We received a brief report from the first round of the Belgian 1/10th 200mm Nationals that were run this weekend in Rumst track. Racing in the T2 class it was young Serpent driver Maxim Claes that took the TQ spot and, following a short delay prior to the final, went on to take the win in front of Vazza Doato in 2nd and Leonard Gerard in 3rd.
German Sheperd Velox driver Robert Pietsch has claimed victory at this weekends Spanish EFRA GP at the Valencia track, host of this years European Championships. Starting from the pole position Pietsch had a some problems which dropped him nearly a lap down as his team mate Daniele Ielasi took the early lead. Pietsch started his comeback and was gaining ground due to better fuel economy and when Ielasi ran into problems about 2/3rds of the way into the race, Pietsch took over at the front, in front of Pirani in 2nd and Alberto Picco in 3rd with these 2 swapping places, with Picco having the upper hand until running out of fuel near the end gifting Pirani the 2nd spot. This was how it finished with Pietsch taking the win, 8 seconds in front of Pirani with Picco ending the race in 3rd, a lap behind the leaders.
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We received an update from Valencia Spain, where the Euros warm up event is taking place for 1/8th scale on road and after qualifying it was current German National Champion Robert Pietsch on pole position followed by Shepherd Velox team mate Daniele Ielasi in 2nd. Robert was the only driver to make 18 laps and behind him it was very close with fuel consumption being a big problem for many drivers. The track conditions so far have been very good, with only some light rain drops falling during qualifying but not enough to disturb the racers. The semi finals start tomorrow at 12.15, with the finals expected to begin at 14.30.
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A brief report from the 2nd round of the French Classique Nationals for 1/8th scale flat pan chassis’ that was held at the MACN circuit in Nantes. The race was won by DXF racer Gilles Garrigou ahead of the current French National Champion Bruno Petiot in 2nd also with a DXF, while in the 3rd spot was the DXF designer Marc Dellunto rounding out the podium in 3rd.
More National Championships starting up over the weekend, this time it was the turn of the Belgian 1/8th scale series to get started. Running at the narrow and technical Houthalen curcuit, the racers had dry weather on Saturday for testing, but rain on Sunday meant that everyone had to waterpoof their cars and put on their rain tires and after qualifying it was Kyosho driver Gunther Van Staey that took the pole from Serpent driver D’Hondt in 2nd. In the final, Robin could get into the lead just after the start and thanks to saving his wet weather tyres during qualifying he had the grip to pull out a lead of 4 laps by the end of the 30 minute race from Van Staey in 2nd and Mugen driver Michel Bourgeois in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Last weekend saw the second round of the French 1/10th scale Nationals run at the technical circuit of Vichy. Qualifying for the National class saw Maxime Favrelle take the pole position from Yannick Lesserteur in 2nd and Romain Jaureguy in 3rd while in the Elite Class it was Thomas Eytard that was quickest followed by Thomas Desmarie and Renaud Monin in 2nd and 3rd. The National class main final saw a close race long battle between the pole man Favrelle and Frederic Bourrillon and Yannick Lesserteur, but unfortunately for Yannick he had problems very close the end and fell back to 5th and this allowed J-Philippe Michel into 3rd at the end behind winner Maxime Favrelle and runner up Frederic Bourrillon. In the Elite final, after a restart because of timing problems, it was Mickael Pontal into the early lead from Basile Concialdi, but problems mid way through the race for the front running group allowed Xray driver Arnaud Chaussard through into the lead from where he took control and went onto win from Concialdi in 2nd and Renaud Monin in 3rd.
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Serpent have a brief report from last weekend’s third annual US Open Fuel Sedan Championships that saw team drivers Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro take a superb 1-2 result. Driving his Mega MF powered 720, Paolo Morganti took the TQ in front of team mate Apolaro, with Kyosho racer, and last years winner, Chris Tosolini in 3rd. Unfortunately rain caused the cancellation of the main final and so the organisers called the overall results following the running of the Semi-Finals and this meant the top 3 remained unchanged from qualifying.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Last weekend saw the 3rd round of the West German Championship take place at the Motodrom Rhein-Ahr track. Practice on Saturday was run under good weather conditions and temperatures between 14°C and 16°C and from the beginning it was clear that Christian Wurst with his JP-powered Velox was the man to beat. After 4 qualifying heats on Sunday he had taken the pole-postion by 4 seconds from Serpent SDD driver Tobias Hepp in 2nd. After the qualifying it started to rain so the lunch break was extended to race the semi-finals under dry conditions, but after the semi-finals it started to rain heavily again so the race was abandoned and the results were called, which gave Wirst the win from Hepp, with Karl Heinz Meister in 3rd.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
