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To make up for lost ground versus [[Sami]] in the overall ranking, Florent knew he had to do something special in the BM tournament. For the 6th year running he made the final four, though he did not obtain a medal after successive losses versus [[Geoffrey Label]] (semi final) and [[Drew Blumfield]] (little final). This was more than an acceptable performance for Florent, however it was not enough, as he did find himself struggling to maintain a top 5 spot in the overall rankings. Florent set the record straight on GP day with top notch driving that he himself described as the pinnacle of his SMK career. Among the performances was a sub 1'20 World Record on [[BC2]] 5-lap with 2 feathers, driven during the group stages.  

To make up for lost ground versus [[Sami]] in the overall ranking, Florent knew he had to do something special in the BM tournament. For the 6th year running he made the final four, though he did not obtain a medal after successive losses versus [[Geoffrey Label]] (semi final) and [[Drew Blumfield]] (little final). This was more than an acceptable performance for Florent, however it was not enough, as he did find himself struggling to maintain a top 5 spot in the overall rankings. Florent set the record straight on GP day with top notch driving that he himself described as the pinnacle of his SMK career. Among the performances was a sub 1'20 World Record on [[BC2]] 5-lap with 2 feathers, driven during the group stages.  

Notably, he did narrowly escape elimination in the 1/8 finals, where he faced tough opposition of [[Ben Allen]]. After Ben surprisingly won the first cup, they had to play mushroom cup. Again Ben started the cup very well and gained an early lead. It got to the point that hypothetically all Ben had to do to pull off one of the biggest upsets in CDM history was win one of the final two tracks, BC1 or MC2. Florent was on the verge of losing his last chance to gain a gold medal and a top-3 overall ranking at the (official PAL) CDM of 2012. Obviously his GP streak was also at stake. Knowing this, Florent pulled off the win on both BC1 and MC2 and went on to progress to the quarter final, but not without acknowledging that of all the players he had faced during his 7 year GP winning streak, [[Ben Allen]] came the closest to stopping him. After this, Florent was unstoppable as he convincingly beat both [[Sami]] and [[Harold Christensen]] in the semi final and final respectively, to win the gold medal for the 7th year running. This was enough for Florent to jump all the way to the 2nd position in the overall rankings, but not enough to prevent [[Sami]] from gaining his first ever SMK World Champion title.

Notably, he did narrowly escape elimination in the 1/8 finals, where he faced tough opposition of [[Ben Allen]]. After Ben surprisingly won the first cup, they had to play mushroom cup. Again Ben started the cup very well and gained an early lead. It got to the point that hypothetically all Ben had to do to pull off one of the biggest upsets in CDM history was win one of the final two tracks, BC1 or MC2. Florent was on the verge of losing his last chance to gain a gold medal and a top-3 overall ranking at the (official PAL) CDM of 2012. Obviously his GP streak was also at stake. Knowing this, Florent pulled off the win on both BC1 and MC2 and went on to progress to the quarter final, but not without acknowledging that of all the players he had faced during his 7 year GP winning streak, [[Ben Allen]] came the closest to stopping him. After this, Florent was unstoppable as he convincingly beat both [[Sami]] and [[Harold Christensen]] in the semi final and final respectively, to win the gold medal for the 7th year running. This was enough for Florent to jump all the way to the 2nd position in the overall rankings, but not enough to prevent [[Sami]] from gaining his first ever SMK World Champion title.