Semi-Final line-up complete

The Semi Finals line up is complete with 24 drivers remaining at the 35th running of the 1:8 Offroad European Championship.  With a number of last years finalists finding themselves in the 1/4 Finals, the biggest casualty was Christoffer Svensson.  Crashing into the chicane at the end of the main straight at the 9-minute mark his Mugen would suffer a broken shock forcing the Swede to retire and he misses the Main for the first time in three years.  At the end of the 20-minute encounter it was Portuguese driver, and this year’s Euro B Championship Top Qualiifier, João Figueiredo who would take the win to progress to the Semi. Behind the Kyosho driver the younger of the Baldo brother, Oscar, would finish second ahead of Fabrizio Teghesi and France’s Tom Robin.  Missing the cut after finishing fifth was Bryan Baldo, who set the fastest pace in timed practice earlier in the week, with the race also the end of the road for last year’s finalist Joesph Quagraine.

In the second of the 1/4 Finals, Teemu Leino dominated proceedings and his quest to again make the Main continues with him the only driver to run a 37-lap pace over the race.  Behind the HB driver was former Euro B Champion Ricardo Monteiro took second ahead of last years runner-up Martin Wollanka. Starting sixth the Xray driver made a great pass on Dominic Bauer and then got by Lee Martin, Martin securing the final Semi Final starting position.  For pole sitter Mirko Bianchi, a broken steering servo would end the Mugen drivers race after 12-minutes. The race would be the end of the event for former finalists Jérôme Sartel and Borja Hernandez who finished 6th and 8th respectively.

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