13.07.2017
Report by J-P.Huhtala
2017 SEASON 1 1:10 ELECTRIC TC 13.5T SPEC ROUND 8 MB Models Raceway
Electric spec touring cars ended season 1 at MB Modells raceway. This track was one of the community favourites as track designs were voted. And no doubt, some likes and some hates it, but it is demanding, technical and needs very precise and good rhytm. Big thanks to Graham Raistrick bringing this fantastic track to contest.
So, last race of 1:10 electric spec series of SEASON 1, was held at this track and very same guys were in top like earlier season races. Bailes, Löb, Nedrebo, Yeung, Yanagisawa, Saputra and many others were in here and expectations for good race were high.
At PRO level Austrian Christoph Löb was fastest at qualifying round, leaving American Dana Bailes almost two seconds behind. Michitaka Yanagisawa from Japan was third fastest, but he was almost five seconds away from Löb`s pace.
In semifinal round, Nedrebo from Norway who was 6th in qualy round, drove furios run and got pole for the final. Löb was second, but only 0.2 seconds out of Nedrebo`s pace. Bailes was also very close, loosing 0.4 seconds to pole sitter. Now Yanagisawa was 4th, again almost five seconds out of fastest pace.
When mainfinal started, Nedrebo, Bailes and Löb were setting the pace. Race was very tight between these three and there was no room for mistakes. After tight early stage, Bailes got very good rhytm and got two seconds lead of Nedrebo. But Bailes race was totally ruined, when he made a mistake in three consecutive laps and dropped to third place. Nedrebo instead drove very flawless and consistent run and this secured his win in here. Christoph Löb was second, only 0.9 seconds behind Nedrebo. Löb`s pace was very similar with Nedrebo and Bailes.
Bailes crossed the line in third place, almost five seconds behind winner. Sorry for Dana, in some point this was clearly going to him, but rhytm wasnt on his side today.
Nedrebo drove fast, flawless and consistent run
SPORT level was domination of Thailand driver Somdej Tumrongrajniti. Few mistakes during his run didnt affect to his position and with his pace, he won this race over 10 seconds margin.
Second was Anssi Hartikainen from Finland. Anssi was four 10th`s of winners pace, but all in all very good result from Anssi. Manuel Weber crossed the line in third place, he was one lap down of winners pace.
Somdej Tumrongrajniti from Thailand dominated SPORT level
CLUB level was also one mans show. Japan driver Obata Hideki, who won also CLUB level Championship, was on his own pace. He crossed the line one lap ahead of another Japan driver Ryusuke Yamaji. Austrian Johann Jury got well deserved third place. Well done Johann!
Obata Hideki, CLUB level season CHAMPION
FINAL RESULTS
A-main PRO
1|Mathias Nedrebø|NO|25|05:09.308
2|Christoph Löb|AT|25|05:10.198
3|Dana Bailes|US|24|05:01.944
4|Hijrah Saputra|ID|24|05:10.336
5|Nuno Lourenco|PT|23|05:01.876
6|Bart Acda|BE|23|05:06.692
7|Seiya Inoue|JP|23|05:08.490
8|Jorge Simoes|PT|22|05:00.226
9|Santo Grasso|IT|22|05:01.428
10|Michitaka Yanagisawa|JP|DNS
A-main SPORT
1|Somdej Tumrongrajniti|TH|23|05:01.636
2|Anssi Hartikainen|FI|23|05:12.288
3|Manuel Weber|US|22|05:04.456
4|Denis Lavrentyev|RU|22|05:05.196
5|Yann Pecout|FR|22|05:23.144
6|Gary Sundman|US|21|05:08.956
7|Ken Smith|GB|20|05:04.330
8|Mike Bridges|CA|20|05:10.284
9|Adri Antomarchi|FR|20|05:12.300
10|Filip Eeckeloo|BE|DNS
A-main CLUB
1|Obata Hideki|JP|23|05:02.204
2|Ryusuke Yamaji|JP|22|05:01.190
3|Johann Jury|AT|22|05:10.910
4|SlaSh Kwong|HK|21|05:12.854
5|Yuriy Tantsura|UA|21|05:13.078
6|Christos Katsigiannis|GR|20|05:06.784
7|ANDYFANYEUNG YEUNG|HK|20|05:09.650
8|Bob Halliday|US|20|05:11.544
9|Dorian Marcel|FR|20|05:12.400
10|Rudi Dostal|AT|19|05:01.330
FINAL RESULTS OF VRC PRO SEASON 1, ELECTRIC TC SPEC
PRO level
1|Xavier Deparde|474
2|Mathias Nedrebø|460
3|Christoph Löb|456
4|Hijrah Saputra|442
5|Carson Yeung|432
6|Bart Acda|383
7|Billy Yeung|367
8|isla pesca|349
9|Santo Grasso|342
10|Dana Bailes|341
SPORT level
1|Adri Antomarchi|460
2|Anssi Hartikainen|458
3|Somdej Tumrongrajniti|444
4|Manuel Weber|436
5|Gary Crowell|436
6|Gary Sundman|420
7|Denis Lavrentyev|399
8|Yann Pecout|385
9|Mike Bridges|366
10|Karl heinz Johann|329
CLUB level
1|Obata Hideki|480
2|Ryusuke Yamaji|468
3|Curtis Damm|428
4|Dorian Marcel|426
5|SlaSh Kwong|400
6|Phil Schai|395
7|Christos Katsigiannis|382
8|ANDYFANYEUNG YEUNG|371
9|Robert Dean|238
10|Johann Jury|228
CONGRATULATIONS TO XAVIER DEPARDE, ADRI ANTOMARCHI and OBATA HIDEKI!!
THEY ARE VRC PRO 2017, SEASON 1 CHAMPIONS!!!
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Pieter BFounder
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I've posted the report and the video on our Facebook page, so you can all like and share it from there https://www.facebook.com/VRCPro/ and spread it around Facebook.
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Jukka-Pekka H
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Thank you Pieter. 28 reports of first half of this year, so average 4/month. Its nice to get some movement for the site.
And its very nice to see that there has come some new features to SIM.
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Denis L
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I'm ashamed that I went so badly ( I had to change the computer to a small and slow, did not see the turns and where I'm going (((
Somdej Tumrongrajniti, very good job for our SPORT level)
Edited by author: 18.7.2017 14:16:46 GMT
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Pieter BFounder
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JuPe, many thanks for the excellent reporting in Season 1, great job, much appreciated!
WE COULD DO WITH MORE RACE REPORTERS....
If you want to do race reports for a certain class, contact me by PM and I'll set you up as a race reporter too!
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Jukka-Pekka H
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Piece by piece you are getting there Christoph, great season from you. And Carson is allways tough , no matter is it on or offroad. Thank you about compliments!
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Christoph L
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Great video and report J.P.! Thank you very much! It was an exciting season.
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Carson Y
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Thanks for the report Jupe! Did not participate in Semi-final and Main final due to racing in Taiwan Asia Fever nitro off-road race with my son Jonathan during that period. Nice track and nice race!
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