Tec-Sav: Performance and Professionalism

Tec-Sav has been the engine-tuner reference point for international karting for five years now. A role that the Savard family has maintained year after year thanks to its development work and high-quality services, which have always improved race by race. During the 2011 season that has just ended, Tec-Sav and its partners have conquered several titles in KZ, both at national and international level: the fifth World Cup in a row, the first seven places in the GPO series, a new triumph in Las Vegas, five places in the order at the Trophée KART mag, not to mention the many victories in the WSK: these are just a few examples of the many excellent achievements of these highly-skilled technicians.

Patrick, Thierry, Eric, and Yannick – gathered under the Tec-Sav banner – form a quartet of engine preparers who have contributed to launch quite a few drivers and teams in 2011. One of their strong points is their capacity to simultaneously offer a large stock of engines (all with impressive performances) and to follow closely their evolution throughout the weekend, in collaboration with the teams and drivers who have placed their trust in Tec-Sav.
Their extreme professionalism translates into a tireless quest for performance, exploiting even a thousand of a second, further increasing the number of revolutions/minute, boosting power, ensuring maximum reliability, polishing carburetion and optimising performance curves with regard to the different circuit layouts and driving styles.
“We leave nothing to chance“, Patrick Savard stated. “This requires some pretty heavy work both in the workshop and on the track. We never say we have reached the limit, although today we are very close to the maximum potential of a 125cc gearbox engine. There is always something to gain. Even if an engine is fixed to a chassis frame, it is still possible to help the driver to exploit it better. Improving a bit acceleration, torque or top speed is also our role on the circuits“.
Jonathan Thonon’s victory (CRG-Maxter) is the best demonstration of this. It was after some very careful preparation work with his team and his engine tuner that the Belgian driver won the World Cup for KZ1, where Tec-Sav badged-engines walked away with the first four places! In addition to this successful partnership with CRG, which began several years ago, Tec-Sav also triumphed with Yannick De Brabander (Formula K-TM) in the WSK, with Anthony Abbasse (Sodi-Maxter) in the Las Vegas Supernationals, with Thomas Mich (Birel/MRT-TM) in the GPO series, with Bas Lammers (Intrepid-TM) in the WSK, with Franck Matelli (Intrepid-TM) in the French KZ125 Championship, just to mention a few…
“We would like to thank all the drivers (private or official), the teams and the factories for the trust they have placed in us. We are looking forward to working with them again in 2012, in order to conquer some more victories…“

Tec-Sav Roll of Honour, 2011

> World Cup for KZ: 1st Jonathan Thonon, 2nd Yannick De Brabander, 3rd Davide Forè, 4th Bas Lammers
> European KZ1 Championship: 2nd Yannick De Brabander, 4th Jérémy Iglesias, 5th Davide Forè
> World Cup for KZ2: 2nd Yard Pex
> European KZ2 Championship: 3rd Mirko Torsellini, 4th Henri Kokko
> WSK KZ1 Euro Series: 2nd Bas Lammers, 3rd Antonio Piccioni, 4th Jonathan Thonon, 5th Yannick De Brabander
> WSK KZ2 Euro Series: 2nd Mirko Torsellini
> French KZ2 Championship (GPO): 1st Thomas Mich, 2nd Anthony Abbasse, 3rd Mathieu Gaillard, 4th Charles Fiault, 5th Morgan Weber, 6th Christophe Benoit, 7th Pierre Ragues
> French KZ125 Championship: 1st Franck Matelli, 4th Eric Ramon, 5th Laurent Marchandise
> Trophée KART mag KZ2: 1st Charles Fiault, 2nd Alexandre Baron, 3rd Yannick Savard, 4th Mathieu Gaillard, 5th Julien Le Brigand
> KZ2 Supernationals (Las Vegas): 1st Anthony Abbasse, 4th Thomas Mich, 5th Yannick De Brabander