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

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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

German West Nat. Championship Rd. 4

Bad Bresig, close to Bonn, held last weekend the 4^th round of German West 1:8 Nats.

Saturday was rainy, and no practice or qualifying was possible. The race director decided to offer two practice heats during Sunday Morning, once the track was dry.

Steven Cuypers TQ’ed followed by Tobias Hepp who matched the lap time.

1. Steven Cupyers 20 Runden 5.03.895 14.907
2. Tobias Hepp 20 Runden 5.06.252 14.907
3. Jörg Baldes 20 Runden 5.08.390 14.990
4. Karl Heinz Meister 19 Runden 5.00.209 15.205

The Main final was quite difficult with lot of incidents that went on after the race itself.TQ Steven Cuypers, had to retire before half time and some other drivers got several collisons.

Finally, Hepp, got the final victory, followed by Rd. 3 winner, Frank Schewiola and A. Vahrenkamp.

Final results;

1. T. Hepp/Serpent 966/Mega ZX/Merlin - 114 Laps

2. F. Schewiola/Serpent 966/Mega ZX/Merlin – 109 Laps

3. R. Vahrenkamp/Serpent 960/Novarossi – 108 Laps

4. A. Weyhofen/Kyosho/Orion – 103 Laps

5. R. Rosskothen/Mugen/ GRP/Merlin – 99 Laps

6. K.H. Meister/Serpent 966/Mega ZX – 94 Laps

7. J. Baldes/Motonica/Rex – 88 Laps

8. C. Wurst/Motonica/JP – 86 Laps

9. S. Cupyers/Mugen/Sirio- 47 Laps

10.U. Baldes/Motonica/Orion- 34 Laps

Thanks to Rüdiger and Tobias Hepp for the info and pictures.

More info at Red Rc

Tags: 1:8, Germany, Onroad

Campeonato 1:8 Alemania “interruptus”

El pasado fin de semana se celebró la 4ª prueba de la división Oeste del campeonato de Alemania 1:8 pista en el circuito de Hamm.

La práctica fue casi inexistente durante viernes y Sábado debido a la intensa lluvia.

El Domingo, con pista seca se disputaron las clasificatorias, dominadas por Michael Salven con su Serpent 960 alimentado por Merlin Fuel, seguido por Steven Cuypers y el reciente campeón Europeo Junior Tobias Hepp, ambos con Merlin Fuel.

Sin embargo justo antes de la final la intensa lluvia volvió a ser protagonista y los participantes decidieron no salir a pista, quedando como resultado final “pasado por agua” el orden de clasificación:

1. Michael Salven – Sepent – Mega – Merlin Fuel

2. Steven Cuypers – Serpent – Mega – Merlin Fuel

3. Tobias Hepp – Serpent – Mega – Merlin Fuel

Así pues, triplete descafeinado o pasado por Agua para Merlin Fuel en Alemania.

Información y fotos de Serpent Motorsport

Tags: 1:8, Germany, On Road