Italian GT Championship: BMW Team Italia takes victory at season-opener

Italian GT Championship: BMW Team Italia takes victory at season-opener

04.05.2021: The Italian GT Championship kicked off the 2021 season on the first weekend in May in Monza (ITA). Among those in action again: BMW Team Italia. It proved to be a successful start to the season for the #215 BMW M4 GT4.

The Italian GT Championship kicked off the 2021 season on the first weekend in May in Monza (ITA).

 

Among those in action again: BMW Team Italia. It proved to be a successful start to the season for the #215 BMW M4 GT4.


Nicola Neri and Giuseppe Fascicolo (both ITA) ended the Saturday race in third place in the GT4 AM class. The Italian pair then claimed their first win of the season in the Sunday race.



The team’s #7 BMW M6 GT3, driven by Stefano Comandini (ITA) and Marius Zug (GER), finished ninth in the first of the two races, before failing to finish race two.

 


Daniela Tadday- photos ACI Sport



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04.05.2021 / MaP

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