The New Sodi Chassis Were Well Born

The new SODI ST30 and ST32A chassis, just homologated, have already gained a number of podiums at national, but also international level. A glimpse of the immense potential of this French chassis had already been caught on season debut, but it was during the Trofeo Andrea Margutti that it really emerged, with an important result. On his first official appearance, Anthony Abbasse conquered a second place in the hard-fought KZ2 final.

A real concentrate of technology, the new SODI has made a noticeable debut on the international scene. “The chassis first appeared at the world races, at the end of 2008, and I was immediately satisfied with its performances” Anthony Abbasse confirmed. “We have reached a new level in terms of effectiveness and easiness of use. We started the season in dismal weather conditions, the track was very cold while the final ended under the sun, with a lot of grip on the track. But in every condition, the chassis proved to be very competitive. For our first race in 2009, it is really encouraging”.
Since the qualifying phase of this 20th Trofeo Margutti, Abbasse has led his SODI-TM to leadership. In the pre-final, the triple French champion’s hopes were still high. “More than for my sixth place in this pre-final, I felt even more confident in my equipment for the times I had set. I posted my best lap at a hundredth of a sec from the fastest, but my times were very constant”. The new colours and very balanced lines of Anthony Abbasse’s 2009 SODI chassis soon started a remarkable catch-up.
“It was a very good race. I quickly recovered a few places and I kept pushing hard to finally end in second place, very close to the winner. The team and equipment were really great on the Castelletto track”. Definitely an excellent debut for the 2009 SODI chassis.

From One Success to Another

Season debut has been rich in victories for the ST30, ST32 and MC5 SODI chassis. The RTKF Team took the lead of the French Endurance Championship with their SODI ST32 chassis, while the Win’Tec Team gained a scratch victory at the 6H of Ostricourt, with their SODI ST30 chassis. At the KART mag Prem’s Trophy, as well as at the Valence Trophy, the SODI chassis conquered the three Mini-Kart, Mini and Cadet categories. Eric Ramon at Valence and Mathias Gallepe at Angerville led their SODI ST32 to victory in KZ125, while Morgan Riche triumphed at the Sens Trophy in Rotax Max with the SODI ST30. The range of 2009 SODI is already fully satisfactory.

Nicola De Cola, SODI team manager, made the following comments:

“Although it was the first important race with my new team, I must say I was pretty impressed by the team and the new Sodi chassis. All our drivers found its performances very satisfactory. Alban Varutti might have done better than his 8th place, had he not been hampered by a driver during the final, while Anthony reaffirmed our competitiveness by crossing the finishing line in second place”.