The last weekend we had the first round of Swiss National at the track in Schaffausen. The track is quite small and very technical.
During the free practice on Friday I tried my new Picco engines and some little setups changement on my RX8 2013. The car was quite good but I needed some more steering, I tried to change body and found that with the Protoform R18 at 23mm from the front bumper, the car was really easy and fast.
Saturday we had 4 qualifying rounds. I always improved my time and after 3 rounds I was 3rd behind Kurzbuch and Martinelli. In the last round I tried to give all my best but I had a little crash with another car and I lost 1,5 seconds.
Top4 Qualifying rounds:
1. Kurzbuch Simon
2. Martinelli Luca 3. Pesenti Mattia - XRAY RX8
4. Hächler Silvio
Sunday I run my semifinal without any problems, so I could start for the final in 3rd position.
I started quite well fighting with Martinelli and Hächler for the 2nd and 3rd position. I was the first to change tires after 20mins and with fresh tires I could come even closer to Hächler. In the last 10mins Hächler had some problem and I could gain the 2nd place, half lap behind Kurzbuch in first position. In the last 5minutes my tires were small and I can’t come closer to Kurzbuch.
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Top4 after Final:
1. Kurzbuch Simon 2. Pesenti Mattia - XRAY RX8
3. Hächler Silvio
4. Stalder Roland
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In the 1/10 class another 2 XRAY on the podium.
Top4 after Final:
1. Rizzo Marco 2. Schär Traugott - XRAY NT1
3. Lehnerr Christian - XRAY NT1
4. Reiser Marco
