SATURDAY'S FILM

On the evening of this first day of racing on the Val de Vienne circuit, the outcome of the French Historic Circuit Endurance Championship is becoming clearer. The Historic Tour has its first 2 champions: the duo of Eric MARTIN and Laurent VALLERY-MASSON has won the French Historic Endurance Circuit Championship! Look out for the new winners of the 2023 season tomorrow.

A DAY IN NUMBERS

10: The number of races on Sunday.

146: the number of race laps completed today.

0.341 of a second: the smallest gap of the day between a winner and the next closest competitor (Lotus Trophy).

1:42.892: the fastest time achieved in the race, all platforms combined (Gislain GENECAND in F3 Classic).

THEY SAID

Gislain GENECAND, winner in F3 Classic and second in Formula Ford Kent: "When you win, it always goes well. I got off to a very good start with a good pace and I opened up the gap very quickly. Frédéric LAJOUX came back strongly, so I was a little scared, and then when the Safety Car restarted I wasn't very good, but I managed to win the race.

Malivai CASTELLI, winner of Race 1 of the Maxi 2L Classic: "It was great fun on the track, with a very high level of driving from the top 5, it was great fun but with respect."

Jean-Pierre RICHELMI, winner of the 200km Historic Tour: "It was a very good feeling, we had tyre problems because we had 8-year-old tyres, but we managed to find a set of new tyres for the rain which we were able to maintain for practice and the race. The car was impeccable, so we're very happy."

PODIUMS OF THE DAY

Youngtimers GTI CUP: 1 Franck QUAGLIOZZI, 2 Julien PIAU, 3 Florent AUMARD

Superberline 2.0l: 1. Philippe GOSSET, 2. Florian POZZOBON, 3. Franck CABARROU

GT Classic: 1 Patrick DELANNOY, 2 Sébastien MATHIEU, 3 Jean-Pascal ROCHE

Saloon Cars: 1 Fabrice LEFEBVRE, 2 Julien GRENET, 3 Vincent DELARCHE

Maxi 2L Classic: 1. Malivai CASTELLI, 2. Jean-Pierre RICHELMI, 3. Damien SIONNEAU

Maxi 1300 Series: 1. Philippe GANDINI, 2. Eric EMPOIS, 3. David BARRERE

Roadster Pro Cup: 1 Laurent FRESNAIS, 2 Mathis VISENTIN, 3 Léo BOURGET

Formula Ford Kent Trophy: 1. Matthieu MIDY, 2. Gislain GENECAND, 2. Mathieu BOISSIERE

Racing Over 2L: 1 Jean-François BESSON, 2 Emmanuel BRIGAND, 3 Sylvain REGNIER

F3 Classic Trophy: 1 Gislain GENECAND, 2 Bruno HOUZELOT, 3 Laurent VALLERY-MASSON

Formula Renault Classic Trophy (Turbo): 1. Antoine ROBERT, 2. Lionel ROBERT, 3. Jean-Charles MONNET

Formula Renault Classic Trophy (Atmo): 1. Denis EMPOIS, 2. Georges TOMSEN, 3. Dean RIMBERT

Lotus Trophy: 1 Dominique VULLIEZ, 2 Nicolas BELOOU, 3 Eugène DELEPLANQUE

Formula Ford Historic Challenge: 1. François BELLE, 2. Gislain GENECAND, 3. Xavier MICHEL

200 km Historic Tour: 1 Jean-Pierre RICHELMI, 2 Xavier MICHEL, 3 Pascale & Jean-Pascal ROCHE

TO FOLLOW ON SUNDAY

11 other races, from 8.40am to 12.20pm and from 1.30pm to 4.55pm.

Saturday's results and Sunday's races live on: www.its-results.com

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