FRANCIACORTA HISTORIC
THE 2022 FRANCIACORTA HISTORIC REGULARITY ENDED WITH A PHOTO-FINISH WIN FOR THE YOUNG DUO OF EDOARDO BELLINI – ROBERTO TIBERTI DUO IN THEIR 1937 FIAT 508C, WHO PREVAILED BY ONLY 2 PENALTY POINTS OVER THE CREW OF GUIDO BARCELLA AND OMBRETTA GHIDOTTI IN A 1938 FIAT 508C, WHILE ALBERTO ALIVERTI AND STEFANO VALENTE, IN THEIR 1929 ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 SS ZAGATO, TOOK THIRD PLACE.
THE EVENT WAS TAKING PLACE FOR THE 15TH TIME, THIS TIME RESERVED FOR CARS BUILT BEFORE 1971, IN ADDITION TO A SELECTION OF MODELS OF PARTICULAR HISTORICAL AND COLLECTOR’S INTEREST PRODUCED UP TO 1976, AND SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE PICTURESQUE ROADS RUNNING THROUGH THE VINEYARDS OF FRANCIACORTA, LAKE ISEO AND VAL TROMPIA.
EBERHARD & CO., AS THE EVENT’S MAIN SPONSOR AND OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER, KEPT TIME FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT AND AWARDED A CHRONOGRAPH FROM THE CHAMPION V COLLECTION TO THE FIRST CREW IN THE UNDER 30 CATEGORY, NICOLA BARCELLA AND MICHELE VECCHI IN A 1963 PORSCHE 356 C COUPE.
THE COMPETITION SAW 125 CREWS LINE UP AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AT THE START (OUT OF 130 WHO HAD REGISTERED), TO COMPETE OVER AN UNPRECEDENTED ROUTE OF SPECTACULAR SECTIONS TOTALLING SOME 170 KM, AND 53 TIMED TESTS.
HEADQUARTERS FOR THE EVENT AND SETTING OFF POINT FOR THE CREWS WAS CANTINA FERGHETTINA IN ADRO. FROM THE START, THE COMPETITORS FACED THE CHALLENGE OF 17 TESTS SKIRTING THE HAMLETS OF NIGOLINE, TORBIATO, LOVERA, COLOMBARO AND TIMOLINE. THE CREWS TRAVERSED THE BRESCIA SHORE OF LAKE ISEO, THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ISEO, SULZANO, PILZONE, SALE MARASINO, MARONE, VELLO, TOLINE AND PISOGNE, AND THEN BEGAN THE ASCENT TO THE COLLE DI SAN ZENO. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CARS ALSO TACKLED THE ROADS OF THE UPPER VAL TROMPIA IN THE DIRECTION OF PASSO MANIVA. AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL OLD CENTRES OF COLLIO AND BOVEGNO, THE CARS HEADED THROUGH IRMA, MARMENTINO, TAVERNOLE, MARCHENO, GARDONE VAL TROMPIA, SAREZZO, POLAVENO AND OME, BEFORE RETURNING TO ADRO.
