Spanish 1:8 Onroad – Final Round

Last weekend took place the 4th and last rd for Spanish 1:8 On Road in Club Arca (Madrid)

Merlin Team Driver, Oscar Cabezas took the victory, TQ and overall Championship.

Óscar dominated the race from the early beginning, being the only driver able to set 18 laps in the recently renewed Arca Track.  Moreover he won the 4 classifying heats.

However the Main final, was not as easy as the final result shows. Óscar had a flame out in the first laps, that made him change the strategy and even run out of fuel in the middle of the final. Nevertheless, his pace was so strong and consistent that he could keep the 1st position until the the final flag.

With this Victory, Óscar claims the absolute title, after 2 victories and 2 second places.  It was a challenge for Oscar to win again the Nat Championship after having changed his car and engine. (Motonica – Novarossi).  So after some adaptation time he is again on top.

Josué Artiles, has finished on 2nd in both, the last race and the overall championship. In fact, both them, Oscar and Josue have finished the regular season with the same figure; 1.893 points. However Oscar’s worst classification was a 2nd while  Artiles worst was a 3rd. This fact gives an idea about the tight fight between both drivers that has been constant in recent years.

The Top 10 Result:

1. Óscar Cabezas (Motonica/Novarossi/Merlin Fuel) 146 laps – 45:12.388
2. Josué Artiles (Mugen / Ninja) 144 L – 45:07.313
3. Carlos Peracho (Sheperd Velox) 143 L – 45:04.494
4. Sergio Montesinos – 143 L – 45:09.572
5. Toni Mateo – 143 L – 45:13.833
6. Nacho López – 143 L – 45:16.219
7. Dani Vega – 143  L  – 45:17.003
8. Joaquín Villegas – 140 L – 45:08.358
9. Francisco Lara – 102  L – 40:59.886
10. Víctor González – 91 L – 39:43.929

So that, this year Merlin Fuel is the winner in the most popular Onroad scales, 1/8 with Óscar Cabezas and Rodrigo Pahissa in 1/10.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Racing

Oscar Cabezas – Merlin Fuel; Victoria, Pole y Campeonato.

Finalizada la última prueba del Cto. 1:8 pista, Óscar Cabezas se hace con la victoria que supone además el Cto. absoluto de España 2009.

Un colofón excelente a una gran temporada en la que además se ha clasificado como 11º en el reciente mundial de Lostallo.

Óscar ha dominado la prueba desde el principio, consiguiendo la y siendo el único piloto capaz de dar 18 vueltas en las clasificatorias. Además se impuso en las cuatro clasificatorias que disputó.

Sin embargo la final no ha sido tan fácil como muestra el resultado, ya que Óscar ha tenido una parada en el primer tercio de carrera que le ha hecho sacar lo mejor de sí mismo (que es mucho) y sobreponerse a la adversidad para acabar en primera posición.

Como en anteriores campeonatos, Josué Artiles, campeón del pasado año, ha rayado a gran altura y le ha puesto las cosas difíciles a Óscar.

Clasificación final:

1. Óscar Cabezas (Motonica/Novarossi/Merlin Fuel) 146 vueltas – 45:12.388
2. Josué Artiles (Mugen / Ninja) 144 vueltas – 45:07.313
3. Carlos Peracho (Sheperd Velox) 143 vueltas – 45:04.494
4. Sergio Montesinos – 143 vueltas – 45:09.572
5. Toni Mateo – 143 vueltas 45:13.833
6. Nacho López – 143 vueltas – 45:16.219
7. Dani Vega – 143 vueltas – 45:17.003
8. Joaquín Villegas – 140 vueltas – 45:08.358
9. Francisco Lara – 102 vueltas – 40:59.886
10. Víctor González – 91 vueltas – 39:43.929

Enhorabuena a Óscar y su equipo, por su brillante temporada en la que ha tenido un comienzo difícil de adaptación a su nuevo Chasis (Motonica) y a su nuevo propulsor Novarossi, pero una vez superados ha dejado patente su nivel.

De este modo, Merlin Fuel es campeón del las dos modalidades más importantes de pista en España, 1:10 200mm. y 1:8, con Rodrigo Pahissa y Óscar Cabezas respectivamente. Ellos se añaden a los recientes campeonatos de Alemania 1/8 de la mano de Robin D’Hondt y al subcampeonato de Europa 1:10 con Alexander Hagberg.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad

Spanish 1:8 Onroad Nats. 3rd Rd.

The 3rd. round for Spanish 1/8 nats, took place last weeken at Gijón (Northern Spain).

The classification was clearly dominated by Oscar Cabezas (recently 11th classfied in Lostallo Worlds 2009), who took the TQ in the 4 heats.

Oscar, also set a new Track Record with a 15:280 lap. Following him Víctor González (Kyosho-MB-JBTRC.Racing) 2nd, Nacho López (Mugen) 3rd and Carlos Peracho (Velox-Sirio) 4th.

The final was dominated also by Óscar Cabezas who conserved his honor position until the end, finishing 3 laps ahead the second Nacho López and 4 laps ahead Sergio Montesinos.

With the 4th rd. to be held in Alcobendas – Madrid, Oct. 25th, the absolubte Championship is still to be decided. For sure Oscar Cabezas and Josué Artiles will offer a nice show in the last Spanish Rd to get the absolubte Nat Championship.

Final Results:

Pos / Driver	Laps	Time	Fast Lap
1  Oscar Cabezas	165	45:11.126	15.515	Motonica – Novarossi – Merlin Fuel
2  Nacho Lopez Lluch	162	45:03.071	15.605	Mugen- Nova Collari-Enneti
3 Sergio Montesinos Ortega	161	45:05.401	15.867	Mugen-JP Racing-Enneti
4 Josue Artiles Santana	160	45:03.931	15.755	Mugen
5 Carlos Peracho Heras	158	45:14.528	15.466	Velox / Sirio
6 Paco Lobo	156	45:10.105	15.963
7 Oscar Cordon Garcia	155	45:01.093	16.188
8 David Menendez Tejedor	154	45:08.012	16.016
9 Joaquin Villegas Gutierrez	152	45:07.208	16.308
10  Victor Gonzalez	40	10:56.191	15.714

Tags: 1:8, On Road, Racing

Cto. de España 1:8 – Gijón

La 3ª prueba del Nacional ha sido dominada desde el primer día por el piloto de Merlin Oscar Cabezas (11 Clasificado en el Cto. d. Mundial de Lostallo ) que con su Motonica P81-Novarossi consiguió un nuevo record del circuito al hacer la vuelta rápida en las prácticas oficiales controladas del sábado en 15 segundos 280 centésimas, la Pole-Position en las cuatro mangas clasificatorias y venció la final con tres vueltas de diferencia sobre el segundo clasificado. En las clasificatorias el segundo puesto fue para Víctor González (Kyosho-MB-JBTRC.Racing), tercero fue Nacho López (Mugen) y cuarto Carlos Peracho (Velox-Sirio).

En la final Oscar Cabezas (Motonica-Novarossi-Merlin-Enneti-JBTRC.Racing) venció con autoridad dando 165 vueltas, seguido de Nacho López (Mugen- Nova Collari-Enneti) que hizo 162 y el tercer escalón del pódium lo consiguió Sergio Montesinos (Mugen-JP Racing-Enneti) con 161 vueltas.

Resultado Final:

Pos / Driver	Laps	Time	Fast Lap
1  Oscar Cabezas	165	45:11.126	15.515	Motonica – Novarossi – Merlin Fuel
2  Nacho Lopez Lluch	162	45:03.071	15.605	Mugen- Nova Collari-Enneti
3 Sergio Montesinos Ortega	161	45:05.401	15.867	Mugen-JP Racing-Enneti
4 Josue Artiles Santana	160	45:03.931	15.755	Mugen
5 Carlos Peracho Heras	158	45:14.528	15.466	Velox / Sirio
6 Paco Lobo	156	45:10.105	15.963
7 Oscar Cordon Garcia	155	45:01.093	16.188
8 David Menendez Tejedor	154	45:08.012	16.016
9 Joaquin Villegas Gutierrez	152	45:07.208	16.308
10  Victor Gonzalez	40	10:56.191	15.714

A falta de una prueba, el campeonato absolubto está por decidir y el campeón saldrá como en anteriores ocasiones entre Óscar Cabezas y Josué Artiles.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, Racing

Cto. España 1:8 – 4ª prueba – Valladolid

Finaliza la 4ª y última prueba del Cto. de España 1/8 TT que ha tenido lugar en Valladolid.

El campeonato, ya estaba decidido, en favor de Robert Battle, después de haber ganado las 3 pruebas precedentes.

Hasta cuatro pilotos han liderado en algún momento la final; Robert Battle con problemas en alguna mangueta, Daniel Vega, Richoi Gómez y el vencedor final Borja Hernández.

Destacar el estupendo fin de semana de Carlos Pineda que ha quedado en segunda posición después de rodar buena parte de la fina con el alerón trasero dañado.

También la final de Patxi Peñas que se muestra como un piloto en franca progresión.

La clasificación final ha sido;
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

Reportaje y fotos en breve.

Tags: 1:8, Racing, TT

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

Cto. Europa 1:8 +40

Las instalaciones del club ARCA en Madrid, acogieron el pasado fin de semana el Cto. de Europa 1:8 pista en su modalidad para veteranos (+40).

La victoria fue a parar a manos del francés Jacky Mouton (Serpent Novarossi), que se hizo con la Pole de la prueba, seguido de Cayetano Martínez (Motonica / Novarossi) y José Antonio Aludo (Mugen/Max) completó el podium (3º)

En esta carrera Óscar y Alberto Cabezas invirtieron sus roles habituales, siendo Óscar (11º Clasificado en el reciente Cto. Mundial de Lostallo) quién asistió a Alberto en su participación en este Europeo +40.

Óscar acreditó que además de ser un piloto sobresaliente, es también un  experimentado “Pitman” ya que cuando Alberto rodaba en 5º posición rompió la suspensión delantera y Óscar consiguió improvisar una solución rápida que permitió a Alberto concluir la final y hacerlo en octava posición.

La clasificación final, puede encontrarse en [Este Link]

Tags: 1:8, Euros, 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

Mark Green vencedor de la 5ª prueba del campeonato Británico.

La quinta prueba del campeonato Nacional británico de 11/8 se disputó en la nueva pista de Brighton (en le Sur del país).

LA pista es bastante corata y los participantes no la acababan de ver adecuada a los actuales chasis de 1:8. sin embargo una adecuada puesta a punto de los coches, reveló que era una pista muy divertida y técnica también para esta modalidad.

El sábado fue un día de lluvia incesante y la pista permaneció mojada durante toda la jornada.

El domingo amaneció soleado y la pista se fue secando rápidamente.

La jornada del domingo era un hecho desconocido, pues aún no habían rodado 10 coches a la vez en el circuito, debido al estado de la pista durante el sábado.

Mark Green se hizo con la cuarta pole de la temporada, seguido de Andy North.

1. Mark Green – Serpent/Novarossi – 21 Laps 305 secs
2. Andy North – Mugen/Siro – 21 Laps 312 secs
3. Tim Wood – Serpent/Mega MF – 20 Laps 300 secs

En la final Mark Green hizo valer su Pole y dominó la carrera desde el principio hasta el final haciéndose con una victoria clara y una ventaja de 3 vueltas con respecto al segundo clasificado.

Resultado final:

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

Enhorabuena a Mark Green que se suma al trío ganador de este fin de semana, Copa Benelux, Cto. Absoluto de Alemania y 5ª prueba del BRCA Británico.

Tags: 1:8, Onroad, UK