Video – 2016 Euros 1/8th Main Final
All the action from the 45 minute long Main final at the 2016 EFRA 1/8th Offroad European Championships in Redovan, Spain. With commentary in English and Spanish by Carlos Gomez.
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Boots retains Euro title as rivals crumble in the heat
Elliott Boots has successfully defended his 1:8 Offroad European Championship title. Racing under the beating Spanish sun, the 45-minute final would take a dramatic turn with just 7-minute to go as David Ronnefalk and Robert Batlle looked set to duel it out for the win. Having just relinquished the lead to Ronnefalk, Battle would suddenly slow but before the gasping onlookers could get their breath back Ronnefalk would also come to a stop. With both drivers suffering from overheating throttle servos, it was Top Qualifier Boots who was there to pick up the pieces, the British driver having made a somewhat slow start to the race. With the demise of both Ronnefalk and Battle, the attention of the race was on who would make up the rest of the podium, former champion Yannick Aigoin as surprised as anyone to finish runner-up for Xray ahead of an equally happy Neil Cragg, the Associated driver describing it as the ‘best 45-minute final I’ve ever had’.
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Kostas Katsadonis wins RCriver Summer Cup
The recent RCriver Summer Cup was held in Amaliada, Greece with drivers from Athens, Amaliada, Agrinio, Corfu/Kerkyra and Aigio in attendance. Xray driver Kostas Katsadonis would bring home the win from Tekno’s Ilias Arkoudaris and Kyosho driver Giannis Papanikolaou. Harris Katsadonis (Xray) and Basilis Stathopoulos (Kyosho) would round out the top 5.
Ronnefalk on pole for 36th Euros
David Ronnefalk will start the final of the the 36th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships from pole position. In a repeat of last year’s opening Semi final, the Swede again took the win ahead of Top Qualifier Elliot Boots, the defending champion having a slight bobble on the opening lap which let the former back to back champion slip through to a lead he would hold for the rest of the 20-minute encounter. Making it a three way train around the huge RC Redovan track Robert Battle would drop back a little after the first fuel stop as a wrong tyre compound choice saw his tyres go off. The Spaniard would hold on for third as he managed a comfortable gap over the Xray of Martin Wollanka. In the second Semi the result would also be a repeat of 12-months ago as Davide Ongaro took the win. Starting second Ongaro got by Darren Bloomfield on the opening lap and like Ronnefalk took control of the rest of the race. With Bloomfield falling to sixth to just make the cut, Bryan Baldo would take second followed by former champion Yannick Aigoin, Marco Baruffolo and Oscar Baldo, the locals ecstatic the Baldo brothers are into the final at their home track.
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Semi Final line-up complete in Redovan
The Semi Finalists line-up is complete for the 36th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships at RC Redovan in Spain. Having just missed the Top 16 cut in qualifying, former champion Miguel Matiaswould take victory in the first of the 20-minute 1/4 finals, the Portuguese driver leading from start to finish to put his Mugen through. With four bump up spots up for grabs, behind Matias it was another of last year’s finalist Riccardo Berton who finished second, the 2015 Euro B Champion followed by the SOAR of Daniel Bernabe and the Kyosho of Jerome Aigoin. A finalist in 2014 in Germany, JQ’ boss Joseph Quagraine would miss the cut finishing 5th 5-seconds behind Aigoin.
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Boots caps of Euros quali with 3rd TQ run
Although he secured the Top Qualifier honours in the penultimate round, Elliott Boots capped off qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in style with a 3rd TQ run in the final round. The defending champion would further improve on his best time over the 5-minutes to top the round from David Ronnefalk, the Swede ending up third overall which means he will line-up right behind the Brit in Semi-A. Rounding out qualifying with the third quickest time, which would end as one off his dropped rounds, Darren Bloomfield secures pole for the Semi-B ahead of Q1 TQer Davide Ongaro, the young Italian completing qualifying at RC Redovan with a P5. Two drivers to end qualifying with their best performances of the five rounds would be Martin Wollanka and Joern Nuemann claiming a P3 and P6 respectively.
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Champion Boots Top Qualifier in Spain
Reigning champion Elliott Boots is Top Qualifier at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships, the Kyosho driver claiming the honour early with a second TQ run in the penultimate round of qualifying in Spain. Opening the second day of qualifying with his fastest time around the huge RC Redovan track, Boots would top the times ahead of fellow Brit Darren Bloomfield who was just 2/10ths off the Q4 pace. Winner of the second round of qualifying, Davide Ongaro would complete the Top 3 ahead of yesterday’s other TQ driver David Ronnefalk, a bad tyre choice ending the Swede’s chances of overall TQ honours.
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Ronnefalk comes good in Q3
David Ronnefalk finally came good in the third round of qualifying at the 1:8 Euros in Spain to become the third different driver to post a TQ run in Redovan. The championship’s last back to back champion, the HB Racing driver concluded the first day of qualifying with the overall fastest time finishing 4/10ths of second up on Darren Bloomfield. Taking the opening qualifier and second in Q2, Elliott Boots would complete the Top 3, the reigning champion holding the overnight TQ ahead of tomorrow’s final two qualifiers. Taking the TQ in the second qualifier, Davide Ongaro would back up his P1 run with fifth just behind Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle with Byran Baldo completing the Top 6.
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