Aigoin domination continues at 2010 Euros

It was a good opening day of qualifying for France’s Aigoin brothers as they TQ’d all three of today’s rounds.  Starting the day of with the fastest time Yannick again topped Q3 after his brother set the pace in Q2 leaving the pair 1 & 2 in the overnight qualification ranking with two more rounds tomorrow.

Although his time was 5 seconds off that which he set in Q1, Yannick said he now has a very good feeling with his Losi. ‘Very happy’ to be sitting at the top of the rankings on Day 3 of the event he said while his car was no faster it was now much easier for him to drive. For the morning he wants to try one small change and if that goes well he plans to use the last qualifier to test his race set-up.  Asked about the lack of any serious challenge from his two big rivals Renaud Savoya and Robert Batlle, Yannic replied that he was only focused on how he was going and not on what others are doing but believes in the end that the two of them will be up there.

‘I made one mistake but it was a very big one’ was how brother Jerome summed up sixth fastest time in Q3.  The Kyosho team driver, who has only changed front springs on his car all day, said his MP9 was a little difficult to drive in Q3 due to the extra bumps and he will now need to look at adjusting his set-up for tomorrow.

Second fastest for the round was David Ronnefalk. The 14-year-old is getting more and more confident around the Guarda track setting the 3rd fastest time in Q2.  Having missed the Warm-up race, the Swede has been focusing on his driving today and trying to be as smooth as possible and this approach looks to be working.  Having stuck with the same set-up on his MP9, the Team Orion backed driver made one small mistake but still managed his best run of the day.

Martin Bayer was back in the Top 3 in Q3.  Having been the closest on time to Losi team-mate Yannick Aigoin in the opening qualifier his 8ight was difficult to drive and he could only managed 10th in Q2.  Switching the Eclipse to Caliber for the last round along with running heavier rear shock oil the Czech driver was able to run again run at the sharp end of the field.

Fastest of the Mugens with fourth for the round was Borja Hernadez.  The quick Spaniard said his MBX-6 has been good all day but other issues like a stone rubbing the flywheel in Q1 prevented him from setting a decent time.  A mistake on the last lap of Q3 cost him some time but he was pleased to get one good round on the board.  Running AKA iBeam soft compound all day he said medium would have been better for the last run and he will use this in the morning’s penultimate round.

Miguel Matias, who sits third overnight, moved his front shocks back in one hole and said his Losi had good steering again. Opting for a medium compound AKA Crossbrace he said it was not so good.  The only Portuguese driver to have held the European title he said the important thing from today was that he had three good point scoring heats to his name. Tomorrow he said he can push a little harder and play around with finding the right tyres for the finals.

Defending Champion Savoya hopes to put the day behind him and comeback tomorrow fresh and prepared for the final two qualifiers.  Running Proline Caliber tyres on his factory Mugen he tried the XTR compound in Q3 and said it was not the best choice he had made today.  Despite setting the second fastest time in Q2 he has struggled all day for traction believing he has not yet found the correct foam insert and tyre compound combination yet.

Results Round 3 of qualifying
1. Yannick Aigoin (FR) Losi/Novarossi – 8 Laps in 5:14.814
2. David Ronnefalk (SE) Kyosho/Team Orion – 8 Laps in 5:15.669
3. Martin Bayer (CZ) Losi/Novarossi – 8 Laps in 5:17.371
4. Borja Hernandez (ES) Mugen/RB – 8 Laps in 5:17.551
5. Miguel Matias (PT) Losi/RB – 8 Laps in 5:18.507
6. Jérôme Aigoin (FR) Kyosho/Novarossi – 8 Laps in 5:21.720
7. Davide Tortorici (IT) Hobao/Sirio – 8 Laps in 5:22.632
8. Julien Lattanzio (FR) Mugen/RB – 8 Laps in 5:22.636
9. Javier Puche (ES) Bergonzoni/Novarossi – 8 Laps in 5:23.071
10.Bruno Coelho (PT) Mugen/Sirio – 8 Laps in 5:23.493

Overall results after 3 rounds
1. Yannick Aigoin (FR) Losi/Novarossi – 470pts
2. Jérôme Aigoin (FR) Kyosho/Novarossi – 463pts
3. Miguel Matias (PT) Losi/RB – 460pts
4. Martin Bayer (CZ) Losi/Novarossi – 459pts
5. Renaud Savoya (FR) Mugen/RB – 450pts
6. Borja Hernandez (ES) Mugen/RB – 444pts
7. David Ronnefalk (SE) Kyosho/Team Orion – 441pts
8. Lee Martin (GB) Losi/Novarossi – 433pts
9. Javier Puche (ES) Bergonzoni/Novarossi – 433pts
10.Simon Willets (GB) Kyosho/Team Orion – 428pts

Full results can be found online here.

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