Robert Battle wins rain affected EFRA GP

The French EFRA GP, warm-up for the 1/8th off-road European Championship A, took place in Reims this weekend. The racing was held under terrible weather conditions and had to be cancelled 10 minutes into the first semi final, which was being led by Renaud Savoya, due to pouring rain and a flooded track. The decision was made to base the final results on qualifying awarding 2012 World Champion Robert Battle with the win. Second place went to Jerome Aigoin who was tied on points with Jerome Sartel. Lee Martin and Renaud Savoya ended up fourth and fifth respectively.

Final result
1. Robert Battle – Mugen/Novarossi
2. Jerome Aigoin – Kyosho/Novarossi
3. Jerome Sartel – Agama/Bullitt
4. Lee Martin – Mugen/Beat
5. Renaud Savoya – Xray/Orion
6. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho/Orion
7. Miguel Matias – TLR/RB
8. Oscar Baldo – Mugen/Novarossi
9. Martin Bayer – Xray/LRP
10.Yannick Aigion – Associated/nVision
11.Elliott Boots – Kyosho/Novarossi
12.Jörn Neumann – Durango/Picco

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]