Basile Concialdi wins French 10th Nats Rd1
The opening round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals took place last weekend in Monteux in the south of France. The weather was dry all weekend with 18 degrees temperatures on the finals day and there was 87 drivers in attendance, split between Elite and National classes. In the Elite class, it was Thomas Eytard who took the top spot in qualifying from Mikael Pontal in 2nd and Thomas Desmaries claiming 3rd, while in the National class it was Anthony Bruyer who claimed TQ ahead of local racers Jérôme Di Crocco and Thomas Corréard. In the Elite final the first 20 minutes saw the race still wide open to a number of front runners with Thomas Desmaries leading the way. At the 30 minute mark a lot of drivers came in for a tire stop with Chaussard doing all 4 and the leader Desmaries only doing the rear tires. Basile Concialdi would not change any tires and could take the lead and with it the win, with Chaussard taking 2nd and Maxime Favrel 3rd, all 3 drivers with the Xray NT1. In the National final it was all about the pole man Anthony Bruyer, who cruised to victory in front of Thomas Correard in 2nd and J-Paptiste Geneau in 3rd.
Elite class results
1. Concialdi Basile (NT1/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 134 Laps
2. Chaussard Arnaud (NT1/RB) – 133 Laps
3. Favrelle Maxime (NT1/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 132 Laps
4. Eytard Thomas (NT1/RB) – 131 Laps
5. Mouton Jacky (Kyosho RRR/Novarossi) – 125 Laps
6. Desmaries Thomas (MTX4/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 123 Laps
7. Piloquet Nicolas (NT1/RB) – 123 Laps
8. Pontal Mickaël (Kyosho RRR/Novarossi) – 111 Laps
9. Kalaris Mathias (Kyosho RRR/Novarossi) – 66 Laps
10. Michel Jean-Philippe (Kyosho RRR/Orion) – 34 Laps
National class results
1. Bruyer Anthony (NT1/RB) – 89 Laps
2. Correard Thomas (Kyosho RRR/Picco) – 87 Laps
3. Geneau J-Paptiste (NT1/RB) – 86 Laps
4. Rasquin Kevin (NT1/Eagle 12 TL3T) – 85 Laps
5. Colas Julien (NT1/Novarossi) – 84 Laps
6. Husson Anthony (NT1/Orion) – 84 Laps
7. Campourcy Stephane (NT1/RB) – 83 Laps
8. Auge Ayrton (Kyosho RRR/Novarossi) – 83 Laps
9. Turco Brice (NT1/Novarossi) – 75 Laps
10. Di Crocco Jérome (NT1/Picco) – 15 Laps
Source: JP Racing [jpracing.com]
