On September 25 and 26, Team Avgas sponsored by Maxiscoot headed to Falkenstein, Germany to participate in the final races of the prestigious 2021 European Scooter Challenge.
Romain, Antoine and Sébastien made their way to the Harzring in Falkenstein on Thursday evening to run in and tune their machines during free practice. On Friday morning, the team set up in one of the pits overlooking the race track and after the official registration in the early afternoon, off to the track they went.
The first laps were quite telling. Romain and Antoine quickly made their mark on the track they know quite well. Sébastien, on the other hand, dat to familiarize himself with the track, he rode lap after lap without any problems. Everything went smoothly, the carburetors were readjusted and all the necessary adjustments are completed.
On Saturday morning, the team sets off for the time trial under cloudy skies. Antoine sets the 5th best time in his category, Sébastien the 6th best and Romain the best time of the day.
On Saturday afternoon, Antoine does really well in his first run. He takes 5th place, and in the second run he takes 6th place.
After a great fight in the third run, the brakes of Antoine’s Vespa failed two laps before the finishing line. He finishes in 6th place.
It’s Romain’s and Sébastien’s turn now. Romain blows his start and is now on position 4.
While trying to regain pole position, he crashes in the second lap. The race is stopped, Romain fortunately gets away with a few bruises.
Back in the pits, Antoine hurries to quickly repair his Vespa in order to try to fight his way to the front.
2nd start of the 1st round. Romain is in last place.
Sébastien fights against two other riders to keep his position. He reaches 5th place.
In the second round, Romain starts from the last position, but gains ground lap after lap and ends up winning.
A nice comeback for Romain, and a nice reward for his efforts. Sébastien puts up a great fight with two of his competitors and finishes on place 6.
In the 3rd and last round of the last leg of the European Scooter Challenge 2021, Romain and Sébastien could keep their places. Antoine finished 6th, Sébastien 5th and Romain 3rd.
Congrats to all the members of Team Avgas who worked tirelessly all weekend to bring their team to the podium.
The team is very happy with this great racing weekend.
Congratulations to them for the great places and good luck for the upcoming season!
