Welcome back to Imola, where the Test Drivers have formed up on the grid, ahead of a 23 Lap feature race. Dan Mills of True North Racing has the pole, ahead of the current Test Drivers points leader, Zsigmond Somogyi. Weather forecast for the weekend doesn't look good, with a predicted 75% chance of wet weather. However, the sun is shining to start this first Feature Race of the season for the Test Drivers.Lights go green, Mills leads the field awayThe run down to Turn 1....
The TSS team mates swamp Mills into the first series of turns
True North Racing boss Dan Mills under heavy attack on Lap 1
Pole sitter Mills falls back into 3rd place....
Down to the hairpin on Lap 1. Somogyi leads...
The top 3 on the first opening lap, heading into the Varianta Alta chicane....In mid field action on Lap 1, trouble at the chicane...
Causing the field to bunch up behind...
Meanwhile, as the leaders come to the end of lap 1, TSS driver Kederer attempts a pass for the lead from his team mate...
Kederer leads over the line to start the second lap...
Kederer has opened a small gap over his team mate as the field begin Lap 2
The TSS team mates are driving away from Mills it seems...
Kederer appears to be hitting the apex's beautifully....
A close battle for the mid-points positions....
TSS hold the top two spots early on in the race....
Lap 3, and Kederer is pulling away....
Paolo Tafuro is chasing hard, with Stu Ingers just in front of him....
Positions 3 back to 8th are all within sight of each other....
Mills is holding off McGregor, whilst Ingers fends off Tafuro...
Heading onto the start/finish straight to begin Lap 4....
MAC Racing boss right on the heels of TNR boss....
ART driver Carlos Rodriguez is running in 9th in the early stages....
Paolo Tafuro is looking to overtake into Rivazza....
The passing move doesn't work, and Tafuro loses a place....
A long line of cars in the midfield, following on from Rodriguez's early drama in the lap....
AMR driver Adam Davies is looking to go past Rodriguez...
But Rodriguez is forced off line, and he finds the dirt, as he enters the Tamburello chicane...
Luckily, he rejoins the track with no damage to himself, or others!
The action settles down, with drivers finding their rythmn.....At the end of lap 6, Tobias Kederer is building a steady lead....Stu Ingers of Aston Martin racing is in 5th position....Tafuro GP driver Jake Legge runs wide into the gravel....
but rejoins safely, albeit in last place...By lap 7, the action had calmed, allowing the TV crew to show the full race standings....
Positions 1-8Positions 9-16Positions 17-22And with that out of the way, we head to a commercial break....
Race Director: Ernie B. Ecclescake
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