Eventful, dramatic, with controversy and multiple sanctions
.
The first final of the historic 2024 season of
Road Tourism
had everything at the Enrique Freile racetrack in the city of El Calafate.
And it was
Facundo Chapur
who took the victory in a heart-stopping outcome, because in the last lap
Diego 'Bochita' Ciantini overtook
Marcos Landa
after a touch
and crossed the checkered flag first, but the sports stewards reloaded him and dropped him from the spot. podium, so that the Dodge driver from Cordoba is the one to celebrate.
In fact, Chapur was being interviewed for his third place when the journalist from the official broadcast told him that he was the winner, which unleashed a crazy race through the podium area to hug his team.
"Chapur":
Because he won the #TCenElCalafate pic.twitter.com/fonyzCvJrs
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(@becausetendencia) February 25, 2024
Thus, Chapur experienced a spectacular comeback because he started in 40th place due to a tire problem and took the victory, escorted by
Tobías Martínez
(Torino) and
Esteban Gini
(Toyota), since Juan José Ebarlín, who had arrived Second, they also penalized him for having touched Marcelo Agrelo and causing a multiple accident in the first lap.
In fact, in that action, there were some abandonments, such as the case of
Christian Ledesma
from Mar del Plata , who with the Chevrolet Camaro could not have the premiere he expected.
In addition, Kevin Candela, Marcelo Agrelo, Sergio Alaux, Valentín Aguirre, Juan Tomás Catalán Magni and Andy Jakos were part of the mistake.
The second date of Road Tourism will be next March 17 at the Viedma racetrack.
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