Ahoniemi & Honigl claim European 1/12th titles

CRC has done the double at this weekend’s European 1/12th scale championships in Montbrison, France with team drivers Simo Ahoniemi taking the Mod title and Hupo Honigl the Stock title. In Modified qualifying it was Yokomo driver Ronald Volker that took pole position by 2.5 seconds ahead of Simo Ahoniemi in 2nd and Hupo Honigl in 3rd spot, while in the Stock class it was Hupo Honigl that took the top spot by over 7 seconds ahead of Markus Mobers in 2nd and Vesa Yli in 3rd. In the Modified A-mains, it was not a good race for TQ Volker, with a non finish in leg 1 and 2, and despite winning the final leg, this would net the German driver only 6th overall. Leg 1 and 2 were taken by Finnish driver Simo Ahoniemi to wrap up the title with one leg to spare. Austrian Hupo Honigl took 2nd despite a non finish in leg 1, coming back strongly with two 2nd places to take the runner up spot, while rounding out the podium was Associated team driver Olly Jefferies. In the Stock class Hupo took his CRC car to the title with a win in each of the first two legs with Serpent factory driver Markus Mobers taking a consistent runner up spot with three 2nd place finishes. In the final podium spot was Belgian Corally driver Olivier Bultynck who took the win in leg 3 to leap frog Vesa Yli for the 3rd place.

1/12th Modified class final standings
1. AHONIEMI Simo (FI) – 2pts / 2:1, 1:1 [3:10]
2. HÖNIGL Hubert (AT) – 4pts / 2:2, 3:2 [1:10]
3. JEFFRIES Olly (GB) – 5pts / 1:2, 2:3 [3:3]
4. HAGBERG Alexander (SE) – 7pts / 1:3, 2:4 [3:4]
5. FISCHER Marc (DE) – 9pts / 1:4, 3:5 [2:6]
6. VOELKER Ronald (DE) – 10pts / 3:1, 1:9 [2:10]
7. MOBERS Markus (DE) – 12pts / 1:5, 2:7 [3:7]
8. SIEBER Daniel (DE) – 13pts / 2:5, 3:8 [1:8]
9. GRIFFITHS Andy (GB) – 13pts / 3:6, 1:7 [2:8]
10. YLI Vesa (FI) – 15pts / 1:6, 2:9 [3:9]

1/12th Stock class final standings
1. HÖNIGL Hubert (AT) – 2pts / 1:1, 2:1 [3:10]
2. MOBERS Markus (DE) – 4pts / 2:2, 1:2 [3:2]
3. BULTYNCK Olivier (BE) – 5pts / 3:1, 1:4 [2:4]
4. YLI Vesa (FI) – 6pts / 1:3, 3:3 [2:5]
5. KERSWELL Chris (GB) – 7pts / 2:3, 3:4 [1:5]
6. BUKOWSKI Yoann (FR) – 11pts / 3:5, 2:6 [1:6]
7. LAURENT Alexandre (FR) – 14pts / 1:7, 3:7 [2:8]
8. BLANC Emilien (FR) – 15pts / 3:6, 1:9 [2:9]
9. RUBET Simon (AT) – 15pts / 2:7, 1:8 [3:9]
10.BUTTERFIELD Jason (GB) – 18pts / 3:8, 2:10 [1:10]

Full results can be found here.

Images: Frans Heinsbroek