XRAY NT1 und RX8 auf dem Podium der Swiss National Championship R3

Am vergangenen Wochenende fand der 3.Lauf Schweizer Meisterschaft im sonnigem Herblingen statt. Die Streckenverhältnisse änderten sich im Laufe des Wochenende, sodass viel am Setup geschraubt wurde, um konstant und schnell seine Läufe absolvieren zu können.

Mit dem zweifachen Sieger der beiden ersten Rennen in 1/10 Traugott Schär , dem Weltmeister 1/8 Simon Kurzbuch und Silvio Hächler ist die Qualität der Schweizer Fahrer sehr hoch. Wer um den Sieg mitkämpft, hat echte Chancen in der Weltspitze mitfahren zu können. Nach einem tollen Wochenende standen die Gewinner fest.

Kategorie 1/10:
1 Maurice Lüscher SHEPHERD
2 Patrick Fankhauser XRAY NT1
3 Michael Schäfer XRAY NT1
4 Traugott Schär XRAY NT1
5 Dirk Stammler SERPENT
6 Emanuele Fonzar SERPENT
7 Dominik Mucnjak SHEPHERD
8 Niclas Scherer SERPENT
9 Marco Schwab SHEPHERD
10 Roland Fankhauser XRAY NT1
Kategorie 1/8:
1 Simon Kurzbuch SHEPHERD
2 Silvio Hächler ARC
3 Luca Martinelli XRAY RX8
4 Christopher Biernat CAPRICORN
5 Manuela Raso SERPENT
6 Remy Hasler MUGEN
7 Raphael Roider ARC
8 Michael Henzi XRAY RX8
9 Tobias Kerler WRC
10 Oliver Krähemann ARC

Englische Version

Race report by Patrick Fankhauser

Last weekend, the 3rd round of Swiss nationals was held in sunny Herblingen where track conditions changed with every heat increasing grip to the maximum, so it was a bit of work to find a constant setup.

However, my car and engine worked perfectly the whole weekend, making only a small amount of changes.

In the first two qualification heats I got beat by under a second, chasing Maurice Lüscher, while I could speed up in heat 3 and set a new fastest lap. Only my teammate Kevin Lehnherr did a faster one in last quali and reached a 3rd place overall in front of another XRAY pilot Traugott Schär.

With a win in superpole I secured 2nd spot for the A final.

The raw and technical track ate up the tires very fast so I decided to do a tire change after 15 minutes while others ran their hard compound tires down to the rims.

At the beginning I grabbed the lead and pushed it hard to have enough space for the tire change. After that, I found myself back on 3rd spot chasing Maurice and Michael Schäfer – my teammate.

With fresh kicks I could push it to the limit and speeded up to the leader, but couldn’t pass before the finish line, standing one second behind.

While championship leader Traugott Schär fought with a damaged car from a crash at start, he managed to achieve the 4th place, Michael Schäfer finished 3rd behind me. Victory goes to Maurice Lüscher.

Thanks to T&M Models for an excellent support and also big thanks to my pit crew Ariane and Kevin who made a perfect job and to my girlfriend Sue for the pictures.

At 1/8 category XRAY freshman Luca Martinelli placed 3rd.

Quelle: teamxray

Weitere Links

Traugott Schär gewinnt mit Xray NT1 auch Lauf 2 der Swiss Nationals

Serpent Natrix 748-WC 1/10 GP 4WD

SK-Lauf 5 VG8 & VG10 beim MRC Leipzig e.V.