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24 Hours of Koln:

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:15:48 GMT

Marco will join the 24 Hours of K�ln race the next week end, 17th and 18th of January.
He will be at the wheel of a go-kart always with the colours of his new team KSM, together with other drivers such as Francesco Sini , Ralf Kelleners and Hideki Noda. Also Hardy Schiller and Kai Kruse the team�s managers and team mechanic Alex Schiller as well as some friends of KSM will take turns in this race event.
The race will joined also by a lot of professionist driver like the F1 driver Adrian Sutil, Multiple DTM Champion Bernd Schneider, and many other names from Motor and Kart Sport.
It will be for sure an occasion to familiarize with the new team in a relaxed and funny atmosphere.

Marco very satisfied with Test (Lola Mazda)

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:16:45 GMT

Marco returned very satisfied after having done a test with the KSM Lola Mazda.
He was impressed with both the car and the team who were very organized and have showed great professionalism.
Even though he had not been in a race car since April he immidiately felt good in the car and with the good
feedback given by KSM official pilot Hideki Noda he got to understand the car well in no time at all.
Knowing that the car had to enter the team's home race at the N�rburgring 15-17. August he could not afford to
take any risks, yet he managed to run lap times similar to the team's official pilots by the end of the day.

Test KSM (LOLA - MAZDA)

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:13:57 GMT

After a long period of absence in racing Marco wil conduct a test on the 4th of August with the KSM Lola Mazda.
This offers good perspectives for the future.

Break Up between Marco and Racing Box

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:13:43 GMT

After the decision from racing Box to withdraw their Lucchini from the LMS event in Spa Marco decided to end all connections
with the Team and to not further engage in racing with them.

Monza, the Race

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:13:31 GMT

In the weekend of 25-27th of April the second round of the prestigeous Le Mans Series was run on the beautifull circuit of Monza, Italy.
For Marco this was the home event were he and the Team wanted to show their skills after the round at the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona.
In the free practice rounds on friday and saturday the Nr. 30 Lucchini Judd still had problems with the setup of the car and therefore
the pilots did not have the chance to show their potential and/or that of the car.
However there was less distance between the Racing Box Lucchini and the other Teams as compared to the situation in Barcelona.
The whole Team was trustfull of a good result as the car had already shown it's reliability over a 1000 Km. distance.

Race at Barcelona

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:13:16 GMT

At 11:35 we have started the first race of the season with one single goal; to finish the 1000 km long race in order to gather as much data as possible so we can continue the development for the rest of the season.
At the end of the second hour of racing during the third driver change an electronical problem arose that stopped us from restarting the engine. The team had to repair the starter motor, after a few minutes the mechanics of Team Racing box managed to bring the car back on the track. Before this stop the team was holding the 7th place in the LMP-2 class.
Marco and his team mate Filippo Francioni have changed turns at the steering wheel of the Lucchini Judd for the remainder of the race. They were driving a car that has been suffering all weekend from various problems with suspension and shock absorbers which made it hard to drive.
The race turned out to be a good debute for Marco considering that this is a complete new racing class for him and that the race was held on a track he never drove on before.
When the car finally was flagged of by the checkered flag the whole team was having a party to celebrate the achievement of the preset goal.

1000 Km Barcelona

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:13:02 GMT

We have arrived at the famous "Circuito di Catalunya" in Barcelona, Spain for the first race of the Le Mans Series 2008 season. After the first day of free practice we look ahead and realise that tomorrow is the day of the first qualifying session of this season. Tomorrow the results...

Test a Magny Cours Francia

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:12:40 GMT

Hi everyone, after having some testing at Vallelunga, now we have arrives at the famous circuit of Magny Cours in France for another test. Yesterday morning we did some further setup work on the car. At the end of the day the Lucchini was a lot better and the Judd engine started to grown and show its potential. Marco managed to put in a decent number of laps and the laptimes already started to go down. The first good signs are there !!!
Soon more news, for now greetings from Magny Cours.

Vallelunga Test 15-03-08

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:12:26 GMT

Here I am, after having concluded a long but fruitfull day of testing. The first nice thing of this day was the new livery of the Lucchini in the Racing box colors ! The day went on bringing good things� After a serious shakedown of the Lucchini to which the car responded very well the whole team seemed very satisfied. There is still a lot of work to do on the setup of the car. Also Marco still has to adjust to driving the LMP-2 car. More news soon !

Trophy Alberto Moioli

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:11:53 GMT

This reward is founded by this association in collaboration with PRACTICE Srl to remember a GREAT representative of the Italian Motorsport and besides that a friend. Deceased in 2007, Alberto MOIOLI (already excellent representative of PRACTICE Srl) was a character supporting young pilots, but not only that, he was also giving them a hand to help their dreams became reality. Beyond this his humanity made Alberto MOIOLI a character to remember in this manner to all of us.

The prize will be awarded annually to Italian Pilots under 30 of various categories that have put themselves more in the spotlight than the previous year, a rose of 6 nominated names will be appraised by LMMFC and PRACTICE and will be the base for an internal votation in order to choose the winner of this precious award.

The prize will be awarded at the occasion of annual the Rally Show of Monza. after the votation that finished 10-03-08 Marco Didaio was classified at the third place right behind names of high level like his friend Vitantonio Liuzzi (2nd classified) and the winner of the award Matteo Malucelli.
Official results: http://www.lemansmodelfanclub.org/premio_moioli.htm

Marco Debute

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:11:30 GMT

After having resolved several annoying problems with the electrical installation of the Lucchini, finally at 16:00 Hrs. on March the 3rd 2008 the Racing Box Lucchini-Judd made it�s debute on a circuit without having further problems. After this initial run Marco took the car and did several laps. Apart from one spin caused by faulty setup of the brake balance of the car the first run of Marco in the Lucchini-Judd LMP-2 was positive. Back in the box Marco expressed his impression of the car; the car is very smooth, but there are still many things that need to be setup right.

Test Paul Ricard

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:11:17 GMT

Greetings from Marco, currently at the Paul Ricard circuit (HTTT) in the south of France with team Racing Box to do the first testing with the Lucchini-Judd. Yesterday evening the shakedown of the car was done by teammate Filippo Francioni who was positive at the end of the 2 lap run. More news soon !

Racing Box at Le Mans

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:11:01 GMT

Team Racing Box has been invited to participate at the 2008 24 Hrs. Endurance Race of Le Mans, the most famous race in the world. The team will race their Lucchini-Judd driven by Marco Didaio, Filippo Francioni and Mirko Savoldi.
June 1st for the official test and June 14-15th for the race.
http://www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/ressources/pdf/liste_invites_journee_test.pdf

Marco firma con Racing Box

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:10:15 GMT

Marco ha firmato il contratto con Racing Box per la stagione 2008 e correr� nel Campionato LMES con una LUCCHINI motorizzata JUDD nella categoria LMP2. Uno dei suoi due compagni sar� Filippo Francioni gi� compagni di squadra nel 2005 e 2006 nel Campionato Italiano Prototipi. Il terzo pilota sar� definito tra pochi giorni.
http://www.racingbox.it/