{"id":144545,"date":"2015-10-25T23:36:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T22:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/?p=144545"},"modified":"2015-10-25T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T22:36:04","slug":"maserati-trofeo-rookies-shine-in-round-5-at-suzuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2015\/10\/25\/maserati-trofeo-rookies-shine-in-round-5-at-suzuka\/","title":{"rendered":"Maserati Trofeo: Rookies Shine in Round 5 at Suzuka"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fifth round of the 2015 Maserati Trofeo World Series took place at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan this weekend. The penultimate round witnessed two different winners from the two races on Saturday and Sunday. Riccardo Ragazzi won race 1 while rookie Alessandro Fogliani claimed his first Maserati Trofeo win in race 2.<\/p>\n

Ragazzi started race 1 from pole and thrived all the way to the chequered flag in an undisputed manner. He\u2019s currently second in the standings behind Romain Monti, the two will battle out for the 2015 championship title at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Monti finished race 1 in P2 after a last minute overtaking manoeuvre on former F1 driver Shinji Nakano who was a guest in this round – Nakano finished third eventually. <\/p>\n

An excited Ragazzi said, \u201cI got off to a solid start and tried to push hard to gain a few seconds on the others. I could see Nakano in my wing mirrors but then the safety car came on to close up the pack. I continued pressing at the restart and secured the win. I am really pleased because I have added another Maserati Trofeo victory outside Europe following the wins in Shanghai and Sonoma\u201d.<\/p>\r\n