Cto. Holanda 1:8

El pasado fin de semana se disputó la última prueba del Cto. de Holanda 1:10 200 mm. en el circuito de Hemmestede.

La final se disputó en mojado y como novedad, hubo un participante descalificado por emplear aditivos para ruedas.

La clasificación final ha quedado como sigue:

1 Arie Manten
2 Rob Kuijper – Merlin Fuel
3 Rik Veenma – Merlin Fuel
4 Tjibbe Keller – Merlin Fuel
5 Danny Leewis – Merlin Fuel
6 John Ermen
7 Donny Blommers
8 Michiel Renting
9 Maurice van den Ijssel – Merlin Fuel
10 Daniel van der Drift

Pics from Red RC

Tags: 1:8, Netherlands, On Road

Robin D’Hondt y Merlin Fuel, campeones 1:8 Pista – Bélgica

El pasado fin de semana, se disputó la última prueba del Cto. Nacional de Bélgica 1:8 pista.
Robin D’Hondt, sumó una nueva victoria, 4ª en la temporada regular. Robin ya era matemáticamente campeón desde la 5ª prueba, en la que se clasificó en segundo lugar.

Mención especial al jovencísimo Daan Haling, que se hizo con la victoria en la categoría F2, por segunda ocasión esta temporada.

Desde Bélgica, Robin nos manda su visión de la carrera:

“The 6th and last round of the Belgian championship was also held at the track of Charleroi, the original idea was to have this race at the track of Bierset but sadly enough the track had to close its gates for an airport expansion.
Friday evening we arrived there, rain was falling out of the skies. Think the gods don’t like me or so, 6 Belgian championships this year => 6 times rain on Sunday or Saturday … Great!
Saturday when the track was finally dry, qualifications had to be run. So I nearly had no practice time.
First qualifying suddenly my personal transponder didn’t work anymore … As I wasn’t the only one with a “sudden” dead transponder I knew it couldn’t be broken. But ok, after changing some setup things in the computer of the lap timing all worked fine again.
Second qualify my engine was a little bit to lean so I had to come into the pits. I drove 5th time because of the pit stop but I did have fastest lap time with 13.9.
Third qualify was driven on Sunday morning. Wet track … and like this it stayed the whole day.
Most people were packing up their stuff to go home. I was unpacking around 2 in the afternoon to drive the final. Many people with a weird look when they saw me unpack, but why not … the last race of the year. My position in the championship wasn’t gonna change whether I drove or not. Just wanted to have some fun but I do have to admit Werner Smolderen had to convince me to drive the final.
When the final was getting closer I saw that Tom Smolderen and I were about the only ones of the 1/8 F1 that were planning to drive…
In the Final Tom and me had much fun, I won the final and Tom ended up second.
So with 4 wins and 2 second places I am Belgian Champion 2008 1/8 F1
In the 1/8 F2 final youngster Daan Haling (son of my second pitman) won the race and is the Belgian champion F2 2008.
I want to thank all my sponsors for all they did for me during the year:
Serpent Motorsport, Mega, ATS tires, Merlin Fuel, Ghiant Aerosols RC Car Colors and RC Tech.
Special thanks to my father and Lode Haling for the good pitting during the whole year. ”

Tags: 1:8, Bélgica, On Road, Racing

Per-Ola Hard dominates final round of Swedish Nats

Team Merlin Sweden driver Per Ola Hard dominated the seventh and final round of the Swedish Cup Series over the weekend taking his 720 08 to TQ honours and race victory.

Racing at the bumpy low traction Trollhattan track, Peo was fastest in qualifying by 5 seconds and in the 45-minute final took the victory by a massive 3 lap margin.

The victory, Peo’s first of the 2008 series, helped him to secure Swedish Cup Vice-Champion honours. Having just returned from racing in Japan, Peo was quick to thank Japanese team mate Yuya Sahashi for the special “Japan S-720 setup” that worked perfectly at this Swedish track.

Source and pic from Serpent Motorsport

Tags: 1:10, On Road

Merlin Ulster GP

Ballymoney, en Irlanda del Norte, acogió la primera prueba celebrada como “Merlin Ulster GP”  el pasado 28 de Septiembre con un regreso exitoso a una categoría popular algún tiempo atrás, el 1:10 Touring.

Organizada por el Ulster Model Car Club, contó con una grans inscripción, incluyendo a los anteriores campeones Nacionales Chris Steele y Stephen Hayes y al ganador de pruebas del campeonato Británico Mark Gilliand. 

Muchos de los pilotos pisaban el circuito del Ulster por primera vez. La organización obsequió a los participantes y sus mecánicos con una Barbacoa.

En las clasificatorias, Steele se hizo con la Pole Position por delante del X-Ray de Gilliand. Esta pareja dio mucho juego en la final intercambiando la primera y segunda posición durante la primera parte de la carrera. Un pequeño error de Steele permitió a Gilland adquirir una ventaja clara para mantener la primera plaza. El campeón de Irlanda 2007, Hayes completó el Podium.

La victoria de la categorái “B”, fue a manos del piloto más joven inscrito en la prueba, Calvin Kirby.

Como consecuencia del éxito del Merlin Fuel Ulster GP, se está planeando hacer de esta pista una prueba del Campeonato de Irlanda 2009. 

Gracias a Hobbies Ireland por la información y fotos.

Noticia en Red RC

Tags: 1:10, On Road

Merlin Fuel Ulster GP

Ballymoney in Northern Ireland was host to the first ever Merlin Fuel Ulster Grand Prix on September 28th with nitro cars making a successful return to the once popular nitro venue. Organised by the Ulster Model Car Club, the GP attracted a quality entry including former Irish National 1:10 200mm Champions Chris Steele & Stephen Hayes, and British Championship race winner Mark Gilliland.

With competitors receiving a very warm welcome on their arrival to the track, many of whom who were making their first visit, the organisers also put on a very tasty complimentary BBQ for all the drivers and their mechanics during the lunch break.

In qualifying it was Steele driving a Kyosho that claimed TQ honours from Gilliland’s Xray. In the final the pair had a thrilling battle for the lead, swapping positions lap after lap, but a small error by Steele was eventually enough to allow Gilliland to break clear and take the victory. 2007 Irish Champion Hayes, also driving an NT1 completed the podium. The Top 3’s efforts were rewarded with Dublin Crystal trophies and Merlin Pro Racing fuel plus of course the customary champagne that is an essential part of any motorsport podium celebration. Victory in the B Final went to the event’s youngest racer Calvin Kirby who was also rewarded for his efforts with Merlin fuel.

Following the success of the Merlin Fuel Ulster Grand Prix it is planned to make the Ballymoney circuit a regular fixture on the 2009 Irish 1:10 200mm National Championship calendar.

Thanks to Hobbies Ireland for the complete information.

Link to Red RC News.

Tags: 1:10, On Road

Robin D’Hondt takes victory at Belguim nats RD.4

Last weekend took place the 4th round of Belgium 1/8 On-Road Championship.Without time to rest after the Euro Championship in Valencia, Robin D’Hondt, managed to take the victory in a hard racing day, clearly conditioned by the scattered showers and changing weather.Here is the full Chornicle: Last weekend the 4th round of the Belgian Championship was held at the track of Roeselare. I came straight from “every day 35°” Spain to “4 seasons in one day” Belgium. The weather forecast wasn’t so good for the weekend with sunshine turning to wind & rain and then sunshine again, so grip was changing every hour.On Saturday I was curious how my setup from Spain would work on Roeselare … and like I thought, not really. Springs much to hard, and no stability all around.As I was driving purple all around and front shocks in middle hole I went to all blue springs and moved front shocks in highest hole. After I changed this it started raining and I couldn’t try anything anymore.

On Sunday the first qualifier came up and while I was racing I was thinking of what I could change on my car because the fastest laptime I was driving was 14.4 and last year it was 13.6 so I was way off the pace.For the next heat I just changed the whole setup of my car. I tried to find a setup in my head that was just easy to drive and fast. I like to drive with a car that has much stability in the back so I went to red springs in the back, blue in the front, 45W in front, 40W in rear (was driving 45 all around), rollcenter in front 1 mm down, expodential in my transmitter from 0 to -10, and from 2 toe-in to 2.5.  Once again it started to rain so the second qualify round was literally flushed away.Third heat and there was no grip at all so I thought maybe my setup would work … and it did.Car felt good, constant and fast enough to set the pace but then after 3 minutes of racing it started raining for 30 seconds or so.  This ruined my chances of TQ but I still took second place on the grid.While we were training just before the final it started to rain but on slightly.  This is how it had been all weekend – Rain for 20 minutes just enough to make the track wet and then it stops and dries again. So it wasn’t wet enough for rubber tires. I tried 33 shore but for this is it was to wet.  I told my dad to put aqua tires on and take my car to the grid. As the countdown began I was looking to the other cars to see what tires they had on. Gunther Van Staey on TQ had rubber tires. Some parts of the track were still dry so after one lap racing I took over the lead and drove away from the pack while Gunther was struggling to get his car around the track.I stayed in the lead for the entire race. Gunther was most of the time in second I think but in a tire change all went wrong and he lost many laps. For me the last pit stop my dad asked me to put 33 shore again because the track was almost dry.But I thought for the last 4 minutes … why change tires and risk something going wrong. Leave the tires on and I will drive safely … uhum, wrong choice, as I was driving trough slow corners I took a good look at my front tires and was thinking isn’t there supposed to be black there?I saw white spots where there used to be black … weird … my car was suddenly on the surface and I was driving on my rims. So the last 2 minutes I came in for the 33 shore (I had 5 laps in front of the second). With these 33 shore tires I drove the fastest lap of the race, almost 4 seconds faster then the fastest laps of the other drivers, and took the victory.

1:8 F1 Result

1. Robin D’hondt – 83 laps

2. Marc Van Passel – 79 laps

3. Nico Vandewynckel – 77 laps

4. Tom Smolderen – 75 lapsIn the 1/8

F2 class it was young driver Daan Haling who set the pace in a dry race with his Serpent.

1:8 F2 Result

1. Daan Haling – 110 laps

2. Patrick Vannieuwenhuyze – 107 laps

3. Bert Poesen – 105 laps

4. Akinori Yamauchi – 102 laps

235mm Result

1. Roger Capelleman – 97 laps

2. Leo Heremans – 84 laps

3. Sebastien Quintin – 81 laps

4. Wuyts Willy – 78 laps

would like to thank my sponsors for all what they do and for the good support in Valencia:Serpent Motorsport, Mega, ATS tires, Merlin Fuel, Ghiant Aerosols RC Car Colors and RC Tech.And special thanks to my 3 mechanics, my dad, Lode Haling and my girlfriend.GreetzzzzzInfo and pictures from: Red Rc and Serpent.

Tags: 1:8, Belgium, On Road

Euro 1:8 Championship

Yesterday finished the 2008 Euro Championship 1/8.

We saw a very interesting final with suspense until the end.

The final results:

FINAL

1	122	072-Jernej Vuga	SI	SIO01	17	05:05.283	V2 [413]	145	45:16.628	Final – A	Dry
2	121	006-Walter Salemi	ITA	I198	17	05:06.384	V2 [314]	145	45:18.210	Final – A	Dry
3	123	004-Andrea Cristiani	IT	I338	17	05:04.378	V2 [134]	145	45:18.612	Final – A	Dry
4	138	002-Daniele Ielasi	IT	I113	17	05:00.679	V2 [341]	144	44:53.799	Final – A	Dry
5	130	011-Dario Balestri	IT	I251	17	05:01.735	V2 [134]	144	44:54.794	Final – A	Dry
6	133	034-Michael Salven	DE	D002	17	05:04.752	V3 [421]	142	45:15.307	Final – A	Dry
7	132	036-Robert Pietsch	DE	D695	17	05:01.505	V2 [314]	135	45:18.116	Final – A	Dry
8	136	012-Andrea Pirani	ITA	I190	17	05:01.195	V2 [341]	134	45:03.198	Final – A	Dry
9	131	003-Massimo Fantini	IT	I016	17	05:00.214	V2 [134]	118	39:37.360	Final – A	Dry
10	139	090-Oscar Cabezas	ES	E395	17	05:01.287	V2 [431]	115	45:09.736	Final – A	Dry

All the information about the event can be find in Red Rc at http://events.redrc.

Merlin Fuel Picture Gallery  [Link]

News about the race (only available in Spanish)

Tags: 1:8, On Road, Racing

Cto. de Europa 1:8 – Galería de Fotos – Felicidades a la organización

Una vez concluido el Campeonato de Europa 2008 en Almussafes, no podemos dejar de felicitar a toda la organización pro la brillante labor realizada durante esta intensa semana. Da gusto trabajar con gente como Enrique, Patricio y todo su equipo. No nombramos más, para no dejarnos a nadie. Nuestra opinión al respecto, ha sido general tanto entre los participantes, como los representantes oficiales de Efra y los principales representantes de las marcas que han acudido al evento. Difícil queda ahora para próximos organizadores, superar el listón del club Autet. Enhorabuena.

Hemos ampliado la galería de fotos, que puede verse pulsando sobre la imagen.

 

Link [Autet]

Clasificación final [link]

 

 

 

Tags: 1:8, On Road, Racing

Cto. Europa 1:8 – Final – Jernej Vuga es el nuevo campeón

La carrera se ha decidido en sus tres primeras posiciones en la última vuelta!!!!

 

La salida de la final ha sido limpia. Oscar Cabezas, saliendo cuarto, ha recuperado 2 posiciones en la salida y ha pasado en segunda posición bajo el trasponder en la primera vuelta. En la vuelta 7 Oscar Cabezas se ha puesto líder y ha mantenido esa posición hasta el primer repostaje, cuando a la salida del box ha sido embestido por  detrás, perdiendo casi 20 vueltas.

 

Aún así en un gesto de deportividad ha salido de nuevo a pista, rodando con la clase a la que nos tiene acostumbrados.

 

Pietsch, tmabién ha tenido problemas y ha cedido ventaja. Michael Salven ha tenido algún problema mecánico en el primer tercio de carrera que le ha relegado a la 5ª plaza. Massimo Fantini, uno de los favoritos ha abandonado en el minuto 40

 

Así pues, Daniele Ileasi, ha tomado ventaja y se ha colocado líder. La lucha por detrás ha sido intensa entre Balestri, Vuga y Cristiani. En el minuto 44 Ileasi, tenía una ventaja de 8 segundos sobre el segundo clasificado (Balestri). Aparentemente Ileasi ha tenido un problema de motor en la última vuelta y Balestri, ha estirado el repostaje más de lo debido, de modo que ha quedado sin combustible casi delante del box. Ambos se han visto superados en el último instante por Jernej Vuga. Así la sorpresa ha sido mayúscula .

 

FINAL

1	122	072-Jernej Vuga	SI	SIO01	17	05:05.283	V2 [413]	145	45:16.628	Final – A	Dry
2	121	006-Walter Salemi	ITA	I198	17	05:06.384	V2 [314]	145	45:18.210	Final – A	Dry
3	123	004-Andrea Cristiani	IT	I338	17	05:04.378	V2 [134]	145	45:18.612	Final – A	Dry
4	138	002-Daniele Ielasi	IT	I113	17	05:00.679	V2 [341]	144	44:53.799	Final – A	Dry
5	130	011-Dario Balestri	IT	I251	17	05:01.735	V2 [134]	144	44:54.794	Final – A	Dry
6	133	034-Michael Salven	DE	D002	17	05:04.752	V3 [421]	142	45:15.307	Final – A	Dry
7	132	036-Robert Pietsch	DE	D695	17	05:01.505	V2 [314]	135	45:18.116	Final – A	Dry
8	136	012-Andrea Pirani	ITA	I190	17	05:01.195	V2 [341]	134	45:03.198	Final – A	Dry
9	131	003-Massimo Fantini	IT	I016	17	05:00.214	V2 [134]	118	39:37.360	Final – A	Dry
10	139	090-Oscar Cabezas	ES	E395	17	05:01.287	V2 [431]	115	45:09.736	Final – A	Dry

Tags: 1:8, Euros, On Road

Cto. Europa 1:8 – Semi Finales y Presentación de la Final

Finaliza la semi final B con el siguiente resultado;

1. Darío Balestri

2. Walter Salemi

3. Rick Vrielijnck

4. Alberto Picco

5. Robin D’Hondt

6. Marco Vanni

7. Mark Green

8. Nicola Marrone

9. Steven Cuypers

10. Adrien Bertin (*) Penalizado por depósito demasiado grande

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Semifinal A

1. Robert Piestch

2. Michael Salven

3.  Jernej Vuga

FINAL:

1. Massimo Fantini

2. Daniele Lelasi

3. Andrea Pirani

4. Oscar Cabezas

5.  Robert Pietsch

6. Michael Salven

7. Jernej Vuga

8. Darío Balestri

9. Andrea Cristiani

10. Walter Salemi

Una lástima para Josué Artiles, que ha dominado su semifinal durante el primer tercio. Sin embargo, ha acabado cediendo su mecánica.

También el joven Robin D’Hondt, estaba realizando una estupenda semi final y se vió relegado por un problema mecánico junto con Mark Green.

Pero sin duda la noticia destacada es la ausencia de Lamberto Collari que después de haber pasado los cuartos de final con cierta comodidad, se ha retirado pronto en su semi-final.

Así pues, dos finalistas con Merlin aguardan su turno para una emocianante final que comenzará a las 15:30 con la presentación de pilotos.

La semifinal -A- en la que ha participado Michael Salven ha resultado muy vistosa y con tensión hasta el último minuto por lo cerrado de la lucha entre Michael Salven y  J. Vuga.

Recordamos que en este enlace se puede ver la carrera a través de la webcam del circuito.

 

Michael Salven en acción en su semi-final 

 

 

Oscar Cabezas Finalista directo y mejor vuelta en carrera.

 

Mucha suerte a todos. Ha sido un orgullo llegar hasta aquí y en especial a Oscar Cabezas, primer español que consigue meterse en una final de 1:8.

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: 1q:8, Euros, On Road