Soaking in Norfolk - 02.07.08
This weekends rounds of the British GT Championship, found Colchester racer, Fulvio Mussi at Snetterton Circuit, with conditions typically British. It was the first time the team had a chance to test the cars in the wet, rather than straight into a wet race. Mussi took the car for its first qualifying session which meant he had to start the first race, in torrential rain. He had a steady first few laps until the now quick Aston Martin crashed out at the high speed bomb hole......... read more >>
Drenched Rockingham - 08.06.08
It was a very wet Corby that greeted us for rounds five and six of the British GT Championship, over the May bank holiday weekend. This was my first real outing in the wet and although I was still in a Ginetta G50 it was a different car to the previous four rounds so I took a little while to adapt. When we went out for the first qualifying session on Sunday I was extremely confident and we were able to secure second on the grid for the first race, despite the........ read more >>
Mussi succeeds in Scotland - 16.04.08
A Cold Knockhill Circuit in Dunfermline, Scotland was the setting for rounds three and four of the British GT Championship, where Colchester born racer Fulvio Mussi maintained his form and had two visits to the podium. Friday saw Mussi have only his second test in this brand new Ginetta G50, during which several set up changes where made to achieve race winning pace. Saturdays qualifying was a mixed bag of events with Mussi's team........ read more >>
Touring Car Test - 06.12.07
After the excitement of coming second in the Blaupunkt Seat Cupra Championship I was really looking forward to my day with the Seat Touring Car team. As part of my prize I was invited to test in the British Touring car at Rockingham Raceway with Seat's principle driver Jason Plato. Seat view the day in a very professional way and I have to arrive early for a briefing of the day's itinerary and the technical aspects of the car set up, track conditions and........ read more >>
Mussi clinches second in the championship - 16.10.07
Thruxton race circuit was the setting for the finale of the British Touring Car Championship and Support races at the weekend, and Colchester driver Fulvio Mussi had it all to play for with second place in the Seat Cupra championship in his grasp. After an exception season, becoming the youngest ever race winner in the new Seat Cupra, Mussi has gone on to consistently drive himself into a well deserved second place in the championship........ read more >>
Mussi holds onto second - 04.09.07
Colchester based driver Fulvio Mussi had hoped to secure second place in the Seat Cupra Championship in the penultimate two rounds of the season, at Knock Hill in Scotland, this weekend, but gear box problems dogged him all weekend and he had to be content with two midfield finishes. Mussi qualified well for round 17 on the Saturday but was forced back four places as a further penalty for his yellow flag infringement at Brands Hatch......... read more >>
Fulvio Mussi, Youngest ever Seat Cupra racing winner - 20.08.07
A terrific start from 2nd on the grid put Mussi in front at the first bend from where he drove solidly to his eighth podium and first win of the season at Brands Hatch to crown him the youngest ever Seat Supercopa race winner. It must have been a weekend of mixed emotions for Colchester based driver Fulvio Mussi, after a dry qualifying on Saturday, he was placed 4th and 2nd on the grid for rounds 15 and 16 of the Seat........ read more >>
Mussi in home race - 31.07.07
A group of enthusiastic local supporters were in attendance at Snetterton race circuit to watch Colchester driver Fulvio Mussi compete in rounds 13 and 14 of the Seat Cupra Championship, this weekend. Mussi, battling with engine problems, snatched third place on the grid in the dying seconds of the first qualifying on Saturday and took fourth on the grid in the second. The rain forecast for Sunday never materialised and spectators......... read more >>
Mussi brings home seventh podium despite weather - 15.07.07
It was carnage on the first bend of the first race of the day at Donnington Park on Sunday, when Colchester driver Fulvio Mussi competed in round eleven of the Seat Cupra Championship. The appalling weather conditions had made the track treacherous and eleven cars were missing from the grid for the restart sometime later. Mussi had struggled with engine problems during a dry qualifying on Saturday and was only......... read more >>
Double podium for Mussi - 24.06.07
A Sunny North Yorkshire was the setting for the 7th & 8th round of the S C C at Croft circuit this weekend. Colchester racing driver and Championship contender Fulvio Mussi gained more vital points in his bid for the title, reinforcing his second place position with two visits to the podium on Sunday. Mussi's consistency and reliability this year has established him as a fore runner in the championship and in both qualifying sessions........ read more >>
Mussi strives for title - 07.05.07
Colchester's Fulvio Mussi kept up his fight for the Seat Cupra Championship during rounds 5 & 6 at Thruxton this weekend Yet again Mussi found his form in the second race of the day taking a comfortable second place to put him back up to 2nd in the championship title after dropped scores. After two confident qualifying sessions on Saturday Mussi sat fourth on the grid for the first race. A mixed start saw him slip to sixth........ read more >>
Second podium for Mussi - 27.04.07
Colchester born racer, Fulvio Mussi made his second trip to the podium at only the second race weekend at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire. A great start to the weekend coming away second in testing. But throughout qualifying Mussi struggled with braking problems and qualified a disappointing 7th for both rounds of this exciting championship. With one of his spectacular starts Mussi was up to third by the first bend......... read more >>
First round podium for Mussi - 01.04.07
Colchester based Fulvio Mussi started the new season of the Blaupunkt Seat Cupra Championship with his usual professionalism and enthusiasm. Despite only one pre season outing in his new 2007 Seat Leon, Mussi stayed true to form and put in two good qualifying rounds to start fourth and third in rounds one and two of the championship. The excitement of the first round of the season overflowed and at the first corner......... read more >>
Mussi fastest in Touring Car Test - 03.12.06
After what can only be described as an exciting climax to the season, I was delighted, as the youngest driver in the British Seat championship and youngest ever race winner, to finish an impressive fourth, and win a test with Seat Motorsport in the current Seat Leon touring car as driven by Jason Plato. This would be the most important day of my racing career. We where invited to meet with the British Championship........ read more >>