Jonatan Castellano became champion of class 3 of the National Tourism

the loberense Castilian Jonathanwith Chevrolet Cruze, has established itself today as the new champion of the Class 3 of National Tourism (TN)when imposed on the last date of the specialty calendar, which took place at the Rosario racetrack “Juan Manuel Fangio”.

Finally it was given to the ‘spit’that starting from the fifth drawer he achieved a great final in Rosario and was advancing to the first place which ended up giving him the title in the National Tourism.

The one from Lobería was escorted by the man from Mendoza Luke Close (Toyota Corolla) in his best result of the season, while the man from Pergamin finished in third place Alfonso Domenech (Ford Focus).

Emulating what he achieved in the third series, Santero made a good start from within to leapfrog into first place and leave Gastón Iansa behind. In addition, Domenech also put pressure on San Vicente in the right-handers sector of second and third to be the new second.

Behind Castellano, with a light car, he was determined in his quest for victory and at the end of the first lap he was already third and behind Alfonso. Waiting for what could happen with the leaders, that of Lobería waited to try his first attempts to overcome.

further back, Pernía started from 37th place On the second lap he was already in 20th place, taking advantage of some friction and entering the pits of his rivals, in addition to the always excellent driving of the Tandil driver. In addition, Jerónimo Eti contributed to this progress and two of the title candidates began to progress together in the group.

At the beginning of the fourth round the champion Julian Santero he began to stay and this inherited the leadership to Domenech, leaving Castellano second and one step away from the title if he managed to keep Pergamino into account.

Among the candidates, Pernía 16th, Teti 17th and Merlo 25th, results that without Castellano in first place gave the title to San Luis.

However, on lap seven Castellano gave it his all and managed to overtake Domenech to be more leader than ever in the championshipand intending to start to break away, ‘Pinchito’ improved the pace of his Chevrolet and got away from Ford, but behind Iansa realized his teammate, Chapur, to try and aim for second place.

In any case, the illusion didn’t last long for San Vicente, who passed at the exit of number two and was unable to go around the track of number three, losing several positions. On the 14th round, Gregorio Conta got confused and caused the neutralization with a safety car.

The Ford’s driver was slightly concerned as he was treated by medical services for dehydration when he got out of the car.

In the return to the speed of the race, the fords of Chapur and Domenech were touched, which gave Vicino the chance to be the new second and Lambiris third.

This further clarified the prospects for Castellanowith a clear advantage in favor of that of Lobería who, with three laps to go, was breathing calmly in first place, already stroking the champions’ cup.

Jonatan Castellano approached the final laps with some comfort, doing what he had to do be able to celebrate an Argentine title that he had been denied.

In second place, he ended up stating Charles Xavier Merlo after a great comeback, in which he came close to the crown but added a new second place.

Behind, Jeronimo Teti of Lober Leonel Pernía, from Tandil, who finished fourth in the national championship of class 3 of tourism in 2022, finished third and closed the group of those who arrived with chances.