Tironi wins Round 2 of Italian 1:8 National Championship

Infinity’s Francesco Tironi has taken the win at the second round of the AMSCI 1:8 Onroad Italian National Championship.  Racing at the Leno track in the north of the country, it was the Serpent of Mirko Salemi who secured the TQ honours setting fastest times in 3 of the 4 qualifying round.  Fastest in Q2, Xray’s recent 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship podium finisher Filippo Domanin would qualify P2 with Tironi in third ahead of young Luca Ielasi, the Top 4 going directly to the Main.  Unfortunately a problem for Salemi at the start of the 45-minute final ended his chances of the win but setting the fastest lap of the race he would recover to P4.  Up front Tironi would take his first National win in some time with a 3.1-second winning margin over Domanin.  Securing P5 on the grid after victory in the Semi Finals, Andrea Muscolino’s Infinity completed the podium.  The National Championship concludes on October 25th with the third & final round at the iconic Fiorani track.

Image: Francesco Tironi [Facebook]