The juniors on fire at Bercy

The French delegation (from left): Besancenez, Latorre, Hubert, Ocon and Boccolacci.

A few minutes before the scheduled Final for Loeb, Ogier, Grosjean, Vergne, Sarrazin, Dumas and others, the first clash between the Juniors inflamed the auditorium of the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. At the end of a race without mercy run on the same karts? As electric as the Stars, Charles Leclerc won ahead of the French pair Esteban Ocon and Dorian Boccolacci.

Race 1
Very fast during testing, Esteban Ocon was delayed at the start. The driver from the French team only managed to scrounge two places back to take 8th. At the front, while the Monaco driver Charles Leclerc escaped inexorably, Anthoine Hubert, Paolo Besancenez and Dorian Boccolacci engaged the most spectacular battle out of all of the competitors. The trio finished in that order.

Race 2
Under the eyes of the President of the FFSA, Nicolas Deschaux, who had just returned from India and the FIA ??World Council, Ocon, Boccolacci and Latorre is were a hit. The Canadian Stroll, who made the best start, was eclipsed, and the French had it all their own way. With two laps to go, Boccolacci took the lead but his two rivals repassed immediately, the price of a clever maneuver. 7 (Ocon), 9 (Latorre) and 10 (Boccolacci): this was the final trio! Starting together in a batch using a reverse grid from race 1, Anthoine Hubert and Paolo Besancenez ended up bumper to bumper in seventh and eighth positions …

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