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== SMK World Championship 2013==

== SMK World Championship 2013==

Florent won the SMK World Championship of 2013 (CDM 2013) and became the first player to successfully retrieve this title after being defeated in a prior edition (CDM 2012).  As expected, the rivalry with [[Sami]] went all the way to the wire again, climaxing in a MR semifinal between the two to decide who would win the overall title. After losing to [[Sami]] in MR for 4 years straight, a determined Florent managed to pull off an iconic 9-6 win to crown himself champion once more.  

Florent won the SMK World Championship of 2013 ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2013&show=maininfo CDM 2013]) and became the first player to successfully retrieve this title after being defeated in a prior edition ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2012&show=maininfo CDM 2012]).  As expected, the rivalry with [[Sami]] went all the way to the wire again, climaxing in a MR semifinal between the two to decide who would win the overall title. After losing to [[Sami]] in MR for 4 years straight, a determined Florent managed to pull off an iconic 9-6 win to crown himself champion once more.  

The CDM 2013 was organized by [[Geoffrey Label]], who arranged a top notch venue in the town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Suze-sur-Sarthe La Suze-sur-Sarthe] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_mans Le Mans]. The usual suspects of previous editions were all present, including a big as ever Team [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK UK] Team (8 karters), [[Drew Blumfield]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] and all the native top talent from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. For the first time the Championships welcomed it’s doors to a competitor from the country that gave us SMK, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. [[Takashi Ogasawara]] seemed to be struggling a bit to adjust to the [[PAL]] version, but he seemed to be having the time of his life nonetheless. Also his GP driving on RR on the NTSC version had to be seen to be believed. The CDM 2013 also marked the first time in history that the proceedings were live streamed on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/ffsmk), thanks to the combined endeavors of [[Geoffrey Label]] and [[Patrick Wessels]]. The stream was a big success, with kart enthusiasts from accross the globe following all the action on Twitch  until the deep hours of the night every day.  

The CDM 2013 was organized by [[Geoffrey Label]], who arranged a top notch venue in the town of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Suze-sur-Sarthe La Suze-sur-Sarthe] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_mans Le Mans]. The usual suspects of previous editions were all present, including a big as ever Team [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK UK] Team (8 karters), [[Drew Blumfield]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] and all the native top talent from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. For the first time the Championships welcomed it’s doors to a competitor from the country that gave us SMK, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. [[Takashi Ogasawara]] seemed to be struggling a bit to adjust to the [[PAL]] version, but he seemed to be having the time of his life nonetheless. Also his GP driving on RR on the NTSC version had to be seen to be believed. The CDM 2013 also marked the first time in history that the proceedings were live streamed on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/ffsmk), thanks to the combined endeavors of [[Geoffrey Label]] and [[Patrick Wessels]]. The stream was a big success, with kart enthusiasts from accross the globe following all the action on Twitch  until the deep hours of the night every day.