The Ultimate Cup Series was back on track this weekend at Dijon-Prenois. This is the second round of the championship started at the beginning of the year, the first in France after the kick-off last month at Estoril, Portugal.
- As some of the players in the championship, we wondered why GT would not be able to run with LMP3s. Although in LMP3 we would not find any disadvantages, it is less obvious for the GT.
- Autosport GP arrived on Saturday morning on the circuit with its Alpine A110 Cup #74, which raced in the Alpine Elf Europa Cup last weekend at Nogaro. So the car started the weekend from free practice 2.
- A huge Ultimate Cup Series shelter has been installed in the paddock. It took two days to build it at the beginning of the week. It will take a little less time to dismantle it.
- Ten disabled children and their parents were invited by the organisers on Saturday, in collaboration with the Telethon. The lunch was provided by Pit Stop Restaurant. A bag with goodies was given to them upon their arrival. The operation will be repeated on the other French rounds.
- A tribute to Philippe Charriol was given on Saturday, at midday, two months to the day after his death during practices on the Paul Ricard circuit, at the wheel of a Foenix Solution F. this latest and AB Sport Auto invited the organisers to organise this tribute, all the drivers and teams took part. For the history, while it was raining, the sun made a short appearance at the moment of the one-minute silence…
- We will have to wait a bit before a live video system is put in place despite the real demand of the drivers and the teams.
- Antoine Robert (again) illustrated himself this weekend. Second of the 4H Proto at the wheel of the Norma M30 #21/DB Autosport, which he shares with his father Lionel and Hugo Carini, on Saturday, he won the 3H CN Endurance this morning. Despite some very good performances last year, the young sarthois had trouble closing his budget for this year.
- Jean-Bernard Bouvet, Jean-Paul Pagny and Thierry Perrier won the 4H GT this Sunday. The trio of the Ferrari 488 GT3 #1 Visiom team won for the first time this season after their third place at Estoril.
- The motto of the Dijon-Prenois circuit is: “Là où le futur rencontre le passé “(translate “Where the future meets the past”). “This sentence took on its full meaning this weekend as Victor Jabouille was driving a Formula Renault 2.0 this weekend, 40 years after the first Renault victory, signed by his father Jean-Pierre, at the wheel of a Renault RS10.
- The Ultimate Cup Series will be in Slovakia in a month for the third meeting of the year. Several teams should be missing out. The competition should regain momentum in Mugello at the end of June.
Florian DEFET
Source : https://endurance24.fr/le-debrief-du-week-end-de-lultimate-cup-series-a-dijon/
