Robert Batlle dominates final Spanish Buggy

The final round of the Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the Alhaurin de la Torre track in mixed weather conditions. In the shortened qualifiers Mugen’s Robert Batlle found himself in a battle with Bryan Baldo for the TQ but it was the former World Champion who ultimately came out fastest from his Mugen team mates Bryan and Oscar. The 45 minute main final on Sunday was run in dry weather and on a track prepped with sawdust and the race again had Robert coming out fastest although he again had to defend himself against the fast Baldo brothers with whom he swapped positions several times in the opening stages. Ultimately Robert took the win from Oscar with a 16 seconds margin while Bryan ended the main final one lap down, making it a Mugen/Ultimate 1-2-3 finish. Dani Vega (Agama/Reds Racing) ended the main in fourth place, Joan Carlos Canas (HoBao/O.S.) rounded out the top 5 result. As for the overall championship, Robert Batlle secured yet another one while Oscar Baldo grabbed the runner-up spot. Bryan Baldo in third and Javi Pombo in fourth completed the top 4 result for 2015.

Final result:
1. Robert Batlle – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
2. Oscar Baldo – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
3. Bryan Baldo – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
4. Dani Vega – Agama/Reds Racing/6Mik
5. Juan Carlos Canas – HoBao/O.S./AKA
6. Ignacio Candel – Xray/Top/Sweep
7. Javi Pombo – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
8. Dani Batlle – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit
9. Alex Daras – Xray/Top/Sweep
10.Ignacio Gutierrez – Agama/Reds Racing/6Mik
11.Alberto Garcia – SWorkz/SPower/JConcepts
12.Juanma Vera – Mugen/Ultimate/Procircuit

Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]