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XRAY wins French Off-road Championship
Mar. 28, 2006
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The first round of the French Championship was held last weekend at Pierrefeu, in the south of France, and was attended by 125 drivers. During the winter, Michel Farina (one of France's best drivers) joined the current champion XRAY team to make it even stronger.

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The French Team
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During the three rounds of qualifying, all XRAY drivers were very fast, and were using the same basic set-up. Yannick Aigoin (XRAY-RB) was TQ, followed by his brother JĂ©rĂ´me (Hobao-Picco) and then current world champion Guillaume Vray (Mugen-RB). Erwan Legros (XRAY-Mega) finished qualifying in a solid 5th place, new XRAY driver Michel Farina was 7th despite some mistakes, and Nicolas Reynaud was 13th.

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Sebastien Cayrol
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XRAY-RB team driver SĂ©bastien Cayrol bumped up easily from 1/8 final to the semi-final.

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Michel Farina finished 3rd overal
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During the first semi-final, Yannick Aigoin won by a 1 lap lead, followed by Guillaume Vray, Michel Farina (XRAY-RB), JĂ©rĂ´me Couchon (Mugen-RB) and Nicolas Reynaud (XRAY-RB). In the B semi-final, JĂ©rĂ´me Aigoin won even though his engine cut out. Local drivers Julien Lattanzio and JĂ©rĂ´me Ezazian also bumped up.

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Christophe - the mechanic of Yannick
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In the main, Yannick started in the number 1 spot, and never let up the lead. With a very impressive run, he won quite easily and finished with 2 laps over 2nd place JĂ©rĂ´me Aigoin (who had a very bad start). Michel Farina, for his first national with XRAY, finished in an amazing 3rd place !

Final results of 1st French National Championship click to enlarge
Podium
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1. Yannick AIGOIN - XRAY / RB
2. JĂ©rĂ´me AIGOIN - Pirate / PICCO
3. Michel FARINA - XRAY / RB
4. JĂ©rĂ´me EZAZIAN - MBX5 / RB
5. Guillaume VRAY - MBX5 / RB
6. Julien LATTANZIO - MP777 / FX
7. Nicolas RODRIGUEZ - CL-1 / JP
8. Nicolas REYNAUD - XRAY / RB
9. SĂ©bastien LEONARD CL-1 / FX
10. JĂ©rĂ´me COUCHON MBX5 / RB

A race report with more pictures you can find here at RB Website (French only)


Yannick Aigoin Set-up sheet.


Yannick taking TQ and overal win

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Covered pits
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Yannick in action
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