24/02/2026 - 2025 CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY

AUTOMOBILE CLUB MANTOVA HONORS MANTUAN ATHLETES WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN 2025
Today, at the Tazio Nuvolari Museum in the heart of Mantua, the award ceremony for the “2025 Social Championship” took place. The event, organized by Aci Mantova, celebrated Mantuan sporting members who excelled across various disciplines, from rally and karting to historic motorsport, with more than 40 award recipients in total.

Paying tribute to our Champions were Alberto Marenghi, President of Automobile Club Mantova; Luigi Simoneschi, President of the Sporting Commission; and Giuseppe Pottocar, Director.

LIST OF AWARD RECIPIENTS
- Overall Champion 2025: Valerio Viapiana (Karting)
- Rally Crew: 1st Alessandro Colombi-Paolo Gozzo
- Rally Driver: 1st Andrea Mirandola
- Rally Co-Drivers: 1st Paola Ferrari, 2nd Rudy Briani, 3rd Massimo Boni
- Historic Circuit Racing: 1st Gilles Giovannini, 2nd Thomas Giovannini
- Hstoric Hill Climb Racing: 1st Francesco Stevanin
- Historic Regularity Co-Drivers: 1st Caterina Vagliani, 2nd Yuri Merlo, 3rd Stefano Atti
- Historic Regularity: 1st Luciano Lui–Paolo Pizzi; 2nd Giuseppe Nobis–Gianluca Caneo; 3rd Mario Piccioni–Giacomo Piccioni
- Modern Regularity: 1st Giordano Mozzi–Stefania Biacca
- Historic Rally: 1st Giovanni Somenzi
- Cross Country Rally Co-Drivers: 1st Daniele Fiorini, 2nd Roberto Briani
- Cross Country Rally Crew: Alessandro and Marco Trivini Bellini–TB Team Karting: 1st Valerio Viapiana (OKU Junior); 1st Federico Corradi (Kart 100cc); 1st Marco Bergamini (OKN Junior)
- Circuit Racing: 1st Carlo Tamburini, 2nd Luca Martini
- Hill Climb Racing: 1st Sergio Gianbrone

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
- Giovanni Somenzi (Race Official) presented President Alberto Marenghi with a commemorative plaque dedicated to Franco Marenghi, as well as a plaque in memory of the late Race Official Stefano Bozzetto, accepted by his sister;
- Recognition was also awarded to ACI Sport Race Official Paola Fasani; women’s champion Caterina Vagliani; “Gentleman Drivers – Regularity” Alceo Zanotti and Angelo Bianchini; and ACI Sport Regional Delegate Alessandro Tibiletti.

Special thanks are extended for their support and collaboration to the Sporting Commission, the ACI Mantova staff, Aldo Pisano (President of Club 8Volanti Tazio Nuvolari), Claudio Scapinello (President of AMAMS “Tazio Nuvolari”), and Tiziana Pikler, Provincial Delegate of CONI.

A special thank you to the evening’s sponsors: Fondazione Banca Agricola Mantovana, Eberhard, GlobalMedia, MyNet, Hotel La Favorita Mantova, Tazio Nuvolari Originals, Uditofinissimo, and Astro Forniture.

GALLERY LINK

The President of ACI Mantova, Alberto Marenghi, with Valerio Viapiana, Overall Champion 2025 (Karting).

President Marenghi, together with CONI Provincial Delegate Tiziana Pikler, Cross Country Rally Co-Driver category winner Daniele Fiorini (1st place), and ACI Mantova Director Giuseppe Pottocar.