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Terça-feira, 02 de dezembro de 2008
 Barrichello wins heat 1 at Massa’s go-kart race in Brazil
Xandy Negrão will start on pole on race 2
FLORIANÓPOLIS – After a fierce battle against polesitter Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian Stock Car ace Thiago Camilo and special guest Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello won the heat 1 of the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champs, held this morning at the Ingleses Kart Track in Florianópolis (Brasil). Schumacher finished 4th, right in front of Felipe Massa, the Ferrari driver ending in a style a recovery race as he had started only in 12th.
 It was an eventful race, plenty of spins, shunts and a slippery track towards the end of the 34 laps, when a sudden and brief rain hit the 1.0002 meter track. Schumacher was one of the victims of the worsening of the asphalt conditions, the German rejoining the race far behind Camilo. Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi, a frontrunner in the early stages, retired after crashing his kart. Liuzzi has decided to leave the event with a pair of ribs injured.
The second race will start at 17h00 (ECT). Benefited from the GP2-reversed grid style, Xandy Negrão departs on pole, while Barrichello closes the fourth row.
Race 1
1) Rubens Barrichello, 34 laps in 24min25s119 (average 83,70 km/h)
2) Lucas Di Grassi, + 1s211
3) Thiago Camilo, + 5s722
4) Michael Schumacher, + 15s332
5) Felipe Massa, + 20s996
6) Allam Khodair, + 23s177
7) Felipe Giaffone, + 23s522
 8) Xandinho Negrão, + 28s826
9) Ricardo Zonta, + 40s205
10) Max Wilson, + 51s060
11) Tony Kanaan, + 1 lap
12) Luciano Burti, + 1 lap
13) Alexandre Barros, + 1 lap
14) Roberto Pupo Moreno, + 1 lap
15) João Paulo Oliveira, + 2 laps
16) Popó Bueno, a + 2 laps
17) Luis Tedesco, a + 3 laps
18) Marcos Gomes, + 7 laps
19) Vitor Meira, + 8 laps
20) Luca Badoer, + 8 laps
21) Vitantonio Liuzzi, + 10 laps
22) Jeff Gordon, + 10 laps
23) Antonio Pizzonia, + 12 laps
24) Tarso Marques, + 13 laps
25) Ricardo Mauricio, + 17 laps
26) Mario Moraes, + 33 laps
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