The first partnership between "Fondation Julie Tonelli pour l'Enfance" and FFSA for 2008 Karting GPs ended at Varennes on a very positive note. Thanks to this partnership, the Foundation was able to reach a large number of supporters. At the last round of 2008 French Championship, over 50 pilots displayed Julie's colours, i.e. almost half of all the participants: quite a success! "Fondation Julie Tonelli pour l'Enfance" is proud of having supported the FFSA in its efforts to make Karting GP more appealing.

French Crown for Thomas Mich and Brandon Maïsano
Thomas had to face a stressful situation when he could not take the start at Saturday's pre-final. He risked being the only unqualified pilot, leaving his opponents a clear field. Luckily for him, everything went well and the MRT pilot climbed from 44th to 12th position in the final. When all his opponents had problems, Thomas was almost sure of winning the title of French KZ2 Champion already on Saturday evening. He was even afforded the luxury of fighting for victory in the final. The situation was more uncertain for Brandon Maïsano: it was necessary to wait until the very last laps of the last race of the season to know the outcome of the duel with Guillaume De Ridder. Despite all strategic efforts made by the Belgian pilot, Brandon finished second in the final and won the French KF2 Championship. Jonathan Hélias completed the 100% Tonelli podium for 2008 Championship.

Nice results for Flavien Bouzana in KF2, after a hard fought race in the leading pack, especially against William Benedetti, always third at Varennes. Sébastien Bailly, with a more performing equipment on Sunday, recovered 20 positions in the final. Nils Bernardet was delighted with his new Maranello chassis and took advantage of it to score his first points in the Championship. In the Bluy family, Elie, the eldest, raced against his young brother Clément. Clément was the winner of Sunday's family duel, after his brother had dominated the previous day.

In KZ2, Anthony Abbasse conquered the second step of the Championship podium, while his team mate Alban Varutti showed some excellent performances, though limited by his bad luck. Alban, after showing remarkable progress throughout the season, finished 5th in the overall ranking. Perhaps one of the fastest pilots, Jonathan Thonon made his return with a second place on Saturday, but was also forced to withdraw for mechanical problems in the rain, on Sunday. Return to Grand Prix FFSA also for Florian, who came, like many others, to run in for 125 gearbox with a view to the World Cup, with a very convincing performance.

The foundation "Julie Tonelli pour l'Enfance" wishes to thank all the lucky (and unlucky) pilots who support it by displaying Julie's colours on their karts during the Grand Prix Karting FFSA at Varennes:

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