Diego Ciantini’s incredible and exciting triumph in Road Tourism, after his father’s shocking story

It was obviously a work of fate.. Because the penalty for the Uruguayan Marco Landa for passing with a yellow flag this Sunday the celebration of Ciantini familyone of the historians Road tourism. Two months after José ‘Bocha’ revealed he was battling pancreatic cancer, his son Diego was left with the victory at the La Pampa racetrack, for the second round of the season.

Why was it great? On the track, strictly speaking, the winner on the track was Landa, but he received a surcharge and for the penalty he found himself behind Ciantini, even if he also managed to get on the podium ahead of Gastone Mazzacane.

The TC special race, with an obligatory pit stop, had it all, especially in the result. Is that Fritzler was the leader but only met the competition requirements on lap 22 (he had been enabled since lap 15), which left Ugalde in the lead, albeit also without refuelling.

When he did, Matías Rossi remained in the lead, with Landa and Ciantini swapping places behind. Shortly after the end, the scene was the abandonment of the Toyota driver due to an engine failure, which led to his abandonment.

The great maneuver that Landa had made to overtake Ciantini was the one that ended up condemning him afterwards: the stewards warned him that it had been with the yellow flag, which caused a surcharge that, in fact, left him without the victory.

Then there was emotion and joy for “Bochita” Ciantini, who got out of the same car that Agustín Canapino was driving last season and hugged his father in tears in the pits, where his grandfather was also.

Fourth Mariano Werner (Ford), fifth Julián Santero (Ford), sixth Otto Fritzler (Ford), seventh Esteban Gini (Turin), eighth Ricardo Risatti (Chevrolet), ninth Christian Ledesma (Chevrolet) and tenth Lionel Ugalde (Turin).

In the championship Werner confirms his leadership with 113.5 points, followed by Catalán Magni with 104 and Todino with 85. The next round of Turismo Carretera will be on April 16 at the El Calafate racetrack.