22.04.2016 7 comments
By Bruno Eliazord. VRC Pro Reporter & Pro Driver.
Here we are back to Lostallo track after the spec round, for the 1/8 nitro sportscars round 5. 81 racers came for all over the world, representing not less than 12 nations. The track is ready, the drivers are ready, you're ready, so let's go for a flash report of this event.
Club Class starting grid after qualifying round:
1/ Balint Rezes / 20 laps / 07.08.776
2/ Nuno Lourenco / 20 / 07.10.944
3/ Benjamin Krings / 19 / 07.20.506
4/ Stephen Cheung / 19 / 07.22.026
5/ Laurent Edet / 18 / 07.01.964
6/ Scott Dickson / 18 / 07.18.314
7/ Aron Roach / 18 / 07.24.780
8/ Björn Siewert / 18 / 08.10.638
9/ Felix Andre / 17 / 07.06.358
10/Gary Climie / 17 / 07.15.004
For this class, the event is that a newcommer named Balint Rezes has arrived, and he has given a hard time to Nuno Lourenco, the multiple winner in this class this season.
Fisrtable, on the start grid he succeded in dominating the ususal two best drivers in this class. During the race, ... read more
28.03.2016 10 comments
By Bruno Eliazord, VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Driver
SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENED !
The unbeatable 6 times (in 6 classes) 2015 World Champion, Jeffrey « Superman » Rietveld has been defeated !!! Someone has found the Kriptonite and has used it ! But who is it ???
So exceptionnaly, we're going to focus on the pro class for this event.
Let's check what happened during the qualying round. 75 racers from 13 nations came to take part of this race in Brasil.
Pro Class :
The guilty has strike since the begining of the event, making the TQ :
1/ Martin « Batman » Wollanka / 28 laps / 07.02.548
2/ Jeffrey « Superman » Rietveld / 28 / 07.03.034
3/ Massimo Aliprandi / 28 / 07.08.638
4/ Grahama Raistrick / 28 / 07.10.334
5/ Nuno Correia / 28 / 07.14.628
6/ Joshua Berman / 28 / 07.15.388
7/ Alex Guillot / 27 / 07.04.730
8/ Pierre Dumusc / 27 / 07.12.252
9/ Milan Peka / 27 / 07.15.772
10 / Dominic Chaffard / 26 / 7.00.302
So, we will watch the movie of the epic battle... read more
14.02.2016 15 comments
Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Class Racer.
Few days after the thrilling 1:8 Sportscars Spec round 2, we come back here at Fort Myers Raceway, for the second round of the 1:8 Sportscars Championship. Remember, during the Spec round we have seen a spectacular fight in sport class between the American experienced driver Robert Yelle, and the french driver Jacques Blanchin, and in pro class between the « Superman » Jeffrey Rietveld and the young french driver Kevin Rasquin. Will it be the same this time in 1:8 sportscars ?
We were also waiting for some pilots that had animated the first round at Boss Speed, like Miquel Hereijqers, Simon Wood, in Pro Class, or Luke Allam in Sport Class, and Johann Jury in Club Class who won last time, but actually, they did not take part of this round.
Fortunately for the show, other great drivers are here today, like in Pro Class, Joshua Berman, Massimo Alliprandi, Alex Guillot, Nuno Correia for exemple. In Sport Class, Klaus Koewenig, who has made a hop... read more
05.02.2016 11 comments
Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Class Racer.
Here we go here in Boss Speed (reverse mode), for the start of the 1:8 nitro sportscars championship season 2016 !
The track is located in Tokyo, and has already organized big events in real life, like the 2014 JMRCA All Japan Championship 1/10th GP Open Class. The layout is small, technical, and you need to be very precise in your driving if you want to be fast.
Now, let's talk about the qualifications. 83 racers took part of the race, representing 16 nations. Drivers had 7 minutes to put their best laps, with a pit stop, knowing that the entry of the pit lane was tricky, because of the two tires made for slowing down the speed of the cars. A bad pit stop, and you loose everything.
In club class, on 21 drivers, Antti Sivenoinnen from Finland took the first spot with 25 laps /7.03.26. Johann Jury from Austria took the 2nd spot with 24 laps/7.01.316, and Karl Huxford from United Kingdom took the 3rd spot with 24 laps/7.05... read more