France Nat. Championship

Last Sunday took place the 1st race for French Nat. Championship 1/8.

Heavy rain did not allow to celebrate the main final, so that the half-final result were taken into account.

Final results:

1/ Jérôme Aigoin – MP9 – Nova – AKA

2/ Robert Battle - MBX6 – Nova – ProCircuit – Merlin Advance

3/ Nicolas Vouilloz – Losi – nVision – ProCircuit

4/ Michel Farina – MP9 – Nova – AKA

5/ Nicolas Reynaud – MBX6 – Nova – AKA

6/ Julien Lattanzio – MBX6 – nVision – ProCircuit

7/ Jean-Marc Lacheze – RS911 – OS Falcon – 6mik

8/ Nicolas Rodriguez – Spirit - RB – ProCircuit

9/ Edouard Hugon – MBX6 – Alpha – Tourex

10/ Jérôme Couchon – MP9 – Nova – AKA

11/ Maxime Noble – MBX6 – Alpha – ProCircuit

12/ Jonathan Bacro – Agama – RB – Proline

Picture from: Automodelisme.com

Tags: France, Merlin Advance

GP Montpellier 2010

Last weekend took place the Montpellier GP in France.

Most of the European biggest names in 1/8th buggy attended the anual race. Yannick Aigoin TQ’ed ahead Reanud Savoya and Daniel Vega in his first race with the new Agama.

The final results:

Pré-FINALE	PLACE	NOM et PRÉNOM	RÉSULTAT
FIN	1	AIGOIN Yannick	1°/ 105 T 01:00:26.17
FIN	2	BAYER Martin	2°/ 105 T 01:00:30.11
FIN	3	AIGOIN Jérôme	3°/ 104 T 01:00:09.69
FIN	4	VEGA Daniel	4°/ 101 T 00:58:57.15
FIN	5	HERNANDEZ Borja	5°/ 101 T 01:00:00.50
FIN	6	TORTORICI Davide	6°/ 100 T 01:00:25.89
FIN	7	FERRATO Bastien	7°/ 98 T 01:00:10.99
FIN	8	PITTET Jérémy	8°/ 98 T 01:00:30.84
FIN	9	SAVOYA Renaud	9°/ 96 T 01:00:00.12
FIN	10	BATTLE Robert	10°/ 95 T 00:55:52.69
FIN	11	EZAZIAN Jérôme	11°/ 90 T 01:00:09.07
FIN	12	CRAGG Neil	12°/ 6 T 00:03:29.31
1/2 B	13	SARTEL Jérôme	7°/ 34 T 00:20:11.29
1/2 B	14	FARINA Michel	8°/ 34 T 00:20:21.38
1/2 B	15	REYNAUD Nicolas	9°/ 34 T 00:20:29.81
1/2 B	16	RODRIGUEZ Nicolas	10°/ 34 T 00:20:29.91
1/2 A	17	BERMUDEZ Cyril	7°/ 33 T 00:20:09.29
1/2 A	18	DEROCH Stéphane	8°/ 33 T 00:20:14.05
1/2 A	19	PINEDA Carlos	9°/ 33 T 00:20:15.21

This vide shows the “A” half final.

Related links

GP Montpellier 2009 – Merlin News

GP Montpellier en Automodelisme.com

GP Montpellier en RCmag

Pictures: automodelisme.com

Video: RCmag.com

Tags: France, Montpellier

GP Montpellier 2009 – Video

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

Tags: Buggy, France, Off Road, Videos

GP Montpellier 2009

El pasado fin de semana se disputó el GP de Montpellier 2009.

Rcmag, tiene varios vídeos en su página, que pueden dar una buena idea del layout del circuito.

De entre ellos hemos seleccionado éste en el que se siguen un par de vueltas del piloto Stephane Mateo, con el nuevo Hobbytech STR8 V3/Go/Merlin fuel

La clasifiación final de la prueba fue:

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

Tags: France, Off Road, TT, Videos

Rally Game Challenge 3 Rd.

Tarbes in Hautes-Pyrénées Area, held last weekend the 3^rd. and last Round of the first Rally Game Challenge.

The race was organized by Association Mini Auto Tarbaise. (Ligue 14)

After the 2 previous rounds at Toulouse and Castelsarrasin , the 3^rd. Round was definitive to crown the final Champion.

The fight for the overall victory was really open, since over 7 drivers had real chances.

The day was not sunny, but at least not rainy as in 2^nd round

The final classification at Tarbes was:

1. Sébastien Carrere – RS3/GRP

2. Stéphane Mateo -STR8 RG / Go / Merlin Fuel

3. Romuald Derenne – STR8 RG/Novarossi

4. Cristophe Houzel – RS7

5. Jérôme Davan – MP9

6. Luc Hegesippe – MBX5

7. Emmanuel Schleimer

With this Round result the final Championship classifications is as follows;

1. Stéphane Mateo -STR8 RG / Go / Merlin Fuel.

2. Romuald Derenne STR8 RG/Nova

3. Sébastien Carrere RS3/GRP

This is the final Podium:

Related Links:

Merlin News- Rally Game Challenge 1^st round (Toulouse)

Merlin News – Rally Game 2nd Round (Castelsarrasin)

Automodelisme com has a full report in this link

Picture Gallery Automodelisme.com

Picture Gallery Association Mini Auto Tarbaise

Picture Credits – Automodelisme.com and  As. Mini Auto Tarbaise

Tags: France, Racing, Rally Game

Rally Game Challenge 2nd Round

The 2^nd Round of the French Rally Game Challenge, took place Last January, 18^th at Castelsarrasin.

The specially wet day turned out every corner in the track into a mini-drifting exhibition.

Jérome Delcourt made the Hat Trick, taking the TQ, Overall fastest lap and final victory.

Stephane Mateo won the first Rally Game Challenge Round last December in Toulouse.

The final results

1. Jérome Delcourt -Hobbytech STR8/Go Engine/Merlin Fuel

2. Luc Gegessipe

3. Stephane Mateo – Hobbytech STR8//Merlin Fuel

The 3^rd round will take place at Tarbes next Feb. 1^st.

Information and pictures: Automodelisme.com

Tags: France, Racing, Rally Game

Rally Game Challenge France

The GTB RC Track in Toulouse, held  the 1st. Rally Game Challenge last December 7th.

The race was organized by Hobbytech toghether with Imodel and Automodelisme.com
This Race held also the the first official race for the new Rally Game Model from Hobbytech, the STR8-RG,final winner and TQ of the challenge.

The final classification:

1. Stephane Mateo – Hobbytech STR8 RG / GO Engine / Merlin Fuel

2. Rommuald Derenne – Hobbytech STR8 / Nova

3. Ludovic Try – 808 / RB Engine

Pics and info from Automodelisme.com

Click here for picture Gallery

Tags: France, Rally Game

Merlin Fuel en la “Coupe de France 2008″

El pasado 24 de Agosto, Merlin Fuel hizo su primera aparición en los circuitos de TT en Francia, en la localidad de Les Andelys, durante la “Coupe de France 2008″

Esta novedad no ha pasado desapercibida para los reporteros de  Automodelisme.com que han hecho un pequeño reportaje que se puede encontrar en este link.

Más información sobre la carrera en automodelisme.com

Tags: France, Off Road, Racing