Landén doubles in Swedish National Cup – Report

Over the weekend the second & final round of the 1:10 Buggy Swedish National Cup was held in Borås where it was Team Associated driver Alexander Landén who completed the series double.  The largest indoor event for a long time in Sweden, the race attracted 63 2WD and 43 4WD drivers who arrived Saturday morning to a freshly built layout for the series decider.  In 2WD, right from the start it was quite clear that Landén seemed to be the one to beat this time.  Locking out all four qualifying rounds we also had the opportunity to test some new ideas on the setup during the fourth round, which improved the car even more for the finals. Behind Alexander, Xray drivers Hampus Berg and David Ronnefalk would line up 2nd and 3rd on the grid. Alexander secured the win by taking the first two rounds with relative comfort, being the only driver scoring 19 lap runs.  Hampus Berg won the final leg and by that securing second and third place went to Otto Ausfelt (AE) tied on points with Ronnefalk.  This also meant that Landén was crowned the overall Series Champion.

Overall top 10 2WD
1. Alexander Landén – Team Associated / Hobbywing
2. Hampus Berg –  Team Xray / Corsatec
3. Otto Ausfelt –  Team Associated
4. David Ronnefalk – Team Xray / Corsatec
5. Oscar Berg – Team Xray
6. Pontus Larsson – Team Serpent
7. Alex Remes Jönsson – Team Associated
8. Max Johansson – Sworkz
9. Ludwig Albertz – Team Xray
10.Edwin Angseryd – Team Xray

Sunday was 4WD day and again Landén went to an early top of the sheets. This time the fight was a bit tighter and it was quite clear that the three drivers to look out for were Landén, Hampis Berg and David Ronnefalk. That was also the order that they qualified in, Landén securing three out of four qualifying rounds.  The first final was a very tight affair where Berg stuck with Landén for a long while, even being able to make a pass, but was only able to make it stick for one corner before Alexander was able to get a better inside line and re-take the position and take the first round. Second round Landén got a little more breathing room as Berg and Ronnefalk were battling for 2nd, until David had a crash, leaving third place open for Max Johansson to take. Landén took the round and by that the overall win.  Third round was a tight affair between Berg and Ronnefalk with the former just edging out Ronnefalk after he had recovered really well from a mistake. This put Berg second and Ronnefalk third overall.

Overall Top 10 4WD
1. Alexander Landén – Team Associated / Hobbywing
2. Hampus Berg – Team Xray / Corsatec
3. David Ronnefalk – Team Xray / Corsatec
4. Ludwig Albertz – Team Xray
5. Max Johansson – Sworkz
6. Otto Ausfelt – Team Associated
7. Alex Remes Jönsson – Team Associated
8. Emil Sjöö – Team Associated
9. Edwin Angseryd – Team Xray
10.Joel Rosengren – Sworkz