Video – Alexander Hagberg Interview
Red RC’s Oli Meggitt sits down with 2014 1/10th 200mm World Champion Alexander Hagberg to talk racing, the Swede’s past as well as his future living in the UK.
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Oliver Havranek wins at Czech Nationals Champs
The Czech National Championship was held in Holešov over the weekend with over 100 entries for the several electric on-road classes. In the Touring Stock class, Ludvik Kurecka (Serpent) set the fastest pace in practice but in the qualifiers he missed out the overall TQ by about a second as Xray’s Oliver Havranek set the fastest time. In the finals Ludvik was missing a bit of speed to catch up fast Oliver and finished second in first two A-mains. By winning the third and final leg he secured the overall runner-up spot behind Oliver while Karel Kratochvil (Xray) rounded out the top 3.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Hagberg & Hönigl win 1/12th European Championships
Alexander Hagberg and Hupo Honigl both retained their 12th scale European Championship titles in Sittard, The Netherlands after an intense three days of racing. In the Modified class, which was running to 6.5T blinky rules for the first time, it was a business as usual for Alexander as the Swede took his 4th successive championship with his Xray. Backing up his wins in Italy and Slovakia (twice) Hagberg was imperious winning all five rounds of qualifying and then winning the first two legs of the A-final for a perfect weekend. Behind Alex teammate Hupo Hönigl took second after a 3-leg battle with CRCs Markus Mobers was only decided at the end of the final leg.
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2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship Rd1 – Report
The 2017 Jokerteam GT12 Championship got underway with round 1 taking place at the traditional asphalt track in Bolzano, Italy in perfect weather conditions. The sugar-treated track delivered a good level of grip right from the get go and Mattia Dall’Oca (Schumacher) started from where he finished last year, with TQs in both Q1 and Q2. In the latter he showed a blistering pace, securing the overall TQ for the afternoon’s A-main. Not far behind, Johnny Orsolin (Jokerteam/Schumacher) showed a relentless pace which was good for a TQ in Q3 and an overall P2 on the finals’ grid. Completing the top three qualifiers, Claudio Giovanelli (Jokerteam/Schmacher) pushed his Atom CC at a consistent pace and an overall trouble-free performance to the third spot on the grid.
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Jefferies, Finlay & Giddins win at EWS International
British Xray driver Olly Jefferies secured the overall victory at the 2017 EWS International after taking narrow victories in the first two A-finals, before stamping his authority by rounding out the weekend with a win in the third leg too. However, Olly had to work hard for the victory, coming under intense pressure from the number 2 starting Yokomo of Christopher Krapp in each of the three races. As practice and qualifying proved, the top five on the grid were a class above the rest, entertaining the spectators with three five-minute displays of amazing driving. The lap times remained close between the five drivers which, whilst it led to a lot of nose-to-tail racing, meant overtaking manoeuvres were few and far between. As each driver appeared to close to consider looking for a passing opportunity, they also had to be aware of the driver on their own tail, and risk losing a place rather than gaining. That said, Olly did not put a wheel wrong to allow his German challenger, or any other driver, any serious chance of even considering lining up a pass.
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EFRA 1/12th European Champs – Qualifying report
It was déjà vu all over again in the Netherlands as reigning champions Alexander Hagberg and Hupo Honigl dominated qualifying for their respective events. In the Modified class Alexander Hagberg completely crushed the opposition with a clean sweep, winning every one of the five rounds. The Swedish driver is going for a 4th consecutive European championship in the class which will tie him with Markus Feldmann (Large Scale Touring Car) for the most consecutive wins of any European Championship.
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Three different TQ drivers so far at EWS International
Saturday at the 2017 EWS International presented by Infinity and Sweep has concluded, and in the premier modified class, it was a different driver setting the pace in every round, highlighting just how close the racing is. After Olly Jefferies had topped the opening round for Xray, Christopher Krapp moved Yokomo to the top of the scoreboard, setting the pace in Q2. The German driver, a veteran of this event having attended the previous three editions when it was known as the ICC, said “finally! It feels so good to have finally TQ’d a round at Essex!”, noting that whilst he had been in contention in all of his previous visits, he had never scored that elusive ‘zero points’. Noting a change to a softer rear diff fluid was the most notable change to his BD8, he also switched back to his single colour practice bodyshell. Despite both this and his race coloured Protoform LTC-Rs being mounted the same, the plain colour felt better for him.
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EWS International practice & Q1 update
With controlled practice now completed, the overall results showed a tie on the official ranking list with both Yokomo’s Ronald Völker and Infinity’s Kyle Branson setting an identical time of 45.65 seconds over three laps. Having no other way to separate the drivers, race announcer Oli Meggitt chose to use the second best time set, which means it will be the World Champion who carries the number one sticker on his car through the four rounds of qualifying.
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