Only three tenths of a second separated Luca Scassa from his first victory in the Italian Superbike Championship. At Vallelunga Circuit, near Rome, last weekend during the third round of the championship, the official rider of Team UnionBike Gimotorsports MV Agusta got off to an excellent start and was in the lead at the end of the first lap. After gaining a sufficient gap on championship leader Claudio Corti, Luca conceded the lead of the race to Luca Conforti’s Honda with the intention of playing his cards towards the end of the race. Unfortunately backmarkers slowed the leaders enough to allow Brignola to catch and pass them. On the last lap Scassa attempted to pass his rival but to no avail. “I gave it everything I had” exclaimed Luca “the backmarkers were not warned of our arrival with blue flags. We can’t blame them completely, but I believe the result has been affected by them. On my part I’m satisfied with the way I rode and the way the team worked. The bike handled perfectly in the bends and helped me gain the ground I’d lose down the straights.” Maurizio Pratichizzo rode well and brought his Team Factory SBK MV Agusta to sixth place. In the SuperStock class Ilario Dionisi finished eighth after a bad start from his third place on the grid and after having gone straight at one of the corners in order to avoid a crash between other two riders. The next round of the Italian Championship will be held at Misano on the27th of July. Qualifying Results SBK: 1. Scassa (MV Agusta) in 1’38.560; 2. Pratichizzo (MV Agusta) in 1’39.212; 3. Corti (Yamaha) in 1’39.262; 4. Conforti (Honda) in 1’39.316; “¦ Finishing Order SBK: 1. Brignola (Honda); 2. Scassa (MV Agusta) a 0.375; 3. Conforti (Honda) a 1.703; “¦ 6. Pratichizzo (MV Agusta) a 20.447 Championship Standings SBK: 1. Corti pt. 63; 2. Conforti pt. 47; 3. Scassa pt. 40; 4. Mauri pt. 37; “¦ 6. Pratichizzo pt. 36 Qualifying Results STK: 1. Pirro (Yamaha) in 1’39.261; 2. Giugliano (Suzuki) in 1’39.461; 3. Dionisi (MV Agusta) in 1’39.780; 4. Cruciani (Ducati) in 1’39.859; “¦ Finishing Order STK: 1. Pirro (Yamaha); 2. Giugliano (Suzuki) a 6.329; 3. Salvatore (Yamaha) a 6.672; “¦; 8. Dionisi (MV Agusta) a 14.913; “¦ Championship Standings STK: 1. Pirro 70; 2. Giugliano 61; 3. Polita 42; 4. Magnoni 36; “¦; 16. Dionisi 8; “¦.