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Down Under - Monday Day 5 (10/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
This morning we woke up from the rain rattling on the windows so we decided to stay two more minutes in bed (probably sounds familiar to you..) and head off to the track a little bit later. After arriving at the track it stopped raining so the race organisation started drying the track with leaf blowers. We hope this helps and there will be some racing today.
In the meantime...again some other interesting stuff from the 'Snake Pit' here in Brisbane.
China Chun Lam Circuit 1/10 Nitro Race (round 2) (10/09/2006)
- By:
- Jose Antonio de Assis
Over 30 racers join the race, in the quatify I have little mist take and lost my TQ, in the final after 3 minute, I am the lead and finish the first place, the 720 is very good for me...
Down Under - Sunday Day 4 (10/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
As already predicted by the weather forecast the fourth day of the Worlds started with short showers earlier in the morning. During the morning the track dried up and some groups were able to run a practice session. Unluckily this came to a sudden end when new showers started some minutes ago.
As ususal in life, bad news for some people (the racers) is good news for others. The local people here in Brisbane are very happy with the rain as it has not been raining for four months now. So you could say that mother nature is 'screaming' for water as also the fire risk has risen the last days....
Down Under - Saturday Day 3 (09/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
The third day of racing at the IFMAR Worlds started with a big surprise for some racers. Following IFMAR rules the wing of the body shell must not exceed 10 mm of the boot lid of the car. This is different from the EFRA rules which say that the wing can exceed 10 mm of the bumper of the car.
This difference in rules has been detected by some European racers while wanting to get through the technical inspection this morning. As you can imagine it caused lots of hectically modifications on body shells and spontaneous stress in the pit area. The frustration even grew when realizing that most...
Down Under - Friday Day 2 (07/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
The second day of the Worlds have started again with beautiful weather (luckily less wind than yesterday) and lots of racing. We will keep you updated with short news sections the whole day.
Please also check the homepage of the event for complete lap times/results after each run of controlled practice: http://www.200mmifmarworlds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=329
Down Under - Thursday Day 1 (07/09/2006)
- By:
- Michael Salven
At 9 o'clock local time the IFMAR 1:10th 200mm On-Road World Championship finally got started. With perfect weather conditions (clear blue sky and approximately 20ºC) there has been a lot of racing today. While the track has been very dusty and slippery at the beginning, conditions got better during the afternoon. At the end of the day the grip was even so high that the cars started rolling over.
All racers had 5 runs of controlled practise today which gave them some time to get used to the track and make the first modifications of their set-up. According to Michael Salven lots of training...
FOUR OUT OF FOUR FOR SERPENT IN GREECE (06/09/2006)
- By:
- Laurant
Serpent made it four wins from four races in the Greece National Championships when Giannis Sotiropoulos took his Mega DSII powered 960 to victory at the Arena track over the weekend.
Having TQ'd for the event, Sotiropoulos was looking good for his third win of the season but shortly after the race had started he hit trouble. Clipping a curb which launched his car, the INS Box came off after a bad landing, forcing an unscheduled pit stop.
Rejoining the race 2 laps down, Sotiropoulos set about a stunning recovery drive. After 20 minutes the Serpent 960 driver had recovered to 2nd place...
GEISENDORF WINS LATEST SWISS ENCOUNTER (06/09/2006)
- By:
- Laurant
Markus Geisendorf took his Serpent 960 to victory in the penultimate round of the Swiss National Championship at Motodrom, Sitterdorf, over the weekend.
In qualifying, Geisendorf secured the TQ position from the 31 car field with a time of 21 laps in 05:12.971. Starting from P1 he went to win the 45 minute A final by a comfortable 4 lap margin setting the fastest lap of the race in the process.
In the 1:8th Amateur Class, which attracted 38 entries, it was another TQ for Serpent with Beat Wälti posting the fastest run in qualifying. Unfortunately Wälti suffered gearbox trouble in the...
SERPENT 720 CROWNED TURKISH NATIONAL CHAMPION (06/09/2006)
- By:
- Laurant
Serpent's 720 has won the Turkish 1:10 National Championships. Run over three legs, Ozgur Derin claimed the title when he steered his 720 to victory in the final leg of the championship that took place at Bursa.
Starting his campaign with the 710, Derin took second in the opening leg and victory in Leg 2 at Ankara. Switching to the new 720 for the final leg, Derin's win at Bursa adds another debut victory to the list of impressive achievements for the Rene Cornella designed car.
Derin, who has also claimed the Turkish National EP Crown, set new track records on each leg of enroute...
SERPENT RULES IN SLOVENIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (06/09/2006)
- By:
- Laurant
The latest round of the Slovenian National Championship saw Serpent take victory in both 1:8th and 1:10th when the series visited the Aytron Senna track in Zagreb, Croatia.
The first national outing for the new 720, Nejc Duh gave the car a superb debut win to lead home a complete Serpent podium in the 1:10th encounter. Setting the fastest lap of the 30 minute final, Duh headed home Serpent 710 racers Luka Ploj and Vladimir Knehtl who secured 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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