2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship Rd1 – Report

The 2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship got underway with round 1 taking place at the traditional asphalt track in Bolzano, Italy in perfect weather conditions. The sugar-treated track delivered a good level of grip right from the get go and Mattia Dall’Oca (Schumacher) started from where he finished last year, with TQs in both Q1 and Q2. In the latter he showed a blistering pace, securing the overall TQ for the afternoon’s A-main. Not far behind, Johnny Orsolin (Jokerteam/Schumacher) showed a relentless pace which was good for a TQ in Q3 and an overall P2 on the finals’ grid. Completing the top three qualifiers, Claudio Giovanelli (Jokerteam/Schmacher) pushed his Atom CC at a consistent pace and an overall trouble-free performance to the third spot on the grid.

Mattia’s dominance became more crushing during the finals with a clean sweep, winning every one of the three A-mains and thus securing round 1 of the Championship. Johnny’s pace got more and more consistent as the day unfolded, allowing him an undisturbed P2 on the podium. A very close fight for the lower step of the podium saw Alessandro Giubbilei (Jokerteam/Schumacher) come out on top for the smallest margin as the fight with Lorenzo Crepaldi (Jokerteam) went down to the very last corner, after having swapped positions several times during the three A-mains.

Source: Jokerteam [jokerteam.it]