28.12.2017
Marc de Zwart from Austria was the big surprise in 1:8 electric buggies modified class, not many saw this coming but himself. De Zwart took the early lead with a blistering start, taking advantage of a poor opening lap of fresh VRC World Champion in SC Trucks open class and official Associated team driver Tom Rinderknecht. It took the young American driver just 1 lap to claim back 2nd position from Warren Jones and from then on it was RACE ON. The 8 minute final was one of the closest battles we've seen so far during this Worlds. De Zwart kept his cool, drving tighter lines than Rinderknecht and Jones, which gave him a deserved win at the end, although with the narrowest of margins: just 0.1 on Rinderknecht and 0.5 on Jones. A MUST WATCH video!
1.|Marc De Zwart|AT|12|08:01.554|1
2.|Tom Rinderknecht|US|12|08:01.671|3
3.|Warren Jones|US|12|08:02.051|2
4.|Jonas Larsson|SE|12|08:08.331|10
5.|James Le Pavoux|GB|12 08:09.794|5
6.|Erik Bottosso|IT|12|08:10.234|9
7.|Robert Hillman|SE|12|08:12.037|7
8.|Michael Lightfoot|GB|12|08:14.677|6
9.|Andrea Giordano|IT|12|08:14.866|8
10.|Erwan Poulin|FR|12|08:17.449|4
The Nations Cup was won, as to be expected, by USA, Sweden took 2nd and the UK 3rd.
Congrats to the podium winners!
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