Davide Ongaro vince il Philippine Masters 2024, grande!
🏆CHAMPION ALERT: Unstoppable Ongaro!
Davide Ongaro is the Philippine Masters 2024 Champion, a masterclass in raw pace enough to overcome a flameout coming into the second round of pitstops. The back-to-back Nitro Buggy World Champion put his head down, taking just 25 minutes to catch a full lap on the field and regain the lead. From there he continued to build, going to the line well clear.
Ongaro’s recovery aside, it was a fascinating race – Atsushi Hara settling into second then taking over up front with Davide’s trouble. Hara was strong for the bulk of the race, seemingly destined for second until he seemed to run out of steam with ten to go…just as Ryan Pavidis finally broke clear of a race-long recovery of his own from a first lap disaster. Pavidis was dynamite over the last ten, closing on the exhausted Hara – match fitness perhaps at play – to take over the #2 spot with just a couple of minutes to go.
Neumann was in the battle with Pavidis all race to finish fourth, Christian Wolhuter a typically persistent run to fifth, and Alex Bernadzik rueing two separate engine cuts in sixth and left to wonder what might have been. Ryan Lutz another to suffer engine cuts, with hot conditions, and a slicking-off track causing mileage issues for multiple drivers.
