Last weekend, the 3rd round of Swiss nationals was held in sunny Herblingen where track conditions changed with every heat increasing grip to the maximum, so it was a bit of work to find a constant setup.
However, my car and engine worked perfectly the whole weekend, making only a small amount of changes.
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In the first two qualification heats I got beat by under a second, chasing Maurice Lüscher, while I could speed up in heat 3 and set a new fastest lap. Only my teammate Kevin Lehnherr did a faster one in last quali and reached a 3rd place overall in front of another Xray pilot Traugott Schär.
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With a win in superpole I secured 2nd spot for the A final.
The raw and technical track ate up the tires very fast so I decided to do a tire change after 15 minutes while others ran their hard compound tires down to the rims.
At the beginning I grabbed the lead and pushed it hard to have enough space for the tire change. After that, I found myself back on 3rd spot chasing Maurice and Michael Schäfer ⓠmy teammate.
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With fresh kicks I could push it to the limit and speeded up to the leader, but couldnâ™t pass before the finish line, standing one second behind.
While championship leader Traugott Schär fought with a damaged car from a crash at start, he managed to achieve the 4th place, Michael Schäfer finished 3rd behind me. Victory goes to Maurice Lüscher.
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Thanks to T&M Models for an excellent support and also big thanks to my pit crew Ariane and Kevin who made a perfect job and to my girlfriend Sue for the pictures.
At 1/8 category XRAY freshman Luca Martinelli placed 3rd.
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1/10 Results
1. Maurice LĂĽscher 2. Patrick Fankhauser - XRAY NT1
3. Michael Schäfer - XRAY NT1
4. Traugott Schär - XRAY NT1
5. Dirk Stammler
6. Emanuele Fonzar
7. Dominik Mucnjak
8. Niclas Scherer
9. Marco Schwab 10. Roland Fankhauser - XRAY NT1
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1/8 Results :
1. Simon Kurzbuch
2. Silvio Hächler 3. Luca Martinelli - XRAY RX8
4. Christopher Biernat
5. Manuela Raso
6. Remy Hasler
7. Raphael Roider 8. Michael Henzi - XRAY RX8
9. Tobias Kerler
10. Oliver Krähemann