Subscribe to RSS FeedWarm Up Cto. Europa - Práctica Controlada (II)
La jornada de hoy ha transcurrido sin incidentes. En las primeras horas del día ha merodeado por los boxes cierta incertidumbre, ya que el cielo estaba gris y han llegado incluso a caer algunas gotas.
A media mañana el viento ha vuelto a soplar con fuerza, se ha llevado consigo las nubes y ha traído un día soleado y un aumento considerable de la temperatura. Sin embargo, el viento ha estado durante toda la práctica controlada, soplando con fuerza.
La práctica ha estado bien llevada por el director de carrera, Sr. Alfonso Pineda (AECAR) y se ha cumplido estrictamente el horario previsto por la organización.
Varios pilotos han optado por las nuevas carrocerías tipo Sport Prototipos, con buenos resultados aerodinámicos.
Sin tiempos oficiales, hemos visto rodar fuerte en pista a pilotos como Daniel Tomaschko, Adrien Bertin, Stephen Cuypers u Oscar Cabezas, entre otros.
Mañana tendremos una apasionante jornada de clasificación.
Tags: 1:8, Efra, Euros, Onroad
Euro 2008 Warm Up
Most of the candidates for the Euros 2008 Warm-Up victory have already arrived to Valencia to run in Almussafes cicuit.
The strong wind has been one of the most remarkable things all along the day. Sometimes it was hard to maintain the car in the track. The morning was gray, cloudy and sometimes threatening rain.
However, in the afternoon, things have changed, and Sun has encouraged participants to go out on the track and start to define the settings for tomorrow season.
Tomorrow we will enjoy the controlled practice.
We will report about results in this website.
Tags: 1:8, Efra, Euros, Racing
Warm Up Cto. Europa 1:8
La mayor parte de los favoritos para adjudicarse el Warm-Up del campeonato de Europa, se han dado cita, hoy jueves en el circuito de Almussafes regentado por el club Autet.
El fuerte viento ha sido el indiscutible protagonista de la jornada de hoy. Con rachas que dificultaban la conducción. La mañana se presentaba desapacible, con cielo gris, amenazando lluvia y el circuito húmedo a primera hora del día.
A medio día las cosas han cambiado y el Sol ha animado a los participantes a salir a la pista y empezar a definir los reglajes para la jornada de mañana.
Mañana disfrutaremos de los entrenamientos cronometrados y daremos cuenta de ello a final del día en esta página.
Tags: 1:8, Efra, Euros, Racing
Robin D’Hont wins 1st Round of Belgium Nat. Championship
Robin D’Hont reports us about the 1st. round of Beligium Nat. Championship, where he took the victory.
This victory, is a great starting point for this season to defend his 2007 Champion Title.
A tricky race with rain for the whole weekend. This is what Robin is reporting;
“The first round of the Belgian Championship was held at the rather small and very technical track of Houthalen (Limburg). Weather forecast was not as a normal racer would want it to be …
Many rain on Sunday they said so I prepared some rain tires for this weekend and a second radio plate also for the rain.
On Saturday morning I was the first man on the track racing, trying to get my car between the bars so fast and smooth as possible. The first laps were good but not fast enough, the back of the car was a bit loose and in some corners I wanted some more steering. The first thing I changed about the setup were the springs. I went from purple to blue in the front and from pink to red in the rear of the car because the car felt to drifty, not much grip all around the car.
The other springs improved the car a lot, but still a lot of things had to change. I was running with downstop in the back 8 and I thought because of the fast reactions that the car has to make 10 would probably be better. And indeed it was much better.
After this I changed to 11 downstop in the back and 2 in the front => PERFECT!
With this setup my laptime was 14.100 (wich is fast at this track) and after disabling the front anti-rollbar my fastest laptime went to 14.043.
I have never driven without front stabi and I must say the effect was surprisingly good. A lot of more steering and the back of the car was more stable.
So I ended the testing, the car was perfect, I started cleaning and preparing my car for the next day.
Sunday morning, I wake up laying in my tent and I heard rain. Sounds like the weather forecast was right … grrrrrr :D
The first qualify I ran with MS aqua rain tires and these were the best at this track I think … but one problem, I only have one set of these. So I only ran one qualify to spare my rain tires for the final (you never know it it rains in the final).
I was fastest in the first qualify with Gunther Van Staey in second.
So second and third qualify I choose not to race to safe the tires, Gunther did race the second qualify, and the track was faster but still wet, so I lost my pole position but Gunther lost he’s only set of good rain tires.
In the final the starting order was:
1. Gunther Van Staey
2. Robin D’hondt
3. Michel Bourgeois
In the final after some laps I was first after passing Gunther and I stayed first till the end of the race …
There isn’t much to say about the final, only that I did a tire stop because of the huge tire wear (10 mm in 10 minutes).
Final result:
- D’Hondt Robin 118 30:14.789 Serpent 960-08
- Van Staey Gunther 114 30:01.040 Kyosho M3
- Bourgeois Michel 109 30:07.457 Mugen Mrx-4R
The car went really fine in the final, the new car has improved a lot (I was driving OS2) and every change I made with setup I could feel immediately.
The new fuel of Merlin has also improved a lot, more power and less fuel consumption!
And since I drive Merlin fuel now the engine looks so clean on the inside.
Thanks to my sponsors Serpent motorsport, ATS tires, Mega Engines,
Merlin Fuel, Ghiant RC car colours for trust and support.
And special thanks to my 2 mechanics, my dad and Lode for the fast refueling and tire stops!“
Thanks to Robin for his chronicle and congratulations for the victory.
Victoria de Robin D’Hont Iª Cto. Nacional Bélgica 1:8
Robin D’Hont nos envía un crónica desde Bélgica, relatando cómo ha discurrido la primera prueba del Cto. Belga de 1:8 pista, en la que se alzó con la victoria.
Esta victoria, es un buen punto de partida para Robin, que esta temporada defenderá su título de Campéon Nacional.
Una carrera complicada por factores meteorológicos, en la que había que usar la inteligencia y planificar la estrategia a conciencia.
Esto nos cuenta el campeón Belga;
“The first round of the Belgian Championship was held at the rather small and very technical track of Houthalen (Limburg). Weather forecast was not as a normal racer would want it to be …
Many rain on Sunday they said so I prepared some rain tires for this weekend and a second radio plate also for the rain.
On Saturday morning I was the first man on the track racing, trying to get my car between the bars so fast and smooth as possible. The first laps were good but not fast enough, the back of the car was a bit loose and in some corners I wanted some more steering. The first thing I changed about the setup were the springs. I went from purple to blue in the front and from pink to red in the rear of the car because the car felt to drifty, not much grip all around the car.
The other springs improved the car a lot, but still a lot of things had to change. I was running with downstop in the back 8 and I thought because of the fast reactions that the car has to make 10 would probably be better. And indeed it was much better.
After this I changed to 11 downstop in the back and 2 in the front => PERFECT!
With this setup my laptime was 14.100 (wich is fast at this track) and after disabling the front anti-rollbar my fastest laptime went to 14.043.
I have never driven without front stabi and I must say the effect was surprisingly good. A lot of more steering and the back of the car was more stable.
So I ended the testing, the car was perfect, I started cleaning and preparing my car for the next day.
Sunday morning, I wake up laying in my tent and I heard rain. Sounds like the weather forecast was right … grrrrrr :D
The first qualify I ran with MS aqua rain tires and these were the best at this track I think … but one problem, I only have one set of these. So I only ran one qualify to spare my rain tires for the final (you never know it it rains in the final).
I was fastest in the first qualify with Gunther Van Staey in second.
So second and third qualify I choose not to race to safe the tires, Gunther did race the second qualify, and the track was faster but still wet, so I lost my pole position but Gunther lost he’s only set of good rain tires.
In the final the starting order was:
1. Gunther Van Staey
2. Robin D’hondt
3. Michel Bourgeois
In the final after some laps I was first after passing Gunther and I stayed first till the end of the race …
There isn’t much to say about the final, only that I did a tire stop because of the huge tire wear (10 mm in 10 minutes).
Final result:
- D’Hondt Robin 118 30:14.789 Serpent 960-08
- Van Staey Gunther 114 30:01.040 Kyosho M3
- Bourgeois Michel 109 30:07.457 Mugen Mrx-4R
The car went really fine in the final, the new car has improved a lot (I was driving OS2) and every change I made with setup I could feel immediately.
The new fuel of Merlin has also improved a lot, more power and less fuel consumption!
And since I drive Merlin fuel now the engine looks so clean on the inside.
Thanks to my sponsors Serpent motorsport, ATS tires, Mega Engines,
Merlin Fuel, Ghiant RC car colours for trust and support.
And special thanks to my 2 mechanics, my dad and Lode for the fast refueling and tire stops!“
Gracias a Robin por su completa crónica y enhorabuena por la victoria.
GP Efra Lyon - Borja Hernández 3rd.
The Efra Buggy GP took place last week in Lyon (France). After heavy rain during the week, Saturday was a beautiful sunny day.
Heating was dominated by Yannick & Jerôme Aigoin, Jerôme Sartel and Jorn Neuman with his Serpent prototype.
Our Team Driver, Borja Hernández was improving until reaching the B half-finals where he found Alex Calatayud, and some strong French Drivers, such as Jérôme Sartel or Jérôme Aigoin.
The track was already dry but it was rapidly degrading , because of the hard rain during the week.
Borja managed to finish 3rd in his half-final, reaching the Final access just ahead Jérôme Sartel, maybe a final premonition.
Right in the main Final, Borja run 2nd behind Renaud Saboya over 20 minutes. Then he was overtaken in a pit stop by Jérôme Aigoin.
After 30 minutes, Borja was 5th qualified behind the favorites group. However they were all running it the same lap.
After 40 minutes, Borja took the third position again, although it was only 1 second between 3rd and 6th . Finally Yannik Aigoin (5th) left the leading positions and Borja Hernández fought for the third place against Jérôme Sartel . He took the third for just 0,02 sec.
Here is the final classification;
1/ Savoya Renaud 67T en 45:34.27
2/ Aigoin Jérôme 66T en 45:01.91
3/ Hernandez Borja 66T en 45:37.58
4/ Sartel Jérôme 66T en 45:37.71
5/ Aigoin Yannick 65T en 45:14.70
6/ Ezazian Jérôme 64T en 45:00.60
7/ Rodriguez Nicolas 64T en 45:31.85
8/ Thern Linus 64T en 45:40.48
9/ Le Gall Quentin 62T en 45:02.38
10/ Neumann Jorn 41T en 32:04.48
Congratulatiions to Borja Hernández for his great Race.
Here is a video edited by special18, to know better the track and some pictures from automodelisme.com
Source: Automodelisme.com
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Tags: Buggy, Efra, Off Road, Racing
GP Efra Lyon - Pódium para Borja Hernández
Hoy Domingo, ha concluido el GP Efra celebrado en Lyon. La lluvia constante durante toda la semana dio paso el Sábado a un tiempo más propicio para la celebración del GP.
Las mangas fueron dominadas el Sábado por Yannick y Jerôme Aigoin, Jerôme Sartel y Jorn Neuman con su prototipo Serpent. Nuestro Team Driver, Borja Hernández fue subiendo posiciones a lo largo del fin de semana, hasta clasificarse para la Semi final B, donde se encontró también con Alex Calatayud y algunos de los nombres ilustres del Todo Terreno Francés, como Jérôme Sartel ó Jérôme Aigoin.
La pista estaba seca, sin embargo se degradaba con facilidad, a causa de la lluvia caída durante toda la semana.
Borja, consiguió terminar tercero en su semi-final, logrando de este modo el acceso a la final justo por delante de Jérôme Sartel, tal vez una premonición para la final.
Ya en la final, Borja rodó en 2ª posición tras Reanud Saboya, hasta el minuto 20 de carrera, cuando se vio superado por Jérôme Aigoin en una parada en boxes.
En el minuto 30 de carrera, Borja ocupaba la 5ª plaza, por detrás de los favoritos locales. Sin embargo, rodaban todos en un pañuelo.
En el minuto 40 de la final, Borja se hizo de nuevo con la tercera plaza, aunque entre la 3ª y 6ª plaza apenas había 1 segundo de diferencia. Finalmente Yannik Aigoin (5º) se descolgó de los puestos de cabeza y Borja Hernández se jugó el tercer puesto del cajón con Jérôme Sartel que a la postré consiguió por una exigua diferencia de 20 milésimas.
1/ Savoya Renaud 67T en 45:34.27
2/ Aigoin Jérôme 66T en 45:01.91
3/ Hernandez Borja 66T en 45:37.58
4/ Sartel Jérôme 66T en 45:37.71
5/ Aigoin Yannick 65T en 45:14.70
6/ Ezazian Jérôme 64T en 45:00.60
7/ Rodriguez Nicolas 64T en 45:31.85
8/ Thern Linus 64T en 45:40.48
9/ Le Gall Quentin 62T en 45:02.38
10/ Neumann Jorn 41T en 32:04.48
Enhorabuena a Borja por su excelente actuación.
A continuación un vídeo de una de las mangas, para conocer mejor el circuito y algunas fotos más.
Tags: 1:8, Buggy, Efra, Off Road, Racing, TT
Dutch 1:10 200 National Championship
Last April 6th. saw the opening round of the 1:10 200mm. Dutch Nat. Championship
The race took place in REAL 80 Circuit at Apeldoorn.
Remy Möller, was the stronger driver during the classification and he got the Pole Position.
However a breakdown in his gear box, made him go behind, whe he was the race leader.
The final was exciting with just millimeters between Dann Jacobs (1st) and Ruud Schuitmaker (2nd), who had carefully prepared the race. (#2 Orange car)
Here is the final result:
1. Daan Jakobs
2. Ruud Schuitmaker
3. Koen Geurds
4. Maarten van Lierop
5. Sander Borghoff
6. Jurgen Geerligs
7. Pedro Rombouts
8. Niels Pourchez
9. Remy Moller
10. Rene Lijnzaat
Source
Tags: 1:10, Netherlands, Racing
1st. Round of Dutch Nat. Championship
The opening round of the Dutch Nat. 1:8 On-Road Championship took place last April 6th.
The changing weather was one of the players during the race. Rain appeared during the heating.
Challenging the forecast, Sunday was a nice sunny day, that allowed the drivers enjoy the1st round of the Dutch Nat. Championship.
Ilja Van Gastel TQ’ed followed by Rick Vrielink and John Ermen. Danny Leewis got the final coming from Half Finals.
With a long time running, Danny designed a strategy using the low compsumtion Merlin Pro Racing to avoid some pit-stop and getting more running time. He managed to reach the third place in the final.
Here is the Final Classification;
1 Gastel, Ilia van
2 Vrielijnck, Rick
3 Leewis, Danny
4 Drift, Daniel van der
5 Schouten, Marcel
6 Sorber, Joey
7 Veenma, Rik
8 Pili, Luigi
9 IJssel, Maurice van
10 Ermen, John
Thanks to Ceüs from Merlin Fuel Solutions for the complete information and pictures of the race.
Tags: 1:8, Netherlands, Racing
I Prueba del Campeonato de Holanda 1:8 pista
El 6 de abril, en el circuito Real 80, se celebró la prueba de apertura del campeonato de Holanda de 1:8 pista.
En un fin de semana en que el tiempo cambiante se convirtió en protagonista con lluvia intermitente en las clasificatorias.
Contra pronóstico el Domingo de carrera, apareció un bonito día soleado que permitió a todos disfrutar del espectáculo.
Ilja Van Gastel se hizo con la Pole seguido de Rick Vrielink y John Ermen, mientras que Danny Leewis remontó desde clasificatorias hasta la final. Con muchas vueltas a sus espaldas, Danny Leewis perfiló una estrategia conservadora, aprovechando los nuevos Merlin Pro-Racing de bajo consumo, para alargar los repostajes y asegurar un merecido tercer puesto en el cajón.
1 Gastel, Ilia van
2 Vrielijnck, Rick
3 Leewis, Danny
4 Drift, Daniel van der
5 Schouten, Marcel
6 Sorber, Joey
7 Veenma, Rik
8 Pili, Luigi
9 IJssel, Maurice van
10 Ermen, John
Gracias a Ceüs de Merlin Solutions por la completa información que nos ha facilitado y sus fotos del evento.
Tags: 1:8, Netherlands, Racing