Luckily it was a sunny and warm race weekend at Simon Kurzbuch's home track.
During the few practice sessions on Friday we managed to find a good setup for both the RX8 and the NT1.
On Saturday morning the track was a little different but we were still competitive. Qualifying was a bit tricky, especially for Mattia who was unable to finish two out of four qualifying sessions. Fortunately, in the last two he managed to do well and finish qualifying in fifth place.
In the 1/10, Schaer's performance was excellent, taking pole position and Buhler in third.
On Sunday Mattia managed to get through to the final, after a semi-final where he risked ending it prematurely due to a collision with a lapped driver. In the final Mattia got off to a strong start and immediately took third place behind Haechler and Kurzbuch. Unfortunately, after a few minutes the engine started to run a bit lean in the carburetion and he lost third position. After a little over 20 minutes of racing, however, the engine suddenly died, causing the filament to drop. After that it was decided to end the race so as not to completely compromise the engine.
In the 1/10 Schaer got off to a strong start, but unfortunately ran out of fuel and dropped back a few positions. He still managed to climb up to second position. Halfway through the race, unfortunately after a small crash he broke a tyre, forcing him to change tyres a second time. This caused him to lose a lot of time and he finished the race in fourth position. A very good performance by Buhler Philipp who finished the race in second position.
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1/10 nitro results:
1. Stefan Wuthrich 2. Philipp Buhler - XRAY NT1
3. Manfred Ebener
