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Riccobono (France) first race-test with 966 (22/02/2009)

By:: Reporter
Linked to:: Upgrade-set 960-08 to 966

Since I switched between my old team and Serpent in January, I only drove twice. Once with the 960 08 on a track near Monaco, for a regional race, but it was a little wet, and it was really a mess, because of a lot of beginners, and a difficult track for them…

And this week-end, we had a race called the "GP Nougier" (on Eric Nougier's track, near Avignon).

I raced with Serge Christiany and Christophe Aygon, the most experimented drivers in this race. Serge restarted in May or June 2008 and drove nearly every week-ends, and Christophe this month. They both drive a 960 08 until the 966 is ready for release.

This was my first race with the new 966. On Saturday, I had testing, in order to get used to the car, because last time I drove a Serpent on a dry track was a few years ago, in 2005 with the 950R. After a few adjustments, I felt very well with the car, which was very efficient, and easy to drive. It's stable, but it has a very good steering, a lot of traction, and it's fast !

On Sunday, I Top Qualified, won the semi-final (no direct qualified top-4 in this race) and won the race !!!! The lap times were good, although it was VERY windy with a lot of dust on the track by the wind, so the grip wasn't very high.

The next national race for us in 1/8th is the beginning of the French championship in 2 weeks in Toulouse. In between, I may race in 1/12th with the S120 next week-end.

Stéphane Riccobono

Riccobono will do more reports for Team Serpent this year and will also do a french set-up sheet and more translated info !!
An official intro of the 2009 french power-team to follow soonest.

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