7th leg of Renault Clio Cup has took place at Magione track in Italy by Renault Performans Team and the sponsorship of STS, Kent Olips, Omsan, Elf, CMS and Michelin at October 11th-12th.

After the competitive races in Greece, this time Clio Cup was at Magione track that has a length of 2,5 kilometers. This track has a really fast character. Open Saxo Cup, Thomson Micro Cup, Formula Gloria, Driver's Trophy Tourism and Driver's Trophy Sport Club was organised except Clio Cup at the same day.

Seedings took place at Saturday and from all Clio Cup drivers who competed for the best time at seedings, Oğuz Karaoğlu made the best time with 1.23.593. Selim Özgörkey took the second place and Ahmet Atay took the third. These pilot's times had really little differences between them and this was the signal of a competitive race at Sunday.

At Sunday Clio Cup has started with a cloudy weather and after the start at the second corner Mehmet Zeytinoğlu had a spin, but there weren't any important crash happened. Selim Erol lost his front bumper while he was competing with Mehmet Zeytinoğlu. After this accident Erol has fined with a stop and go penalty. After that penalty he returned the race at the last place. Mehmet Zeytinoğlu's vehicle had no damage after this accident but he couldn't protect his rear bumper from Volkan Özdemir at the final laps of the race. He went off the race track after Volkan's touch from his back.

Italian spectators watched that 15 lapped competition with an excitement and Oğuz Karaoğlu who races with the sponsorship of New Technology has won the race and he took the first victory of his carrier and Clio Cup. Ahmet Atay took the second place and Selim Özgörkey took the third. Aytuğ Şenefe made the best time with 1.23.432.

After his second place at Italy, Ahmet Atay declared his championship with 110 points. Selim Özgörkey guaranteed his second place with 91 points. The last race of Clio Cup is going to take place at Vallelunga Track in Italy.

Photos : Murat İLTER