Endurance racer Franck Mailleux made a triumphant return to his former team at the weekend when he joined Signatech for their fifth annual karting 24 hour event. It was the 23rd running of the traditional event for Signature Racing as a whole, and an event that Franck has participated in many times previously.

 

For this year’s event, a total of 32 teams and 237 drivers took part with Franck’s team D&P 1 taking third place overall after 24 hours of competitive karting around the Sologne karting track, the Circuit International de Salbris. 

 

Although the event was just held as a fun gathering of the Signatech team, its partners and friends, the result showed that Franck had lost none of his competitive edge following his podium scoring results in the European Le Mans Series earlier in the season.

 

Franck said: “It was nice to be back part of the Signature family for the annual 24 hour karting event, which is always a lot of fun. We had a really great time and completed somewhere near to 1,000 laps of the track. We finished in third place against some very competitive teams and drivers but the social side of things was far more important and to spend some time with friends. It was definitely a nice way to end the 2013 season!”