Compétition

Fotia and Intrepid win the best final of the meeting

It was a flawless start for the pole winner Anthony Coudert (Kosmic) in the Nationale final, ahead of Anthony Fotia (Intrepid), Maxime Bidard (CRG), Frederic Pierre Herpin (Kosmic), Thomas Laurent (Tony Kart) and the fifth Camil Belbachir (FA Kart) . Fotia attacked the leader, but he was tough then Bidard attacked. There was also a fight for sixth place, now occupied by Francis Xavier Venet (Kosmic), followed by Lucas Brion (Kosmic), Joffrey Bourhis (Intrepid) eighth, Enzo Felicioni (Tony Kart) 9th and Mathias Vaison (Tony Kart) 10th.

Bidard attacked on lap 7, going ahead of Coudert, and Laurent, Herpin and Fotia. 5th place was hotly contested in the wake of Herpin. Coudert was trying to regain control from Bidard who defended well, but gave way on lap 10. Fotia joined the top two and took second position ahead of Bidard. In fifth, Venet was closely followed by Bourhis, himself followed closely by Brion and Felicioni, while Laurent dropped to ninth.

With 5 laps to go, the leading trio was Fotia, Bidard and Coudert. Everything was still to play for for the win. Coudert attacked Bidard who was now just in front of Venet, who was up to fourth. Coudert succeeded with a beautiful maneuver on Fotia 2 laps before the checkered flag, while Venet took 3rd and tried to get away. After a high-class thriller, Fotia won ahead of an ultra tight bunch headed by Bidard who emerged in second position and Venet in 3rd. Brion finished 4th, Bourhis 5th, Herpin sixth, Laurent seventh, the unfortunate Coudert 8th, Nectoux 9th and Felicioni 10th. This was probably the best race of the weekend from the drivers in Nationale.