2024 ITALIAN
DRIFT
CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 2 of the Aci Sport Italian Drifting Championship at the Le Colline circuit in Pavia went in the best possible way.

The layout of the track was made very difficult for the pilots as the judges requested new trajectories and clips and therefore all the pilots tried to do their best with challenging trajectories.

There was a good turnout from the public who applauded the high-level performances of the 47 drivers entered in the race.

Practice and free practice and qualifying began on Saturday with beautiful spring weather, after the heavy rain of the previous days. At the end of qualifying in the Pro 2 category the pole man was Carlo Negri on the Mazda Mx5, with 86 points. In the Pro category a spectacular Mariano Lavigna on a BMW E36 powered by a Toyota 2jz with 91 points..

On Sunday morning, the round 2 race of the Italian Street Open Challenge 2024 took place, dedicated to entry level cars and the winner of this category was the Piedmontese driver Omar De Piccoli on BMW, in second place Oscar Mino on BMW E46 in third place Paolo Benini again on BMW.

 

From the early afternoon we entered the hot phase with the twin drift challenges of the Cat. Pro2, which saw the expert Amerigo Ventura on the Nissan S13 excel and on the top step and in second place the only woman present in the race, Mirella Vernacchia on BMW E46. In third place was sixteen year old Veronese Mattia Cunico on BMW. Marco Stellino had an unlucky race as he was forced to retire due to an accident that forced him to retire.

 

Following the battles between the drivers of the main category, the Pro class, which were hard fought and of a high level. After the sixteenth and eighth rounds, we reached the final phase with the 4 drivers who managed to win the direct clashes foreseen by the scoreboard derived from the qualifiers.

The Swiss Meyer Yves prevails and wins on a Toyota Supra A90, in second place is Gianluca Lazzaroni on a Nissan S13 powered by BMW and in third place is Alberto Festival on a BMW E36 turbo.

 

At the end of the event, the organizer of the event complimented the Championship staff who managed the race in an impeccable manner, and thanked the manager of the Le Colline Circuit who made the facility truly beautiful and welcoming.

 

The general classification after Round 2 sees the Swiss driver Yves Meyer firmly in the lead in the Pro category with 270 points, Gianluca Lazzaroni leaps into second position with 173 points and another Swiss, Julien Besson, in third place with 166 points.

In the Pro2 Category Mirella Vernacchia leads the general classification with 218 points, second position for Carlo Negri with 193 points and third place for Savignani Ivan with 186 points.

 

Now everyone is working for the next round of the Championship which will be on 21 and 22 September 2024 again in Chignolo Po (Pavia) at the Le Colline Circuit, but on a new track which will be studied in reverse mode compared to round 2.