The 2006 200 km of Buenos Aires is the third

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of this touring car race on the TC2000 season. The race was held in the Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez in

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In front of more than 45,000 spectators, displaying much aptitude and aplomb, Argentina's

Matías Rossi Matías Rossi (born 2 April 1984) is an Argentine racecar driver. He competes full-time in the Turismo Carretera, driving the No. 317 Toyota Camry for Toyota Gazoo Racing and in the Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 117 Toyota Corolla for ...

and Switzerland's

Alain Menu Alain Menu (born 9 August 1963) is a Swiss racing driver who is currently working for Team BMR as a driving coach. He was one of the most successful touring car drivers of the 1990s, winning the prestigious British Touring Car Championship twice ...

, aboard a Chevrolet Astra of the Chevrolet Elaion team, the pairing came home winners of the third edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km, round 12 of the Argentinian TC2000 Championship. Second place went to Martín Basso and Brazil's

Hoover Orsi Hoover Orsi Pereira Martins (born May 16, 1978 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul) is a Brazilian race car driver. He began his professional career in 1998 in the European Formula Renault series where he captured 4th place. He returned to Sout ...

(Ford YPF), and third to Fabián Flaqué and Ernesto Bessone (RV Competición). Buenos Aires, October 29, 2006.- In front of more than 45.000 spectators, displaying much aptitude and aplomb, Argentina's Matías Rossi and Switzerland's Alain Menu, aboard a Chevrolet Astra of the Chevrolet Elaion team, the pairing came home winners of the third edition of the Buenos Aires 200 km, round 12 of the Argentinian TC2000 Championship. Second place went to Martín Basso and Brazil's Hoover Orsi (Ford YPF), and third to Fabián Flaqué and Ernesto Bessone (RV Competición). A very inspired Rossi, as he usually is on each round, and a very efficient Menu, gave shape to a duo which dominated at Buenos Aires, because the "Grenadier" (as Rossi is known) -who drove the first stint- climbed through the field from 8th on the grid, to first place, and handed over his car in perfect condition to his co-driver, who kept it in front and escaped even further from his pursuers. Apart from the great show provided by these two, in this special event of TC2000, there are many things to point out which gave the day a special brilliance and added more ingredients to the fight for the title. The other contenders, Gabriel Ponce de León (Ford-YPF) and Juan Manuel Silva (Honda Petrobras Lubrax) faced a series of problems and did not add to their championship tally. Deception came quickly for "Pato" Silva, as on lap 3 he saw as his car's race ended after his co-driver was nerfed off the track by Flaqué (who stated that it was "unavoidable") at the exit of Ascari and ended up in the barriers. For Ponce de León the story was different, but finished in the same way. The driver from Junín started from 10th and was in 7th place when he stopped at the pits for the driver change on lap 17. After a very quick driver change (15 secs) the number 1 Focus stalled, but the team got it going rapidly again. All would come to an end when Brazil's David Muffato overdid things and hit the tyre barriers. While their rivals encountered trouble, Rossi climbed through the field and from 4th, shortly after the start, he got past Flaqué on the back straight before the end of lap 1 and did the same with Ortelli (Renault Mégane) on lap 3, and a lap later he overtook Basso superbly at Salotto, with a move that will remain in everyone's minds for a long time. Once in the lead, the only remaining official Chevrolet driver (Christian Ledesma and Marcelo Bugliotti had already retired) began to worked out an advantage by way of several lap records, while behind him, Basso and Ortelli fought it out for second, closely followed by Emiliano Spataro (Sport team), Diego Aventín (Honda Petrobras Podium) and Norberto Fontana (Toyota Team Argentina). As from lap 15, driver changes were allowed. Rossi stopped and handed over to Menu, while Ortelli overtook Basso on lap 16, and soon after Basso stopped. But, in the best Formula One style, the Ford team was quicker than the Renault pits staff and Orsi went out onto the track before Verna could retain 2nd place. After the mentioned driver changes, Spataro took the lead and tried to edge away from his rivals prior to his pit stop, but his efforts were not enough and co-driver Cacá Bueno went back to the track in 3rd behind Menu and Orsi. Flaqué was also coming through the field and claimed 2nd place following the pit stops before he handed over his Ford Focus to Ernesto Bessone on lap 20. After the driver change period, Menu was a comfortable leader, with a 14secs cushion over Orsi, who in turn was followed by Bueno, Verna and Bessone, who would be one of the leading protagonists of the latter stages of the race, together with Switzerland's Menu and Brazil's Felipe Maluhy (Lucas Benamo's co-driver in the Renault TC2000 Team). Menu set a number of lap records and increased his advantage on his way to a resounding victory. Bessone got past Verna and Bueno and ended up in 3rd place, while Maluhy also got the better of Verna and then unsuccessfully tried to get past his countryman Bueno. Behind these came the driver pairings of Leandro Carducci/Henry Martin and Rubén Salerno/Roberto Urretavizcaya, aboard VW Boras of the privateer Sportteam outfit, completing a great job by team directed by Sergio Polze, with three cars in the first seven places. The first ten places were completed by Maximiliano Merlino/Sebastián Diruscio (Proas Motorsport) and Guillermo Valle/José Luis Di Palma (RV Competicion).

Results

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Emiliano Spataro Emiliano Spataro (born May 25, 1976, in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Turismo Carretera, TC 2000, Top Race and Formula Three Sudamericana. He also raced at the 2010 Dak ...

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Guillermo Ortelli Guillermo Ortelli (born in Salto, Buenos Aires Province on April 25, 1973) is an Argentine race car driver, who currently is competing in several domestic series. He is one of the drivers with the most titles in the history of Turismo Carretera: ...

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Sebastián Porto , align="left", Chevrolet Astra , - align="center" , 13 , align="left", 5 , align="left",

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Ariel Pacho , align="left", Chevrolet Astra , - align="center" , 16 , align="left", 21 , align="left",

Emanuel Moriatis Emanuel Alexis Moriatis (born January 19, 1980, in Lanús, Buenos Aires province) is an Argentine (of Greek origin) racing driver. He won the Turismo Carretera championship in 2009, and the Turismo Nacional Clase 3 championship in 2012 and 201 ...

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Diego Menéndez , align="left",

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Norberto Fontana Norberto Edgardo Fontana (born 20 January 1975) is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in four Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 June 1997 but scoring no championship points. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separat ...

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Enrique Bernoldi , align="left",

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Walter Hernández , align="left", Chevrolet Astra , - align="center" , 23 , align="left", 31 , align="left", Jorge Trebbiani
Nicolás Iglesias , align="left", Chevrolet Astra , - align="center" , 24 , align="left", 10 , align="left",

Gabriel Furlán Néstor Gabriel Furlán (born October 13, 1964) is an Argentine racing driver. He has run in different series, with major success in Formula Three Sudamericana and TC2000. He won the Formula Three Sudamericana championship four times, in 1989, ...

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Luis José di Palma , align="left", Ford Focus , - align="center" , 26 , align="left", 19 , align="left", Franco Coscia
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