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Juan Hidalgo Garrido reports EC 2023 Vila Real Portugal (09/08/2023)
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2023 1/8 Euros in Vila Real, Portugal, is already in the books.
Tough and crazy week for us, first 1/8 race in this scale after I think 15 years, where some technical issues throughout the week, and maybe some unfortunate events didn’t allow us a better outcome…😅
I don’t remember such disastrous Qualifications with DNF, unworthy crashes, 48 rear tyres hardness…
In the 1/4 finals when we were in a comfortable 2nd position, the car was super good, and everything looked great, we had an stop&go in the pits, and then I lost a lot of time overtaking other drivers and missed the semifinal by 0,1 seconds.
So this is racing and we will fight to come back stronger, and we’ll remember the great week we had, I think beyond this outcome, we showed good pace in the not official qualy with a 4:03 round and will stay with that, good friends, good food, and more experiences in the curious world of radio control that we love.
Last but not least, I would like to thank all those who have contributed to make this possible, all the Serpent team who helped us along de week, Joaquin De Soto for the pit work and coaching, Michael Salven for the setup advices, the Serpent 990 is an amazing car!! Oliver Mack, Andrea Catanzani, my father, Nova engines with Stefano Colombini, and Sociedad Municipal de deportes de Santa Brígida for the support, and also congratulate the organization of Associação de Minimodelos de Vila Real and Efra for the wonderful week.
Congratulations to the winners and Álvaro Fernández for his second final in a row, amazing work dude!🥇 🥈 🥉
See you all on the track!
Juan
Team Serpent
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