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Major national championships, like the French one, have the wind in
their sails in the world of karting, this season. Thanks to FFSA's
efforts to promote and organise the GPOs to fit as closely as possible
drivers' expectations, the French Championship 2010 has some solid
arguments to attract a high number of participants.

All of the staff from FFSA's karting organization - and first of all
its president - are working around the clock to promote all the strong
points of the French Championship. Jean-Pierre Deschamps, president of
CNK, personally meets the managers of official or private teams, from
France or abroad, to discuss with them the merits of the GPOs. What is
certain is that the 2010 edition of the national competition has
nothing to envy to that of 2009, which by the way was unanimously
considered a success from an organisational point of view. The FFSA
has made all the arrangements necessary to maintain GPO high
standards: Delta Management will propose, in particular, a brand new,
large reception facility to enhance the friendly atmosphere during
events, and media coverage is constantly growing.

As soon as the new version of the Web site gpokarting has been
launched and registrations have opened, TKC, the historical operator
of the French Championship, has been literally flooded with requests.
For the time being, only cheques or money transfers are accepted as
payment methods, but online payment by bank card will soon be
available directly from the site, thereby providing an additional
user-friendly tool to participants, especially foreign ones.

To stay on the financial aspects of competition, registration to the
whole championship allows to save almost 500 EUR for a season and the
FFSA has decided to contribute to cost reduction efforts by offering a
set of racing tyres for free to all participants, at each single
meeting.

French and European karting is already sensitive to these arguments.
Several important teams from France, Belgium and Italy have voiced
their intention to actively participate in GPOs 2010, a sign of how
prestigious and high level these sporting events are.

In addition to that, competition will be even more intense thanks to
the presence, at each meeting, of one of the popular categories most
appreciated by amateurs such as Rotax Max, X30, Minimes/Cadet or
"Nationale", in the frame of their Cups or French Championship.

Definitely, the Federation is sparing no effort to ensure the success
of GPOs 2010. Register, check out the news and find all the useful
information you may need on the Web site gpokarting.com.

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PF International Rotax ABkC Championships Round 1 & 2: 20/21March

The StingrayRV Super One Series Rotax ABkC National Championship
opener took place at Britain’s best appointed circuit, PF
International. 168 out of the 210 drivers who have registered for the
series came along so repechage, or last chance races, were needed in
three out of the four classes. Superb racing was on offer, all
captured by PSC Productions’ TV cameras. Showers of rain mixed up the
order in some of the timed qualifying during Saturday, but Sunday was
dry all day.

Michael Simpson just pipped team-mate and first final senior Max
winner Edward Brand to the second final’s top spot after a
disadvantaged timed qualifying session and heat DNF. Matthew Parry and
George Russell were invincible in Junior Max and MiniMax respectively.
Lucas Orrock got his Max 177 season off to a great start with two
wins. Each driver has timed qualifying, two heats, and if they qualify
through, two points scoring finals. New for this year are Rookie
Trophies, for the best series first timers.

ABkC MiniMax
Oliver Myers had the edge in timed qualifying over Bobby Thompson and
Josh White, and he kept his advantage through to claim pole for the
first final. But George Russell was moments too late and missed TQ
completely, being forced to storm through from the back of the heats.
Harry Webb joined Myers on the front row, Russell and Thompson behind.
Webb lost out a little at the start, but soon joined the battling lead
trio, where Sam Ward, Russell and Myers were gaily trading the lead.
Eventually Russell made a break for the win, Ward finally shaking
clear of Webb and Adam Glear pipping Myers for fourth.

In the second final, Webb hit the front whilst Russell was mired in
fourth and fifth. Myers then led briefly before Russell vaulted to the
front, and extended a healthy seven second lead. In an acrimonious
last couple of laps, Ryan Norris was pushed wide, then further contact
between him, Sam Ward and Harry Webb allowed Glear and Myers onto the
podium, with a surprised Harri Taylor claiming fourth. Ryan Norris
made fifth, whilst Webb and Ward were shuffled further back.

MiniMax Final 1: 1 George Russell Tonykart; 2 Sam Ward Kosmic; 3 Harry
Webb Tonykart; 4 Adam Glear Alonso; 5 Oliver Myers Tonykart; 6 Matthew
Arnold Tonykart. Final 2 1 Russell; 2 Glear; 3 Myers; 4 Harri Taylor
Tonykart; 5 Ryan Norris Tonykart; 6 Samuel Oram-Jones Tonykart

ABkC Rotax Junior Max
Although James Singleton topped timed qualifying over Matt Parry and
Harry Crawley, he had mixed fortunes in the heats and finals. Parry
had no such troubles earning pole over Crawley, Oliver Hodgson and
Josh Parker. Surviving a brief challenge from Hodgson, Parry roared to
victory whilst Parker recovered from a fall to seventh at the start,
to storm up to second with Andy King following him through.

Parry had it a little tougher in Final 2, unable to shake of series
rookie Parker for many of the 20 lap race. Eventually Parker had to
concentrate on fending off Jack Marshall. Crawley had been pushed wide
at the first hairpin but managed to work his way back, finally beating
King to fourth.

Junior Max Final 1: 1 Matthew Parry Kosmic; 2 Josh Parker Tonykart; 3
Andy King Gillard; 4 Sean Babington Alonso; 5 Jack Marshall Tonykart;
6 Harry Crawley Alonso. Final 2: 1 Parry; 2 Parker; 3 Marshall; 4
Crawley; 5 King; 6 Charlie Streather CRG

ABkC Rotax Max
Defending champion Michael Simpson had a tough start to the weekend
when he was one of many forced to go out on slicks in a wet timed
qualifying session, then broke his chain in a heat. James Greenway had
a substantial advantage over Tom Fawcett, Michael Epps and John
Stewart in the TQ, whilst Ed Brand just pipped Japanese driver Ren
Nagabuchi. But the latter suffered through the heats and failed to
make the finals. Brand had no such trouble, taking pole from Stewart,
Greenway and Will Hunter. Stewart found himself the outermost of three
karts at the start, forced off the road, whilst Greenway and Daniel
Graham were brief leaders until Brand settled into the spot. Simpson
had made stunning early progress and was soon passing Tom Wrigley and
Dan Holland to start the chase of his team-mate Brand, not quite
having enough time to attempt a pass.

In the second final Daniel Graham and Tom Fawcett were spun round at
the first corner, whilst Ross Wylie was put out at the second. Simpson
just survived whilst Brand had the lead over Holland and Hunter. The
recovering Simpson took Holland at the second hairpin, then repeated
the move on Brand a few laps later for the win, but was unable to
shake off his pursuers.

Senior Rotax Max Final 1: 1 Edward Brand Birel; 2 Michael Simpson
Birel; 3 Dan Holland Gillard; 4 Tom Fawcett Tonykart; 5 James Greenway
Tonykart; 6 Michael Epps Arrow; Final 2: 1 Simpson; 2 Brand; 3
Holland; 4 Epps; 5 Danny Russell Tonykart; 6 Billy Albone RK

ABkC Rotax Max 177
Qualifying first set Stephen Cobb up for the first heat win, with
David Griffiths taking the other. In the first final, Griffiths
drafted past Cobb at the start of the second lap with Lucas Orrock
following, setting up a thrilling three way dice for honours. Cobb
regained the lead, but when he looked back he found Orrock on his way
past, this time to hold on until the finish.

Orrock escaped for another win in the second final whilst Cobb and
Luke Woodland battled over second. Griffiths had been put out on the
second corner.

Max 177 Final 1: 1 Lucas Orrock Kosmic; 2 Stephen Cobb Birel; 3 David
Griffiths GMS X30; 4 Tom Pyttlik Alonso; 5 Colin Davis Redspeed; 6
Robert Campbell Birel.  Final 2: 1 Orrock; 2 Cobb; 3 Luke Woodland
Gillard; 4 Pyttlik; 5 Tim Penton Kosmic; 6 Davis

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