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Christian Merli 4th overall in Croatia with the Osella PA 2000

Eight years after his first race with the Osella PA 2000, Christian Merli gets behind its steering wheel again at the request of his friend Pasquale Nolè. He races the 2-litre sports car with the 340 hp strong Honda LRM engine in Croatia, at the 16th edition of the Nagrada Grada Skradina, the third round of the Croatian championship. The Scuderia Vimotorsport driver had won on this track in 2020. It is located between Zadar and Split, about 400 km from Trieste. At the end, he is second among the two-seater sports cars 2000 and fourth overall.

Christian’s comments
“I can’t complain because I got into the cockpit only Saturday. I’d hoped to do better, but we were struggling with porpoising on both days. If there is too much downforce, the front of the car bounces continually. In front of us there were two 3-litre cars with excellent drivers and the new Nova Proto NP01 2000, which had about 80 hp more than mine and was driven by Simone Faggioli, whose skills level we all know. I finished ahead of cars that were quite a bit more powerful than the PA 2000. Disappointed? No, we defended ourselves. To be honest, I thought I was going to do better. Half a second or a second if I had found the right set-up.”

The weekend in Croatia
In the first practice round Merli is second in the 340 hp two-seater sports car, 0”100 behind Simone Faggioli, who is racing the brand new, very powerful Nova Proto NP01 2000, and in the second and third runs the driver from Trentino is third.
In the first race heat on Sunday, Faggioli tops the timesheet and Merli is fourth, 2”169 behind. The same picture after the second race heat, with Faggioli leading, 0”136 ahead of Caruso (Nova Proto 3000), 0”157 ahead of Faustini (Osella FA 30) and 2”142 ahead of Merli.

The podium on accumulated times
1st Faggioli (Nova Proto NP01 2000), 2nd Caruso (Nova Proto 3000) 1”538 behind, 3rd Faustini (Osella FA 30) 1”728 behind, 4th Merli (Osella PA 2000) 4”305 behind.

Ruth Scheithauer

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