FFSA GT – Bottemanne and Martins win the C1 at Magny-Cours

Even before departure, Nicolas Prost (CMR) recovers pole position while his time had been canceled for non-compliance with track limits. At the wheel of his Alpine, the driver proved that he had stayed within the limits and thus started from first place on the grid. Simon Gachet (AKKODIS ASP Team) therefore started 2nd.

As the lights went out in the night at Magny-Cours, Valentin Hasse-Clot (Mirage Racing) jumped up and took control of the race. Party 5th, the pilot of theAston Martin ahead of Benjamin Lariche (Team Speedcar) and Simon Gachet (AKKODIS ASP Team). At the end of the first round, Nicolas Cheers (CMR) paye son départ complètement manqué et se retrouve en 5e position. Victor Weyrich (Racing Spirit of Léman) se glisse en 4e position. L’ancien pilote de la Porsche Carrera Cup France mène aussi la catégorie Silver.

On the 4th lap of the race, Jim Pla made a magnificent overtake from the outside on Victor Weyrich. The AKKODIS ASP Team driver is now 4th. Benjamin Lariche (Team Speedcar) dives inside Valentin Hasse-Clot (Mirage Racing) to take the lead, a maneuver which also benefits Simon Gachet (AKKODIS ASP Team), new runner-up to the leader. Nicolas Prost (CMR) continues to experience an ordeal when he comes into contact with one of his pursuers. The pole sitter finds himself sideways and tumbles to the back of the ranking. The pilot Alpine must pit after the rear bumper of his car was damaged. Meanwhile, Jim Pla (AKKODIS ASP Team) continues his festival and passes Valentin Hasse-Clot (Mirage Racing) to temporarily climb onto the 3rd step of the podium. 

The leading trio Benjamin Lariche (Team Speedcar), Simon Gachet (AKKODIS ASP Team) and Jim Pla (AKKODIS ASP Team) push their relay to the maximum while Victor Weyrich (Racing Spirit of Léman) is the first of the leaders to stop , he hands over the wheel to Romain Carton. Just before giving way to Fabien Barthez, Jim Pla (AKKODIS ASP Team) passes his teammate Simon Gachet. Jean-Paul Buffin (Team Speedcar) takes his place in the lead car while Fabien Barthez and Eric Debard climb into the two AKKODIS ASP Team cars. But the Speedcar team's downtime is longer and both drivers Mercedes pass in front. Fabien Barthez leads the race for the start of his relay. In Silver, Benjamin Lessennes (L'Espace Bienvenue) overtakes Jean-Paul Buffin (Team Speedcar) and provisionally climbs onto the overall podium in addition to being the leader in his category. He continued his climb and overtook the two Mercedes in turn to place himself at the head of the race. 

Sacha Bottemanne (Full Motorsport) is also in great form and returns to the podium fifteen minutes from the end of the race. Although he puts pressure on Fabien Barthez (AKKODIS ASP Team), the Audi driver is unable to overtake him and is 8 seconds behind the leader, Benjamin Lessennes (L'Espace Bienvenue). He finally passed the 1998 world football champion 10 minutes from the checkered flag. At the end of the race in the Pro-Am, Olivier Jouffret (Team Jouffruit) passes Eric Debard (AKKODIS ASP Team). In the last lap, he overtook Fabien Barthez (AKKODIS ASP Team) and won his first success in the category.

While crossing the line in the lead, the Espace Bienvenue crew took a penalty for speeding in the pit lane. With 30 seconds to add to their race time, Sacha Bottemanne and Lonni Martins (Full Motorsport) were finally declared overall winners. He is therefore ahead of the Jouffruit team crew, Olivier Jouffret and Eric Trémoulet, and the AKKODIS ASP Team car of Fabien Barthez and Jim Pla. In Silver, behind the Full Motorsport team, we find the crew of the Sainteloc team, Erwan Bastard and Roee Meyuhas. Romain Carton and Victor Weyrich (Racing Spirit of Léman) finished 3rd in the category.

The full ranking here.