Monza Superstars: Biagi completes Mercedes clean-sweep

Having followed team-mate Tonio Liuzzi home in the morning's first encounter, Biagi made the most of the top eight reverse grid to charge from the fourth row to second position almost immediately.

Several laps later he found a way past polesitter and early leader Andrea Bacci (CAAL Racing Mercedes), taking the lead after an aborted passing attempt saw him skip the first chicane a lap earlier.

Once in front, a sequence of fast laps gave Biagi a handy lead, which proved to be enough to see the former BMW driver win his first race in Mercedes colours.

Liuzzi finished second, a sluggish start and a long stint in traffic leaving him unable to challenge for the win. Luigi Ferrara replicated his race one result with a lonely third.

Gianni Morbidelli finished fourth, but it was hardly a walk in the park for the Audi Sport Italia driver. Having spent the first part of the race bottled up behind Francesco Sini's Chevrolet, Morbidelli then found himself in a tense scrap with Bacci in the closing laps.

In the end it took a small nudge from Morbidelli to help create a gap big enough for the Audi to sneak through.

Bacci and Sini finished fifth and sixth respectively, ahead of the cartoon-themed 'Diabolik' entry from Ferlito Jaguar, and Giovanni Berton in the Dinamic BMW.

Results - 14 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time/Gap
 1.  Thomas Biagi         Ferraris Mercedes   27m13.157s
 2.  Tonio Liuzzi         Ferraris Mercedes     + 2.277s
 3.  Luigi Ferrara        Roma Mercedes         + 5.930s
 4.  Gianni Morbidelli    Audi Italia          + 17.287s
 5.  Andrea Bacci         CAAL Mercedes        + 20.791s
 6.  Francesco Sini       Solaris Chevrolet    + 27.821s
 7.  'Diabolik'           Ferlito Jaguar       + 51.817s
 8.  Giovanni Berton      Dinamic BMW        + 1m03.182s
 9.  Francesco Ascani     Todi BMW           + 1m03.945s
10.  Roberto Benedetti    RC Cadillac        + 1m15.334s
11.  Leonardo Baccarelli  CAAL Mercedes          + 1 lap
12.  Mauro Trentin        Dinamic BMW            + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Ferdinando Geri      Audi Italia            12 laps
     Andrea Larini        Ferlito Jaguar          5 laps
     Max Fantini          Petri Porsche            1 lap
     Gianni Giudici       Giudici BMW             0 laps
     Max Mugelli          Dinamic BMW             0 laps