Robert Batlle takes Spanish title with Rd3 win

Last week the 3rd round of the Spanish 1/8th scale Nationals was held at the ATV Racing Club in Valladolid. 91 drivers attended the race with nice sunny weather during the whole weekend except Friday, when a few rain drops appeared, but not enough anyway to disturb the race. During Saturday’s qualifications Robert Batlle was the fastest, followed by Andrés Marcelino and Daniel Bernabé. Batlle had a trouble in his A-Semifinal and had to fight to keep 4th place, finally getting start position 5 for the final. In the main final Dani Vega took the lead for the first laps with a close fight behind for the second place between Ignacio Candel and Andrés Marcelino. Batlle had to wait 29 laps to get the first position and held on to it until the end of the Race. Daniel Vega crashed against a rolled car in the double jump ruining his race. This left Ignacio Candel in 2nd and Ramón Nuño in 3rd. With this victory Robert Batlle secures the 2012 Championship.

Final results
1. Robert Batlle – Mugen / Nova / Merlin Fuel – 79 / 45:17.335
2. Ignacio Candel – Mugen / RB – 78 / 45:03.414
3. Ramón Nuño – Losi / Nvision – 78/ 45:26.604
4. Borja Hernández – LRP / Alpha – 77 / 45:08.822
5. Albert Navarro – Mugen / Nova – 77 / 45:11.729
6. Juanma Vera – Xray / Nova – 76/ 45.16.673
7. Michael Todd – Mugen / Nova – 76/ 45:32.509
8. Alejandro Daras – Mugen / Picco – 74/ 45:34.798
9. Andrés Marcelino – Mugen / Argus – 73/ 45:34.750
10.Bryan Baldó – Mugen / Nova – 72/ 45:24.598
11.Daniel Vega – Agama / Reds – 61/ 35:37.378
12.Daniel Bernabé – S-Workz / RB – 22/ 12:57.844

Source: Merlin Fuel [merlinfuel.com]