Virginia Guidetti, the haute couture model who sold land to compete in the Argentine Superbike

Roberto Berasategui

08/20/2021 14:10

• Clarín.com

• sports

Updated 08/20/2021 2:10 PM

A life as dizzying as the sensation you feel on the tracks, when accelerating on the balance of a motorcycle at maximum speed.

Life is served to fulfill dreams.

And there was

Virginia Guidetti

, the Santa Fe who stood out as a model of haute couture around the world, and who left one of her passions, sold a piece of land and dedicated herself to another:

motorcycling

.

“I spent more than 15 years working as a model and traveled all over the world, but I reached a point where I realized that it was something that I no longer liked.

So I started looking for what made me happy, ”

confessed Virginia, a native of San Lorenzo, Santa Fe.

Today he remembers that situation, which at the time was presented as a crisis, which finally turned into an opportunity:

“I was in Japan and my old man bought some motorcycles, which made me decide and return home.

Later, he had the good idea of ​​taking me to a clinic at the Rosario racetrack and there I was already fully involved in motorcycling ”

.

Virginia Guidetti and her past as a model.

Photo: instagram @ vir.guidetti

Guidetti will be one more among the many riders who will compete this Saturday on the third date of the Argentine SuperBike at the Oscar and Juan Gálvez racetrack, in Buenos Aires, with Carburando transmission from 2pm on TyC Sports.

The transition from the catwalks to the slopes was neither easy nor as fast as the accelerations.

Virginia rides a Yamaha R3, which was not so easy to achieve:

“For six or seven years I did track days, but there came a time when the motorcycle I had set a limit for me and I wanted to continue learning, although I had no plan and counted with a coach.

So I bought the R3, I had to sell a piece of land where I planned to live, but when to do it because I wanted the bike ”.

Virginia Guidetti beats the preview of the Argentine Superbike.

Photo: instagram @ vir.guidetti

One of his mentors was the legendary and popular René Zanatta, a former motorcycle and motorsport racer: "I met René a few years ago and he always encouraged me to race."

Finally after those experiences, he was encouraged to compete.

“I decided to try to run, but in 2019 it was not possible and in 2020 when I was about to score for the first, the pandemic exploded.

One more year has passed and now here we are seeing what all this is about, ”Virginia told the Agenda Carburando program.

Virginia Guidetti takes to the track this Saturday at 2:00 p.m.

Stream TyC Sports.

Photo: instagram @ vir.guidetti

“My friends think I'm a little crazy, but I think it's something that caught me inside.

I consider that I was born with this passion because I always liked racing, but I do not come from a family linked to competition or anything.

I started riding a motorcycle when I

grew up

”

, he explained.

He also made an analogy about the level he reached in modeling and motorcycling.

“I worked in haute couture, which within fashion is the highest you can aspire to.

It could be said that it reaches what in motorcycling is the World Superbike.

I had an entrance to the high level, but the demands are many and I did not have the exact body as they want.

Perhaps passion did not accompany me because if I wanted to, I could do it, but it didn't do me any good and that's why I left it ”

, he declared.

Virginia Guidetti changed her life to dedicate herself to motorcycling.

Photo: instagram @ vir.guidetti

With a height that exceeds 80 meters, the physique was a great virtue for haute couture fashion.

“For the rest of life it is a complication.

You can't get clothes, it's uncomfortable, and for motorcycles it's not ideal ”

, he warns.

And he highlights:

“To be a good model and a good pilot you have to have discipline.

There are no greater secrets than perseverance ”

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With the Superbike the public returns to the racetrack

The Argentine SuperBike will play the 3rd date at the Gálvez, with a capacity of 1000 people;

Carburando will broadcast from 2pm on TyC Sports.

The Argentine Superbike will face its third date on the calendar this Saturday and with this contest it will complete the first half of the 2021 season, which marked the return of the specialty to the track after being inactive in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic .

Carburando will broadcast from 2pm on TyC Sports the date that will have as a novelty the return of the public to the Buenos Aires racetrack, with a capacity of 1000 people.

In Superbike 1000, the championship underwent a major change after the second round.

Diego Pierluigi had won on the track, but was later excluded and reclassified due to problems with the wheels of his Kawasaki.

After the controversial situation, the Tortuguitas driver and the ZP Racing team decided to withdraw from the tournament.

Great show of the Argentine Superbike

Due to the change in the classifier, Fausto Grantón inherited the victory and this placed second in the tournament, with 25 units.

Meanwhile, Ramiro Gandola, who won at the opening of the contest, rose to the position of guard in the race and with those points he remains first, with 27. Sebastián Martínez is third, with 18 and Pierluigi fourth, with 17.

In 600 Super Sport, Emanuel Aguilar won the first two contests and has a perfect score.

The Corrientes has 30, while Santiago Frasca, who saved the second date thanks to a borrowed motorcycle, marches as an escort with 22 and Sebastián Salom closes the podium, with 18. For his part, Andrés González is fourth, with 10, but He already has two absent competitions for not being able to return from Spain due to the pandemic.

In R3, Ezequiel Allende made the podium at the beginning of the year and won the second date, allowing him to lead the table, with 27 points.

By dint of two third places, Lucas Silvi is the escort, with 20 and Andrés Gandola, who took the first date, is placed third, with 15. Esequiel Gómez is fourth, with 12;

Eric Ferrer fifth, with 10 and Agustín Donatti sixth, with 8.

In MotoAR 3, Santino Sabattini is the reference.

The San Juan won at the start of the tournament and inherited the victory in the second round due to the exclusion of Facundo Medina, so he has 30 units in the standings.

Lucio Carini and Santiago Martino are the guards, with 18, Juan Ignacio Mendoza the fourth, with 13 and Santino Ponce is fifth, with 10.

As in the 250cc, Maximiliano Rocha is the absolute leader in Super Stock 1000. The reef won in both competitions and has 30 points, while Matías Amarfil and Ulises Cavaccini second him, with 16. Sebastián López Pablos is fourth, with 12, Marcos Gioiosa and José Ayub are fifth and sixth, with 11 each.

In Super Stock 600, Federico Sabatini and Alberto Cañadas share the lead of the championship, with 27 points.

Hernán Buezas closes the podium with 18, Matías Duchini is fourth with 14 and Carlos Salvatierra completes the top five, with 11.

In Open, Leonardo Ciuro is the leader of the tournament with 15 units, followed by Benjamín Roy with 12 and Diego Zapaya with 10. Among the Open +50, Marcelo Dehenen is the reference with 15, seconded by Marcelo Reyes with 12 and Alejandro Díaz Patron with 10.

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