Rick Vrielijnck wins Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd5

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The weather forecast was to expect rain for the 5th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale National championships but thankfully it was wrong and the whole day saw dry weather on the MACH track in Heemstede. Qualifying saw Rick V with the Mugen MRX-5 did take the pole position 2 seconds in front of Ilia v. Gastel, with the 3rd spot going to Robin d’Hondt and in the 4th and final direct final spot was Jordy Block.

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Ilia van Gastel wins Dutch 1/8th Nats Rd4

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Last weekend saw the 4th round of the Dutch 1/8 nationals run on the very small and tricky track of MBC de Sluis in Gouda. Due to holidays and some other reasons there was only 41 drivers. The weather forecast for the race day did predict some rain but in the morning the racers were presented with a drying track while the rest of the day was perfect dry weather. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole with his new MRX5 folowed by John Ermen, Ilia v. Gastel and Robin d’Hondt. At the start of the main final the engine of Rick V was a bit slow and so John could take the lead helped by Rick V going off the track in the first corner. After getting back on track and a following a quick check in the pits he was one lap behind in 10th place but managed to work his way up to finally finish in 3rd place behind Ermen, with van Gastel taking the win.

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John Ermen wins Dutch Nationals Rd3

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Last weekend the 3rd round of the Dutch nationals was held on the Raco track in Utrecht. Last year it was the 1st time after almost 20 years to race on this track again and Ilia v. Gastel set the first lap record of 13.937 sec. This time it was clear the track was a lot faster and so new lap records could be expected.

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Robin d’Hondt wins Dutch 2nd round

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Round 2 of the Dutch 1/8th scale nationals was held last weekend on the fast MAC de Baanbrekers track in Rucphen, and fast it was, on the Saturday the fast guys like Van Gastel, d’Hondt, Ermen and Rick V were driving laps under 13.0 seconds giving an example how the competition will be. On Sunday it was dry but the track was still a bit slippery at some points because of the rain the night before which caused a lot of braking problems and one or two serious crashes and the track was for sure not as fast as on Saturday.

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Robert Pietsch wins Italian EFRA GP

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Last weekend saw the first EFRA GP of 2010 take place for 1:8 on road, held at the Jody Scheckter circuit in Fiorano, Italy. With more than 70 drivers in attendance, including World champions Lamberto Collari and Daniele Ialesi, the competition was extremely tough. Following qualifying it was the 9-time World Champion Collari on pole position, followed by Robert Pietsch in 2nd, Andrea Cristiani in 3rd and Walter Salemi in 4th, the final direct qualifier.

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Robin D’hondt to run Gi-Mar engines

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Italian company Gi-Mar, whom we introduced for the first time at the Toy Fair back in early February, have announced that front running Belgian driver Robin D’hondt will join their team in a 2 year deal. The World and European Championship finalist, will use the JP Calandreau developed MIG series motors and exhaust systems in his Motonica chassis as part of the deal.

Source: Gi-Mar [jpgimar.com]

Motonica renew deal with Robin D’hondt

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Italian company Motonica have announced that they have renewed their contract with World Championship finalist Robin D’Hondt for 2010. The front running Belgian driver had this to say about the deal:

I had a great year with the P81 and hopefully the next years will be as good or even better. Last year I ended the season with much confidence in the car and team, and with that same feeling I will be standing in Locorotondo next week for the start of the new season.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

Ilia van Gastel returns to Serpent

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Serpent has annouced the return of top Belgian driver Ilia van Gastel to their 1:8 Onroad Team line-up for 2010. Having raced with Kyosho for the past few seasons, the former European Championship podium finisher will race Serpent’s 966 and his main focus will be the Euros at Locorotondo in Italy and preparations for the 2011 Worlds in Florida. A race winner in the Dutch Nationals he will again contest this tough National championship where he will be up against the likes of World finalists Rick-V & Robin d’Hondt, Steven Cuypers and Serpent team-mate John Ermen.  Van Gastel will continue his relationship with Team Orion engines.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]