Trofeo Italiano Amatori, stage 2

The second stage of Trofeo Italiano Amatori took place on the track of Vallelunga on 23 May. Unfortunately the sport week-end was marred by a tragic event. A serious accident happened during one of the qualification rounds: a mass collision in which eight people were injured took one pilot's life. Of course, it ruined the participants' positive fighting mood and in the second qualification round the majority of sportsmen couldn't improve in spite of their good morning results.

As for our Russian racers, Natalya Lubimova was able to win back five positions in comparison with her 12th qualification result at the beginning of the race and defended herself successfully on the first corners. But, unfortunately, The Italian racer Emiliano Ferro (  28) lost control of his bike on a slow corner and ran into our pilot on the first lap of the race. So Natalya couldn't continue the race.

Nadja Yakhnich started very well and kept the fighting to the end of the race trying to narrow minimal gaps between her and her rivals, but nevertheless the results of the race didn't come up to the racer's expectations.

Nadja Yakhnich: "Of course, I could have recorded better time, but it must have been the result of my susceptibility and stress: my inner state couldn't help being affected by the racer's death and my team-mate's fall. This race was really difficult from the psychological point of view and therefore it wasn't as successful as I had expected".

Details of this sport week-end can be read in Nadja Yakhnich's blog.