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Today we had heavy rain in the circuit early in the morning.

 

During 1/16th finals the track was wet and lap-times have gone over 20 seconds.

The track was almost dry for 1/8 final, and lap-times were close to 19 sec.

1/2 B-Final has been a very clean race. The top 5 drivers in the serie did 64 laps. However, 1/2-A Final was a bit more complicated and just Nacho López got 64 laps.

 

Oscar Cabezas was the only driver able to run under 18 sec. in the half final.

 

Coming from 1/2 B-Final, Carlos Peracho, Alberto Picco, Rick Vrielijnck and Patrick Schaefer. From A-Half final just Nacho López and Andrea Cristiani.

 

 

 

In the main final, Robert Piestch was the fastest man in the track. Although he had an incident starting, he soon took the first place again and did not leave it during the main final.

 

Final Results:

  1. Robert Pietsch – 144 laps
  2. Andrea Pirani – 144 laps
  3. Alberto Picco – 143 laps
  4. Carlos Peracho – 143 laps
  5. Rick Vrielijnck – 142 laps
  6. Andrea Cristiani – 141 laps
  7. Daniele Lelasi – 139
  8. Patrick Schaefer – 121 laps
  9. Ilia Van Gastel – 85
  10. Nacho López – 32

11. Daniel Tomaschko 12. Steven Cuypers 13. Stefano Solaroli 14

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Today we saw the qualifying round of the Euros 2008 Warm Up at Valencia.

 

The day was sunny and we had nice temperature. The strong wind of the has taken a break today.

 

 

 

At 9:00 the track was open for free practice. At 11:00 took place the drivers meeting and the the action has begun.

 

As in the recent Spanish Championship, Fuel Consumption has been a problem for many drivers and was common to see stopped cars at the end of the rounds because they were out of fuel.

Drivers had to make an additional effort to adequate their setups to the new EFRA Homologated Muffler. Since the beginning the faster man in the track, were Robert Piest followed by Danielle Leasi and Andrea Pirani.

 

Following them, the Merlin Team Drivers Steven Cuypers and Mark Green, both of  them with 17 laps.

In the 4th round, Robert Pietsch, has managed to make 18 laps in 5:16:291 . He was the only driver making 18 laps today.

The Qualifying top 20 is;

Robert Piestch (Ger) Daniele Lelasi (ITA) Andrea Pirani (ITA) Ilia Van Gastel (NL) Seven Cuypers (BE) Rick Vrielijnck (BE) Mark Green (UK) Salemi Water Nacho López Lluch (ESP) Carlos Peracho Heras (ESP) Daniel Tomaschko (AT) Marco Vanni (ITA) Oscar Cabezas (ESP) Estefano Solaroli (ITA) Andrea Crsitiani (ITA) Patrick Schaefer Robin D`Hont (BE)
  • Alberto Picco (ITA)
  • Rene Cornella (AT) Sergio Montesinos (ESP)

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    Today we have enjoyed a beautiful racing day. In the first hours of the day, everybody was looking to the dark cloudy sky. We have even seen some rain drops.

     

     

    About half morning the wind has start to blow heavily and has dispersed the threatening clouds. However wind has been heavy during the whole controlled practice.

     

     

     

     

     

    The controlled practice has been perfectly organized and Managed by Racing Director Mr. Alfonso Pineda (AECAR).

     

    Some drivers choosing the new bodyshell are reporting some aerodynamic improvement.

     

    Without official lap times we have seen fast laps of drivers such as Daniel Tomaschko, Adrien Bertin, Stephen Cuypers or Oscar Cabezas.

     

     

    Tomorrow we will assist a very interesting qualifying day.

     

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    Merlin RC Fuel at Efra GP Euro 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.

    RC Fuel, Merlin Efra 2008Combustible RC Merlin, at Euros Warm Up

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    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

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    Efra Lyon _ Merlin Rc Fuel Podium Borja HernándezThe 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

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    Merlin RC Fuel _ Ruud 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

    Merlin Fuel Netherlands

    Red RC

    Serpent Motorsport

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    Merlin RC_Fuel with Danny Leewis Serpent 960The 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 vanPodium at Amca
    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.

     

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    Merlinfuel _ RC

    Last weekend took place the 2nd. Round of Spanish Nat. Championship 1/8 on-road in Almussafes circuit. (Valencia)

    Nice weather and optimal track conditions have marked the racing weekend. 94 drivers signed up for the race.

     

    All the drivers in the final managed to finish the race. Thus the A final was very interesting and hotly contested.

    Oscar Cabezas set a new record for the Track making a lap in 17,517sg. during the heating.

     

    Here is the final classification;

     

    Clasificación

     

     

     

     

     

     

    More information in the following links;

    Classification

    Club Aut. Almussafes (Autet)

    Photo Gallery (Autet)

    Photo Gallery (Coches RC)

    Now, Autet circuit and club will be preparing everyting for the Euro 2008 Warm Up to be held in a few days.

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    Michael Salven First Victory with Merlin Fuel Michael Salven took the victory last weekend in German Reg. West 1:8 onroad Championship at Dormagen.
    Moreover, he TQed and broke the circuit record in his first official race with Merlin Fuel and erpent 960 ‘ 08
    Karl Heinz Meister and Tobias Hepp both them with Merlin Fuel got 2nd and 4th place.Tobbias Hepp, Michael Salven & Karl Heinz Meister

    More info in:
    Serpent.com

    Red RC