Körmendi Gábor & Eugenio Carlevaro win Rd1 in Hungary
The first round of Hungarian Championship took place last weekend in Pécs in the south of Hungary. The 30 minutes 1:8 scale final was dominated by Velox V8 driver Körmendi Gábor. Starting from TQ spot he managed to extend his lead to one lap gap in front of Serpent driver Tibor Bognár after 9 minutes. But during the 2nd fuel stop his engine stopped and he dropped back to 3rd place. After he rejoined the race he fought back to the top within 5 minutes and nobody could stop him to win the race. Tibor Bognár was running close to him during the whole final, but he lost his chance for the win when his engine stopped 4 minutes before the checkered flag and he had to settle for 2nd, four laps down. Zoltan Jáger earned some important championship points for third place.
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