Cacá Bueno conquered the pole position of the third stage of NASCAR Brazil. The driver took advantage of the advantage of starting on pole for this Saturday’s (30) sprint race at the Interlagos Circuit to extract the best rhythm from the car and make good defenses of the position.
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The qualifying was divided into groups. Arthur Gama, Bruna Tomaselli, Nicolas Costa, Juninho Berlanda, Dudes Castroneves, Felipe Tozzo, Alfredinho Ibiapina, Victor Andrade, Tatiana Calderón, Jorge Martelli and Tito Giaffone went to the track first.
Andrade led the first five minutes by recording 1min51s771, with a difference of 0s328 to Costa. But the times would be beaten.
On his second attempt, Andrade recorded 1min50s227, while Costa reduced the difference to 1min50s279. Arthur Gama was right behind. But Andrade was not satisfied and lowered it to 1min49s773, while Costa did 1min50s157.
In the second group, Murilo Rocha, Gustavo Bandeira, Vitor Genz, Thiago Camilo, Denis Navarro, Cacá Bueno, Ricardo Maurício, Gabriel Casagrande, Gui Backes, Galid Osman, Ricardo Zonta and Witold Ramasauskas were present.
Rocha led the first five minutes, closing his best lap in 1min50s676. He was eventually surpassed by Bueno, who recorded 1min50s150.
In the end, Bueno led the group with 1min49s604, followed by Casagrande by 0s222 difference. Zonta closed the top-3 with 1min50s025.
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Q2
Advanced to Q2: Cacá Bueno, Arthur Gama, Ricardo Zonta, Victor Andrade, Murilo Rocha, Victor Andrade, Felipe Tozzo, Nicolas Costa, Gabriel Casagrande, Jorge Martelli and Galid Osman.
Bueno set the best time with 1min48s975, with Gama right behind. Andrade and Casagrande also qualified for the sprint, as well as Murilo Rocha and Nicolas Costa.
SPRINT
Start released and Cacá Bueno managed to maintain the position, while Casagrande tried to overtake Andrade on the outside of the track. At Curva do Sol, he succeeded and took third position. Costa moved up to fifth.
At the end of the next lap, Costa managed to move up to fourth place, while Andrade fell to fifth. Cacá continued in command.
With three laps to go, the battle among the last three intensified. Rocha managed to overtake Andrade, while Costa broke free from the competitors. Meanwhile, in front, Gama approached Bueno.
On the last lap, Bueno managed to maintain the position and won the sprint. Gama finished second, followed by Casagrande, Costa, Andrade and Rocha.
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