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A special and exciting day for Mattia Bucci who, on the Val Vibrata circuit, signed the debut in the X30 Junior category with the Tony Kart material of the NEWMAN Motorsport team, already a protagonist in the most important national and international championships.

In the long day of testing, the young promise of karting in Catignano has laid the foundations for the next season's program in which he will be called upon to face the challenging category jump after the good results achieved in recent years in the 60 Mini.

On Saturday Mattia Bucci worked on the set-up of the vehicle together with the team's staff directed by Andrea Pedrini looking for the right feeling with the new material, constantly lowering his times, stopping the clock just four tenths from the best performance and showing a Import physical fitness by covering 14 rounds each. The program and the excellent work day were not ruined even by the rain, which arrived at the end of the day, with Mattia signing the third best time with rain tires.

"It was a wonderful day and I have to thank my dad and my mom who continue to support me and Giovanni Minardi together with the sponsors, as well as the whole NEWMAN Motorsport team with whom I found myself very well. I didn't expect such a positive debut. At each session I was able to lower my chronometric results by going on to run on the most experienced riders in this category. Even in the rain I had a lot of fun and now I'm anxious to plan more test days, in the perspective of 2020, "said Mattia Bucci with satisfaction"