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RACE REPORT: BENNETT’S WINNING DOUBLE. Gavin Bennett (Anderson-FPE) from Great Britain made the perfect start in his bid to regain the European Superkart Championship. Starting from the 2nd row he had some good fortune in race 1 when pole sitter Peter Elkmann (MS Kart-Yamaha) of Germany was involved in contact on t hres t turn and dropped back to 9th place. Bennett, chas-ing fellow Brit Lee Harpham (Anderson-FPE) then inherited the lead shortly after the half race distance when Harpham suffered a broken ignition trigger bracket.Reigning Champion Elkmann fought back strongly and battled with Frenchman Damien Payart (PVP-FPE) as they both gave chase to Bennett. But the 2007 Champion had 3.351 seconds to spare when he took the chequered  ag from Payart 2nd and Elkmann 3rd. John Riley (Anderson-Rotax) starting in 26th place after a dreadful qualifying session came strongly through the  eld to nish 4th. Malcolm Crowe (Anderson-FPE) was almost as impressive going from 25th to 6th. Marcel Maasmann (MS Kart-VM) con- rmed his status as the top Dutch Superkart driver with an excellent 8th place.Less fortunate were Mark Owens (ADE-DEA) who started on the front row but went out on the 2nd lap with main bearing failing. Thomas Johansson (Anderson-FPE) of Sweden was going well when his race was halted by mechanical failure with just one lap to go. Carlo Chermaz (PVP-PVP) from Brisbane, Aus-tralia had a most creditable 13th place on his European Championship debut. ...

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RACE REPORT: BENNETT’S WINNING DOUBLE.
Gavin Bennett (Anderson-FPE) from Great
Britain made the perfect start in his bid to regain the European Superkart Championship. Starting from
the 2nd row he had some good fortune in race 1 when pole sitter Peter Elkmann (MS Kart-Yamaha)
of Germany was involved in contact on the

rst turn and dropped back to 9th place. Bennett, chas-
ing fellow Brit Lee Harpham (Anderson-FPE) then inherited the lead shortly after the half race distance
when Harpham suffered a broken ignition trigger bracket.
Reigning Champion Elkmann fought back strongly and battled with Frenchman Damien Payart (PVP-
FPE) as they both gave chase to Bennett. But the 2007 Champion had 3.351 seconds to spare when he
took the chequered

ag from Payart 2nd and Elkmann 3rd. John Riley (Anderson-Rotax) starting in 26th
place after a dreadful qualifying session came strongly through the

eld to

nish 4th. Malcolm Crowe
(Anderson-FPE) was almost as impressive going from 25th to 6th. Marcel Maasmann (MS Kart-VM) con-

rmed his status as the top Dutch Superkart driver with an excellent 8th place.
Less fortunate were Mark Owens (ADE-DEA) who started on the front row but went out on the 2nd lap
with main bearing failing. Thomas Johansson (Anderson-FPE) of Sweden was going well when his race
was halted by mechanical failure with just one lap to go. Carlo Chermaz (PVP-PVP) from Brisbane, Aus-
tralia had a most creditable 13th place on his European Championship debut.
In race 2 Lee Harpham was the early leader but Peter Elkmann passed him on the 3rd lap and led for
the next 7 laps. But Bennett who went past Harpham from 3rd to 2nd just after halfway, took the lead
on lap 10 and held off the determined challenge as Elkmann fought back for the lead. Harpham was
relieved to secure a

nish as he came home in a deserved 3rd place. Likewise Mark Owens who was
never out of the top 4 where he eventually

nished. Damien Payart who had only quali

ed in 10th posi-
tion,

nished a strong 5th in front of Malcolm Crowe, once again having to come through from 25th on
the grid.
British driver Carl Hulme (Anderson-FPE) 8th, had his 2nd top ten

nish of the weekend as did fellow
Brit Paul Kennings (Anderson-FPE) when

nishing 9th, and Dutchman Marcel Maasmann, 10th this time.
Carlo Chermaz 16th had his second top twenty

nish.
So Gavin Bennett takes a perfect score to Most (CZ) next month but defending champion Peter Elkmann
with a 2nd and a 3rd is well placed. Damien Payart would perhaps have hoped for better than a 2nd and
5th in his home country. Lee Harpham is clearly very fast but will have been hurt by the non-

nish in
race 1. Similarly John Riley’s failure to complete race 2 was a severe blow to his championship aspira-
tions.
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LES COURSES : DOUBLÉ DE BENNETT.
Le Britannique
Gavin Bennett (Anderson-FPE) a parfaite-
ment réussi son entrée en Championnat d’Europe ce week-end à Magny Cours (F) en vue de récupérer
son titre 2007 laissé l’an dernier à l’Allemand Peter Elkmann (MS Kart-Yamaha). Partant de la deux-
ième ligne, Bennett a pro

té d’un écart, suivi d’une collision, d’Elkmann, auteur de la pole-position aux
essais, au premier virage de la Course 1, et de la défaillance d’allumage subie par Lee Harpham (Ander-
son-FPE), leader de la première course jusqu’à mi-parcours.
Après sa mésaventure du départ, Peter Elkmann remontait de façon convaincante, au point de reve-
nir en troisième position, derrière le Français Damien Payart (PVP-FPE). Bennett, cependant, s’avérait
intraitable et coupait la ligne d’arrivée avec une avance de 3,351 secondes. Payart et Elkmann l’ont
accompagné sur le premier podium européen de la saison. Parti de la 26ème place suite à des essais
cauchemardesques, John Riley (Anderson-Rotax) était l’auteur d’une spectaculaire remontée et ter-
minait quatrième. Malcolm Crowe (Anderson-FPE) n’était guère en reste, parvenant à transformer sa
26ème place initiale en sixième place

nale. Marcel Maasmann (MS Kart-VM) s’est encore révélé être
le Néerlandais le plus rapide, avec une très bonne huitième place. Moins heureux a été Mark Owens
(ADE-DEA), pourtant auteur du deuxième meilleur temps des essais quali

catifs: il a été trahi par sa
mécanique dès le deuxième tour. Le Suédois Thomas Johansson (Anderson-FPE) pouvait aussi viser un
résultat en vue, mais était contraint à l’abandon dans le dernier tour. Originaire de Brisbane, en Aus-
tralie, Carlo Chermaz (PVP-PVP) marquait à la 13ème place sa première participation en Europe.
La Course 2 voyait Lee Harpham s’élancer en tête, avant de devoir céder à la pression d’Elkmann au
3ème tour. L’Allemand se maintenait en leader sept tours durant, avant de devoir s’incliner, non sans
résistance, à deux tours du but face à Bennett. Après son abandon de la Course 1, Harpham était sou-
lagé de croiser le drapeau à damier, qui plus est à une excellente troisième place. Il en était de même
pour Mark Owens, qui terminait quatrième, devant Damien Payart et Malcolm Crowe, à nouveau auteur
d’une remontée spectaculaire de la 25ème à la sixième place. Le Britannique Carl Hulme (Anderson-
FPE), huitième, se classait comme en Course 1, parmi le Top 10, devant son compatriote Paul Kennings
(Anderson-FPE) et le Néerlandais Marcel Maasmann. Quant à l’Australien Chermaz, il terminait à nou-
veau parmi les 20 premiers.
Gavin Bennett arrivera donc à Most (République tchèque) les 5-7 juin prochains en solide leader provi-
soire au Championnat, mais saura se mé

er du Champion en titre, Peter Elkmann. Damien Payart sera
un autre sérieux adversaire, même si le Français aura sans doute préféré mieux exploiter cette première
course disputée sur ses terres. La pointe de vitesse de Lee Harpham ne fait aucun doute, mais le Britan-
nique n’a déjà quasiment plus le droit à l’erreur, son joker s’étant envolé avec son abandon de la Course
1. John Riley est logé à la même enseigne, pour avoir dû abandonner en Course 2.
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