Werner took advantage of Rossi’s abandonment to win the first race of Turismo Carretera 2023

The pilot of Entre Ríos Mariano Werner (Ford) took advantage of the Buenos Aires native’s abandonment this Sunday Matthias Rossi (Toyota) in the final section of the race and ended up with victory in the final of Road tourism (TC), which took place in the city of Viedma, for the first round of the 2023 season in the most important category of Argentine motorsport.

The 34-year-old from Paraná had taken pole position, but finished second in the race held at the Río Negro circuit with 4,118 meters of rope.

At the end of lap number 21 of the 25 scheduled, the native of Del Viso who was leading the standings suffered an unexpected ‘puncture’ to the engine, which caused his automatic abandonment with the unit of the Japanese brand.

In this way, Werner had the clear road to take the victory, in an accumulated time of 41 minutes. 09s. 667/1000, at an average of 150.069 kilometers per hour.

The champion in the 2020 and 2021 seasons achieved his 22nd victory in ?teceista? and equaled the line of the emblematic Carlo Alberto Pairettipassed away last year, after dazzling with ‘Orange Thunder’, in the 60s.

Werner, winner of the Viedma race in 2021, led by 5s. 514/1000 to the escort, the lobería originally from Buenos Aires Castilian Jonathan (Dodge). In third position, after a good race, was the reef Juan Tomás Catalan Magni (Ford), at 11s. 633/1000.

“The truth? We inherited the race. He (through Rossi) had superior drive and was ready to win,” acknowledged the Paraná native to the microphones of ‘Campeones’ (AM 590 Radio Continental).

The reference is specific. Because the ‘Missile’ Rossi came out better accommodated in the corners, with more acceleration and so it was that -in the central part of the race- he leapt from third to first place, subsequently overtaking Mendoza Julian Santero (retired on lap 11 due to a gearbox problem) yes Werner.

“Matías (Rossi) made me make mistakes because he was going very fast, he demanded me in all sectors”, honestly confessed the man from Entre Ríos, who has won uninterruptedly – at least one – TC race since the 2011 edition.

the Uruguayan Maurice Lambris (Ford) completed a strong performance and finished fourth, 13 seconds behind. 663/1000, while a native of Rivera German Todino (Dodge), finished fifth, aged 14. 998/1000.

Sixth place corresponded to Chubutense Marcellus Agrello (Dodge); the quilmeno Stephen Gini (Turin) seventh and the expert Mar del Plata Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet) had to settle for eighth place.

Santiago Alvarez (Dodge), born in the small town of Ferré, finished in ninth place, while another from Buenos Aires Elio Craparo (Dodge), of Chacabuco, finished tenth, after battling for fourth position with Castilian AND Catalan Magni.

The current champion, the Rio Negro José Manuel Urcera (Turin), designed from below an excellent career. The number 1 started from position 53 (he was penalized for a series touch against Martín Vázquez) and finished fourteenth.

I also deserve the work of La Plata Gastone Mazzacane (Chevrolet), which started in the 40th. position and finished thirteenth.

The league positions were as follows: Werner 47 points; Spanish 41.5; Catalan Magni 38; Lambris 34; Add it 33.5; Todino 32.5; Gini 30.5; Alvarez 30; Ledesma and Craparo 29.5.

The next race will be on Sunday, March 5 at the Parque Provincia de Neuquén racetrack.