Big Karting event in Brazil featuring CART and F1 drivers

[molive]

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www.kartodromogranjaviana.com.br

The traditional/big race is the Granja Viana 500, Brazil’s most traditional Karting event. Usually the field has some 60 teams (each with 3 to 10 drivers) and lasts more than 11 hours. :eek:

The race is scheduled for November 8th.

Juan Pablo Montoya has confirmed he will participate. His team will feature Antonio Pizzonia and probably Danilo Dirani (the soon to be South American F3 champ).

Rubens Barrichello is the 2 time defending champ of the race, along with Tony Kanaan and Felipe Massa. This year his team will have a new driver: Michael Andretti’s son, Marco.

Alex Zanardi has also confirmed he will take part in the GV 500, in Jimmi Vasser's team, which also features Oriol Servia and Michel Jourdain Jr. (obviously, Vasser's team will be allowed to use two Karts as AZ's Kart will have a special kit to allow applying throttle/break by hand.

More famous drivers are expected to confirm their participation in the next few days.


:cool:

[rabbit]

:cool:

Hmmm, I hear Brazil is beautiful that time of year. :thumbup:

[molive]

Nicolas Todt, son of Jean Todt (Ferrari's manager) also confirmed he will be driving in the 500, along with Duda Massa (Felipe's brother).

Field keeps getting interesting. This should be a good one! :thumbup:

[stymie]

Aren't the Giafone brothers a contending team in this event every year? Amazing assembly of drivers to bad more events can't be organized like this.

Here are pictures from last years race.
500 Milhas de Kart 2002 (http://www.zardack.com/motorzoom/fotoskart_500milhasl.php)

[molive]

Christian Fittipaldi has also confirmed his participation, with a chassi produced in Italy specially for the NA market. One of his parters will be Mario Haberfeld.

[Chaos]

I wish this was televised. It's the only venue where you can get drivers from all series around the world on equal footing...

[nz_climber]

I'll be cheering for AZ and Vasser :)

[molive]

The race is this weekend!

AZ posted a 57sec lap after one afternoon of practice. He made several changes to his Kart over the day, and got up to speed very quickly, and his Kart is strictly inside the 190Kg minimum weight. :thumbup:

AZ shows great sense of humour: "I was in the hospital when Tony (Kanaan) brought my sneakers, and he said he wouldnt give them back because I wouldnt need it! Thats why everytime I see him I ask the little thieve for my shoes back!" :laugh: :thumbup:

Vasser: "we're ready to win!" (commenting about the supremacy of Rubens Barrichello's team).

Past winners of the GV 500:

1997
Guilherme Rocha/Juliano Bertuccell/João Bertuccelli/Christiano Rocha/Júlio Campos/Felipe Massa

1998
Rubens Barrichello/Christian Fittipaldi/Tony Kanaan

1999
Danilo Dirani/Felipe Maluhy/Thiago Cusin/Sergio Jimenez/Alan Hellmeister

2000
Rubens Barrichello/Christian Fittipaldi/Tony Kanaan

2001
Rubens Barrichello/Mario Haberfeld/Tony Kanaan

2002
Rubens Barrichello/Felipe Massa/Tony Kanaan


And here's a detail of Zanardi's Kart, with throttle in the steering wheel (left hand side) and braking with the right-side pedal:

http://image.ig.com.br/v5/midias/0247001-0247500/247443.jpg

[RichK]

The TRUE IROC.

[molive]

Moreno is racing as well. :thumbup:

[molive]

Good race.

RB and JPM teams ran into trouble. RB was penalized for getting a push, 5mins. Then ended up 18 laps down in 13th place.

After a good start JPM`s team suffered a broken throttle cable, and fell down the order, finishing in a lowly 17th spot.

Win went to C Fitti (who was using his own brand-name chassis made specially for the US market and designed in Italy). This was CF`s 3rd win (and teamate Haberfeld`s 2nd), so not a fluke result at all.

Zanardi/Servia/Vasser/Jourdain team finished a respectable 4th place, followed by Moreno`s team in 5th.

The race lasted 10h43min.


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Detail of JPM's kart

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Detail of RB's kart

http://image.ig.com.br/v5/midias/0249001-0249500/249295.jpg
Zanardi :up:

http://image.ig.com.br/v5/midias/0249001-0249500/249290.jpg
Zanardi with Franchitti (who didnt drive, but was in the area).

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Vasser's T shirt, mocking the IRL (be a rebel, turn right)
:rofl:

[mapguy]

Andretti? :saywhat:

[RaceGrrl]

Originally posted by molive

http://image.ig.com.br/v5/midias/0249001-0249500/249301.jpg
Vasser's T shirt, mocking the IRL (be a rebel, turn right)
:rofl:

That's great! I want one of those shirts. :D

[chop456]

Originally posted by mapguy
Andretti? :saywhat:

Marco.

[nz_climber]

That shirt is awsome

Congrats to the AZ and JV :) and to CF

[RaceGrrl]

We can get the shirt here (http://champcarstore.com/productpage1%2Easp?ID=555&PID=CC2000AMS%2D202%2D543)

[molive]

Here are the final race results:

1) Kart 01 - Fittipaldi Racing Team - Christian Fittipaldi, Mario Haberfeld e Charles Fonseca - 644 laps em 10h43min25s837;

2) Kart 21 - Faster Motorsport - Leonardo Otero, Ernesto Otero e Denis Dirani - 46s125;

3) Kart 84 – SVLabs/VKR - Renato Russo, André Nicastro e Sérgio Jimenez - 1 volta;

4) Kart 73 – Zanardi Team - Alex Zanardi, Oriol Servia, Jimmy Vasser e Michel Jourdain Jr - 3 laps;

5) Kart 91 Loctite/Liofol - Alan Hellmeister, Roberto Moreno e Aluízio Coelho - 3 laps;

6) Kart 71 - Monunn - Felipe Giafone, Luciano Burti, Ricardo Sperafico, Rodrigo Sperafico - 6 laps;

7) Kart 81 - Marlia Racing - Fernando Leme, Marcello Dias, David Prior - 10 laps;

8) Kart 33 -Spoleto - Augusto Poças, Rui Loiola, Eduardo Nascibem e David Simão - 10 laps;

9) Kart 61 – Sábia Racing - Fernando Croce, Daniel Croce e Fernando Croce Jr. - 11 laps

10) Kart 57 – Araça/Jonas &Cal - Jorge Borelli, Bia Figueiredo, Wagner Cardoso, René Bauer, Luciano Kubrusly e Cláudio Contijo - 12 laps;

11) Kart 111 – Telmo Competições - Eduardo Abrantes, Bruno Miloni e Rafael Pugliase - 15 laps;

12) Kart 70 - Sabia racing - Marcelo Thomaz, Diego Nunes, Gustavo Sondermann e Patrick Rocha - 15 laps;

13) Kart 72 –SHELL - Rubens Barrichello, Tony Kanaan, Felipe Massa e Marco Andretti - 18 laps;

14) Kart 99 – Illy Café - José Carlos França, Renan Nogueira Goffredo, Mayer Joseph Myri, Leandro Fortran e Reinaldo Gasko - 19 laps;

15) Kart 85 – VKR - Pedro Nunes, Renato Russo, Sérgio Jimenez, João Gonçalves - 19 laps;

16) Kart 83 – VKR/PEW - Edvaldo Rocha, Adriano Castanho e Andréas Burr - 20 laps;

17) Kart 29 PETROBRAS - Juan Pablo Montoya, Antônio Pizzonia, Danilo Dirani e Paulo Carcasci - 23 laps;

18) Kart 88 -MV Racing - Antônio Urbano, Guilherme Jacob e Paulo Rovella - 23 laps;

19) Kart 31 WRS/Rino racing - Cassio Campos, Décio Scartezini, Marcio Macagnan, Leandro Macagnan e
Paulo Oliveira - 32 laps;

20) Kart 23 - Gennaro - Rogê Ferreira, Eduardo Porto, César Vaz, Cristiano Halle e Roberto Azana - 32 laps;

21) Kart 142 - Sagui Competições - Nelson Rangel Jr, Patrick S. Kuramont/, Wanderley Reck Jr, Emerson Reck e João Preto - 34 laps;

22) Kart 14 – Paulo Freitas Racing - Adriano Bazzo, Cladinor Brun, Carlos Roberto Borges, Henrique César Filho, João F Bassi e Jair Vieira de Almeida - 37 laps;

23) Kart 8 – Jamil - Felipe Sodré, Jéferson/Miki e Adriano Pizzonia - 37 laps;

24)Kart 221 J. F. Navarro - Juan Felipe de Souza Alves, Rodrigo Navarro e Bruno Bega - 40 laps;

25) Kart 34 – Sabia Racing - Muriel Campos, Rossini Sarkis, Vitor Meira e Cairo Campos - 41 laps;

26) Kart 27 - E. M. Competições - Marcelo Giovanetti, Sérgio Luiz da Silva, Christian Baumgart e João Dantas - 43 laps;

27) Kart 444 - E. M. Competições - Douglas H. Oi, Rodrigo Bernardes, Fernando Oizumy e Michel Aboissa - 45 laps;

28) Kart 86 -SVLabs/VKR - Andréia Octaviano, Graziela Paioli, André Nicastro, Luigi Di Nizo e André Gouveia - 45 laps;

29) Kart 200 - Espanhol - Cristiano Federico, Arthur Hercovitch, Daniel Serra e George Vaddel - 47 laps;

30) Kart 3 - Coral Racing Team - Ricardo Bigliazzi, Roberto Palenga, Guido Palenga, Rogério Secco, Jorge Thompson e Eduardo C. da Fonseca - 48 laps;

31) Kart 49 - Rocell - Luiz Celso Freitas, Robert Coachman, Ronaldo Vilas Boas e Nino Perticarrari - 55 laps;

32) Kart 101 - Allatere Racing Team - Clemente Faria, Rafael Suzuki, Felipe Poleto e Adriano Buzaid - 56 laps;

33) Kart 97 - Jamil - Felipe Maluhy, Luis Felipe Gama, Rodrigo Marchesi e Rodrigo Schowanbach - 58 laps;

34) Kart 90 - GTP Motorsport - Rui Mendonça, Luiz Fernando Chaves, Leandro de Sá, Caio Travaglini e Dionízio Paulillo - 58 laps;

35) Kart 0 – Faster Motorsport - Mário Romanzini, André Souza, Carlos Iaconelli e Rodrigo Sousa - 60 laps;

36) Kart 12 - Paulo Freitas Racing - Milton Buabssi , Alessandro Marchini, André Dias Maschio, Carlos Juan, Sergio Luiz Bueno e Stephan de Sabrit - 62 laps;

37) Kart 11 - Itaipava - Paul Hornemann, Júlio Kryeger, Gil Martins, Marcos Breda e Ivo Lyra - 66 laps;

38) Kart 51 - Espanhol - Rodrigo Federico, Osvaldo Federico, Marcelo Barros e Marcos Januzzi - 67 laps;

39) Kart 18 - Ygor Kart Team - José Raul Girondi, Ricardo Guedes, Carlos Eduardo de C. Abreu e Edson Zanichelli - 70 laps;

40) Kart 20 - AKVM - Luis Caropreso, Reinaldo Yazbek, David Etter, Nahin Etter e Valdo Oliveira "Nenê" - 70 laps;

41) Kart 32 - Rino racing - Aloísio Moura, Bruno Martins, Paulo Malfate e Cris - 70 laps;

42) Kart 4- Skill Fórmula Kart - Carlos Murari, Caito Vianna, Armando de Barros e Antônio Feierabend - 73 laps;

43) Kart 102 - Allatere Racing - Galid Osman, Alberto Valério, Paulo Salustiano e Pedro Souza - 75 laps;

44) Kart 117 - Margeon – Roberto , Pablo, Jorge,
Marcel e Ricardo - 78 laps;

45) Kart 7 - Correio do Estado - Sergio Rangel, Rodrigo Stephanini, Vitor Girelli, Jorge Bialli e Antônio André - 82 laps;

46) Kart 25 - Riberi/RB Motorsport - Thiago Riberi, Pedro Larriera, Carlos Moura e Saulo Bruno - 84 laps;

47) Kart 2 - F1 Racing - Eduardo Martins, André Martins, Alex Wikell, Michael Wilson e Christian Fittipaldi - 85 laps;

48) Kart 54 - Candeu Kart Racing - Jorge H. Elizio Garcia, Eduardo Leite, Rafael Santos, Walmir Candeu, Luiz Saraiva, Jone Correia e Jesse James Jr. - 85 laps;

49) Kart 66 - SVLabs/VKR - Paulo César Breim, Alan Khodair, Sara Sanchez e Christian Sarkis - 87 laps;

50) Kart 5 - LC Racing/Spa Turbo - Sérgio Barbosa, Carla Cordeiro, Jorge Costa, Beto Nini e Luiz Carlos - 104 laps;

51) Kart 210 – Mega Racing - Beto Nini, William Carvalho, Narciso Mori Jr., Zeca Amaral, Luciano D. Mendes, Rafael Nemetola e Rodrigo Norey - 120 laps;

52) Kart 45 - M. V. Racing Quali - Breno Pero, Jeferson Wenke e
Marcelo Richter - 122 laps;

53) Kart 22 - Aricanduva Racing - Valberto Silva, Itamar Cruz, Clark Figueira e Kali Schewerdfeger - 135 laps;

54) Kart 63 - Massoni/Planac - Fernando Martinkovic, Felipe Massoni, Vinicius Juncal e Marcos Juncal - 137 laps;

55) Kart 16 - Quinta Racing - Márcio Ferreira Caetano, Lucio Pinto, Waldir Quinta e Alessandro Dias - 139 laps;

56) Kart 6 - Green/That’s Relations - Antônio Terreri, Alexandre, Carlos Andrade, César Gallagi, Luis Abbade, Maurício Mello, Carlos Petrini e Marco Reina - 143 laps;

57) Kart 19 - Leo MotorSport - Geraldo Pavão, Marcio Alves de Melo, Marçal Alves de Mello e Samuel Alves de Mello Neto - 152 laps;

58) Kart 10 - Cuca Racing - Mário Cuca, Oscar Neto, Raphael Pires, Rafael Vasconcelos, Carlos Lopes e Pedro Calmon - 159 laps;

59) Kart 104 - Rayban Quirino - Fábio Souza, Julio Campos, Renato Russo, João Henrique Gonçalves - 160 laps;

60) Kart 24 - Italiano racing Kart - Marcelo F. Argenton, Bruno Grigatti e Carlos Cappatto - 171 laps;

61) Kart 92 - Loctite/Liofol - Maurício Alfredo, José Antônio Castro, Marcio Quixadá, Carlos Condomiti, Emilio Martinez e Francesco Di Mauro - 183 laps;

62) Kart 82 - Marlia racing - Fernando Avalone, Ciro Aliperti,
Sérgio e Avalone Jr - 188 laps;

63) Kart 15 - Yhor Scuderia Vaccaro - André Vaccaro, Vladimir Reggiane, Cristian Weissenborn, Paulo Jordão e Fábio Casagrande - 196 laps;

64) Kart 888 - Ari Racing - César Ramos, Leonardo Cordeiro, Yann Crzywacz e Carlos Henrique Rosin - 200 laps;

65) Kart 9 -Cuca Racing - Mário Cuca, Oscar Neto, Raphael Pires, Rafael Vasconcelos, Carlos Lopes e Pedro Calmon - 229 laps;

66) Kart 777 - GTP Motorsport - Fernando Mendes, Fábio Viscandi, Nicolas Todt, Eduardo Massa, Caio Travalglini e Dionízio Paulillo - 237 laps;

67) Kart 17 - Rayban Quirino - Fábio Rimbano, Rafael Monteiro, Luis Malhão e Sousa e Tales Dias - 274 laps;

68) Kart 39 -Paulo Freitas Racing - André Abraão, Daniel Bitencourt, Fábio Guedes, Gilmaru Daru, Matheus Ricci e Rodrigo Hanashiro - 308 laps;

69) Kart 48 - São Silvestre - César P. M. de Lima, Victor P. M. de Lima, Marcelo Queiroga Lima, Ricardo Gomes Pinto e Yuri Brandão Alves - 329 laps;

70) Kart 78 -MD/Mingo racing - Aldo Moinho e Marcelo Freire
- 350 laps;

71) Kart 46 -Totality/Moreno Racing - Felipe Huehara, Mário Maia e Oswaldo Badula - 361 laps;

72) Kart 171 -Loctite/Liofol - José Carlos Palomares,
Thiago Schiammarella, Júlio Reis, Walter Fúria, Marcello Cardaci, Antônio Andolfo, Lars Muller - 378 laps;

73) Kart 109 - Jamil - Antonio Canedo, Carlos Barroso, Vicente Borges, Edmilson Machado e Sergio Thikhomiroff - 445 laps.