Bertonelli at the top: he is the first driver of the day to break the 'historic' barrier of 1’50.
On Wednesday, April 13th, the 2022 season of the prestigious Porsche Carrera Cup Italia single-brand championship opened at the Autodromo Nazionale in Monza. Among the many drivers in the race this year is the former MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo.
From the morning, interesting times were recorded, and the protagonist, who reached the best time first in 1’49”824, breaking the historic barrier of 1’50, was Diego Bertonelli, born in 1998, a driver of the BeDriver team affiliated with Centro Porsche Piacenza.
The BeDriver Team, based in Paderno Dugnano, is making its debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia and is ready to face this competition with the utmost commitment. "I am pleased to have a professional like Diego Bertonelli on our team," says Alessandro Poli, Sole Director of the company BeDriver srl. "This is the first year our team will officially be part of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia. Diego is a professional we highly esteem, and we can't wait to start working with him. It promises to be a very interesting season. We found a good feeling during the official test, and now we need to stay focused and work for the first race, which will take place at Imola on May 7th and 8th."
The test day concluded in the afternoon with a third time for Bertonelli, who improved his time by one-tenth, which had raised him to the first position in the morning, and set a record in the third sector, lapping in 49”7. The first and second places were conquered with a double for the Ombra Team with drivers Quaresmini (1’49”426) and Caglioni (1’49”623).