Strong weekend pace rewarded with more points in Mugello 12 Hours for Buggyra

The second round of the 2023 24H Series campaign proved to be a rollercoaster of emotions for the Buggyra ZM Racing trio of Aliyyah Koloc, Adam Lacko and David Vršecky, who claimed second place in the 12 Hours of Mugello.

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Strong weekend pace
rewarded with more
points in Mugello 12
Hours for Buggyra
Although a 12 Hour race in name, the uniqueness of the Mugello
weekend was such that two races of six hours in length were run on
consecutive days, with the aggregate across the two counting towards
the final result.
"It started off well, but in the last 15
minutes during David's stint, he said
he had a problem with the clutch and
had to stop the car and we weren't
able to pass the chequered flag.
So that wasn't easy, especially as we had a good strategy and
were fighting for the win for the 12 hours.
It's hard to take that we had the problem in the last
15 minutes of a 12-hour race but at least we know
the strategy was the right one." Free Practice and
Qualifying Things got off to the perfect start by
topping free practice by almost a full second around
the 5.245km circuit.
The combined average qualifying time was just over three
tenths of a second quicker than the second placed
competitors.
Saturday Race Vršecky took the
start and successfully maintained the
lead of the race on the opening lap,
even dicing briefly with faster Cup
cars ahead of him early on.
"Today, there were a lot of mixed emotions, In the beginning things were
going really well but we had to pit unexpectedly because of an issue with the
brakes," explained Aliyyah after the race.
"So, we were behind by a couple of laps, but both cars
in front of us also had problems so that brought us into
the lead." Sunday Race Having inherited the lead on
the final lap of Saturday's first part of the race, the
#416 should have started Sunday's segment from pole
position and with a
Like Saturday's opening salvo, Vršecky started and held a reduced lead
over the chasing rival in second before swapping with Lacko, who drove an
incredible stint to restore the team's one-lap advantage at the head of the
field.
The team had to overcome a number
of challenges in the second part of
the race, most notably several Code
60 interruptions which contributed to
a somewhat stop-start nature.
Aliyyah drove well during her time in the car and handed over to
Vršecky in the closing stages as the team attempted to chase down the
leaders for the class win.
The race ended in disappointment as
a technical issue meant Vršecky had
to pull off the circuit 15 minutes from
the end, while running in second
place.
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