Misano – Race 1: Total domination of Akkodis ASP, great comebacks at WRT

• Never worried, Mercedes n°88 of the duo Marciello – Boguslavskiy won in Misano (Italy) during Race 1. The Akkodis ASP crew, starting in pole position, dominated the Italian round almost from start to finish, only ceding the lead for a few minutes during the pit stops phase.
• The podium of Race 1 is completed by the Ferrari No. 14 of the Emil Frey Racing team, finishing second with Konsta Lappalainen and Giacomo Altoé, and by the No. 32 BMW of Team WRT, driven by Charles Weerts and Dries Vanthoor.
• In the Gold Cup, the No. 9 Audi of the Boutsen VDS team won (6th overall), while the No. 77 Mercedes won its category in the Silver Cup for the Haupt Racing Team. .
• An eventful start to Race 1, with a collision between Loris Spinelli (Lamborghini no. 126), Gilles Magnus (Audi no. 21) and Dennis Marschall (Audi no. 66) at the first turn. Spinelli and Magnus, who started 6th and 7th, retired after the first lap.

A few cars off at start but we're still green after the opening lap.

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• Team WRT saved the furniture after laborious qualifying. Starting 21st, the #32 BMW of Charles Weerts and Dries Vanthoor therefore moved up to 3rd place thanks to a successful undercut. Same strategy and (almost) the same efficiency for the #46 BMW of Maxime Martin and the stage local, Valentino Rossi, who crossed the line in 8th place after starting from 24th place.
• In the championship, Raffaele Marciello and Timur Boguslavskiy increase their lead at the top with 107,5 points.

Misano, Race 1 – Ranking

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