LAMERA CUP – 30 hours and one lap later, Continental Racing’s foresight rewarded

Starting from first position, Auto Leclerc by Asphalte (Orgeval, Gruau, Soave, Bouvet, Casals) had the objective of containing the attacks of its direct pursuers: Continental Racing (Fargier, Maire, Billet, Coue), the Team Lamera (Couasnon, Wilfried, Thomas and Mattéo Merafina) and the ETC Racing-1 quartet (Dorchy, Autajon, Germes, Loy). Lamera #61, however, was forced to review its strategy from the first hour of the race.

The fault lies with an engine suffering from excessive oil consumption. Continental Racing took advantage of the situation to move into the lead of the race. A position that the team kept until midnight and an unforeseen passage in the gravel trap. Team Lamera then took the lead in the event. Constant, efficient, the crew took a serious option for victory. Unfortunately the victim of a latecomer error, Team Lamera was forced to retire shortly after the start of the 24th hour.

Taking care of its car since the start of the event, paying particular attention to its fuel consumption, Continental Racing then regained first place and never let go until the checkerboard. Behind, the ETC Racing-2 team (Parsa, Dufour, Millara, Demigneux) took second place after a methodical climb started from last position (turbo problem in qualifying).

A top performance which consolidates the crew into first place in the provisional general classification. Despite its setbacks, the Auto Leclerc by Asphalte completes the podium. In the Pro-Am category, victory for the CTF-ABMomotozor team (Bucaille, Rey, Debaud, Bouteiller, Savouret, Cirette). The ADL Racing team (Abric, Muller, Locatelli Vailhe) won in the Gentleman category.

Rankings:

ELITE
1. G.Fargier, A.Maire, C.Billet, F.Coue (Continental Racing).
2. K.Parsa, O.Dufour, L.Millara, C.Demigneux (ETC Racing 2).
3. E.Orgeval, B.Gruau, T.Soave, JB Bouvet, JM Casals (L’Auto Leclerc by Asphalte).

PRO-AM
1. E.Bucaille, JP Rey, S.Debaud, Y.Bouteiller, F.Savouret, S.Cirette (CTF-ABMomotozor).
2. JP.Giudicelli, F.Da Silva, P.Bernardi, A.Meissonnier (CTF Ellipse).
3. N.Beraud, G.Poret, M.Corbie, T.Boust (CTF Racing Stage).

GENTLEMAN
1. M.Abric, E.Muller, F.Locatelli, C.Vailhe (ADL Racing Team).
2. E.Haussberger, Y.Depp, K.Provost, M.Baumel, P.Martins (JCL Scania).
3. M.Ode, M.Devos, PH.Maxime, R.Sabatier, P.Goehen (West Motor by ETC).

Jean-Philippe Laurent