October 12, 2013

1:8 Onroad to crown all new World Champion

Shimo

The sport’s oldest and founding class is to crown an all new World Champion this evening in Japan as the only former World Champion Adrien Bertin exited from the event in the first of the Semi Finals.  Starting from 5th on the grid the KM Racing driver lasted just 2 and a half minutes of the half hour final when he was forced out with a broke steering servo saver.  Up front and booking his place in the race that will decide the 19th World Champion, Mugen/OS driver Takaaki Shimo controlled the race from start to finish only dropping from the top of the timing screens when he made a full tyre change.

Hachler Yuya

Behind the Pre Worlds Race winner Yuya Sahashi looked to be comfortable in second but just as he crossed the timing loop to come in for his final fuel stop he ran dry.  Luckily the position in which his Serpent 977 stopped meant he didn’t lose too much time but it dropped him back to fourth. In the dying moments of the race a hard charging Silvio Hachler found a way passed the Japanese driver for the final guaranteed bump spot.  In an exciting finish the paired battled it out but contact on the final lap which allowed Sahashi to cross the line in fourth resulted in a 1-lap penalty leaving him 7th and out of the Main.  Making his World Championship debut and having bumped up twice yesterday to start the Semi from 9th, 21-year-old Hachler was delighted to secure his place in the Main event.

Meen Vejrak

Starting from second on the grid Meen Vejrak, who like Hachler only changed the outside tyres during the race, finished second having to fend off a strong challenge from Raiola Carmine.  The reigning 200mm World Champion, booking his place in the Main keeps the Thai driver on target to become the first ever driver to hold both Onroad nitro racing World titles at the same time.  Going for a similar strategy to Shimo and changing all four tyres, Italian National Champion Carmine finished 3rd to book his place in the final.

Yuruki

Finishing fifth & sixth and now having the nervous wait to see if Semi A’s fifth & sixth place finishers can run a faster time where Kazuya Yuruki and Miami Finalist Simon Kurzbuch.  Unfortunately for the Swiss Team Shepherd driver he ran out of full just before crossing the finish line costing him a lap. A flame out at the 6-minute mark ended top US driver Paolo Morganti’s, winner of the 1/4 B final, chances of progressing with the Serpent driver finishing 8th.

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