NEWS & EVENTS

Congratulations to Andre Negrao and team Cram Competition

On June 26-27 The Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth had its first exit out of Italy in one of the most prestigious and demanding tracks in the world: Spa-Francorchamps. Totally eighteen drivers from nine different countries took part in the "Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth Welcome Race", an event not valid for the Championship, unfolded in two races with the aim to offer a preview of the European series that is under study for 2011. The classification of the event, obtained by summing over all the points scored in the weekend, awards Andre Negrao, Brazilian driver of the team Cram Competition who won the first race and finished fourth in race two. , thanks to the 30 points harvested. Second place for Marciello Many thanks to all the teams and partners involved in the series - FPT Racing, Kumho Tyres, ATS, Oram, Ferodo Racing and OMP - which provided technical awards reserved to the winners of the two races and to the first six teams of the event.

Spa Francorchamps Welcome Race - June 25-27

Tatuus is pleased to announce the F. Aci-Csai Abarth Welcome Race at Spa-Francorchamps on June 25-27 Spa Euro Race is well-know event which meet year after year an amazing success. 12 races in 2 days with the opportunity to see different series. Besides the F.Abarth there will be the Auto GP, the European F3 Open, the International GT Open, the Dunlop Special Open Trophy, a belgian series, and the Dutch Supercar Challenge. The "Welcome Race" is not valid for the Italian championship and it is open to all drivers without age and previous motorsport experience limitation. The race format will be the following: 3 Free practice of 30' (Friday) 1 Qualifying session of 30' (Friday) Race 1 - 23' +1 lap (Saturday) Race 2 - 23' +1 lap (Sunday)

ITALIAN FORMULA ACI-CSAI ABARTH CHAMPIONSHIP

The championship will be composed of 7 rounds on a two race format each of 23 minutes plus a lap, during which all young drivers will be followed by the Federal School Csai and particularly by Raffaele Giammaria in quality of tutor. The structure is certainly the same of the Italian Formula 3 championship, starting from security standards up to the chassis and aerodynamics configuration. Despite not achieving brake horse powers of Formula 3 or its aerodynamics sophistication level, the Italian Formula ACI CSAI Abarth Championship will teach drivers a lot in terms of setting the car up and of preparing them to the leap to the higher categories with a stronger technical background. Teams will be able to study and devise the most effective solutions by liberating their initiative. On the aerodynamics side, we measured down-forces quite close to those of Formula 3 and certainly higher than those of other single seaters mono-branded categories. Every car will have 10/12 gear ratios, drivers will have therefore to experiment several solutions without limiting themselves to the choice of long-medium-short ratios that is normally employed in these categories. Raffaele Giammaria: "The single seater is surely very good from a technical viewpoint since it is based on the Formula Renault 2.0 single seater, with technical evolutions that in the last years distinguished the Tatuus: from a driving viewpoint is very similar to a Formula 3. The engine is fairly difficult to use, since it is derived from the 500 Abarth and has 180 hp. Being a turbo engine it has a sharp supply from 4.500 rpm on. We are working on this latter aspect to make it easier to handle. All these aspects make the Formula Abarth a tough car to be driven but certainly very safe and preparatory for drivers coming from kart that are at their debut on single seaters?.

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