The 25th and 26th of August we had the last Swiss Nats in Langenthal, the home track of Kurzbuch Simon. The championship winner wasnâ™t decided yet and me, Kurzbuch, Hächler and Martinelli could go for it.
Unfortunately I couldnâ™t arrive to the track on Friday in order to practice and setup the car and Saturday morning we had only two 5 minute practice.
The car was good but I wasnâ™t fast enough to be in the first positions. I tried different setups in the 4 rounds of qualifying and in the last one the car was really good and fast in the warmup laps but after the start a pulley got broken and I had to stop.
Sunday I drove a very good final so I could start in the final in 4th position. The start was really good and I got third, I lost some seconds in the first minutes because the car was difficult to drive with big tires, so Kurzbuch and Hächler built a half lap lead.
Everything went good during the final and I could get the second place due to a mistake of Kurzbuch. Unfortuntely 7 minutes to the end I took a stone at the corner before the straight and I broke the car. We tried to fix it and finish the race but it wasnâ™t enough because I finished in 8th position.
Due to this result Martinelli and Hächler passed me in the championship standing.
A very good result for Moretti Giacomo in the 1/8th class AMATEUR, he drove a very good final finishing 3rd in this race and also 3rd overall in the 2012 Swiss Championship.
Swiss Championship 2012 1/8th AMATEUR results:
1. Pasquin Claudio
2. Kurzbuch Pascal 3. Moretti Giacomo XRAY RX8
4. Huonder Iso
5. Hajdekr Ales
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In the 1/10th class Traugott dominated also this race winning in front of Spreng Helli and Schäfer Michael.
It was my first season driving Xray and Iâ™m really happy with the car. I have to say thank you to my father Sergio who helps me since my first race in the 1992 and also many thanks to Traugott and Monika of T+M Models for helping me during the whole season with Xray.
The next and last race of the season will be the Motonica Trophy in Fiorano, the 27th-28th of October.
