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<\/a><\/p>\nMy hardest French Cup<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The French cup took place in Evry the past weekend, I made the displacement after some weeks without driving but with a great desire to ride!<\/em><\/p>\n I arrived on Friday afternoon to do some practices to learn that track where I never went before.<\/em><\/p>\n My first practice run was slow, I had to learn each corners of the track and don\u2019t make mistakes, the car felt good immediately, easy to drive with a good grip. For the second practice run, I decided to let the same setup and accelerate the pace, I did some good laps but unfortunately I got thermal break after 3 minutes. It was already 34 degrees and it this weather was expected all weekend\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I changed my controller setup for the next practice but it was the same thing, always cut off after 2 minutes, controller and motor was so hot, I didn\u2019t understand why I couldn\u2019t do 5 minutes in a row. Then I decided to change my controller, I run 4 minutes then my car stopped again, this time was my battery, this one looked like an inflated balloon, certainly due to the hot temperature\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n These problems lasted until Saturday afternoon, Saturday morning I just was able to do only 7 laps during 5 controlled practices of 5 minutes, it was a disaster and I lost 1 controller and 2 batteries during the morning, I didn\u2019t want to continue, qualifications would begin and I didn\u2019t run more than 2 laps in a row ! I already changed 4 times my combo ESC-motor and it was always the same result.<\/em><\/p>\n But Yoann (Bukowski) helped me, he gave me a motor and lent me a controller, I also changed my receiver and try my last chance in qualifications. 5 minutes! I made 5 minutes! Sure we try with a very very soft controller setup, with a stock speed, but I was able to do a good time anyway to be in A-main. The last two qualifications was the same, we just tried to increase slightly boost and timing on controller to gain speed but principal was to finish each qualification run.<\/em><\/p>\n After Saturday qualifications we decided to do some test with different controller setup and finally, two hours later, we found a relative good setup.<\/em><\/p>\n Sunday morning was better, I increased my lap time but car setup was not at the top, I got height position on started grid but I knew that I could be faster in finales.<\/em><\/p>\n During the finales I tried to do my best, I finished fourth on the A1 and fifth on A2, during both I took the third provisional position but race facts made me lose that place. Unfortunately I had to stop in A3 due to a steering problem.\u00a0<\/em>My car was finally amazing during finales, Team Magic really does a great job to offer the best possible car and it feels on the track! <\/em><\/p>\n I started eighth and finally finished fifth, not bad with only 4 complete runs before.<\/em><\/p>\n In conclusion, I\u2019m a bit disappointed of this race because I know I could have been faster without all these problems and maybe drive for an eventual third position, Cyril and Thomas was too fast this weekend to hope for a better place.<\/em><\/p>\n So, congratulations to Cyril for his victory and Thomas for his second place! You did a fantastic job guys!<\/em><\/p>\n Thanks to Team Magic for their support and see you soon!<\/em><\/p>\n R\u00e9mi Callens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ps: I finally found my problem, my battery connector was damaged and this created some troubles of temperatures\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former 1\/10 Touring Stock 10.5 European Champion R\u00e9mi Callens share his feeling and provided us a full report of his 2016 French National Cup race at Evry. My hardest French Cup The French cup took place in Evry the past … Continue reading