On a hot Sunday that at the Mugello Circuit marked the seasonal turning point of the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia amid numerous twists and turns, Leonardo Caglioni won race 2 of the third round of the tricolor mono-make, which presented itself at the mid-season appointment with 35 cars and 17 teams in action on the track. Over the Tuscan weekend, on one of the drivers' most loved circuits, the new 911 GT3 Cup used this year in the Porsche Italia series achieved high-profile time trials: Matteo Malucelli (Team Malucelli - Centro Porsche Modena), despite the high temperatures, on Saturday morning he had obtained the pole of race 1 by lapping under the limit wall of 1'e 50 ”(1'49” 809). Then, thanks to a lightning-fast start from the third row, it was Giammarco Quaresmini who triumphed at the finish line in race 1.

The decisive moment of race 2 at Mugello, after the second safety car, was the overtaking that Caglioni, who at the age of 19 brought the Scholarship Program of Porsche Italia back to the top step, prepared well at the San Donato on Laurini. The Dinamic Motorsport driver had kept the lead right from the start and had defended him in the two restarts, but a few laps from the end he had to surrender to the Ombra Racing rider, finishing second in any case and bringing the reigning champion team back to the podium. team. With Quaresmini third, the rivals for the title concluded below the podium: Malucelli, second in race 1, this time fourth at the finish line avoiding unnecessary risks, while the reigning champion Alberto Cerqui (Ghinzani Arco Motorsport - Porsche Centers Milan) recovered from 23rd to sixth after the penalty inflicted on Saturday for jump start. Between the two, complete with the fastest lap (1'52 "863), the South African of AB Racing - Porsche Centers Rome Keagan Masters was placed in fifth place, always tough in his comebacks.

The recovery of some drivers was also facilitated from the two episodes that forced the race direction to use the safety car. Fighting for second place, on lap three Benedetto Strignano, in an attempt to overtake him, was the turn of the BeDriver - Centro Porsche Piacenza Diego Bertonelli standard-bearer to Casanova-Savelli , who had overtaken him at the start. Bertonelli stopped definitively in the escape routes, while the Villorba Corse - Centro Porsche Treviso driver was penalized by 25 seconds, plummeting to the bottom of the standings. At the restart from the first safety car, on lap five another neutralization period was called due to a carom triggered by a contact between Aldo Festante, who was attacking the top-5, and Giammarco Levorato. Both were forced to retire due to the damage reported, as was Alberto De Amicis.

The leader of the Michelin Cup had to discard Stefano Monaco's car (which also ended up spinning in the carom) and was hit by another driver who arrived, resulting in retirement after the class success obtained in race 1 on Saturday. Michelin Cup, with the Ebimotors leader out of the game, it was Marco Cassarà who took the first personal center of the season. The reigning champion of Raptor Engineering - Centro Porsche Catania preceded Luca Pastorelli (Krypton Motorsport) and Gianluca Giorgi (Ebimotors) on the podium.

Returning to the absolute top-10, behind Caglioni-Laurini-Quaresmini-Malucelli-Masters-Cerqui, in seventh place was a combative Giorgio Amati (Ghinzani Arco Motorsport - Porsche Centers Milan), eighth was Alessandro Giardelli (Ebimotors - Porsche Center Varese), ninth Andrea Fontana (Bonaldi Motorsport - Porsche Center Bergamo) and tenth the 17 year old Lithuanian rookie Kajus Siksnelis (Dinamic Motorpsort - Porsche Center Bologna), the youngest of the lot. During the Mugello weekend, Jorge Lorenzo was also the protagonist, making his debut on four wheels on the Tuscan circuit that he has faced many times in the World Championship. Despite not having carried out tests, the multiple MotoGP champion now rider of the Q8 Hi Perform Team managed to improve his limits by two seconds between free practice and qualifying and touched the points zone in race 1 on Saturday,

In the class reserved for the slightly older 911 GT3 Cups (model 991.II), race 2 of the Silver Cup was won by Max Donzelli. The Raptor Engineering - Porsche Center Catania driver is at his second success of the season and preceded on the podium, approaching him in the standings, the current leader Davide Scannicchio (ZRS Motorsport) and Paolo Venerosi (Ebimotors).

Leonardo Caglioni (Race 2 winner): “I have to thank the whole team for their support, this is a fantastic victory! I didn't have a good start at the start, but I recovered from the first corners and then I remained in the group of the best. The car was fast and after the second safety car I took the lead overtaking Laurini. At that point I built an advantage and managed the final stages well up to the checkered flag ”.