ferrari AF Corse) and Edoardo Mortara (Lamborghini Iron Lynx). Really great è then the wait is also great for home hero and multiple MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi, who this year began his career in the WEC with a BMW M4 LMGT3 of Team WRT.
The Imola stage sees only one change in the entry list from last month’s opening race in Qatar. The No. 2 Cadillac will, in fact, have only two drivers, Briton Alex Lynn and New Zealander Earl Bamber, confirmed to drive the Cadillac V-Series R Hypercar.
During each lap of the 4.9-kilometer-long circuit, the Hypercar drivers will reach top speeds in the order of 312 km/h and will travel with the throttle fully open for 50 percent of the lap.
The Imola circuit, one of the three anti-hours of the 2024 WEC, in addition to the Sao Paulo circuit in Brazil and the COTA in the United States, offers truly unique sensations, and seeing the Hypercars travel the 4,909-meter track will surely be a spectacle to remember.
At last month’s Qatar Airways Qatar 1812km, Porsche won in both the Hypercar and LMGT3 categories. However, there will certainly be no shortage of contenders at Imola who will try to oust the German manufacturer. In fact, thanks to a very different circuit configuration, a duration of only six hours as opposed to the ten hours of the season-opening race and a narrow circuit that makes overtaking difficult, one can only expect a truly, exciting race!
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Fiorentina, Palladino: “Inexplicable departure”
Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino spoke after the 3-3 draw with Puskas Akademia in the Conference League. “It was a bad start, you have to be realistic. It was an inexplicable start, leaving down 2-0 and also mentally and technically. We made technical mistakes that I don't even see in practice, we were good at staying in the race”.
The Viola overturned the result in the second half: “In the second half I è liked the team attitude, I è liked the team spirit but we conceded goals on set pieces, there is no way to take a goal like thatì. You have to analyze what we did well and what there’è to improve”.
Kean found the goal: “I don't think it's a matter of a single player, those who è entered gave a strong push to the team. I would like to see some of this attitude from everyone, which I did not see today. I will know how to speak to the team, è it is my job and I will have to analyze this thing”.
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MotoGp, Andrea Dovizioso says no to Yamaha
No return to MotoGP for Andrea Dovizioso. The rider from Forlì took part in a private test in Misano with Yamaha to replace official test rider Cal Crutchlow, who is stuck with a hand problem, but turned down a wild card for the premier class Japanese Grand Prix, scheduled for October. Motosan reports.
Dovizioso will è retire from MotoGP in 2022: he è said he is available to continue as a tester for Yamaha, but not to compete on weekends.
Dovizioso ended his MotoGP career right at Yamaha, in the RNF team. The rider from Forlì è was a three-time world runner-up with Ducati.
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Florentin bungles: 3-3 mockery and qualification in the balance
A disappointing Fiorentina drew 3-3 against Puskas Akademia in the first leg match of the Uefa Conference League qualifiers. Raffaele Palladino’s team at the Franchi after a disastrous start overturned the result, but è was mocked just before the triple whistle: now they will be forced to play for qualification to the rounds in the return match in the Magyar country.
A shock first half for the violets, who conceded two goals in the first quarter of an hour: on 9’Kayode knocked out Nagy in the box, who from the penalty spot scored the visitors’ goal for the lead. On 12′ came the surprising double by Soisalo, after another Kayode mistake. The liliati slowly entered the game and after a Beltran’s chance and Bianco’s crossbar found the 1-2 with a turn in the box by Sottil on an assist from Parisi.
The hosts in the second half stormed the opponent’s goal and turned the tide: on 67′ came Martinez Quarta’s 2-2 header, on 75′ the 3-2 by newcomer Kean, in his first goal after more than a year of fasting. At 89’89’ the incredible 3-3 Hungarian è came after a new distraction of the purple defense on a corner, Golla scored.
In a week the decisive return match in Hungary: Palladino will have to work especially on defense.
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