In a breathtaking finish, Nicolas Costa won Race 2 of the NASCAR Brasil Series this Sunday (31) at the Interlagos Circuit. The driver, who also won Race 1, showed mastery of the strategies offered by the category and prevailed in the final seconds against Thiago Camilo, winning by just 0.092 seconds. Check out how the race went:
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The start was given and Victor Andrade, who started on pole position after the inversion of the top-6 from Race 1, touched wheels with Jorge Martelli but managed to keep his position.
On the back straight, Bruna Tomaselli suffered a touch and crashed her car into the wall, with significant damage. Before the yellow flag was deployed, Martelli and Andrade made contact and Thiago Camilo took the lead. The safety car came out on track.
The restart happened with 18 minutes still on the clock. Camilo defended his position, while Nicolas Costa took Denis Navarro out of second place. Gui Backes made a good move and secured fifth place, managing to overtake Witold Ramasauskas shortly after. Alfredinho Ibiapina took advantage and also passed Ramasauskas, who dropped to sixth place.
On the next lap, Galid Osman went off track at the ‘S’ and lost several positions. The middle of the pack came together and the battles started to get more intense, especially in the Challenge category, with Murilo Rocha chasing Backes.
On the eighth lap, Rocha succeeded and took fourth place. Shortly after, the safety car was deployed to remove Galid Osman’s car from the track.
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When the race resumed, Camilo again used the track well, blocking overtakes. A touch between Murilo Rocha and Denis Navarro ended badly for Juninho Berlanda, who was hit.
The safety car came out again to rescue Berlanda’s car.
The green flag was waved for the last lap. Camilo again managed to prevent Costa from attempting an overtake. In the fight for third place, Ramasauskas, Casagrande, and Cacá Bueno were side by side, with Cacá coming out on top.
On the main straight, Costa caught up to Camilo and managed to overtake practically at the finish line to secure his second victory of the Sunday by 0.092 seconds. Bueno took third place.
In the Challenge category, Tito Giaffone took the winner’s trophy. Alfredinho Ibiapina and Witold Ramasauskas completed the top 3.
