Masters Karting Paris Bercy
Masters Karting Paris Bercy is a competition indoor karting which was played from 1993 to 2001 on a temporary tour at the Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy in December. Founded in 1993 by former Formula 1 driver Philippe Streiff, gather the best riders from all disciplines of motor and the best karting drivers sports this event was intended to. In 2011, ERDF decided to revive the competition with electric karts.
Masters Elf (1993-2001)
The first edition of Masters Elf took place on 18 and 19 December 1993. Two races were held each evening, a relay of three drivers (a Formula 1 driver, one from another discipline of motorsport and a young kart driver) and stroke accounting for the CIK Championship. This weekend was marked by the last duel on the track between Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna throughout the weekend.
In 1994 the team relay was replaced by a simple race between the big names in motorsport. It was a battle between Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher held in suspense the Bercy arena. French driver Jean-Christophe Boullion won the first race on Saturday and Alessandro Zanardi won on Sunday.
In 1995, Prost and Schumacher did not participate and it was a young French driver, David Terrien who won the first race ahead of Gianni Morbidelli. On Sunday Luca Badoer won the race ahead of David Terrien.
In 1996, the relay race returned and Michael Schumacher came back to Bercy and started all races of the weekend. He won the CIK race on Sunday.
In 1997, Jacques Villeneuve started at Bercy. On Saturday Alessandro Zanardi won the F1 race. Mika Salo won on Sunday.
In 1998, Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter and Mick Doohan came to Bercy.[1] Under the drivers were names such as Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Fernando Alonso who would later find success in higher racing categories. Emmanuel Collard won on Saturday and Jean-Christophe Boullion won on Sunday. That year Fernando Alonso won the first CIK race and Giorgio Pantano won the second.
In 1999, no star motorsport and F1 was present. Stéphane Sarrazin won the first superfinale and Franck Montagny the second. This year Robert Kubica win the second CIK race.
In 2000, the three relay race was back and it was the French team (Sébastien Bourdais, Jean-Christophe Boullion and Julien Poncelet) that won on Saturday. The European team (Franck Lagorce, Clivio Piccione and Félix Porteiro) won on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton won one of the support races.
In 2001, the Italian relay (Vitantonio Liuzzi, Davide Forè and Franck Lagorce) won the superfinal. Sebastian Vettel won the junior race before Nico Hülkenberg. It was the last Elf Masters.
References
- ↑ Bénard, David (2011-05-16). "Le Masters Elf de karting de 1998". Kartcom.com. Kartcom.com. Retrieved 2011-05-16.