Teams' 5th Victory In Le Mans 24 Hour Kart Race
| press release | 3 September 2013 |
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The Sarthe RTKF team managed by Claude Jamin continued its winning streak by claiming its fifth consecutive victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours for Karts.
Above: Podium
Le Mans’s brand new international Karting track proved much faster than the iconic Alain Prost Circuit. The nr 1 Sodi-Parilla driven by Charles Fiault, Antoine Lepesqueux, Antoine Poulain and Sodikart works driver Anthony Abbasse also set a new record for covering the longest distance with 2119,005 kilometres. Marc Boulineau, 3rd in the 1983 Karting World Championship at Le Mans as a driver and his brother Gérard are the most successful engine tuners in the history of the race with a total of 13 wins! The winning team extends its lead in the Euro Endurance Series standings with three rounds to go.
Sarthe RTKF1 had to push to recover following a collision and a chain failure in early stages. They started to pull away in the morning to build an eight-lap gap to the second Sarthe RTKF entry of Maxime Bidard, William Westerloppe, Arnaud Bouilland and Adrien Bloyet (nr 72). Polesitter Anthony Abbasse beat his qualifying time to set the fastest lap in the race in 54’’000 at an average speed of 92,26 kph. La Manche Kart mag team was satisfied after ending 24 Hours podium drought. Eight-time winner Wilfrid Lecarpentier and his young team-mates Victor Compère, Clément and Elie Bluy drove their Tony-Vortex to a strong third place finish, ten laps behind the winners.
Above: Polesitter winner fastest driver in the race Anthony Abbasse driving Sarthe RTKF's Sodi-Parilla
Behind these KF engine-powered karts (2-stroke 125 cc without gearbox, 34 bhp), Rotax Max French Champion Vincent Fraïsse, Stéphane Haurais, Alexandre Anstett and 24 Hours four-time winner Jacques Gautier took an astonishing Group 2 class win. At the wheel of a Sodi chassis fitted with a Rotax Max power plant, the Bélinois Jac Kart drivers threatened the best KFs for the lead of the overall classification during the first two thirds of the race.
Above: Jacques Gautier accross the line at the wheel of the group 2 winning Sodi-Rotax
Young guns Thomas Pottier, Harald Créton, Hubert Petit and Alexis Coursault finished second in class for Kosmic ahead of Alizée Guilmain, Tony Blin, Olivier Paris and British man Simon Broard (Tony-Rotax). British Team London Kookelj, also with a Tony-Rotax, only missed out on the category podium for 21 seconds, while Euro Endurance Series frontrunners Brands Hatch Screenvyn had to retire due to engine overheat.
Above: Handi Sport team also received an award for their impressive Top 20 finish
For the first time a Handisport team started the race and finished 20th out of 32 starters: a fantastic performance for Melwynn Rodriguez, Pascal Hermer, Enzo and Claude Zéfirini!
2013 Le Mans Karting 24 Hours official classification:
1. n°1 FIAULT Charles / POULAIN Antoine / ABBASSE Anthony / LEPESQUEUX Antoine (SODI-Parilla SARTHE–RTKF) 1er groupe 1, 1519 tours
2. n° 72 BIDARD Maxime / BLOYET Adrien / WESTERLOPPE William / BOUILLAND Arnaud (SODI-Parilla SARTHE-RTKF) 2ème groupe 1, 1511 tours
3. n° 50 LECARPENTIER Wilfrid / BLUY Clément / BLUY Elie / COMPERE Victor (TONY-Vortex LA MANCHE-KART MAG) 3ème groupe 1, 1509 tours
4. n° 11 GAUTIER Jacques / HAURAIS Stéphane / ANSTETT Alexandre / FRAISSE Vincent (SODI-Rotax BELINOIS-JAC KART) 1er groupe 2, 1505 tours
5. n° 20 POTTIER Thomas / PETIT Hubert / CRETON Harald / COURSAULT Alexis (KOSMIC-Rotax NORD PICARDIE–TECHNIKART) 2ème groupe 2, 1494 tours
6. n° 30 BLIN Tony / PARIS Olivier / GUILMAIN Alizée / BROAD Simon (GB) (TONY-Rotax ARNAGE-TRKA) 3ème groupe 2, 1491 tours
7. n° 9 JONES Jason / JEFFS Chris / WARRENER Paul / POZZOLI Xavier (F) (TONY-Rotax LONDON-KOOKELI (GB)) 4ème groupe 2, 1491 tours
8. n° 64 PENNEQUIN Jean-Baptiste / PENNEQUIN Pierre-Alexandre / MINIER Kévin / DAUPHIN Mickael (TONY-Rotax HENDAYE-MD) 5ème groupe 2, 1489 tours
9. n° 74 FINSKELSTEIN Alex / MORIN Stéphane / TRAGLIA Clément / JOLY Lucas (TONY-Rotax CASSINO-MD) 6ème groupe 2, 1485 tours
10. n° 27 LEMONNIER Maxime / KANKELJ Arnaud (B) / DEBERNE Andrew / LETARD Jean (KOSMIC-Rotax EURE-TECHNIKART) 7ème groupe 2, 1481 tours
11. n° 48 PETIT Kevin / ANNE Franck / BERTIN Renaud / ADAMS Christophe (B) (KOSMIC-Rotax EUROPE-TECHNIKART) 8ème groupe 2, 1480 tours
12. n° 17 AUNIS Aurélien / AUNIS Quentin / DAVAIL Florian / PIQUET Samuel (TONY-Rotax LA ROCHELLE-MALEVAUT SPORT) 9ème groupe 2, 1478 tours
13. n° 19 MONGONDRY Guillaume / MAILLERIE Pierre Henri / PAQUIER Charly / GUILLERMIC Paul Henri (FA KART-Rotax LE MANS-SUPER KART) 10ème groupe 2, 1477 tours
14. n° 34 HERVAS Didier / DELAUNAY Nicolas / BERTRAND Sébastien / FAUVEAU Christophe (ALPHA-Rotax NOISY LE GRAND-DNS RACING) 11ème groupe 2, 1473 tours
15. n° 40 GENDRY Vincent / GOURLOO Maxime / PONSART Matthieu / HOUTIN Jonathan (ENERGY-Parilla SARTHE-GTL ENERGY CORSE) 4ème groupe 1, 1465 tours
16. n° 25 BOURDON Florian / EVRARD Paul / HASSE-CLOT Valentin / MIDALI Luca (KOSMIC-Rotax ROUEN-TECHNIKART) 12ème groupe 2, 1465 tours
17. n° 15 GOMES Carlos / AZZOPARDI Julien / MERLE Audran / FOULATIER Jacky (KOSMIC-Rotax CAEN-VéRANDAS) 13ème groupe 2, 1464 tours
18. n° 87 Nicolas ROI Sans Sac / DUSSUTOUR Edouard / DUBOUILLE David / BICHOUX Bernard (MIRAGE-Rotax LIMOGES AFPK) 14ème groupe 2, 1458
19. n° 46 MELIN Nicolas / CREED Erwin / BOBET Nicolas / RABINEAU Julien (KOSMIC-Rotax PARIS-TNB SPORT) 15ème groupe 2, 1456 tours
20. n° 33 RODRIGUEZ Melwynn / ZEFIRINI Claude / ZEFIRINI Enzo / HERMER Pascal (SODI-Rotax PAYS DE LOIRE-HANDISPORT) 16ème groupe 2, 1455 tours
21. n° 35 DELHUMEAU Baptiste / DELHUMEAU Martin / AGUILLON Valentin / ZIANI Mattéo (PRAGA-Rotax SAUMUR-JUNIORS CLUB SMC) 1er groupe 3, 1455 tours
22. n° 91 RIVIERE Serge / HUREL Francois / DENIS Cyril / LAVIGNE Guillaume (KOSMIC-Rotax ESSONNE-TECHNIKART) 17ème groupe 2, 1454 tours
23. n° 69 DELIN Arnaud / MEUNIER Matthieu / JUNGO Aymeric / BARBIER Florian (KOSMIC-Rotax ILE DE FRANCE 1-MAC BOYS) 18ème groupe 2, 1450 tours
24. n° 31 RICHE Alex / DUCHESNE Yoann / LE FLOCH Francois / BOURDON Matthieu (TONY-Rotax ARNAGE-NICOS TEAM) 19ème groupe 2, 1439 tours
25. n° 28 PARIS Ludovic / PICHOT Guillaume / PICHOT Julien / PATTE Frédéric (SODI-Rotax CENTRE-ASK PAYS DUNOIS) 20ème groupe 2, 1432 tours
26. n° 61 BALOCHE Florian / RICHARD Jean-Charles / CARLING Grégory / QUINQUET Gildas (TONY-Rotax ORNE-SPEED ADVENTURE) 21ème groupe 2, 1427 tours
27. n° 4 PIERCE Martin / BILLINGS Jamie / HART Josh / Nathan Heathcote (KOSMIC-Rotax BRANDS HATCH-SCREENVYN (GB)) 22ème groupe 2, 1311 tours
28. n° 14 TESNIERE Charles / LADOUCE David / DE RIDDER Guillaume (B) / JAMIN Jeoffrey (KOSMIC-Vortex CALVADOS-TECHNIKART) 5ème groupe 1, 1218 tours
29. n° 97 BOYER Joel / LAFOY Thomas / HAURE Wilfried / CHAUVEAU Marc (KOSMIC-Rotax ILE DE LA REUNION-TECHNIKART) 23ème groupe 2, 1155 tours
30. n° 60 DAVID Paul / DEVAUX Didier / DUVAL Alain / SUEUR Pierre (TONY-Rotax OISE-MECAKART 60) 24ème groupe 2, 1076 tours
31. n° 63 FRAZAO Manuel / FRAZAO Fernand / FRAZAO Dominique / FRAZAO Fabien (CRG-Rotax AUVERGNE-ACAC) 25ème groupe 2, 913 tours
32. n° 78 CAYRON Stéphane / CAYRON Christine / CAYRON F.X. / CAYRON Jean-Christophe (TONY-Rotax MAUREPAS-C2D) 26ème groupe 2, 878 tours.
