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
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