Race:	from 21.03.2020 [09:00] to 30.03.2020 [09:30]
Class:	1:8 Nitro on-road sportscars
Track:	Lostallo
Direction:	Official
Series:	2020 SEASON 1 - 1:8 NITRO SPORTSCARS
Rankings:	1:8 nitro sportscars modified, OVERALL COMBINED, OVERALL NITRO ONROAD, OVERALL ONROAD COMBINED
Points:	Level 2 ABC (1 - 120) with DNS* factor 75%

Welcome to Round 4 of the 2020 Season 1 Series 1:8 nitro sportscars.

This event is part of the 2020 Season 1 Series 1:8 nitro sportscars. Of the 7 events your 5 best results will count for the Series championship.

Each events has 2 rounds of racing:
QUALIFYING - Saturday 09:00 AM till Wednesday 08:30 AM*
MAIN FINAL - Wednesday 09:00 AM till Monday 08:30 AM

*GMT (to see times in your local time make sure to have set the correct time zone in your profile).

Time is chosen to allocate approx. equal racing opportunity for members from Australia, Europe and east & west coast USA.

The results will be split up based on racer classes Club, Sport and Pro.

2020 SEASON 1 CALENDAR
Round 1: Tokyo Boss Speed
Round 2: Fort Myers Raceway
Round 3: Fiorano
Round 4: Lostallo
Round 5: Messina
Round 6: Kakegawa Tamya
Round 7: Sao Paulo Jundiai



Enjoy the racing season.

MAKE SURE TO RACE THE COMPLETE SEASON AND BEYOND

6-MONTHS ALL-INCLUSIVE AT 30% INTRODUCTION DISCOUNT

02.04.2020

RIETVELD RUNS AWAY WITH THE VICTORY AT LOSTALLO

Round 4 of the 1/8 Nitro Sportscar Series took us to beautiful Lostallo in Switzerland where a large turnout of racers showed up to test their skills at the enormous track nestled in the valley. Qualifying was fast and furious. When the dust settled, it was Jeffrey “The Rocket” Rietveld (NL) who came away the top qualifying position. Rietveld, who is the reigning 2019 VRC PRO 1/8 Nitro Sportscar World Champion, has been on an absolute tear since his convincing win in December at the World Championship at Pegaso. Rietveld has claimed dominant victories in the first three events of the 2020 Series. Rietveld kept his finger on the trigger in qualifying and was the only racer to post a sub 20 second average lap. However, his heavy finger didn’t provide him with enough fuel to finish lap 16 and “The Rocket” had to call on a turn marshal to get back to pits to re-fuel to complete lap 16. Rietveld’s TQ run was 16 Laps in 5:58.066 (due to having to run a penalty lap for needing help to get back to the pits for fuel). Still his average lap (without pit stops) was an impressive 19.926.


Jeffrey Rietveld - Top Qualifier and first place.

Behind Rietveld there were 31 racers who were able to turn 15 laps in the 5-minute qualifier. Kevin Bacon (US) took the second qualifying position with a run of 15 laps in 5:00.410. Daan Haling (BE) was third with 15 laps in 5:02.108. Brian Poliseno (IT) was right on Haling’s tail taking the fourth position with a run of 15 laps in 5:02.670. Qualifying was extremely tight thereafter. In fact, less than 1.8 seconds separated the fifth-place qualifier Graham Raistrick (UK) (15 laps in 5:06.862) and last racer to qualify for the A-main, tenth place qualifier Tommaso Andreuccetti (IT) (15 laps in 5:08.652). Emanuele D’Amico (IT), Giorgio Mingotti (IT), Michele Dall’Alba (IT) and Alex Guillot (FR) qualified with times sandwiched in between Raistrick and Andreuccetti. Very close indeed.


Kevin Bacon was second.

When the green flag fell for the final round, “The Rocket” Rietveld shot out of the gates and never looked back. Rietveld’s speed and consistency enabled him to pull away from the field, eventually lapping everyone at least once. Rietveld ran away with the victory with a run of 89 laps in 30:14.498. His average lap without pit stops was 19.897. Bacon managed to maintain the second-place position, but still a lap down to Rietveld. Bacon finished with 88 laps in 30:18.696. Poliseno claimed the final podium position, about half a lap behind Bacon. Poliseno finished with 87 laps in 30:07.436.


Brian Poliseno was third.

The complete A-Main results are below:

A-MAIN RESULTS

1|Jeffrey Rietveld|NL|89| 30:14.498 2|Kevin Bacon|US|88|30:18.696 3|Brian Poliseno|IT|87|30:07.436 4|Graham Raistrick|UK|86|30:04.680 5|Michele Dall'Alba|IT|86|30:18.722 6|Giorgio Mingotti|IT|84|30:04.224 7|Daan Haling|BE|DNS 8|EMANUELE D'AMICO|IT|DNS 9|Alex Guillot|FR|DNF 10|Tommaso Andreuccetti|IT|DNF
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CURRENT SERIES STANDINGS AFTER FOUR EVENTS
1| Jeffrey Rietveld | 480 points 2| Kevin Bacon | 465 points 3| Alvaro Cuesta | 404 points 4| Milan Peka | 379 points 5| Kwan Herron | 361 points 6| Futosi Shimogaki | 360 points 7| Brian Poliseno | 345 points 8| Graham Raistrick| 330 points 9| Reto Lüthard| 321 points 10| Jean-philippe Csernak| 276 points

The next series event is on the beach at Messina. We will see you there!

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