A Monegasque wins the first electric kart race at Bercy

Charles Leclerc, on pole, reacted quickly when the lights went out, which was not the case for Esteban Ocon who had a problem with his throttle and couldn’t start. Leclerc pulled away from his pursuers, Anthoine Hubert, Paolo Besancenez and George Russell. Further back, Dorian Boccolacci and Florian Latorre were fighting. Boccolacci attacked Russell under braking and lost 2 positions. Ocon was back in eighth place. Hubert now threatened Besancenez for second place, while still resisting Boccolacci and Latorre.

Leclerc happily won the race in front of Hubert then Besancenez third, Boccolacci fourth, Latorre 5th. So this was the first kart race for the electric Sodi, the STX. We’ll have to get used to the almost total silence of the machine of the future. Fortunately, three speakers were running and the public were enthusiastic, so the atmosphere is warm at Bercy and that’s good.

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