Batlle TQ’s European Championships

Todays final day of qualifying at the 1/8th scale TT European Championships in Auxerre France started off wet, with the rain continuing to fall until 9.30am, but by 11.30am however the covers were off and the track was ready to go again. Carrying on his form from the final qualifying round yesterday, HoBao driver Robert Batlle of Spain, racing the new Hyper 8.5, claimed the overall TQ position with 2 more great runs today to put him 1 point ahead of 2nd placed qualifier, current European Champion, Yannick Aigoin. The Xray driver had 2 steady runs to secure his position at the sharp end of the field, well clear of overnight pole man Davide Tortorici of Italy. The Crono driver wasnt able to pixk up his pace in order to hold onto his pole position spot as this position is worth nothing but the bragging rights that comes with it, i’m sure he’s happy with his place in the Semi final and he is still very much in contention for the win. Tomorrow sees more sub finals run as well as the main finals, and we hope to bring you the final results at the end of the day when we get them.

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Top 16 after final qualifying
1. Robert Batlle (ESP) – 552pts
2. Yannick Aigoin (FR) – 551pts
3. Davide Tortorici (IT) – 548pts
4. Renaud Savoya (FR) – 545pts
5. Raul Peris (ESP) – 536pts
6. Daniel Vega (ESP) – 544pts
7. Philippe Lachat (CH) – 534pts
8. Jerome Sartel (FR) – 532pts
9. Guillaume Vray (FR) – 531pts
10. Jerome Aigoin (FR) – 527pts
11. Robert Gustafsson (SE) – 525pts
12. Joseph Quagraine (FI) – 522pts
13. Michel Farina (FR) – 522pts
14. Sebastian Leonard (FR) – 521pts
15. Borja Hernandez (ESP) – 521pts
16. Riccardo Rabitti (IT) – 518pts

Source: Neo Buggy [neo-buggy.net]