Motorsport: No champion yet

Loic Vindice traveled to the kart track near Pontarlier as the clear championship leader in the KZ2 class (shifter karts). However, Vindice did not finish higher than third in any race, but was still able to increase his lead in the standings from 30 to 46 points. Paul Hökfelt had to relinquish his second place overall to André Reinhard after a retirement and only 10th place in the final. Reinhard was handed a 5-second penalty in the final for an early start, dropping him from second to fifth place. Nicolas Rohrbasser celebrated his first victory in the final for two years ahead of Sébastien Luisier.

In the Iame X30 Challenge, Norick Lehner was already untouchable in qualifying and celebrated three race wins on race day. "If I wanted to have any chance of winning the title, I had to attack here. I prepared myself intensively, but never thought it would go so well," said the new championship leader happily. The dethroned Hicham Mazou crashed into the rear of an opponent after the start due to a faulty front brake and received a time penalty for this, which dropped him back to P5.

Photo finish for the youngest
In the X30 juniors, title favorite Savio Moccia initially led in the final, before Julian Kuwabara-Wagg prevailed as in the two heats and won his first final. Yannik Kläy took all three victories in the OK Seniors. Fabio Leimer had a great start in the final, but was pushed slightly off the racing line. In the final of the youngest (Super Mini), Samir Ben finished just ahead of the two-time pre-race winner and clear SM leader Alessio Fagone and Esteban Schott. Their gap was just one tenth of a second. All five titles will now be awarded on September 18 in Lignières.

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