Once again, the 100 Km dei Campioni, which this year has reached its tenth edition, has been a real celebration. Reserved, yes, for a group of two-wheeled stars who have been able to compete with each other in a very different way than what they are used to. Thanks to this we have been able to see Diogo Moreira and Thomas Chareyre take victory in the race that gives its name to the event. But the weekend has given much more.
Before the main course, which is the 100 km race run in pairs, the famous American qualifying rounds are held. A type of race where the last one is eliminated until reaching the final round. Well, on this occasion it was Luca Marini who took the victory, beating Franco Morbidelli and his own brother, Valentino Rossi. In fact, the Italian star was very close to winning, but a fall in the last corner relegated him to that final third place.
The peculiar Moreira-Chareyre couple worked perfectly
The second day of competition is, finally, the most anticipated by everyone because it is a more typical race. And despite being in pairs, every curve, every meter, every lap counts. So with cold, overcast skies and some luxury spectators like Gigi Dall’Igna or Davide Tardozzi, the race began in which changing motorcycles is mandatory every five laps. In this way, each pilot takes 5 turns.
In the first of them, Luca Marini was able to take the lead and Valentino kept him during the second turn. But the Moreira-Chareyre duo managed to take the lead already in the third stint, and from then on the young Brazilian and the experienced Frenchman were in charge of setting the pace for the rest of the race.
In fact, Moreira was the hare that Marini could not follow, giving up some time even though the difference between both teams was always small. In fact, in the end Moreira and Chareyre took victory with a margin of eight seconds. Third place on the podium went to the Bartolini/Baldassarri couple, who beat Migno/Morbidelli in the battle for third place.
Pasini and Fairoli came back from the back of the pack, after a crash, to fifth place, while one of the MotoGP duos, Bagnaia/Bezzecchi, could only finish sixth. The best Spanish representative was Tito Rabat, who, partnering with Dominique Aegerter, finished seventh.
Artigas and Rueda finished ninth, Augusto Fernández with Andrea Locatelli as his partner were eleventh. Ortolá and González achieved twelfth position and Pedro Acosta, as Michael Dunlop’s teammate, had to settle for twenty-third and final position.
