Nicolas Guillot wins Rd3 of French 1/8th Nats

Last weekend in the South France, saw the 3rd round of the French National 1/8th scale Championships take place at the Beaumont-Monteux track. In qualifying for the Elite class it was round 1 winner Nicolas Guillot that took the top qualifying spot ahead of round 2 winner Stephane Bouche, both racing for Mugen.

In the main final Guillot could easily pull away after an accident in the first corner cost his Championship rival Bouche 5 minutes as he had to replace his exhaust system. Guillot was unchallanged at the front and took the win, while behind him it was Kyosho racer Adrien Siegfried that took the 2nd spot ahead of local Kyosho racer Jerome Papaconstantinos who was gifted the position after previous 3rd placed man Anthony Abisset, driving for Serpent, ran into troubles near the end of the race. In the National class it was Mugen racer Yoann Coelho that took the win, in front of 2nd placed Frederic Ragaru driving for Kyosho while 3rd place fell to another Mugen, that of Jeremy Becht.

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Elite class results:
1. Nicolas Guillot (Mugen) – 161L
2. Adrien Siegfried (Kyosho) – 159L
3. Jerome Papaconstantinos (Kyosho) – 157L
4. Laurent Zatla (Kyosho) – 156L
5. Laurent Pageneaux (Mugen) – 153L
6. Anthony Abisset (Serpent) – 149L
7. Christophe Louis (Mugen) – 146L
8. Stephane Bouche (Mugen) – 123L
9. Didier Boulexteix (Mugen) – 45L
10. Marc Pomponio (N/A) – 27L

National class results:
1. Yoann Coelho (Mugen) – 103L
2. Frederic Ragaru (Kyosho) – 101L
3. Jeremy Becht (Mugen) – 100L
4. Dominique Lichtle (Mugen) – 100L
5. Philippe Rigolle (Kyosho) – 98L
6. Stephane Van Poucke (Serpent) – 96L
7. Romain Baehrel (Mugen) – 95L
8. Mickael Tequi (Serpent) – 91L
9. Arnaud Mathieu (Serpent) – 71L
10. Sylvain Jaubert (Mugen) – 47L

Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]