Competition

Landais surprise victory in KF3

Amaury Bonduel (Kosmic / Parilla) took command of the KF3 final ahead of Alexandre Guiod (Merlin / Parilla), Bryan Elpitiya (Zanardi / Parilla), Max Defourny (PCR / Parilla) and Matteo Raspatelli (Tony Kart / Parilla). Following the double bend after the start, Benjamin Lessennes, Gautier Becq, Maxime Potty, Yifan Xia and others remained on the sidelines. Guiod went on the attack and took the lead on lap 5, but Bonduel retaliated. Paolo Besancenez (Sodi / Parilla) came back, he was seventh ahead of Lucas Marchi (ART GP / Parilla), Alec Weckstrom (Maranello / Vortex) and Jeremy Demarque (Sodi / Parilla).

Guiod then gave ground to Elpitiya, second, and Thomas Landais (Sodi / Parilla) who was in third after a recovery from 15th. Besancenez took 4th on lap 10. The Sodis progressed with Landais, the new leader, followed by Besancenez. The chasing pack was agitated: Bonduel was third from Weckstrom and Marchi. Elpitiya fell back to ninth behind Defourny. The situation was still evolving with the return of Guiod to fourth. Landais won his first major victory 1.5s ahead of Besancenez, who started 22nd, and Weckstrom. Demarque was fourth, Bonduel fifth, Defourny 6th, Elpitiya 7th, De Leval 8th, Aston 9th and Aubry 10th, from the 37th position. Guiod retired with two laps to go.