Walti wins Swiss 1/10th Champs Rd3

Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the Swiss 1/10th scale 200mm Nationals run at the Lostallo track, host of next weeks European 1/8th scale Championships. Qualifying saw Mugen racer Dirk Stammler claim the pole position ahead of the Xray driver, and winner of the first 2 rounds, Beat Walti in 2nd, while 3rd spot went to another Xray, that of Traugott Schär. At the start of the final pole man Stammler has some problems and lets Walti into the lead followed by Schär close behind, while on lap 5 Stammler flames out and drops out of contention then the next lap Walti makes a mistake and drops back to fifth. Schär takes over the lead where he stays until 5 minutes till then end when he makes a mistake allowing the recovering Walti to regain the lead where he stays to take the win, and the 2007 National title, ahead of Schär in 2nd with Serpent driver Walter Pollet-Villard in 3rd.

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Final Results:
1. Beat Wälti – 82L 30:16.857 (Xray NT1)
2. Traugott Schär – 81L 30:08.950 (Xray NT1)
3. Walter Pollet-Villard – 79L 30:04.924 (Serpent 720 ’07)
4. Yuri Bognuda – 75L 30:19.392 (Kyosho V-one RRR)
5. Claudio Pasquin – 74L 30:05.600 (Xray NT1)
6. Fabio Marzini – 71L 30:18.724 (Team Magic G4)
7. Giacomo Moretti – 69L 30:18.346 (Xray NT1)
8. Monika Ackerman – 64L 29:17.264 (Xray NT1)
9. Mattia Pesenti – 59L 24:26.102 (Team Magic G4)
10. Dirk Stammler – 31L 12:14.312 (Mugen MTX4)

Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]