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40 DSG ENDURANCE The TCR DSG Endurance title will be decided at the final round, at Mugello on October 6th, as the two main contenders dominated the fifth 2-hour race of the season, at Imola, and crossed the finish line separated by one second. Victory went to the BF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS of Giacomo Barri- Ermanno Dionisio, who led from the start and so reduced the gap from the championship leaders Giovanni and Alessandro Altoè, who finished second Barri-Dionisiowinat Imola andkeepthetitlebidalive Behind him, Giovanni Altoè led a group that delivered close fights. After all pit stops, Dionisio maintained his Audi in the lead, with a 30-second gap over Alessandro Altoè. After the second round of pit stops, Giovanni Altoè and Barri began a fierce fight and the Audi passed the CUPRA with 35 minutes left in the race. Fifteen minutes later, the safety car was deployed in order to recover Gabriele Volpato’s Audi that had pulled over with a broken front right wheel. When racing resumed, the positions didn’t change despite Altoè’s attacks. Barri secured the second win of the season and Giuseppen Montalbano crossed the line in third position, but he was then dropped to fourth by a penalty and so handed the third step of the podium to Raffaele Gurrieri-Eric Scalvini. Round 5 – Sunday 1 September, Autodromo E. & D. Ferrari, Imola 1. G. Barri/E. Dionisio (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS); 2. G. Altoè/A. Altoè (CUPRA Racing, CUPRA); 3. R. Gurrieri/E. Scalvini (VW Customer Racing, Volkswagen Golf GTI) after a close battle. Cosimo Barberini and Carlotta Fedeli, third in the standings, finished in tenth position as their CUPRA suffered from a fuel pump issue and so dropped out of the title fight. The race started at sprint pace, with Barri making the most out of his second position on the grid to steal the lead from the poleman Sandro Pelatti. By lap 5, Barri had already built a ten-second gap that would remain stable until the first pit stop.