Robert Batlle wins Spanish Nitro Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Spanish 1/8th Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend in Ripoll. Mugen’s Robert Batlle took the TQ during Saturday’s qualifiers from Borja Hernandez (Mugen) who was some 6 seconds behind in 2nd place. Oscar Baldo (Mugen) rounded out the top 3 result after the qualifiers. In Saturday’s main final Robert again showed a World-class performance by winning the 45 minute encounter by 2 laps. Behind him, the race was on for the runner-up spot with the 2nd to 7th placed drivers all finishing on the same lap. Ultimately the runner-up spot went to Jaume Figuls (Mugen) who secured the 2nd place only 0.5 seconds in front of Daniel Bernabe (SOAR). Another 1.3 seconds down Juan Carlos Canas (HoBao) completed the top 4 result.

Top 10 result:
1. Robert Batlle – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
2. Jaume Figuls – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
3. Daniel Bernabe – SOAR/O.S./Sweep
4. Juan Carlos Canas – HoBao/SWorkz/AKA
5. Alejandro Daras – Xray/FX/Sweep
6. Borja Hernandez – Mugen/Alpha/Procircuit
7. Alberto Garcia – SWorkz/SWorkz/JConcepts
8. Joas Espasa – Agama/Reds/Beta
9. Javi Pombo – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
10.Ignacio Candel – Xray/FX/Sweep
11.Bryan Baldo – Mugen/Novarossi/Procircuit
12.Oscar Baldo – Mugen/Novarossi/Procircuit

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]