Buggy

The 2nd Rd. of Spanish Nat Championship, was held in Montjuic track (Barcelona), near the Olympic Stadium.

107 Drivers attended the race. Saturday was sunny and clear with nothing remarkable.
After the qualifying rounds the provisional classification was the following:

1. Robert Battle
2. Javier Puché
3. A. Jesús Gómez Salmerón
4. Dani Vega
5. Alberto García
6. Alex Calatayud
7. Alex Brujas

8. Richi Gómez
9. Borja Hernández
10. Daniel Bernabé
11. Juanma Vera
12. Patxi Peñas
13. Josep Galisteo
14. Raúl daras
15. Alejandro Candel
16. Carlos Pineda
17. Gerard Roig
18. Raúl Peris
19. Angel Roque
20. Martín Roca

On Sunday morning while 1/16th final, the sky turned unexpectedly black and the «great flood» happened over Barcelona track.

The track was half flooded and race director decided to cancel the Race. Some drivers were disappointed because 30 minutes later the Sun appeared again, and they thought they could have completed the race.

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El último fin de semana de abril se disputó la segunda prueba del Cto. de España 1:8 TT en el circuito de Montjuic (Barcelona).

La jornada del Sábado, se disputó dentro de la normalidad, cumpliendo con el horario previsto y dio lugar a la siguiente clasificación provisional:

1. Robert Battle
2. Javier Puché
3. A. Jesús Gómez Salmerón
4. Dani Vega
5. Alberto García
6. Alex Calatayud
7. Alex Brujas

8. Richi Gómez
9. Borja Hernández
10. Daniel Bernabé
11. Juanma Vera
12. Patxi Peñas
13. Josep Galisteo
14. Raúl daras
15. Alejandro Candel
16. Carlos Pineda
17. Gerard Roig
18. Raúl Peris
19. Angel Roque
20. Martín Roca

El Domingo alrededor de las 9:00 mientras se disputaban 1/16 de final el cielo se tornó oscuro y dos nubes que pasaban por allí, vaciaron todo su contenido sobre el circuito de Montjuic, que acabó parcialmente anegado e impracticable.La organización de la carrera, decidió dar por concluida la prueba dando como válida la

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Last Weekend took place the Montpellier GP.

Rcmag, has edited some videos about the race.

We have selected this one where you can see the local driver Stephane Mateo in action with his new Hobbytech STR8 V3 and Merlin Fuel.

 

The final Classification;

1. Ricardo Rabitti (IT) – 108 L
2. Jermoe Sartel (FR) – 106 L
3. Reanud Saboya (FR) – 106 L
4. Sebastien Leonard (FR) – 105 L
5. Jean-MArc Lacheze (FR) – 105 L
6. Yannick Aigoin (FR) – 104 L
7. Nicolas Rodriguez (FR) – 104 L
8. Cyril Bermúdez (FR) – 84 L
9. Borja Hernández (ES) – 59 L
10. Davide Tortorici (IT) – 52 L

El pasado 15 de febrero,  se disputó en Torres Vedras el Open de Portugal 1:8 TT, primera prueba de la temporada.

Al cierre de las clasificatorias del Sábado Ricardo Monteiro se hizo con la pole.
La pista quedó seriamente afectada después de las clasificatorias con varios saltos complicados y agujeros, lo que obligó a los 12 participantes de la final a revisar sus set-up para afrontar con garantías la prueba.
En las primeras vueltas de la final Rodrigo Luis (Team-Magic/Siim/Merlin Fuel), se colocó líder y puso tierra de por medio, manteniendo siempre 1-2 vueltas de ventaja sobre su inmediato perseguidor.

La clasificación final:

1.Rodrigo Luis (Team Magic B8RS/Siim/Merlin Fuel) – 71 laps

2. Pedro Figueiredo – 70 laps

3. Nuno Casal Ribeiro – 70 laps

4. Ricardo Monteiro – 69 laps

5. Tiago Parreira – 69 laps

6. Fernando Almeida – 69 laps

7. Ricardo Martins – 67 laps

8. Carlos Durães – 67 laps

 

Enhorabuena a Roodrigo por su primera victoria

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El fin de semana pasado se celebró la primera carrera del Winterchamps 2009.
El circuito Mach One en Helomond (Holanda) fue el elegido para esta primera ronda, sin embrago, las adversas condiciones climatológicas aconsejaron trasladar el evento a la pista de NBR en Mol (Bélgica).

La predicción meteorológica hacía presagiar lluvia también en Bélgica, sin embargo, la lluvia sólo hozo acto de presencia en las primeras clasificatorias y la pista se mantuvo en buenas condiciones durante la prueba.

Después de las primeras clasificatorias, Daniel Reckward (Ger) fue el más rápido en 1:8TT y Bas De Konik, fue el más rápido en la categoría Truggy.

El piloto local Kim Verheyden fue el más rápido en las segundas clasificatorias, pero aún así Daniel Reckward consiguió la pole global, seguido del acutal campeón Holandés y Team Driver Merlin Jorg Van Leuken.

En la categoría Truggy, Blas De Konik, se hizo con la pole seguido de Mark Van Waaijenburg y Matthijs Jansen

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Last Sunday took place the first round of WinterChamps managed by Robitronic.

The Mach One at Helmond (Netherlands) was the first location for the race. However, due to the bad weather and track conditions, it was moved to NBR track at Mol (Belgium)

The weather forecast was predicting bad weather.

Finally it was just some rain during lower finals and the track was dry and in good condition most of the time.

After the first qualifying round, Daniel Reckward (GE) was the fastest in 1:8 Buggy, and Bas De Konik (NL) was the fastest in Truggy.

The local driver Kim Verheyden was the fastest in the 2nd qualifying round, but Daniel Reckward took the TQ, followed by the Dutch Buggy Champion and Merlin Team Driver Jorg van Leuken.

In Truggy Bas De Konik was the fastest again taking the TQ followed by Mark van Waaijenburg and Matthijs Jansen.

In the main Final Jorg Van Leuken took the first place, but after a few laps he had some trouble with one servo and was overtaken

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Last Sunday, took place the Endurance Reg. Championships of Catalunya at RACBSA track near Barcelona.

7 teams with 2 members each, took part in the 3 hours non-stop race. The race was quite difficult due to mud in the track that made difficult the driving for the first half of it.

Carlos Pineda and Josep Galisteo Managed to refuel over 7:30 minutes with the new Merlin Pro-racing EVO 1, what gave them a good advantage for such a long race.

After a fake first start, due to some technical problems, Jaume Figuls/Pedro Villalba took some advantage and they were leading the race.

However they lost the leading position in the first relay, when Pineda/Galisteo started to push hard and they maintained the leading position until the end of the race.

The final classification;

1 Carlos Pineda – Josep Galisteo Mugen MBX6/RB/DLD/Merlin fuel 295v 2 Jaume

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Last Sunday the RACBSA track held the 6th Rd. of Catalunya Reg. Championship 1:8 Buggy.
Here is the final classification

Final -A-

1 Carlos Pineda 79 45:15.95431.932 – Merlin Fuel
2 Alex Brujas 79 45:27.25731.545 – Merlin Fuel

3 Alex Calatayud 78 45:16.144 31.859
4 Jaume Figuls 77 45:30.884 31.595

5 David Comas 75 45:00.169 32.122
6 Patxi Peñas 74 45:01.023 31.549 – Merlin Fuel
7 Francisco Navarro 73 45:11.001 33.139
8 Juanma Lerma 72 45:28.351 34.025

9 Marc Moyano 71 45:19.183 33.625
10 Albert Navarro 71 45:41.637 32.419
11 Albert Estevez 70 45:13.996 34.007
12 Gerard Roig 28 23:51.698 32.064

Final -B-

1 Isaac Berga 49 30:19.224 33.948 2 Jordi Vallribera 48 30:09.210 33.696 3 Lluis Franqueses 48 30:33.494 34.097 4 Pedro Villalba 48 30:33.843 33.347 5 Roger Palau 47 30:15.929 33.516 6 Manel Prades 47 30:29.248 34.048 7 Jordi Montanyà 46 30:27.020 35.476 8 Jorge Navarro 46 30:37.364

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