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July 9, 2015

Boots takes opening qualifier in Italy

Elliott Boots has taken the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Italy. Winner of the Warm-up Race, the Kyosho driver topped the first of the five scheduled 5-minute qualifiers by 1-second from the TLR of Marco Baruffolo. Just 2/10ths further back defending champion David Ronnefalk would completed the Top 3 despite two driver errors. Having topped yesterday’s seeding practice, traffic issues would leave Robert Batlle sixth fastest.

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July 9, 2015

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held at the WMW Team track in Fehring, Austria, host of several European Championships. Although being a national championship the ROS makes guest appearances in surrounding countries with the three national races being backed by the Austrian round in Fehring and a Slovakian round in Kvetoslavov. The ROS is run in a total of seven classes including Pro and Stock Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, Electric Truck and two Short Course categories. Overall more than 50 drivers made the trip to Fehring with Xray’s Martin Wollanka leading the proceedings in the Pro Nitro Buggy class. Albert Neuwirth (Mugen) came in 2nd while Cseko Gergely (TLR) rounded out the top 3 result.

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July 8, 2015

Baldo fastest, Batlle top seed

Bryan Baldo has ended Day 2 of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy, as the fastest driver around the Ongaroring but it is fellow countryman & Mugen team-mate Robert Batlle who is the top seed as the event moves into qualifying tomorrow. Baldo put in an impressive 3-consecutive-laps in the second of the day’s two timed practice rounds with a time of 1:53.059, bettering Batlle’s TP1 topping time by over a second. Behind Baldo, Italian Alex Zanchettin posted the second fastest time of day practice with a 1:53.507 in TP2. However using EFRA’s tie-break, points awarded each round, the TLR driver is ranked 4th behind Kyosho’s Riccardo Berton. An improved TP2 would see defending champion David Ronnefalk post the 6th fastest time which was good enough to seed the HB/HPI Racing driver 10th.

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July 8, 2015

Batlle quickest in first timed practice

As proceedings at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got official it was Robert Batlle who would set the pace in first timed practice in Italy. The Mugen driver topped the first of the two rounds that will be used to seed the heats for qualifying, with a three consecutive lap time of 1:54.128. Behind the 2011 Champion it was newly crowned European B Champion Riccardo Berton who was second fastest with a time of 1:55.068 with 3-time champion Renaud Savoya third quickest. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who set the fastest lap time in free practice yesterday, it was not a good first round as he failed to get in three clean laps and was classified 62nd.

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July 8, 2015

Tobias Kerler joins ARC

ARC have announced the signing of Germany’s Tobias Kerler to their nitro on-road team. The former Serpent driver will use the company’s R8.0 car in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at the ENS, the Euro A in Germany and the German Championship. This is what Tobias has to say about the deal:

First of all I want to say thanks to ARC for the possibility to drive the new ARC R8.0. After a long time in Serpent, which I want to thank also, I wanted to meet new challenges. I heard about the outstanding car and the decision was easy. During construction of the R8.0 I saw that the power train is very smooth and due to the very good quality the building structure was quite simple. In the first test I reached already the times like with my Serpent. In my first race, the 2. LCT run in Rötz, I could undercut my time to 1/10[th of a second]. Now I’m looking forward to work together with the whole ARC team and present the car at the next races [as are the] ENS, Euro A Ettlingen and DM 1/8 Türkheim.

July 7, 2015

Ronnefalk tops opening day at Euros

David Ronnefalk has opened his title defence in the best possible way as he topped the times on the very hot & humid opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy. Chasing a third consecutive European title, the 2015 HB/HPI Racing signing recorded a fastest lap time of 38.138 around the Ongaroring track in the days fourth and final round of practice. A day that saw the track improve over the day but still a bit off the traction levels experienced at the Warm-up Race back in May, it was 2012 World Champion Robert Batlle who would end up second fastest just 0.021 slower. Behind them Italian National Champion Alex Zanchettin would complete the Top 3 just ahead of the last European Champion before Ronnefalk Darren Bloomfield. With most drivers using Day 1 of the 35th running of the championships to bed themselves in and wait for the track to come in, Warm-up Race winner Elliott Boots would post the seventh fastest time sandwiched between former champions Yannick Aigoin and Renaud Savoya.

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July 7, 2015

Thrasyvoulou wins at Start Nitro Buggy Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Star 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the AG Metal Off Road Track in Limassol, Cyprus. The weather was pretty hot with high humidity and that made many drivers staying away from the track in favour of a day at the beach. Nevertheless the race had a good amount of entries with some top drivers too. Andreas Thrasyvoulou took the TQ for the final that he went on to win in front of Simos Tikkis (Kyosho) and Marios Christodoulou (Kyosho).

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July 7, 2015

Silvio Hächler wins at Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals

Round four of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Langenthal track. In the 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd) took the TQ after the qualifiers but in the final it was newly-signed ARC driver Silvio Hächler who came out fastest in front of Simon. Christophe Pethoud (ARC) completed the podium in 3rd. In the Championship Simon Kurzbuch has now a 4-points lead from Silvio Hächler in 2nd while Mattia Pesenti sits in 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]