Leino & Salven complete 1:8 A-Main Grid
1:10 Top Qualifier Teemu Leino and Serpent’s Michael Salven complete the 12 car 1:8 A-Main grid for the opening round of the Euro Nitro Series, both drivers securing their position thanks to race times set in the B-Main. Having ended qualifying in the unenviable BQ position, Leino’s time was set in the morning’s opening leg. Confident that due to the rise in track temperature that Leg 2 would be slower the HB driver sat out the encounter. The Finn’s gamble paid off and his time stood. With BP Racing’s Mirko Salemi leading for 2/3rds of the race the Italian would hit problems allowing Salven to take the win over top female racer Sabrina Lechner, his time enough to claim him the final spot on the grid. With Leino’s HB R8 and Salven’s Serpent 977 joining the grid it brings the total number of manufacturers represented in the main event to an impressive eight.
1:8 A-Main Grid
1. Robert Pietsch (IT) – Mugen/Picco
2. Lamberto Collari (IT) – Mugen/OS
3. Alberto Picco (IT) – Mugen/Picco
4. Daniele Ielasi (IT) – BMT/RB
5. Simon Kurzbuch (CH) – Shepherd/Novarossi
6. Kyle Branson (GB) – Capricorn/XRD
7. Oliver Mack (DE) – Shepherd/Sonic
8. Andrea Pirani (IT) – WRC/OS
9. Francesco Tironi (IT) – Shepherd/Novarossi
10.Silvio Hachler (CH) – KM Racing/Novarossi
11.Teemu Leino (FI) – HB/Novarossi
12.Michael Salven (DE) – Serpent/Picco
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