Besides the World Cup for KZ1, Varennes-sur-Allier also hosted the third and last round of the European KZ2 Championship. In this second division of gearbox karts, a big surprise was in store from the qualifying heats. Championship leader, the Frenchman Joffrey Demanse (PCR-TM) paid dearly for his 25th practice time. Bogged down in the field during the qualifying heats, he got involved in several collisions and did not manage to qualify for the final phase.
His compatriot and rival, Tony Lavanant (Energy-TM), was therefore offered a pathway to his first European crown. Often failing by a hair’s breadth, Lavanant perfectly managed the championship by securing second place in Race 1 behind his Dutch team-mate Kevin Jansen (Energy-TM). A fine revenge against fate after having been away from the circuits in 2007 further to an injury… By prevailing again in Race 2, Jansen came up to second place in the championship final classification, thus offering a one-two to the Energy team, at the expense of the unfortunate Demanse. From this French final, it is also worth noting the podium in Race 1 achieved by the Briton Jack Hawksworth (Gillard-TM) and in Race 2 by the German Simon Solgat (runner-up at the wheel of his Birel-TM) and by the Italian Massimo Aceto, third in his Tony Kart-Vortex.
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