XB4 & XB2 Swiss Champions 2016

The 5th RD of Swiss Nats was held on the carpet track of MRCP club in Obernau. The track was wet this weekend and very slippery to drive. Nico and his brother Florian Schmid drove the classes 4WD and 2WD Buggy

4WD
Nico set the Pace in the Qualis with his XB4 16 and took the TQ in front of his brother Florian. In the Mains Nico won all 3 Rounds and won the Race before Philipp Jeisy in second and Florian Schmid as 3rd rounded out the podium. Nico Schmid won the 4th Race in a row and is the new Swiss Champion 2016 in 4WD Modified, Florian Schmid is with the Overall 5th Place the new Junior Champion 2016 in 4WD Modified.

2WD
Florian Schmid set the pace in the Qualis in very wet conditions with his XB2 Dirt. Of the very slippery Dirt version of the car worked the best on this track and Florian took the TQ. Nico drove the Carpet Edition and ended up in second place after the Qualis. In the mains Florian made too many mistakes and finished second. Nico rounded out the podium with the 3rd Place. Nico is the new Vice Champion 2016 in 2WD Modified.

Florian is with the Overall 5th Place the new Junior Champion 2016 in 2WD Modified.

Classification 4WD 5th Round of Swiss Nats

1. Nico Schmid – XRAY XB4
2. Philip Jeisy – XRAY XB4
3. Florian Schmid – XRAY XB4
4. Michel Buschor – XRAY XB4
5. Tobias Tönz – XRAY XB4
6. Daniel Caviezel
7. Patrick Haltiner – XRAY XB4
8. Martin Müller
9. Roland Götte – XRAY XB4
10. Martin Weidmann – XRAY XB4

Results Swiss Nats 2016 4WD

1. Schmid Nico – XRAY XB4
2. Hofer Patrick
3. Widmer Fabian Luca

 

T4 wins Swiss Championship 2016

Race report by Noah Asendorf

Last round of Swiss championship took place on 24th and 25th September in Aigle, in the French part of country. In free and controlled practice my car worked well, I did some small changes and then the car was perfect and ready for Qualification.

From 5 rounds of qualification I took 3 TQs and secured pole position. Roger Krähemann was able to qualify behind me with his XRAY. In the finals I won the first two mains with a big gap to second place. With this win, I secured the 2016 Swiss National Championship title in stock category.

Final results:

1. Noah Asendorf – XRAY T4
2. Giuliano Marra
3. Marco Balmer
4. Roger Krähemann – XRAY T4
5. Roland Kupper
6. Paulo Rodrigues – XRAY T4
7. Handruedi Bär
8. Daniel Burgener – XRAY T4
9. Toiyn Brunold
10. Herve Cettour – XRAY T4
11. Raphael Kast – XRAY T4

6th Swiss National in Aigle

After a great week at the European Championship 40+ in Hamm we’re back for theter the sixth and final round of Swiss Championship. Unfortunately the two defectives glowplugs in the A-Final didn’t allow me to do better. My car was really fast and I could do better that than the 9th place.
After the last round in Sitterdorf, my teammate Raphael Wicki was leading the championship so I knew I have to give everything because Raphi is really fast.
It was a wet and cold weekend. The track was paved in the last month and slightly modified and I’ve never driven on it before.
On Friday we could drive only 15-20minutes and than the rain comes.
The first 3 qualifying heats were on wet track and so only one that counted was the 4th, on a dry track.
Michael Schäfer made it to the TQ for the first time in a National Championship race in front of Raphael Wicki. I finished 3rd in front of Oliver Krähemann in his first nitro race.
Sunday came and it rained more and more. The semifinal was on wet track and Raphi Wicki had really bad luck, his mechanic did more meters than the car. His engine stops many times due to the heavy rain and so he had to stop his race. Philipp Bühler ran a perfect run and he could bump up to he A-Main. Also Patrick Fankhauser, Marco Tanner, Dominik Mucnjak and Marco Schwab bumped up to the A-Main.
During my semifinal I did a little trip off the track but I could finish my race. The poleman Michael Schaefer won the semifinal in front of Cedric Ansermoz, me, Kevin Lehnerr and Flavio Zehnder. I was really lucky to reach the A-Main because I broke my car during my trip off the track.

During the warmup I wasn’t fast enough and the rain stops, but the track still very wet. The pit crew Mattia and Monika decided to change from rain tires to the damp ones just before the start. That was the right decision! Not easy to drive but faster than my colleagues with the rain tires. So I could drive my car to the win in front of Patrick and Michael.
The season finished with this last win and I win the Swiss Championship 2016!
Congratulations to my teammates Raphi Wicki, Vice Swiss Champion and Patrick Fankhauser in third place.

Thank to Mattia and Monika in the box. A big thank to Sue, she took wonderful pictures during the whole season. Thank you Sue!

Results Aigle:
1 Traugott Schär XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
2 Patrick Fankhauser XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy
3 Michael Schäfer XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
4 Marco Schwab Shepherd
5 Cédric Ansermoz Capricorn
6 Flavio Zehnder Serpent
7 Marco Tanner Shepherd
8 Philipp Bühler XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
9 Dominik Mucnjak Shepherd
10 Kevin Lehnherr XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen

Swiss Championship 2016:
1 Traugott Schär XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
2 Raphael Wicki XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
3 Patrick Fankhauser XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy
4 Michael Schäfer XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
5 Maurice Lüscher XRAY NT1
6 Philipp Bühler XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
7 Theo Giannakos Serpent
8 Roger Fasler XRAY NT1
9 Jakob Bühler XRAY NT1/PICCO/RunnerTime/Galaxy Reifen
10 Marco Tanner Shepherd

NT1 full podium at Swiss Nats R4

Final results:
1. Maurice Lüscher – XRAY NT1
2. Raphael Wicki – XRAY NT1
3. Traugott Schär – XRAY NT1
4. Kevin Lehnherr – XRAY NT1

5. Dominik Mucnjak
6. Jakob Bühler – XRAY NT1
7. Marco Tanner
8. Theo Giannakos
9. Patrick Fankhauser – XRAY NT1
10. Roger Fasler – XRAY NT1
B final:
1. Michael Schäfer – XRAY NT1
2. Christian Lehnherr – XRAY NT1
3. Emanuele Fonzar – XRAY NT1

Race report by Raphael Wicki

XB2 and XB4 win 4th round of Alpencup in Austria

Top 10 2WD

1. Nico Schmid – XRAY XB2
2. Michel Buschor – XRAY XB2
3. Florian Schmid XRAY XB2
4. Lars Holland
5. Michael Hasler
6. Jan Dissler
7. Patrick Oswald
8. Adi Riederer – XRAY XB2
9. Silvan Ryner
10. Hansruedei Embacher

Top 10 4WD

1. Nico Schmid – XRAY XB4
2. Michel Buschor – XRAY XB4
3. Partick Haltiner – XRAY XB4
4. Adi Riederer – XRAY XB4
5. Florian Schmid – XRAY XB4
6. Patrick Oswald
7. Martin Weidmann – XRAY XB4
8. Lars Holland
9. Martin Müller
10. Sacha Weibel

Hier geht’s zum Bericht…

XB4 wins Swiss Nationals R3

Final results 4WD:

1. Nico Schmid – XRAY XB4
2. Fabian Luca Widmer
3. Patrick Hofer
4. Philip Jeisy
5. Michel Buschor – XRAY XB4
6. Florian Schmid – XRAY XB4
7. Sven Zünd
8. Patrick Haltiner – XRAY XB4
9. Tobias Tönz – XRAY XB4
10. Stefan Wüthrich

Final results 2WD:

1. Philip Jeisy
2. Patrick Hofer
3. Nico Schmid – XRAY XB2
4. Sven Zünd
5. Fabian Luca Widmer
6. Florian Schmid – XRAY XB2
7. Michel Buschor – XRAY XB2
8. Adrian Müller
9. daniel fankhauser
10. Silvan Rhyner

Hier geht’s zum Bericht…

Full podium for NT1 at Swiss Nats R3

Final results 1/10:
1. Traugott Schär – XRAY NT1
2. Maurice Lüscher – XRAY NT1
3. Michael Schäfer – XRAY NT1
4. Philipp Bühler – XRAY NT1
5. Raphael Wicki – XRAY NT1
6. Patrick Fankhauser – XRAY NT1
7. Jakob Bühler – XRAY NT1
8. Nuno Santos – XRAY NT1

9. Roberto Alessandrelli
10. Theo Giannakos
Final results 1/8:
1. Luca Martinelli
2. Silvio Hächler
3. Mattia Pesenti – XRAY RX8

Hier geht’s zum Bericht…

3. und 4. Lauf SRC – Swiss Racing Cup / MRCAL Aigle

Race Results 1/10 3. Lauf
1. Michael Schäfer XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
2. Patrick Fankhauser XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
3. Andreas Ebener
4. Manfred Ebener
5. Bruno Leu XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
6. Ruben Straub XRAY NT1 / Galaxy Tyres
7. Stefan Wüthrich XRAY NT1
8. Urs Bernet
9. Sascha Straub XRAY NT1
10. Giuseppe D’Arrigo XRAY NT1

Race Results 1/8 3. Lauf
1. Daniel Schwendimann
2. Stefan Graber
3. Martin Wenger XRAY RX8


Race Results 1/10 4. Lauf
1. Marco Schwab
2. Michael Schäfer XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
3. Bruno Leu XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
4. Patrick Fankhauser XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
5. Marco Calvo XRAY NT1 / RunnerTime / Galaxy Tyres
6. Ruben Straub XRAY NT1 / Galaxy Tyres
7. Giuseppe D’Arrigo XRAY NT1
8. Andreas Ebener
9. Manfred Ebener
10. Sascha Straub XRAY NT1

Race Results 1/8 4. Lauf
1. Martin Wenger XRAY RX8
2. Stefan Graber

Congratulations to all pilots. And thank you very much to Sue for the great pictures
T. & M. Models
Traugott & Monika

Hier geht’s zum Bericht…