RMCGF 2012 Portimao: two French pilots lead the sessions on Tuesday

Harrison Scott, 10th fastest in Senior Max, who is already displaying the Butterfly of the Foundation Julie Tonelli.

Tuesday was devoted to non-qualifying practice for the 4 categories of the Rotax World Final at Portimao. Under generally clear skies, temperatures peaked at around 15 ° C in the afternoon. Morale was good for Team France after the performance from Alexandre Finkelstein in Senior Max and Guy Pansart in DD2 Master, and the fourth fastest time for Antoine Lepesqueux in DD2.

In Junior Max, the fastest time was set by the Spaniard Alvaro Otero with 1’02” 461, ahead of the Russian Andrey Iatchenko and Portuguese Bruno Borlido. Sweden’s Jessica Bäckman was finished 8th by 0.3”. The French are still a bit off the pace with Thomas Lawrence 37th and Anthony Fotia 43rd.

Alexandre Finkelstein set the fastest time of the day in Senior Max: 1’01” 148, ahead of the Australians Pierce Lehane and Joseph Mawson 0.110” to 0.113”. Xavier Pozzoli finished with the 32nd time.

In DD2, the Belgian De Ruwe Xen was the fastest with 59” 419, followed by Kevin Lüdi of Switzerland, Finland’s Miika Laiho and the French Antoine Lepesqueux, closely followed by the Canadian Nicholas Latifi. Ben Cooper was 10th, Pier-Luc Ouellette 29th. The second French driver Sébastien Bertrand set the 61st time.

Finally, Guy Pansart dominated testing in DD2 Masters with 1’00” 284, trailed by a Belgian who regularly competes in France, Christophe Adams. The dreaded South African Cristiano Morgado followed in third position ahead of the Portuguese Gonçal Gaivao. William Berteaux set the 18th time of 0.441” behind Pansart, Charly Hipp and Morgan Hipp were 32nd and 39th.

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