Severi SGM

*EXCELLENT RESULT*

Italian 125 cc Prodriver Championship: Sarno Great performance of the SGM engine and the new VELOX chassis at their debut at Sarno Prodriver 125 cc Italian Championship on 1-3 October 2010. Following the excellent results got in the two previous races where the SGM-VELOX duo participated in conjunction with the driver Roberto Montagnani (3rd place on Rioveggio's debut and a 1st place on Pomposa'a night race), in order to check the behaviour of the new vehicle we also needed to test it on a track that was long and fast like the international Sarno circuit. What a better occasion than the Italian championship? We were aware it wouldn't have been easy, also considering the high number of participants (about 60), but the great work done by the SLMaranello team all over the racing weekend resulted in a constant improvement at each test session, each manche and each race, allowing us to fight for the victory which was nearly reached. Race Weekend: absolute 15th place in lap times; then a sequence of 13th, 8th, 4th place in the qualifying manches that resulted in an 11th place on the starting grid in the pre-final, then ended in an 8th place after some thrilling passes. The final race ended with an excellent 5th place following very closely the 3rd and 4th places, that makes us really happy. The new VELOX chassis demonstrated to be worth its name: it's really FAST!! ([Editor's note] “VELOCE” in Italian language means “FAST”) We do thank all the team, with special mention to the mechanic and tuner Roberto Taglini aka “il Gengio” and to the great driver Roberto Montagnani, who despite being 46 years old is still able to rule on the track.

VX Velox

In Maranello (and not only there) everybody knows that Ferrari
manufactures engines and chassis for the F1 racing competitions.

Not everybody knows, instead, that in the same city, just in front of
the entrance gates of the renowned car manufacturer, Paolo Severi who
built 125cc and 250cc displacement engines that he is still developing,
also decided to manufacture a go-kart chassis.

The goal of this project is to launch on the market a complete
combination (engine and chassis made by the same manufacturer) at an
accessible price for using in racing competitions.

The first tests, made in races valid for the Italian Championship, were
encouraging.

The debut was on the Rioveggio track where the driver Roberto Montagnani
got a 3° absolute final place.

The real test for this new engine-chassis combination was Saturday 24
July 2010 on the Pomposa track.

The result couldn't be better: 2° absolute lap time in qualifications
against 38 opponents; first place in pre-final. In the final night race,
a great Montagnani crossed the finish line first, undisturbed.

We can really say that the Severi's red chassis, equipped with the SGM
engine, is VELOX (VELOCE means FAST in Italian).

Note that in the KZ1 European championship the SGM engines allowed the
driver Antonio Piccioni to get a 10° absolute place despite
participating to only one race, the Sarno race where he got a gratifying 5° absolute place.

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