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World Maserati Trofeo in Jarama : Sbirrazzuoli very close to win the first race of the World Maserati Series. Riccardo Romagnoli won the race only by 0.137s ahead of the Monegasc driver.

The violent downpour that hit the circuit half an hour before the race led the officials to start the drivers behind the safety car. All the drivers had mounted wet tyres. The safety car pulled into the pits on lap two and the race proper got underway: Romagnoli moved into a lead from Sbirrazzuoli, Venier, Simoni and Dromedari.
Sbirrazzuoli was second, seven seconds off Romagnoli. Next came Simoni and Dromedari in a battle for third, with fifth contested between Hernandez and Denny. Things changed on lap 13 when Denny edged past the driver in the Bowers & Wilkins VIP car. Meanwhile, Dromedari was hogging Simoni’s rear view mirrors but the Swiss Team man could not faze the driver in front of him.
After a bright start, Hernandez was caught and overtaken by Sbai and Fascicolo. Kuppens’ bid to gain an edge by swapping tyres had failed as the track did not dry out and he was lapping much slower than the rest: his fastest lap was 1:58.199 compared to Sbirrazzuoli’s 1:50.853. The Monaco-based driver’s strategy was to keep his tyres in good shape for a final assault and he pulled right into Romagnoli’s slipstream over the last two laps.
However, the export Roman driver did not lose his cool and held off the AF Corse man. At the chequered flag the two were separated by just .137. Behind them, 22.3 seconds down, came Alan Simoni with Andrea Dromedari (Swiss Team) eight tenths further back.

Next race of the World championship, will take place on the first week-end of June in Portimao in Portugal.