Compétition

Lessennes wins a decapitated race 1

Race 1 of the Academy Trophy was distorted at the first corner by a crash, caused by the bad behavior of some when braking. The leader Alex Gill was badly shoved into the gravel, it was over for him. At this level of competition, this type of problem is totally unacceptable. We felt the pressure mounting in the heats on Saturday, without appropriate sanctions being applied … This is the consequences. Adeline Prudent was also stopped by the incident, but Erwan Julé, Paolo Besancenez and Alec Weckström were delayed but continued.

George Russell was the initial leader before being dislodged by Benjamin Lessennes. Joonas Lappalainen then joined in the fight for the lead. Russell reclaimed the lead on lap 8, Lappalainen was now glued to the back of the leader with whom he had a great duel. Lessennes in second returned to attack Russell, along with Javier Cobian and Amaury Bonduel. Russell yielded and fell to fifth. Lessennes managed to escape the group who were battling. The win went to the Belgian Benjamin Lessennes from the Finn Joonas Lappalainen and Spanish Javier Cobian. Bonduel passed Russell on the last lap to win 4th place.