XRAY RX8 win at Swiss Nationals – Sitterdorf R4
Rennbericht und mehr Fotos hier
Top5 1/8th:
1. Pesenti Mattia – RX8, PICCO, RUNNER TIME
2. Martinelli Luca – RX8, RUNNER TIME
3. Kurzbuch Simon
4. Scherer Rudi
5. Henzi Thomas – RX8, RUNNER TIME
Top5 1/10th:
1. Kurzbuch Simon
2. Wicki Raphael
3. Schär Traugott – NT1, PICCO, RUNNER TIME
4. Scherer Niclas
5. Bühler Philipp – NT1, RUNNER TIME
XB4 and XB2 win the 4th Round off Swiss Nats
The 4th round of 1/10 Buggy electic Nats was held the last Weekend on the Astroturf Track from the Kaiju Team in Härkingen.
The Kaiju Team build a very awesome Track in the beginning oft this year.
Nico Schmid with his XB2 18 Qualified the TQ before Patrick Hofer and his Brother Florian Schmid.
In the Finals Nico had bad Luck withe the overtake and Patrick and Fabian Widmer winn the first and second Run.
In the 3th Run Nico win with 1.7 seconds faster Time as Patrick Hofer and win the Race.
In the 4WD Class Nico had also the TQ bevore his Brother Florian and Newcomer Kay Frehner also XB4.
In The Finals Florian Schmid had the better Pace than Nico and win the first and the 3th Run and also the Race.
In the second Place his Brither Nico and Kay Frehner in 3th.
THX at all fort the great Support.
1. Florian Schmid XB4
2. Nico Schmid XB4
3. Kay Frehner XB4
4. Fizzy Burkhardt
5. Marc Beyeler
6. Beat Knutti
7. Adi Riederer XB4
8. Silvio Piotrobini XB4
7. Jan Dissler
10 Michael Tremp
1. Nico Schmid XB2
2. Patrick Hofer
3. Fabian Luca Widmer
4. Marc Bösiger
5. Florian Schmid XB2
6. Adrian Müller
7. Peter Forster
8. Kay Frehner XB2
9. Jan Dissler
10. Adi Riederer XB2
3 Xray NT1 and 2 Xray RX8 on Podium at Swiss nats!
1. Patrick Fankhauser – NT1
2. Michael Schäfer – NT1
3. Jakob Bühler – NT1
4. Raphael Wicki
5. Roland Fankhauser – NT1
6. Niclas Scherer
7. Luca Moscioni
8. Marco Rizzo
9. Thilo Tödtmann
10. Stefan Wüthrich – NT1
Race report by Patrick Fankhauser
The track was resurfaced 3 weeks ago and we didn’t know how the grip was.
We put the car on the track with the same setup of Lostallo and it worked really good from the first laps.
My and my teammate Martinelli Luca were really fast during the whole weekend and we could run as fast as Kurzbuch and Hächler.
After the qualifying rounds we had 3 RX8 in the Top5, but during the SuperPole Simon Kurzbuch did a very fast lap and we co…uldn’t bump directly to the A-main.
Top 5 Qualifiying:
1. Haechler Silvio
2. Kurzbuch Simon
3. Pesenti Mattia – RX8
4. Martinelli Luca – RX8
5. Henzi Michael – RX8
Me, Luca Martinelli and Thomas Henzi bumped up in the A-main but Henzi Michael had some trouble during the semifinal.
The final was amazing!
Me and Luca started from the position 3 and 4, following Silvio and Simon. Simon took a good advantage after 10mins. Silvio had some trouble and had to leave the race. Me and Luca fought the whole race for the 2nd and 3rd position.
We push really hard during 45minutes finishing me in 2nd and Luca in 3rd with less than 4seconds gap.
The car was amazing and our best laps were as fast as Simon on his own track.
Top5 Final:
1. Kurzbuch Simon
2. Pesenti Mattia – RX8
3. Martinelli Luca – RX8
4. Nydegger Jurg
5. Hasler Remy
We’re really looking forward for the next races. Now a little summer break waiting the 4th Swiss National in Sitterdorf in August.
Mattia Pesenti
3. Lauf Schweizermeisterschaft 1/10 OFF ROAD 2018
Race Report by Cham
XRAY Wins Round 2 of Swiss Championship in Schaffhausen, Switzerland
The second round of the Swiss Nats took place last weekend in Schaffhausen Switzerland. The event attracted 48 drivers from across Switzerland and neighboring Germany. This was a true breath of fresh air for the Touring car scene at a Swiss national level.
The AMCS track is such a fun track, and has its unique charm. The drivers stand is not located in the usual manner and is located on the left corner of the track. The layer of asphalt has been laid down years ago, and the track shows signs of having married with earth movements, which adds to the fun of finding a perfect setup, for a slightly bumpy and unlevel surface. The traction level was very low and had a layer of pollen, which also added a factor of complication to the matter.
Team Xray was well represented in all categories. In modified class Marco Kauffmann took the TQ (TQ’d all rounds) and won all three rounds of the finals. In Formula 1 class, it was Fabio Marzini that TQ’d the qualifiers and was able to win the first two rounds of the finals, therefore claiming the overall victory.
Am vergangenen Wochenende fand der zweite Lauf der diesjährigen Schweizermeisterschaft der Kategorie V8 und V10 in Aigle statt.
Das Wetter war sehr unbeständig. Nach dem ersten Regenschauer am Samstagvormittag fiel das zweite Training aus. Dies erschwerte mir die Aufgabe, das Auto perfekt auf die Strecke abzustimmen.
Mit Hilfe von Traugott Schär konnte ich mein Auto von Lauf zu Lauf verbessern. Dies ermöglichte mir den zweiten Rang nach der Qualifikation. Da die Super Pole …wortwörtlich ins Wasser fiel, stand ich direkt im A-Finale hinter Raphael Wicki, der die Qualifikation für sich entscheiden konnte.
Meine Teamkollegen machten im Halbfinale einen guten Job, so dass wir insgesamt 6 NT1 in den A-Final bringen konnten.
Raphael Wicki musste den 30 minütigen Final aus der Boxengasse in Angriff nehmen. Somit übernahm ich direkt die Führung konnte mich in den ersten 10 Minuten leicht absetzen. Dies musste ich auch, weil ich als einziger einen Wechsel der äusseren Reifen geplant hatte. Ich habe mich gegen eine härtere Reifenmischung entschieden, mit der Hoffnung, dass ich so genügend Zeit auf meine Verfolger herausfahren kann.
Leider ging die Rechnung nicht ganz auf und die Zeit die ich in der Box verloren habe, konnte ich nicht wieder aufholen. Am Schluss kam nochmals Spannung auf, weil Leader Wicki ein technisches Problem mit seinem Auto hatte. Ich versuchte alles um die Lücke zu schliessen. Am Schluss konnte Raphael 9 Sekunden Vorsprung ins Ziel retten und ich wurde zweiter. Gratulation Raphi!
Mein Teamkollege Traugott Schär hatte leider noch mehr Pech. Sein Auto wurde von einem herumliegenden Stein zertrümmert und er musste ca. 20 Minuten mit einem ramponierten Auto fertig fahren. Er konnte immerhin noch den 5. Schlussrang sichern.
In der Kategorie V8 zeigte Mattia Pesenti eine starke Leistung. Er wurde mit seinem RX8 dritter in der Qualifikation, hinter Silvio Hächler und Simon Kurzbuch. Am Sonntag war das Glück leider nicht auf seiner Seite. Dennoch schafften es vier RX8 ins A-Finale! Luca Martinelli verpasste das Podest als vierter nur um 0.8 Sekunden.
Herzlichen Dank an meine Boxencrew Ariane und Luca und an meine Freundin Sue für die super Fotos. Vielen Dank auch an T+M Models für den hervorragenden Support und an Dragonpaints für die neue Karosserie. Ab Langenthal steht sie auch im Renneinsatz
Round 1 of GeMC Series 2018 – Hosted by Geneva Model Cars Club
The first round of the GeMC series took place on Saturday 5 May 2018, and attracted 45 participants. Drivers from the Geneva region as well as Suisse Romande and neighboring France joined for this first round. Even the Swiss-German side was represented by one driver, who came all the way to enjoy the day amongst R/C enthusiasts.
The particularity of the GeMC track is its banana curved ‘straight away’, but most imp…ortantly the club imposes a no additive philosophy. To ensure the grip levels stayed at a good threshold, the track was sugared in the evening of Friday and also on Saturday morning. The GeMC team chose a small but fun layout!
The lap times witnessed were in the low 10 seconds for the fast guys and very low 12 seconds for the formula 1 drivers.
Team Xray cars were the most present throughout both categories.
Here are the results:
Touring Car 13.5T Boosted:
1 Bastien De Marco -XRAY
2 Walter Pollet-Villard
3 Xavier Deparde -XRAY
4 Cham Dassanayake -XRAY
5 Alexis BANDERIER -XRAY
6 Paulo Rodrigues – XRAY
7 Alexandre Amort
8 Jonathan Porta
9 Steve Matthey – XRAY
10 Georges Camicas-Aycardi – XRAY
Formula 1 – 21.5T Blinky
1 Nicolas Albina
2 Daniel Ghirlanda
3 Michel Rufenart – XRAY
4 Anthony Joye – XRAY
5 Steve JOYE – XRAY
6 Rodrigo Amendoeira – XRAY
7 José Arza
8 Alex Carusi – XRAY
9 Marc Lerousset – XRAY
10 Pascal Chapuis – XRAY
For more info, or replay of the whole race day visit http://www.genevamodelcars.ch/
Next race at this venue is 2 June 2018
Race report by Cham Dass