Last round of French Nats was held in Thionville in France. Track looked amazing with some technical parts but also tricky as there were some "jumps" hidden. The weather was just perfect all the weekend.
During the whole weekend it was hard to find a setup which works in all conditions as it was cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon. For me the car worked better in hot conditions so I made some good runs Saturday afternoon in qualification. Alexandre Duchet (XRAY) who top seed the 10.5T Blinky class made a perfect weekend as he won 5/5 qualifies, I went on the 3rd place of the grid after Mika Jasmin.
In 13.5T Blinky it's Sebastien Gebert (XRAY) who take the TQ in front of Hai Long Tran and Briac Berthoud (XRAY-TRINITY).
In modified Lucas Urbain with an injured hand was the fastest followed by Remi Callens and Thomas Vigneron.
The Formula One class saw three XRAY-TRINITY cars in the first places : Jeremy Limoges, Jean Michel Varinard and Ghislain Mantrand.
The race was very tight for the finals as the track was hard to drive on hot conditions and one mistake make you lost lot of time. Alexandre Duchet (XRAY) just concrete his perfect weekend by winning A1 and A2. I couldn't overtake him has I had to pass Mika Jasmin before and it was hard to achieve it, my own mistakes made me lost some times I have had to come back from the traffic.
Results:
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10.5 Blinky ranking :
1. Alexandre Duchet - XRAY T4
2. Mika Jasmin 3. Pierre Delorme - XRAY T4
4. Alexandre Kunkler - XRAY T4
5. Mathieu Picaude 6. Steve Favrelle - XRAY T4
7. Yannis Faivre - XRAY T4
8. Julien Jost 9. Jeremy Delalondre - XRAY T4
10. Jeremy Clavey
In 13.5 class Briac Berthoud starting from the 3rd place show amazing pace as he won A1 and A3 with his XRAY/TRINITY car.
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13.5 Blinky Ranking :
1. Briac Berthoud - XRAY T4
2. Hai Long Tran 3. Sebastien Gibert - XRAY T4
4. Michael Ribault - XRAY T4
5. Eugene Orer - XRAY T4
6. Gilles Hebdrickx 7. Steivan Tarreau - XRAY T4
8. Jeremy Ribault - XRAY T4
9. Philippe Nemec
10. Yann Petit
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Formula One ranking :
1. Jean Michel Varinard - XRAY X1
2. Jeremy Limoges - XRAY X1
3. Frederic Favier - XRAY X1
4. Denis Lambert - XRAY X1
5. Ghislain Mantrand - XRAY X1
6. Philippe Pauvert - XRAY X1
Alexander Duchet with XRAY T4 becomes French Champion in 10,5 blinky class & Jeremy Linoges with XRAY X1 in the F1 class.
