Every kart driver knows the feeling... there are races where your just out of luck ynd you think the whole world is against you with no reason at all.
It was our team\'s turn on this week-end.
And it started so well...
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In the Elite category Manuel Renaudie won the time practise in his group on a wet track, Alban Varutti was 4 th , Tomi Limmonen 4 th in group 2 and Gianni Gazzurelli classified among the Top 10 with his 7 th position.
Perfect preconditions for the heats.
These fortunate conditions did not last long. In the first heat our poker game did not quite work out for us. Due to the unstable weather conditions we decided to start on wet tyres, but after a few laps only we realised that we had made the wrong decision and both Manuel as Alban had to give up the race.
Darren Bressaglia, who started off on slicks, placed 6 th , Gianni Gazzurelli 9 th and Tomi Limmonen in group 2 also 9 th .
In the second heat things looked much better. Manuel came in 3 rd and Alban 5 th .
In the third heat our drivers kept improving and finished 2 nd and 3 rd . Also Gianni Gazzurelli performed well and came in 7 th . Tomi Limmonen also came in 7 th in his group.
In the prefinal our drivers wound up well. Varutti placed 6 th , having caught up 12 positions, Renaudie started 13 th , came in 8 th and Tomi Limmonen wound up 11 ranks to finish 11 th .
The final was a real mess due to the pouring rain. All three official drivers were knocked of the track at least once and the results turned out accordingly.
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Darren Bressaglia ran a perfect race and finished in 6 th position as best SWISS HUTLESS driver.
In the Espoir category things looked quite the same. Our newcomer Michael Ryall from England performed very well in the time practice and heats and even won one of the heats. Then, in the prefinal, he unfortunately got tangled in a wreck and dropped out of the race.
Jack te Braak came in 10 th in the final race of the Junior category, having wound up 12 places.
The two Team SWISS HUTLESS Compétition drivers, our French dealer\'s team, Racing Service Ragues, were the absolute hit of the week-end! Both Pierre Ragues and Jérôme Demay wound up phenomenal 24 positions! Pierre finished in 5 th and Jérôme 8 th position. Moreover their persuit race was unfortunately cut short as the race had to be broken off ahead of time due to the heavy rainfall.