A 25-place catch-up in the final phase to finish in the top 6 of the European KF2 Championship at Essay, a best lap in race that says a lot about the competitiveness of SODI equipment, the status of best French driver for Loïc Reguillon, a new podium for Anthony Abbasse in KZ2 and a few important victories in Rotax Max! After launching its new Internet site, www.sodiracingteam.com, the SODI brand has also collected a series of brilliant results over the last few weeks.

Regardless of whether the category is ICA or KF2 or, as recently happened, "Espoirs", SODI has always been in the spotlight. The different CIK/FIA homologated models have always shown brilliant performances and the same has happened for 2009 models, the ST32s. Third at the 2008 World Cup, Loïc Reguillon had definitely the potential to aim at the podium, or even at victory last 2 August.
"At Essay, I hoped I could achieve a good result and I think the times I set on Sunday show clearly that we were in a position to reach that goal" Loïc stressed. "Unfortunately I had too many problems during qualifiers to be able to fight for victory. I was penalised by a series of collisions at the start and I was only 31st on the start grid in the pre-final".
Extremely fast at the wheel of his SODI-Parilla, Loïc Reguillon began an extraordinary catch-up race, believing that the qualities of his equipment would allow him to pass several other drivers and reach the top 10. Given the circumstances, he crossed the finishing line in an unhoped for 6th place and proved that the Sodi Team was once again up to expectations in a major international event.

A brief analysis by Nicola De Cola, SODI team manager

"The SODI Team continues its excellent season and we have proved once again that our chassis is competitive under all conditions, regardless of the type of event. This European Championship at Essay was very complicated to manage, due to the many collisions at race starts. Loïc Reguillon suffered the consequences of that situation at different times during the race, but he was good at taking advantage of a very competitive kart from the first to very last lap of the final phase to complete a great catching up".

Sodi Team on the Internet

www.sodiracingteam.com is the brand new Internet site dedicated to the SODI Team. With its elegant design and neat look, it shows detailed real-time news about the team and its motivations, the drivers' profiles, race photographs and results.

Sodi Wins in Rotax

On 2 August, Jérôme Bourquard gained a new victory at the wheel of his SODI from BRK Team, in the Rotax Euro Challenge. On the Sosnova track (Czech Republic) the French driver also won in the pre-final and reached the lead of the Rotax Master Championship when there is one meeting to go before the end. A week earlier, at a round of the Swiss Championship in Septfontaine, Anthony Abbasse and the SODI Team imposed very rapidly their law on the KZ2 category. Unfortunately, after conquering the pole position and winning a heat, he was forced to abandon in another heat. In the final, he showed the best of his SODI chassis by climbing up to second place. And on 19 July, at the KART mag Trophy, Quentin Bonnier triumphed in Rotax Max with a Sodi from the Ludo Racing Team, in a very prestigious setting!