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July 8, 2015

Batlle quickest in first timed practice

As proceedings at the 1:8 Offroad European Championships got official it was Robert Batlle who would set the pace in first timed practice in Italy. The Mugen driver topped the first of the two rounds that will be used to seed the heats for qualifying, with a three consecutive lap time of 1:54.128. Behind the 2011 Champion it was newly crowned European B Champion Riccardo Berton who was second fastest with a time of 1:55.068 with 3-time champion Renaud Savoya third quickest. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who set the fastest lap time in free practice yesterday, it was not a good first round as he failed to get in three clean laps and was classified 62nd.

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July 8, 2015

Schumacher BTCC Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Schumacher BTCC Touring Car series took place at the midlands based club Stafford. The Stafford club is one of the oldest in the country and pulled out all the stops to make the BTCC family of racers as welcome as possible. With some mixed weather about on the Sunday it would make for an interesting days racing with both dry cars and wet cars in use during the day. All the UK’s top modified drivers were out in force getting some valuable knowledge for the BRCA national next weekend. Olly Jefferies took TQ in the Modified class but was pushed hard by Elliott Harper. The final was run in wet conditions and the crowd were treated to an epic battle between Olly and local hot shot Zak Smith. Olly managed to hang on by just 2 tenths of a second ahead of Zack with Elliott third.

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July 8, 2015

Ronald Völker wins at Yokomo Fun Race

The Yokomo Fun Race, organized by Andrea Efficace, was held last weekend in Florence, Italy. The event attracted about 60 drivers with multiple champions and some of the top Italian drivers in attendance to make for an interesting event. Ronald Völker (Yokomo) was the man to beat in the qualifiers and the finals and he came out successful in front of Xray’s Nicola Marrone while Alessandro Ciaccheri (Yokomo) rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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July 7, 2015

Ronnefalk tops opening day at Euros

David Ronnefalk has opened his title defence in the best possible way as he topped the times on the very hot & humid opening day of the 1:8 Offroad European Championships in Sacile, Italy. Chasing a third consecutive European title, the 2015 HB/HPI Racing signing recorded a fastest lap time of 38.138 around the Ongaroring track in the days fourth and final round of practice. A day that saw the track improve over the day but still a bit off the traction levels experienced at the Warm-up Race back in May, it was 2012 World Champion Robert Batlle who would end up second fastest just 0.021 slower. Behind them Italian National Champion Alex Zanchettin would complete the Top 3 just ahead of the last European Champion before Ronnefalk Darren Bloomfield. With most drivers using Day 1 of the 35th running of the championships to bed themselves in and wait for the track to come in, Warm-up Race winner Elliott Boots would post the seventh fastest time sandwiched between former champions Yannick Aigoin and Renaud Savoya.

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July 7, 2015

F1ItalianSeries GP17 & GP18 – Report

The F1ItalianSeries drivers met at the MiniAutodromo T5 for the final two GP of the 2014/15 season. The fight for the championship title was still on due to the double points rule at the final events and after two nice races with great sportsmanship Antonio Capuano, whose Mercedes caught fire in Q1, was very fast and he ultimately won both the GP 17 and 18 to snatch the overall title. Great performance also from the other competitors for the championship, Magnocavallo, Cardelli and Manciocchi. The team trophy was won by team RedBull of Cardelli and Cutugno. Davide Morgagni (Renault Ing) and Alessandro Bagagli (Mercedes) also showed great performance. The season finale was celebrated by a group dinner with a lottery and a body contest that was won by Roberto Sellani and his beautiful Toro Rosso.

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July 7, 2015

Thrasyvoulou wins at Start Nitro Buggy Champs Rd4

The fourth round of the Star 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championship was held at the AG Metal Off Road Track in Limassol, Cyprus. The weather was pretty hot with high humidity and that made many drivers staying away from the track in favour of a day at the beach. Nevertheless the race had a good amount of entries with some top drivers too. Andreas Thrasyvoulou took the TQ for the final that he went on to win in front of Simos Tikkis (Kyosho) and Marios Christodoulou (Kyosho).

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July 7, 2015

Silvio Hächler wins at Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals

Round four of the Swiss Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Langenthal track. In the 1/8th class Simon Kurzbuch (Shepherd) took the TQ after the qualifiers but in the final it was newly-signed ARC driver Silvio Hächler who came out fastest in front of Simon. Christophe Pethoud (ARC) completed the podium in 3rd. In the Championship Simon Kurzbuch has now a 4-points lead from Silvio Hächler in 2nd while Mattia Pesenti sits in 3rd.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

July 7, 2015

Didier Perrin brings home Nitro Burn win

The Nitro Burn Race was hosted by the Lap Paradise track in Johor Bahru, Malaysia with the race attracting a total of 45 drivers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Switzerland and Italy. The TQ after the three 10 minute qualifying rounds went to Jason Nugroho (Xray) but at the end of the 60-minute main Didier Perrin (Mugen) came out successful. Jason finished in 2nd, the podium was completed by Kyosho’s Ben Panic.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]