The Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA) has just announced the launch of the Trophée Anthoine Hubert, a karting competition to be organised in May on the Angerville circuit. In the past, karting has often honoured the memory of its deceased champions. In France, there is the Trophée Alazard, the Trophée Laborde and the Trophée Jérôme Bernard, and more recently the Trophée Julie Tonelli and the Trophée Jules Bianchi, which have attracted the top specialists. In Italy, the Trofeo Andrea Margutti will be celebrating its 35th edition in a few weeks’ time, with an international line-up. The great classics still have their place among the federal championships and private series.
The Trophée Anthoine Hubert, which will start in France this year, offers an interesting opportunity to contest an important national event before the start of the French Championships on the track which hosted a World Championship in 2006. For the time being, this is a national event open to the Mini 60, National, Senior and KZ2 federal categories. However, the possibility of evolving over time is on the table.
Anthoine Hubert made his mark in karting through his talent and the values passed on to him from his family. We are talking here mainly about the culture of effort and respect for others within the framework of exemplary sportsmanship. Supported by the FFSA when he moved up to single-seater racing, Anthoine made himself available to support the FFSA Academy’s training programmes for young drivers, who were proud to learn from a ‘big brother’ who raced in F4, F3, GP3 and then F2, where he won in Monaco after taking pole position.
Unfortunately, Anthoine’s promising career came to an abrupt end at the age of 22 when a terrible accident at Spa-Francorchamps on 31st August 2019 cost him his life during an F2 race. Any death of a young driver is tragic, but the emotion aroused in the sporting world by his death and the tributes that followed clearly showed that it was more than just a driver who had gone, but also an exceptional human being and a hero in the making in motor sport.
The FFSA wanted to incorporate this special dimension into the Trophy dedicated to Anthoine. Various workshops based on his vision of the sport will therefore be offered during the event, with the aim of providing both a memorial and an educational experience. At a time when everything is happening at a frenetic pace, it makes sense to take a little time to compete in tribute to a remarkable young man.
Thank you to the FFSA for launching this event, and thank you to the Angerville club (Anthoine’s club, of course) for organising the 1st edition of the Trophy from 10th to 12th May on the Angerville circuit, which was renamed after Anthoine Hubert in 2020. What a great idea!
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