Round 3 of the 1/10th 200mm took place at the MCB de Sluis track in Gouda. Saturday was sunny which made it a perfect day to get everything prepared for the race on Sunday.
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During qualification it was a great battle for pole position, and was very interesting to see who would make the 3 best consecutive laps. After 3 different leaders through the rounds it was Maxim Claes who claimed pole position (and broke the lap record by 0.3sec) followed by Pedro Rombouts, Remy Möller , Arco de Jong, and Daan Jacobs.
After 3 rounds of qualifications: 1. Maxim Claes XRAY NT1
2. Pedro Rombouts XRAY NT1
3. Remy Möller 4. Arco de Jong XRAY NT1
5. Daan Jacobs
The weather forecast for Sunday was very good with temperatures around 35°C.
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After 1/4 and 1/2 finals the main final looks like this: 1. Maxim Claes XRAY NT1
2. Pedro Rombouts XRAY NT1
3. Remy Möller 4. Arco de Jong XRAY NT1
5. Daan Jacobs
6. Sander Borghoff 7. Bas Geurts XRAY NT1
8. Dennis de Groote XRAY NT1
9. Jurmin Etnel XRAY NT1
10. Ricardo van Dam
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There was a clean start from all drivers but after 4 minutes Daan jacobs and I stalled on track. We were lucky because after 10 minutes someone unplugged the computer.
All drivers prefered a restart. We had 20 minutes to charge our cars and put on new tyres. The restart was good for me because this time I didn't stall on the track. But teammate Pedro Romboutsâ mechanic made a costly mistake: the car was out of fuel. (groan)
It was a close battle between me and Remy. In the last 5 minutes the difference was 6 seconds and Remy began to push the car and made a mistake. Arco de Jong got 3rd with a clean, trouble-free run.
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Final results:
1. Maxim Claes XRAY NT1
2. Remy Möller 3. Arco de Jong XRAY NT1
4. Pedro Rombouts XRAY NT1
5. Sander Borghoff 6. Dennis de Groote XRAY NT1
7. Bas Geurts XRAY NT1
8. Jurmin Etnel XRAY NT1
9. Daan Jacobs
10. Ricardo van Dam
So it was a good weekend for Team XRAY with 2 cars on the podium and 6 cars in the main final!
Many thanks go to my sponsors XRAY, RC-connect, Capricorn, JP*Gimar, Giant.com RC car products. And big thanks to my mechanics Alain Claes and Ben Lebeer.
