Paolo Morganti wins 200mm Pre Worlds

Houston, Texas played host to the Pre Worlds last week as drivers got more track time to become accustomed to the World Championship track ahead of the event. Fresh off his win at the Winternats, Chris Tosolini carried on where he left off, putting the new Capricorn car on the pole position ahead of the Xray of Ralph Burch, reigning World Champion Daniele Ielasi for Shepherd in 3rd and fellow Italian Giuseppe D’angelo driving a Mugen the last direct qualifier in 4th. In the race, following a 10 minute delay for D’angelo, a first lap crash took the front two drivers off the track as Burch and Tosolini touched sending them both off the track and back down the order. Up front the lead was shared by both Josh Cyrul, Daniele Ielasi and Paolo Morganti, the latter leading for about 20 minutes before dropping back to 4th because of a tire stop. With Tosolini no longer in contention, a recovering Burch took over the lead and stayed there until a flame out in the last 10 minutes lost him time. In the closing stages of the race Burch’s Xray was struggling for tires and Morganti whose tire strategy was paying off was able to cruise by and take the win, with Burch holding on for 2nd place and Ielasi claiming 3rd.

Final results
1. Paolo Morganti – 204 Laps in 60:13.830 (Serpent)
2. Ralph Burch – 203 Laps in 60:25.914 (Xray)
3. Daniele Ielasi – 202 Laps in 60:10.188 (Shepherd)
4. Francesco Tironi – 197 Laps in 60:03.377 (Mugen)
5. Jilles Groskamp – 192 Laps in 60:02.760 (Shepherd)
6. Giuseppe D’Angelo – 174 Laps in 60:00.873 (Mugen)
7. Chris Tosolini – 173 Laps in 60:13.052 (Capricorn)
8. Josh Cyrul – 167 Laps in 49:37.965 (Shepherd)
9. Francesco Martini – 149 Laps in 46:02.861 (Xray)
10.Alessio Mazzeo – 28 Laps in 8:20.641 (Serpent)

Source: Serpent [serpent.com] Main Image: Erchur [rctech.net]