Robert Pietsch is the Top Qualifier for the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships as track conditions for the fourth & final round of qualifying were not fast enough to see any changes at the top with Atsushi Hara, Dario Balestri and Takaaki Shimo completing the Top 4 that qualify direct for the big race on Saturday.
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Last weekend saw the first round of the Spanish championship run in Elche (Alicante), and saw 56 racers in attendance. Friday’s training day saw very good traction on the small and technical track, with more racers arriving on Saturday morning. The weather is very good all weekend, with the temperature around 35 degrees celsius. Saturday evening saw the first qualifier run with the remaining 3 on Sunday morning and after qualifying it was Luis Condes on pole position followed by Javier Alonso, Toni Mateo, Javier Hidalgo and David Escudero. Following Sunday’s three leg mains it was Tamiya driver Toni Mateo that came home with the win ahead of Luis Condes in 2nd and Javier Hidalgo in 3rd. The next race will in Gran Canary in the Canary Islands on the 1st to 3rd of July.
Thanks to Angel Sosa for the report.
Atsushi Hara has moved into second spot in qualifying at the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships after improving his time in this morning’s third round of qualifying at the Homestead RC Raceway in Miami. The Japanese ace improved by almost 6 seconds as he set the second fastest time in the penultimate round behind provisional Top Qualifier Robert Pietsch who was unable to better his Q1 time.
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Robert Pietsch holds provisional TQ honours for the 2011 IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships at the end of the first day of qualifying. The German was fastest in both the rounds that made up today’s schedule but it was his Q1 time that puts him top of the ranking ahead of Dario Balestri, Atsushi Hara and Takaaki Shimo.
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2008 World Championship Top Qualifier Robert Pietsch has topped the opening round of qualifying at the 18th IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship. The reigning European Champion was fastest from 2008 finalist Dario Balestri and class newcomer Atsushi Hara, the three being the only drivers to record 37 laps.
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Last weekend saw the Polish Indoor On-Road Championships final race, which took place on carpet in Warsaw. In the fastest 1/10 touring Open Stock class, the whole podium went to Tamiya TRF 417 drivers, with top qualifier Blazej Orlowski taking the race win and with it the championship title. Second place went to Michal Orlowski with Maciek Brzozowski in 3rd. In the junior class 7-year old Maciek Kajko, who was second in the race, took the champion title. Second place went to Kuba Sienica with his brother Mikolaj Sienica in 3rd. And finally in the E-12 class the title went to Lukasz Kowalczyk in front of Grzegorz Kopertowski in 2nd and Patryk Raczynski in 3rd.
1:8 Onroad debutant Atsushi Hara has topped the extra practice session that replaced the opening two rounds of qualifying following this morning’s tyre additive scandal. The Japanese ace, whose confidence is growing with every outing, was fastest from Italian’s Dario Balestri and Michele Romangnoli.
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The opening day of qualifying has been cancelled at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship with drivers now set to get an extra practice run this evening as a new procedure is adapted for the morning when the first of the reduced 4 rounds of qualifying will finally get underway. With the paddock having been turned into a series of meeting areas this morning following protests over the handling of the tyre additive issue that is overshadowing the 18th running of the World Championship, IFMAR has made the decision that a controlled tyre prep area will be introduced for the remainder of the event.
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