Garrigou wins French Classic Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the French Classic Flat pan chassis National Championships took place in Angouleme last weekend under sunny skies. Following the victory of Gilles Garrigou 1 month previously with the DXF Primo chassis, the RB powered driver was on the pace once more. Qualifying 4th behind Romain Delaunay who was on pole for Motonica, he was able to overtake the challengers in front of him to take the win ahead of Didier Frelat racing the BRX Red Ball, while 3rd position went to current French Champion Bruno Petiot, also driving a DXF Primo.

Juan Pablo Golobic wins in Argentina

Another National Championship round held last weekend, this time part of the Argentinian 1/10 touring car series run at the ‘Hernan Matticoli’ track in Buenos Aires. With 40 racers in attendance they were given practice on the Friday, with qualifying beginning already on Saturday which was headed by Kyosho driver Agustin Cutini. Sunday saw the 45 minute main final run under good weather conditions and despite the fastest lap of the final going to Sebastian Recio, it was National Champion Juan Pablo Golobic, driving a Sirio powered Kyosho that took the win from pole man Agustin Cutini in 2nd, while the 3rd spot belonged to Mugen driver Adrian Castro.

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Lander wins BRCA Rubber Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of the 1/10th scale 200mm rubber Nationals took place at the Halifax track last weekend and we received the following report from Steve Lander. With the weather looking superb and the track having been prepared brilliantly by the host club, after its recent flooding and fire, it certainly looked like this meeting was going to be fast paced.

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Coelho wins 1/8th Portuguese Nats Rd3

Another race on the Monsanto track in Lisbon, this time it was the 3rd round of the 1/8th scale National Championships. Sunday’s qualifying begun under wet conditions and while some drivers waited for the conditions to improve, top Mugen racer Bruno Coelho took the opportunity to run in some new Sirio motors for the 1/8th scale Europeans that will take place in Valencia in July. In Portugal the top 14 drivers in qualifying go into the semi final and are joined by 3 drivers from each of the quarter finals, who ever is quickest in the semi’s takes the pole position for the main final and this was Coelho, despite missing the start of the race. The final saw the pole man go straight into the lead where he could stretch out a 3 lap advantage to win over guest Brazilian driver Eduardo Dulac in 2nd, with João Malveiro 3rd.

Thanks to Cesar and Bruno Coelho for the report.

Cristiani wins Italian Champs in Fiorano

The 2008 1/8th scale Italian Championships were held last weekend on the Fiorano track, organized by UISP Federation. In the 1/8 Open calss, it was Andrea Cristiani that claimed the title after taking the TQ spot and fastest lap in qualifying, which was held in dry conditions. In the final however the rain came down hard and despite these tricky conditions, the young Serpent racer set the best lap in the final to take the win ahead of Nicola Smaldone and Emanuele Comoglio in 2nd and 3rd. In the Senior class, open to drivers not ranked in the EFRA 100, it was Motonica racer Matteo Favaro that took victory in front of the Mugen pairing of Stefano Droghetti and Andrea Lorenzi. Finally in the Junior class, only open to Rookie drivers, Serpent took the win with Riccardo D’Angelo beating Giulio Durigon, racing a Motonica, and Nicola Colombari with a Mugen.

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D’Hondt makes it 2 from 2 in Belgium

The 2nd round of the Belgian 1/8th scale Championships was run in Luxembourg at the very nice technical MCCK track. The weather for this round was a bit changeable with rain in some of the qualifiers and finals. Qualifying saw a close battle between Serpent drivers Steven Cuypers and reigning National Champion Robin D’Hondt, the former claiming the pole position by 2 seconds ahead of Robin, with Gunther Van Staey ending up 3rd. With the rain deciding to come down after qualifying, when the track eventually dried for the last final the grip was very low. The start of the final saw Robin get by his team mate after 2 laps, and proceed to pull away, crossing the line 30 minutes later with a 3 lap gap back to runner-up Gunther Van Staey, while Richard Dirk rounded out the podium in 3rd, 2 laps further back.