MOCERI AND BONETTI WINNERS OF THE GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI, 2018 September 16

MOCERI AND BONETTI WINNERS OF THE GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI

09/16/2018

16th September 2018 - The 28th edition of the Gran Premio Nuvolari started friday morning from Mantua and ended today with the winning of the crew n.81 composed by Giovanni Moceri and Daniele Bonetti -Loro Piana Classic Team, driving the beautiful 1939 Fiat 508 C. The couple has always lead the competition and demonstrated a great ability and lucidity during the special tests.

At the second place the Brescian couple composed by Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini (n.29) - Special Team Eberhard, driving a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS Zagato, winners of 7 editions and authors of a formidable comeback in the last tests, but unfortunately it was not enough to win.

Great performance also for the third classified crew, the n. 79 of Di Pietra - Di Pietra, father and son driving a 1938 Fiat 508 C, who pursued the winners of the race for almost the entire track.

237 of the 300 crews that officially departed to face the 1,070 km, crossed the finish line after passing beautiful cities such as Siena, Arezzo, Città di Castello, Urbino and Ferrara. The Gran Premio Nuvolari is also this: a unique adventure - judged by both enthusiasts and competitors as the most beautiful race in the world - that should be lived until the last second, made of joys, sporting spirit, a good dose of preparation and resistance also to the unexpected.

“We are really happy we won because we have been trying it for years and so we are really excited; we are crowning a very positive season where we obtained a second place at the Mille Miglia. In the automotive regularity sector, the Gran Premio Nuvolari represents the most technical and difficult competition, with no common tests and with the highest number of participants of the world”. – underlined Giovanni Moceri, winner of the 28th edition of the Gran Premio Nuvolari together with Daniele Bonetti.

“The Gran Premio Nuvolari is the race of the year, the most tecnically demanding competition for those who practice this discipline and every time Mantova Corse manages to make it ever more complex and insidious” – adds Daniele Bonetti.

Satisfied of the race also Sergio Solero – President and CEO of BMW Italy, driving a 1972 BMW 3.0 CSL: “it was fantastic driving into squares and along the most beautiful Italian roads, sun-kissed with a magical atmosphere. We had a lot of fun and we took on the race with a rock spirit.”
“I have been always fascinated by cars and for me this is the first time in a regularity race. Thanks to BMW Italy I had the chance to relive the passion for cars my father passed down to me: this experience gave me the chance to identify myself with him and to see Italy from another point of view” – added Saturnino Celani, Solero co-driver.

On Piazza Sordello’s forestage paraded also the racing cars of Coppa Nuvolari - Maserati Tribute, an appendix of the Gran Premio, where 10 Maserati cars built from 1973 to 2018 showed up. The crew n.401 of Foroni – Mozzarelli won the race with a 1996 Maserati Ghibli Cup; at the second place the crew n.402 of Costa – Zaninelli with a 2009 Maserati GT4700; at the third place the crew of Noletta – Giorgi (n.406) with a 2018 Maserati Levante Gran Sport SQ4.

The 28th edition of the race confirms Gran Premio Nuvolari’s great success, organized by Mantova Corse in partnership with ACI Mantova and Museo Tazio Nuvolari and supported by Automobile Club Italia and ACI Storico, is the result of a great and skilled organization. The contribution of the Main Partner Maserati was crucial as always: the car company was in Mantua with Tazio’s legendary 1934 Maserati 6C 34, which was exposed in Piazza Sordello during the three days of the race. A guarantee in terms of punctuality and presence, the Swiss company Eberhard & Co., the official Timekeeper of the event, who rewarded the winners with two elements of their collections: two chronographs Tazio Nuvolari Data. The contribution of Banca Generali, leader in the field of sparing is also fundamental just like Red Bull, who pays tribute to the great “Nivola”, who allegedly pioneered the modern action sports.

The event in honour of Nuvolari is the second for importance within the “EpocaChampionship”, the Italian “Grandi Eventi” Campionship of ACI Sport, that includes the Coppa d’Oro of the Dolomiti (19th-22nd July 2018), the Targa Florio (04th-07th October 2018) and the Coppa delle Alpi by 1000 Miglia (04th – 09th December 2018).