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Cipriani and Morelli lead Spanish FD Nationals

by Gerald New on 14 Jul 2007
The International Flying Dutchman started the Spanish Championship racing Thursday. The championship is being held before the class World Championship starts on Monday 16 July at Mar Menor, Spain.

The Italian pair, Roberto Cipriani and Stef Morelli won the first race ahead of Andy McKee and mathe Bismark of New Zealand, third wer the home team of Carlo Beltri and Javier Cayuela.

In the second race went to the Spanish pair Gines Romero and Alvaro Moreno. In second place were Szabolcs Majthenyi and Domokos of Hungary with third Roberto Cipriani and Stef Morelli.

Cipriani and Morelli lead overall after two races. The Spanish pair Romero and Moreno are second and Majthenyi and Domokos third. Racing continues thro Sunday 15 July.

FD Overall positions after two races

1 ITA 10 CIPRIANI, ROBERTO/MORELLI, STEF 4 pts
2 ESP 6 ROMERO, GINES/MORENO, ALVARO 6
3 HUN 70 MAJTHÉNYI, SZABOLCS/DOMOKOS, 6
4 NZL 111 MCKEE, ANDREW/BISMARK, MATHE 6
5 ESP 7 BELTRI , CARLOS/CAYUELA, JAVIER 8
6 CRO 51 MATULA, TIN/MATULA, ROBIN 14
7 USA 36 ROBSON, LIN/FRY, JOHN 14
8 ESP 8 ECHEVARRIA, ALVARO/GARCIMARTI 14
9 HUN 13 ANDRAS, SULI/LYALL, TONI 21
10 AUT 382 CHISTOPH, AICHHOLZER/ZINGERLE, 23
11 ESP 86 SANCHEZ, JOSÉ/HIGUERA, JAVIER 25
12 NED 348 RUTTEN/RUTTEN 25
13 ITA 7 BARENGHI, ALBERTO/GUIJARRO, VI 28
14 NED 327 NOOIJEN, FRANK/HUIJSMANS, RON 32
15 ESP 87 FRENICHE, JUAN LUIS/FRENICHE, J 36
16 GBR 367 GORBOLD, JONATHAN/GORBOLD, A 37
17 SLO 1 TOMORI, LUKA/JAN URBAN 38
18 ESP 9 S.HERRERO, DOLORES/ DIEGO DE L 42
19 HUN 78 KARDOS, ANTAL/POLGAR, CSABA 43
20 GBR 382 DORAN, PETER/PHILLIPS, RICHARD 48
21 ESP 81 MARTÍNEZ, FRANCISCO/MANCHADO 48
22 ESP 85 MONTOYA, JUAN/MARTÍNEZ, 49
23 AUS 123 DOUGLAS, PARKER/MATULJA, FERD 52
24 ROM 10 MIHAI, BUTUCARU/LIVIU, DOARA 55
25 ESP 88 GALLEGO, EDUARDO/GARCÍA, EMILI 66
25 ESP 91 SEVILLA, MARCO/SEVILLA, ROBERT 66
25 GBR 386 LYALL, TONY/BUYNS, COLIN 66
25 ITA 4 VESPASIANI, NICOLA/CARINCOLA, C 66
25 ITA 45 VESPASIANI, FRANCESCO/GERUNTI 66
25 NZL 110 TAMAYA, HIDEO/MORANIEC, MARIU 66
25 POR 99 PARAISO, RAFAEL/PARAISO, FRANC 66
25 USA 1435 WELLS, PETER/WELS, BARBARA 66
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