Karting: Barrichello wins Massa's event in Brazil
From MF2 Serviços Jornalísticos
Rubens Barrichello may have not secured his seat in Formula 1 for 2009, but remains a kind of king of the go-kart events at the end of the season in Brazil. Two weeks after winning the Granja Viana 500 Mile for the eighth time, the record holder of starts in F1 grabbed today the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champs, in front of 12.000 supporters that attended the race promoted by Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Barrichello won the first race, ahead of Di Grassi and Brazilian Stock Car ace Thiago Camilo. With a reversed Top 8 positions grid, Massa replied in the second, beating Felipe Giaffone and Di Grassi in the process. Schumacher collected a 4th place in the first heat, but was prevented from continuing in the second after being hit from behind by Camilo. Asked if could come back next year, Schumacher seemed optimistic. "Why not?" The event was promoted under the shadow of a tragedy that shocked the Santa Catarina State, whose capital is Florianópolis. Over 100 people died and more than 54.000 families were left homeless after the flooding and earth slide caused by heavy rains last week. Massa donated himself R$ 50.000 (US$ 25.000), urged his colleagues to follow his example and they did not let him down. Schumacher has promised to land some 10.000 Euro. Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi did not take part of Heat 2 after he injured his ribs in the first race. Final standings: 1) Rubens Barrichello, 36 points; 2) Lucas Di Grassi, 35; 3) Felipe Massa, 31; 4) Felipe Giaffone, 26; 5) Xandinho Negrão, 21 6) Thiago Camilo, 18; 7) Max Wilson, 16; 8) Michael Schumacher, 13; 9) Allam Khodair, 10; 10) Antonio Pizzonia and João Paulo Oliveira, 9; 12) Ricardo Zonta, 8; 13) Tarso Marques, 7; 14) Popó Bueno, 6; 15) Tony Kanaan, Mario Moraes and Roberto Pupo Moreno, 6; 18) Luciano Burti and Vitor Meira, 4.Heat 1 1) Rubens Barrichello, 34 laps in 24min25s119 (average 83,70 km/h) 2) Lucas Di Grassi + 1s211 3) Thiago Camilo + 5s722 4) Michael Schumacher + 15s332 5) Felipe Massa + 20s996 6) Allam Khodair + 23s177 7) Felipe Giaffone + 23s522 8) Xandinho Negrão + 28s826 9) Ricardo Zonta + 40s205 10) Max Wilson + 51s060 11) Tony Kanaan + 1 lap 12) Luciano Burti+ 1 lap 13) Alexandre Barros + 1 lap 14) Roberto Pupo Moreno + 1 lap 15) João Paulo Oliveira + 2 laps 16) Popó Bueno + 2 laps 17) Luis Tedesco + 3 laps 18) Marcos Gomes + 7 laps 19) Vitor Meira + 8 laps 20) Luca Badoer + 8 laps 21) Vitantonio Liuzzi + 10 laps 22) Jeff Gordon + 10 laps 23) Antonio Pizzonia + 12 laps 24) Tarso Marques + 13 laps 25) Ricardo Mauricio + 17 laps 26) Mario Moraes + 33 laps Best lap: Michael Schumacher, 41s537 Heat 2 1) Felipe Massa, 37 laps in 26min10s694 (average 84,97 km/h) 2) Felipe Giaffone + 0s179 3) Lucas Di Grassi + 1s041 4) Xandinho Negrão+ 2s219 5) Rubens Barrichello + 5s262 6) Max Wilson + 11s056 7) Antonio Pizzonia + 12s487 8) João Paulo Oliveira + 29s114 9) Tarso Marques + 35s596 10) Popó Bueno + 37s251 11) Mario Moraes + 1 lap 12) Vitor Meira + 1 lap 13) Roberto Pupo Moreno + 1 lap 14) Thiago Camilo + 2 laps 15) Ricardo Zonta + 2 laps 16) Marcos Gomes + 3 laps 17) Luis Tedesco + 4 laps 18) Luciano Burti + 4 laps 19) Tony Kanaan +9 laps 20) Alexandre Barros+ 13 laps 21) Allam Khodair + 18 laps 22) Jeff Gordon + 20 laps 23) Michael Schumacher + 26 laps 24) Ricardo Mauricio + 29 laps 25) Luca Badoer + 31 laps Best lap: Rubens Barrichello, 41s650 |
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