Yannick Aigoin has completed a clean sweep at the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting here in Italy by claiming victory in the main event heading home Riccardo Rabitti for a Losi 1-2 finish. Having had a bad start, which saw him drop to the back of the running order, the French racer worked his way up through the field to take the win adding to his earlier Truggy victory.
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Italian National Champion Riccardo Rabitti will start the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting from pole position ahead of Losi team-mate Yannick Aigoin. Aigoin took the win in the first of the Semi Finals but Rabitti’s win in the second produced a faster time to see him carry the number 1 on his Sirio powered 8ight for the 45-minute Main here at the ‘Arena of Cowboys’. Both Rabitti and Aigoin had to work hard for their wins. Aigoin saw his Novarossi engine cut on the start due to the idle being set too low and once restarted he had to work his way up through the field. Running one fuel stop compared with the two of young British talent Elliot Boots he eventually found a way passed the Mugen/RB driver who will line up fourth on the grid.
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Saturday night at the Arena Offroad Meeting is ‘Race of Champions’ time and once again it was the yellow and black Losi’s of Yannick Aigoin that ruled proceedings winning both the buggy and truggy encounters while British driver Anthony Conroy enjoyed his first ever race win with success in the Buggy F2 category.
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Yannick Aigoin put in a dominant display in the Truggy Main at the Arena Offroad Meeting to claim the 2009 title at Italy’s most prestigious off road event. Having secured pole for the 45 minute final the French ace made a rare mistake in the warm-up that resulted in a broken lower shock pin. Calling for the start to be delayed the Team Losi driver would have to line up on the back of the grid but he made light work of the 12 car field.
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Yannick Aigoin is the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting Top Qualifier for both Buggy and Truggy after setting the pace in the final qualifier for both categories here this morning in Italy. After struggling in the penultimate buggy qualifier yesterday evening, the Team Losi/Novarossi driver reverted to the set-up which took him to the top of the timesheets in Q2. The result was a 7L/5:10.201 which put him over 4 seconds clear of fellow 8ight driver Riccardo Rabitti, the Italian riding high from his Brushless victory last night. Shortly afterwards the French ace ran the fastest 5-minute run of the weekend for Truggy with a 7L/5:11.189 to secure overall TQ double.
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Riccardo Rabitti has claimed the first of the silverware at the 2009 Arena Offroad Meeting after he cruised to victory in the Brushless Buggy class here tonight at the ‘Arena of Cowboys’. Starting on pole the Italian wrapped up the title early winning the opening two Legs of the triple A-Mains with ease. With the crown secured the Losi driver set himself the challenge for the third leg of running a sub 42 second lap. Taking a hat trick of wins to complete the perfect event he came very close, recording a 42.078. Afterwards Rabitti said he was very happy to win but he must now turn his attentions to improving his performance in the nitro buggy category in which he lies 5th in the overnight qualification ranking.
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Davide Tortorici has TQ’d the penultimate round of qualifying here at the Arena Offroad Meeting with a 7 lap run in 5:21.145. Having sent out a warning shot in Q2 when he took his Crono RS7 to the third fastest, the Italian improved on that time by almost three seconds to top Q3 from Austrian Kyosho driver Martin Karner and the Mugen of former World Championship finalist Matteo Dapporto. Tortorici was helped somewhat by a poor round for the all conquering Losi team with Yannick Aigoin managing only 7th, after a bad choice of set-up & tyres with Martin Bayer one place behind him. Bayer, who again set the fastest lap for the round with a 43.361, said his run was simply down to bad driving on his behalf.
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The SM Trophy took place last weekend in Messina and the race was attended by former European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo and Euros direct qualifier Biagio Spataro. Qualifying would go the way however of Team Magic factory driver Raimondo Gilletti, setting the TQ spot along with the fastest lap, with Spataro lining up in 2nd and Mazzeo 3rd. In the final Gilletti and Mazzeo traded places early on before Raimondo could take the first place after the 2nd stop and build up a 2 lap gap to take the win.
Source: Team Magic [teammagic.com.tw]
