Spanish Nats 1:8th Buggy – Rd. 4

The 4th and last round of Spanish Nat Championship, has taken place today at Valladolid.

With the Overall championship already won by Robert Batlle who made 3/3, everybody was wondering if he could make 4/4 in his last GRP Engine powered Race.

Finally he was unable to make the 4th. The final was really disputed, and 4 drivers have made it to the 1st position during the race; Robert Battle who had some mechanical problems, Richi Gómez, Daniel Vega, and the winner, Borja Hernández.

Carlos Pineda has completed a great weekend finishing on 2nd place, spite he has raced about half of the final race with the broken rear wing, richi Gómez completed the podium.

The final result:
1º- Borja Hernandez
2º- Carlos Pineda – Mugen – Ninja – Merlin Fuel
3º- Richi Gomez
4º- Dani Vega
5º- Carmelo Baldó
6º- Adrian Perez
7º- Bryan Baldó
8º- Albert Navarro
9º- Javi Puche
10º- Patxi Peñas – Hong Nor – Picco – Merlin Fuel
11º- Robert Batlle
12º- Alberto Garcia

Euro 1:8 Plus 40

Last Weekend the Arca Club in Madrid, held the European 1:8 Championship Plus 40.

The results are as following:

1   JACKY MOUTON 138  45:09.511

2  LUIS CAYETANO MARTíNEZ 135  45:07.116

3  JOSE ALDUDO 135  45:13.278

4 FRANCISCO LARA 134  45:02.629

5 JOSE ANTONIO DE LARA 133  45:05.187

6 ERIC NOUGIER 133  45:05.881

7 TOMAS MARTIN 129  45:01.278

8 ALBERTO CABEZAS 118  45:12.208

9 SVETISLAV POPOVIC BALDANI 68  31:12.095

10TOMAS AGUADO BARRERO 51  45:20.040

As a curiosity, Oscar and Alberto Cabezas swithed roles. The recently claimed 11th in 1:8 Worlds 2009, Óscar Cabeza, was pitting Alberto in this European Championship, showing that he is not only a top driver, but an excellent Pitman. racing in 5th place Alberto broke his front suspension, and Óscar managed to make a improvised repair, that allowd Alberto to finish the race in 8th.

Tags: 1:8, Euros

Merlin success at Irish Grand Prix

Merlin success at Irish Grand Prix

The inaugural Irish Grand Prix took place over the weekend at the St.Annes track situated on the outskirts of capital city Dublin where the winners of both the 1:10 and 1:8 onroad classes used Merlin fuel to power their cars. In qualifying Merlin claimed TQ honours in both categories as British 1:10 Champion Kyle Branson claimed pole with his Sirio powered Serpent while Ian Campbell was fastest in 1:8 with his Shepherd Velox.

In the wet 30-minute 1:10 final Branson took the early lead but 10-minutes in the youngster suffered a radio glitch on the main straight which sent his Serpent crashing into the pit wall and into instant retirement. This allowed Team Serpent Ireland driver Keith Dempsey to take control of the race as he cruised to a 2-lap winning margin over young ace Alex Thurston from the UK who was also using Merlin fuel in his Novarossi powered Kyosho. Unfortunately poor weather meant the 1:8 final didn’t run with Campbell declared the winner based on the results of qualifying from fellow Merlin user Michael Byrne.

The first ever Irish Grand Prix the event was, despite the wet conditions, a huge success and one which the hosting ORCA Club hope to build on next year

Tags: Efra, Ireland, Onroad

Euros 1-10 2009 Merlin Fuel vice-champion with Alexander Hagberg.

The 1/10 2009 Euros is finished.

Dirk Wischnewski has taken the final victory followed by our Team Driver Alexander Hagberg and the Austrian Manuel Huber, all them in the same lap.

The TQ man Dario Balestri was first with a whole lap advantage, but he suffered a problem in the front of the car.

This is the final result;

1 Wischnewski Dirk 159 45:03.983 – 16.123
2 Hagberg Alexander 159 45:15.194 – 16.259
3 Huber Manuel 159 45:15.868 16.593 16.281
4 Hudy Martin 158 45:05.808 16.621 16.219
5 De Felici Giorgio 153 45:01.774 17.181 16.370
6 Renaux Jerome 138 45:13.132 16.245 16.153
7 Balestri Dario 134 38:12.900 17.505 16.138
8 Spataro Biagio 134 45:09.479 – 16.293
9 Kandelhart Gerhard 116 45:02.446 -16.550
10 Tironi Francesco 112 34:23.133 -16.277

More info to follow

Pics: redrc.net

Tags: Euros 2009, Onroad, Racing

Euros 2009 1:10 Video

RED RC Has uploaded a video that will help us to get more familiar with the Italian Track which is helding the Euros this year.

Source: REDRC

Tags: Euros 2009, Onroad, Racing

Euros 2009 1:10 Gubbio – Italy

The 2009 1:10 Euros are on the way at Gubbio Track (Italy).

A nice sunny weeather, also warm (about 33 – 35ºC) and a very nice presented facility.

After 2 days of free practice, we have the first fastest lap times,

1. Alexander Hagberg (X-Ray – Max – Merlin Fuel) – 15.939
2. Biagio Spataro (X-Ray-JP) – 15.999
3. Iñaky Pahissa (X-Ray-Max – Merlin Fuel) – 16.016

TIPS To Follow 2009 Euros:Información y reportajes en RED RC – [Link]

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Ther is no live timing yet, but we will update as soon as it is available.

Merlin Fuel dirvers at Gubbio 2009:

Mark Green (UK)

Per-Ola Hard (Sweden)

Alex HAgberg (Sweden)

Iñaky Pahissa (Spain)

Rodri Pahissa (Spain)

Victor Pelaéz (Spain)

Tags: Euros 2009, Onroad

MArk Green wins BRCA 1/8 Rd. 5

Last Sunday the 1/8 BRCA Championship was held in a new facility near Brighton.

Here is the full report from Redrc.net:Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8th Rd5:

“Last weekend, the 1/8th Section visited a new circuit on the South coast of Brighton. The track is formed from a single strip of tarmac with the layout painted over with rope and plastic tubing forming the barriers. In theory, it looked from the outset that the track is too small for the modern day 1/8th chassis but after making the necessary chassis and gear ratio changes, the track became fun to drive. The track is also very smooth so running the car on low tires would help cornering, allow the engine to rev higher along the short back straight and through the infield with no worry of running out of fuel or the chassis bottoming out.

Saturday was a wet day and the track never dried out. A small number of drivers tried wet tyres and then retreated back to the hotels. Andy North decided to do some further testing to help learn the track and fine tune his car for the possibility of a wet Sunday. During the wet runs, a old Ninja engine let go on the main straight. A shattered Piston was the problem.

Sunday morning was greeted with blue sky and the track was drying out at a quick rate. In practice, Andy North ran another old engine since we wanted to save his best engines for the Worlds in Lostallo. We did however find that the Ninja had no bottom end power and so quickly changed this to a Sirio

with a 2013 pipe which then provided loads of bottom end power and made the car easier to drive through and out of the corners.

After every run, the lap times were getting better since learning the track can gain more time than consistently changing the setup and then getting lost. In qualification it was Mark Green again setting the pace. His consistent driving with a good chassis makes him a cut above the rest. With regards to lap times the other top drivers are only 0.2 to 0.3 seconds behind, but consistency is the key.

The top 10 after qualification were as follows:
1. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi/Merlin Fuel – 21 Laps 305 secs
2. Andy North – Mugen/Siro – 21 Laps 312 secs
3. Tim Wood – Serpent/Mega MF – 20 Laps 300 secs
4. Richard Hicklin – Serpent/Mega – 20 Laps 305 secs
5. Pete Hastings – Serpent/IDM – 20 Laps 309 secs
6. Neil Diver – Shepherd/IDM – 20 Laps 310 secs
7. Ashley Gouveia – Serpent/Mega – 19 Laps 300 secs
8. Andy Hastings – Serpent/IDM – 19 Laps 301 secs
9. Rob Coleman – Mugen/Novarossi – 19 Laps 302 secs
10.Karl Dransfield – Serpent/Mega – 19 Laps 303 secs

The main final was going to be an unknown affair, since we had not raced with 10 cars yet. The cars were started under the rostrum to prevent any potential crashes at the first corner. Mark Green led the cars away with Andy North again dropping back due to a rich bottom end needle, but he soon picked up speed and set about chasing the leaders down. At this stage, Richard Hicklin was 2nd and Tim Wood in third. After a few more mistake by Andy and after damaging a rear lightweight rim, he was out of contention for a podium finish and just concentrated driving the track hard to try and improve lap times. In the end, Mark was the clear winner over Richard Hicklin and Tim Wood in third, with Pete Hastings in fourth, Neil Diver fifth and Andrew North sixth.

The results are as follows:
1. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi/ Merlin Fuel- 122 Laps
2. Richard Hicklin – Serpent/Mega – 119 Laps
3. Tim Wood – Serpent/Mega MF/ – 119 Laps
4. Pete Hastings – Serpent/IDM – 116 Laps
5. Neil Diver – Shepherd/IDM – 116 Laps
6. Andy North – Mugen/Siro – 113 Laps
7. Rob Coleman – Mugen/Novarossi – 109 Laps
8. Karl Dransfield – Serpent/Mega – 104 Laps
9. Andy Hastings – Serpent/IDM – 78 Laps
10.Ashley Gouveia – Serpent/Mega – 21 Laps

A big thanks to all at the Adur Club for a very well run meeting. The next round is at Halifax. All the results and further images can be found on www.brca.org”

So Mark joins this weekend winning togheter with Robin D’Hondt, German champion and Ruud Schuitmaker (Benelux Cup Winner)

Source Red RC

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, UK

Robin D’Hondt takes German Title

The overall 1:8 On Road championship took place from July 8 to July 12th in Hildesheim south of Hanover.

Robin D’Hondt has sent us a report about the race:

“Here it is;

Last week the German championship of all regions was held at the track of Hildesheim.
Weather conditions from wednesday till sunday were not good. The track went constantly from dry to wet, so grip never really was constant …

so we all had little practice but the track had a very smooth line all around and after some small changes to my setup from Lostallo the car felt really good, smooth and reliable.

In qualifications i had 2 out of 5 dry qualifications, in the first Robert Pietsch had 23 laps in 5.13 and i had 22 laps in 4.59. In the last lap i ran out of fuel. (fastest lap 13.3)

In the second qualification i did get the 5 minutes and got 23 laps in 5.13, but Robert also improved his qualification to 5.12.
After qualifications Eric Dankel and Patrick Schaeffer filled the top 4 with 22 laps in a very low 5 minutes.

After the lower finals Sabrina Lechner, Toni Gruber, Armin Baier, Andreas Hammerl, Karl-Heinz Meister and Lennart Skornia joined us in the final.

After the start of the final i was hanging third behind Patrick, but for him the race ended when he hitted the fence at the end of the straight. Also trouble came for Robert with a broken glowplug he lost 3 laps. From then on i was on first position in the final and like this it stayed till the end. The final became a bit interesting when rain started to come (enough the make the track just a little bit slippery). To have no suprises like suddenly loose all steering in certain corners i was playing safe and holded my throttle back a little in corners that normally were taked full throttle.

Also i didn´t change my tires after 20 minutes in the 40 minute final because first my meccanics wanted to be sure that no more rain was coming. Eventually they changed my tires after 25 minutes.

Thanks to my sponsors Motonica, Nova Rossi, ATS tires, Merlin Fuel, RC Car Colours and Technics Ghiant, LRP electronics

And offcourse special thanks to my meccanics, my dad Rony D´hondt and Franky Noens, for the very fast tire stop, refueling and giving me information during the race

.

Cya in Lostallo
Robin”

The final Results:

1. Robin D´Hondt, 169 laps – Motonica / Novarossi / ATS/Merlin Fuel
2. Robert Pietsch, 166 – Mugen / Novarossi / RPM
3. Toni Gruber, 165 – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
4. Eric Dankel, 164 – Shepherd / Novarossi / RPM
5. Karl-Heinz Meister, 161 – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
6. Armin Baier, 158 – Mugen / IDM / IDM
7. Sabrina Lechner, 156 – Serpent / Max / IDM
8. Andreas Hammerl, 135 – Kyosho / Novarossi / Matrix
9. Patrick Schaefer, 15 – Shepherd / Novarossi / Enneti
10. Lennart Skornia, DQ – Serpent / Max / Xceed

Congratulations to Robin and Rony for their fantastic Victory!

Pictures: REDRC

Tags: 1:8, Germany, Onroad

German West 1:8 Championship Rd. 6

Last weekend took place the 6th Rd for German Nats. West

Once more, the rain was the unwelcome guest to the race. After a driver meeting the Race was stopped and they decided to count the race following the heats order.

Picture: RED RC

1. Karl-Heinz Meister – Serpent / Mega / Xceed
2. Tobias Hepp – Serpent / Mega / Xceed / Merlin Fuel
3. Steven Cupyers – Mugen / Sirio / Enetti
4. Uwe Baldes – Motonica / Team Orion / Xceed
5. Alain Levy – Serpent / Novarossi / Xceed
6. Joerg Baldes – Motonica / Mega / Cosmic
7. Ralf Vahrenkamp – Serpent / Novarossi / Xceed
8. Christian Wurst – Motonica / Sirio / Matrix
9. Frank Schewiola – Serpent / Mega / Xceed / Merlin Fuel
10. Rainer Rosskothen – Mugen / Novarossi / RPM

Source; Red RC

Tags: 1:8, Germany, Onroad, Racing

Nordic Championships

The Nordic European Chamipoships took place last weekend at Gotherborg track (Sweden).

Alexander Hagberg took the final victory and he has sent us a report about the race.

Merlin Fuel dominates Nordic Championships

The Nordic European Championships were held at the beautiful Väst-8 facility in Gothenburg, Sweden. I arrived at the track on Wednesday before the race to run in new engines and fine tune my starting setup.
The car felt good from the start and I went faster as traction gradually increased.

In qualifying I could win all 4 rounds easily with an overall TQ time of 4 seconds in front of Mugen driver Mikael Fransson. My TQ run was the quickest ever on this track and I also set a new lap record of 14.95. Norwegian XRAY driver Adrian Berntsen showed a good pace and could qualify as 3rd overall. Martin Christensen from Denmark ran a prototype Shepherd car, but had various technical problems and could only manage 4th spot.

For the final the weather was very unpredictable and the first 20 minutes was run on a wet track. However after consultation with my mechanic we decided in the last minute which wet tire to use and the choice proved to be the right one since I had a lot more traction than the competition. The difference was so big, that by the 10 minute mark I had built up a 5 lap lead. By the 4th pit stop the track had dried almost completely so we decided to switch to foam tires. Even though the tire change made me loose almost 3 laps I still had a comfortable lead to 2nd placed Magnus Vässmar. The positions stayed like this all the way to the finish line after a trouble free race also on the dry track.

Overall I had a very fast engine with low fuel consumption thanks to Merlin Fuel!

All in all it was another great win for me with Merlin Fuel and I am now looking forward to the EFRA GP which is held at this track in July. I want to thank my mechanic Niclas Nilsson, Edwin Suneson, Klas Runesson among others for all the help.

Final results

1 Alexander Hagberg – 149 laps – Merlin Fuel
2 Magnus Vässmar – 146 laps
3 Adrian Berntsen – 142 laps
4 Bengt Andersson – 139 laps – Merlin Fuel
5 Tom Erik Haaversen – 139 laps
6 Frank Andersen – 139 laps – Merlin Fuel
7 Mikael Fransson – 125 laps
8 Mickael Brandt – 117 laps
9 Per-Ola Hård – 114 laps – Merlin Fuel
10 Martin Christensen – 34 laps”

Thanks to Alexander for his nice report and congratulations for the victory.

Tags: 1:!0, Sweden, Touring