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21 ON Saturday afternoon 31st May 'Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi ' organized the last Au- tocrss Championship race and the 7th Motocross event all sponsored by Pasta poiatti. All together 47 competitors regisred on the day. 11 of these were Gozo drivers and riders. The Motocross events started at around 4.30pm. Both Class A and B were exciting to follow. Class A was dominated by Clayton Camilleri followed by Paul Muscat both on KTM bikes. Edward Ciantar on a Kawasaki placed 3rd on the day. The three (3) heats of Class B were dominated by Ludvic Muscat riding a 250cc KTM. He was close- ly battled by Gozitan rider Etienne Bigeni on a Honda 250 and young Kyle Camilleri on his Suzuki RM 85cc bike. The Autocross Heats started at about 7.30pm where a larger number of drivers registered for this event. The newly adopted points system resulted in the Na- tional Championship be battled to the last race. During the Heats on- ly Vince Farrugia (V W Polo) amd Josef Grech on a Fiesta won all their three heats and secured their place on the Final A grid. Chris- tian Mark Galea on a Fiat Ritmo, Philip Joe Vella on his Vauxhall Nova, Gordon Johnson on a Peu- geot 205 and Patrick Cassar on his Opel Corsa also started the Final A race. Soon after the Start a light downpour of rain showers changed the track surface. Yet, Vella took the lead and started building a marginal gap too. John- son and Galea followed till the 3rd Lap when Johnson was forced to slow down due to sudden loss of power. Emotion now tipped the scale as Farrugia, Galea and Grech were battling for the Runner-up position. Galea followed Vella's Nova while Farrugia held back of Galea and ahead of Johnson. Later Cassar and Grech retired due to mechanical failures. Class B Finalists were Jason Martin on a Volkswagen Polo, Josef Abela on a Vauxhall Nova, Ryan Scerri, Melo Zammit, An- drea Scicluna and Malcom Borg all raced on Opel Corsa. Fron the start Abela raced his Nova ahead of all present while Scicluna and Martin followed close behind. In less than two Laps Martin passed Scicluna who was also overtaken by Scerri. Borg who started from 6th place started nar- rowing the gap to Scicluna. Later on Scicluna touch the car of Borg in a critical place on track and caused him to loose control and overturn his Nove. The race was Red Flagged for securit y measures while further action is expected to be taken soon by the Executive committe. With a result to stand Abela won the race ahead of Mar- tin and Scerri. The Gozo Autocross Champion- ship was won by Dominic Zammit while the day event was won by Marvin Grima on an Opel Cor- sa followed by Joseph Vella and Joseph Agius both on Ford Fiesta. The National Autocross Cham- pionship 2013/14 sponsored by Pasta Poiatti and supported by Lu- cas Oil was won by Melo Zammit. Runner up is Vince Farrugia on a V W Polo 1400cc. The winners were presented with throphies by Hon. Chris Agius MP who was present on site during the event. Hon Agius thanked the ASMK committe and members for the organisation exhibited during the events. On Saturday 7th June ASMK will be concluding the Trials Champi- onship. This last event will take place at the ASMK Sports com- plex at Ta Qali. First race starts at 4.00pm. More information can be found in w w w.asmk.org.mt maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE 2014 Sport MOTORSPORTS Melo Zammit wins the National Autocross Championship 2013/14 Malta Formula Racing launch new website MALTA Formula Racing team stepped up gear with the launch of an all new website, www.maltafor- mularacing.com, which will be the team's billboard, together with fa- cebook and twitter accounts, to go international with days away from the first grand prix in Adria, Italy where the majority of teams have been testing. Locally the clock is also tick- ing if discovered local talent Keith Camilleri will be part of the team after such a successful and impres- sive testing sessions with the team. Funding for the young driver is still short of completion after much lo- cal enthusiasm has suddenly gone dry. This would be a massive waste if Camilleri participation falls through. Formula 1: Canada an important race for us - Alonso FERNANDO Alonso has said the Ca- nadian Grand Prix this weekend will be an 'important' race for Ferrari and that the team needs to match what its rivals have done on the development front since Monaco 'plus something'. Ferrari has struggled to match Mer- cedes and to a lesser extent Red Bull Racing so far this year, and to date the squad has taken just one podium, with Alonso coming home third in China. After finishing fourth in Monaco two weeks ago, Alonso is determined now to do better and recently he spent a few days at the team's Maranello base. "Everyone is very motivated and hungry for good results," he told Fer- rari's official website. "We are all working in one direction to improve the car and be more competitive than we saw in the first part of the champi- onship. We are realistic and we know where we are. But from now on we want to start getting different kinds of results and try and enjoy the week- ends a bit more." "Canada for sure is an important race for us," he underlined. "We have been preparing the car and improving it on the aero side. We have also been in the simulator and have done a lot of work on the set-up to try and arrive there with a better and more competi- tive machine. "Let's see what we can do. We need to wait and see what our competitors do and we need to match what they are doing plus something [to close the gap]. "Hopefully Canada is the starting point for us and we can take some good points back home."