It was going quite well for the driver from Energy MP Racing. On Friday, in qualifying, Pierre went out at the right time with regard to the weather and with 36th set an interesting time, only one tenth off Tony Lavanant, the KZ2 European champion in 2008, also on an Energy chassis, and just behind the double world champion Alessandro Piccini and ahead of names like Armand Convers, Manu Renaudie and Aaro Vainio.
But Pierre already knew that it would not be easy: his ribs were suffering and the pain got worse with every corner. Bravely, he took the start of the 1st of his 4 qualifying heats, but he had to retire before the end. This was the right thing to do but it dropped him to the bottom of the list …
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