Alain Nicolle (Sodi / Rotax) dominated the first qualifying heats of the Coupe de France Handi so started from pole and as favorite for the pre-final, as the sun returned to Essay.
Franck Ribot (Sodi / Rotax) went a little off on the curb after the start, while Nicolle escaped from Pascal followed by Hermer (Sodi / Rotax). 3rd was Rodriguez (Sodi / Rotax) for the moment ahead of Claude Zéférini (Tony Kart / Rotax). Further back, Cyrille Fournier (Top Kart / SA 250), was leader of the Proto class. Zéférini attacked Rodriguez for 3rd, but did not succeed. Nicolle had now escaped alone, with a 3” gap to Hermer. 3″ behind were Rodriguez and Zéférini. Zéférini stepped up the attacks on Rodriguez, inside, outside, to no avail.
Alain Nicolle won convincingly with a best lap of 52,082 ahead of Hermer, Rodriguez, Zéférini, Fournier and Joubert.
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