Hagberg & Luhur win at Singapore Open

The 2014 Singapore Open was held at the beautiful and newly resurfaced East Coast PA track in Singapore. Some 60 entries in three different classes battled for the wins. In 1/10th 200mm it was Singapore’s Nicholas Lee who managed to take the TQ, just in front of Alexander Hagberg in 2nd place. Both driver were a lot faster than the competition and it looked like the two would battle it out for the win on Sunday. Unfortunately, Nicholas hit mechanical problems in his semifinal and did not proceed to the final. Alexander had better luck and managed to win the semi B to take the pole position for the main final.

In the final, Alexander was able to cruise to a strong 5 lap lead which lasted until the very last minute when his engine flamed out but due to the huge lead he still won the race with a 3 lap margin in front of Charlee Phutiyotin and Trin T.

1:10 results:
1. Alexander Hagberg
2. Charlee Phutiyotin
3. Trin T
4. Suhamie Kimie
5. Daryl Thong
6. Chavit Sirigupta
7. Barry Ng
8. Aidi Amin
9. Joe Hwee
10.Erwin Luhur

In 1/8th, it was Italian driver Carmine Raiola who took a dominant TQ position on Saturday, with a 7 second margin over the 2nd placed driver. Carmine continued his strong performance to win the semifinal, awarding himself the pole position for the final. Unfortunately, he hit problems already at the start of the final which set him back in the field. His bad luck continued with engine problems mid-way through the final but he was able to climb up in the ranking to a 3rd position overall behind winner Erwin Luhur and runner-up Nicolas Lee.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]