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French Nats round 2 @ ALC Longvic

On the weekend of 26-27 April 2025, the 2nd round of the French 1/10 scale electric championship took place on the wonderful on-road track of Longvic, a suburb of Dijon.

In July this year, the 3rd Pro10 Eurocup will be held on the same track -> go to Euro-Cup

An impressive 105 drivers competed in various classes.

Pro 10 class

The Pro 10 class was one of the largest classes with 22 pilots. Pilots from France, Austria and Switzerland have been registered to the race

The Rules

The regulations stipulate that Pro 10 vehicles of the usual dimensions and specifications with 13.5t EFRA-motors, controllers in blinky mode, max. 8.40V battery voltage and treated sponge rubber tyres to be used. Compliance with the rules was consistently checked. Battery voltage and blinky mode before the run - all other parameters afterwards

The club

A big thanks to the numerous and conscientious helpers from the MRCLongvic (ALC Longvic) and the FFVRC association

Julien Parnot from Paris who drove his JRP FT10 had a strong pace and was among the front runners. He won the 1st round of French Nats @ Monteux earlier this year and he was the MAN TO BEAT

The first practice sessions already promised a segregation at the top with Markus Schneider on his WRP, with a lot of experience from the Swiss PRO 10 stock scene, who showed early on that he was a contender for a top position

Nicolas Albina, who arrived later from Switzerland, was immediately able to set very fast laps with his customised KATI

A young driver named Maxime Pouffier caused a sensation with his FENIX, as it was his 2nd PRO 10 race. The rookie was able to shine on his home track

The track conditions were constantly changing, as Friday and Saturday were rather cool but sunny 13° Celsius with a moderate east-wind - Sunday was rather overcast, cool but windless. 
Fortunately, the "GOD OF RC" was in good mood, to not letting us sit in the rain, although it often smelt like it (rain)

Ranking after Seeding

 

  1. Julien Parnot, 51.443s 
  2. Markus Schneider, 51.601s 
  3. Nicolas Albina, 51.775s 
  4. Maxime Pouffier, 52.068s 
  5. Remy Bertrand, 52.731s 
  6. Olivier Pierrat, 52.994s 
  7. Patrick Bariot, 53.034s 
  8. Alain Mir, 53.243s 
  9. Roman Wolff, 53.373s 
  10. Ludovic Loupas, 53.734s 
  11. Phileas Bourquard, 53.803s 
  12. Ghislain Mantrand, 53.974s 
  13. Stephane Clisol, 54.331s 
  14. Laurent Pouffier, 54.916s 
  15. Herve Beauchaud, 54.959s 
  16. Richard Chevrolat, 55.745s 
  17. Christophe Rolland, 56.118s 
  18. Donatien Mombazet, 56.548s 
  19. Guillaume Bedou, 56.748s 
  20. Philippe Roy, 57.239s 
  21. Olivier Fontaneau, 57.753s 

The Qualification runs

Top seed Julien Parnot was able to maintain the lead in Q1, although the first 3 positions changed constantly over almost the entire 5-minute race. In the end, Schneider was able to take Q1 with 3 tenths of a second ahead of Parnot - really close. Albina on P3, 2 seconds behind

Q2 was characterised by changing positions for a long time, similar to Q1, until Schneider was finally able to pull away and secure the race with a 1 second lead over Parnot on P2

With double P1 finishes, it became increasingly clear that it would be difficult to displace Schneider from P1. Finally he won all qualifying runs, while in Q5, in apparently perfect conditions, it was possible to set a best lap time of 16.152s and a very fast Q-pace with 18 laps in 5:05.815

Maxime Pouffier with his FENIX had a consistent pace to manage P4 overall, after Qualification with P4 in Q1, Q4 & Q5. He as the "local hero" had high hopes on a decent result. His skills were well known in other onroad classes. 

Remy Bertrand with his ROCHE was able to show a solid Qualification, as he managed to set a P5 in Q1 and P4 in Q2 & Q3, resulting in a P5 overall, while he was suffering a lack of corner entry speed.

P2 finisher of round 1 of French Nationals earlier this year, Patrick Bariot was able to put his FENIX to P6 after Qualification, as he was also suffering of poor car handling, especially in cornering. The expectations into his performance were clearly higher for this weekens race, as he is a popular french RC-Car driver. He will of course come back stronger for the upcoming PRO 10 events.

Ranking after Qualifing

 

  1. Markus Schneider, 0p
  2. Julien Parnot, 6p
  3. Nicolas Albina, 8p
  4. Maxime Pouffier, 12p
  5. Remy Bertrand, 14p
  6. Patrick Bariot, 17
  7. Roman Wolff, 19p
  8. Phileas Bourquard, 19p
  9. Olivier Pierrat, 21p
  10. Stephane Clisol, 26p
  11. Alain Mir, 27p
  12. Ghislain Mantrand, 27p
  13. Laurent Pouffier, 31p
  14. Ludovic Loupas, 36p
  15. Herve Beauchaud, 39p
  16. Guillaume Bedou, 44p
  17. Richard Chevrolat, 45p
  18. Philippe Roy, 49p
  19. Christophe Rolland, 50p
  20. Donatien Mombazet, 53p
  21. Olivier Fontaneau, 53p

Finals

 B-Main

The finals were set and it was possible to start with 2 full fields (B-Main with 11 starters). 
Mr. Alain Mir, who had unfortunately narrowly missed out on the A-Main, was the clear winner in all B-Mains and placed his JRP ahead of Ludovic Loupas and Ghislain Mantrand

The next time, Alain will sure get it into the A-Main! He had a good pace all weekend long 

A-Main

The pole-setter Schneider was now challenged because  in the finals the situation could change quickly as he was now the one being chased

Schneider had thought about going for slightly smaller tyre diameters than in the qualifying heats in order to have a performance advantage on this flat surface track, but without correcting the gear ratio, this had to be a rather disadvantageous decision

Parnot was able to put a lot of pressure on Schneider in the first laps of both A-Main runs, as he had a speed surplus at the end of the straight and in the fast Parabolic corner, and Schneider did not get the best possible access to the runs with some unclean lines in the infield

However, it is well known that overtaking is very difficult in the stock classes if the car in front does not make major mistakes. Parnot is a very gentle RC-driver, as he would have had the opportunity to make attempts for overtakes, but he judged the risk as too big, as the pursuers were already catching up

That's why Schneider won A1 and A2 to secure the overall win. Parnot two times took P2, Pouffier P3 and Albina P4.

The rest of the podium had to be confirmed in A3 (without Schneider).

Parnot with an unchallenged victory ahead of Pouffier and Albina. A great performance from Maxime Pouffier with his Fenix G56 in P3. He was able to take advantage of Albina's uncertainties at the start of each of the A-Main runs with an overtaking manoeuvre and was rewarded with a podium finish

Final Ranking

 

  1. Markus Schneider - WRP
  2. Julien Parnot - JRP
  3. Maxime Pouffier - FENIX 
  4. Nicolas Albina - KATI
  5. Olivier Pierrat
  6. Patrick Bariot - FENIX
  7. Phileas Bourquard
  8. Stephane Clisol - WRP 
  9. Roman Wolff - WRP 
  10. Remy Bertrand - ROCHE 
  11. Alain Mir - JRP
  12. Ludovic Loupas 
  13. Ghislain Mantrand
  14. Laurent Pouffier
  15. Herve Beauchaud - JRP
  16. Richard Chevrolat - ROCHE
  17. Philippe Roy
  18. Guillaume Bedou
  19. Olivier Fontaneau
  20. Christophe Rolland
  21. Donatien Mombazet

The Technics

The vehicles used represented a wide variety. Cars from ROCHE, FENIX, SPM, JRP and WRP were used. Those who have been forgotten may forgive us. 
The concepts used were also more varied than ever: 

  • shorty batteries in cross and longitudinal arrangement
  • light and small stock controllers
  • large modified controllers with and without fan
  • fans on the motor
  • no fans at all
  • short (-20mm) and long Viola bodies
  • new Mirage, AVRO and Fenix R16 bodies
  • tyres from GP-Speed and Ennetti
  • Tyre treatment from Andy's Grip, Spider, Speedtech and others

(The list is not complete)

JRP

WRP

Fenix

Roche

Fenix

WRP

WRP

Viola Body

Video of 3rd A-Main

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