Round five of the 2019/20 BRCA LMP12 nationals was hosted by Barley Mow club in Birtley in the North of England last weekend. A reduced entry compared to the last round didn’t detract from the excellent racing this championship has become known for. The event took place in a large hall with the club laying a flowing layout with a variety of corners requiring careful car setup and consistent driving to get the best time from the circuit.

Saturday would see drivers competing in 13.5 and 17.5 stock classes. In the 13.5 class there was a three way battle between David Spashett, current stock World Champion Andy Murray and Louis Parker for pole position. In round three Andy and Louis posted identical times after swapping first and second by a tenth or two throughout the eight minute run. At the end of qualifying it would be Andy who would claim the front spot from David Spashett and Louis Parker with Mark Stiles very close behind in fourth. In the final all cars would get away cleanly with Andy opening up an early lead with David giving chase. An early mistake by Louis would allow Mark through and having more pace he managed to gain a small lead over Louis. Andy would take a tone to tone win with pace that allowed him to be the only driver to make it on to the 39^th lap at the tone. David would finish in second with Mark Stiles in third place and Louis in fourth.

F1 13.5 Stock Result

1                   Andy Murray - Schumacher

2                   David Spashett – Zen Racing

3                   Mark Stiles - Roche

4                   Louis Parker - Schumacher

5                   Ben Vincent - Roche

6                   Adam Catchpole - Capricorn

7                   Adam Mackman - Schumacher

8                   Aaron Morley - Roche

9                   Nathanael Goodban – Schumacher

10                 Matthew Lax – Xray

The 13.5 class also contains a F2 championship.  Pole position would go to James Chappell who was trying his hand at 12^th circuit for the first time rather than his usual class of 10^th offroad. Mark Rogers would line up second from last round’s winner David Underwood.  James would take a tone to tone win with David keeping him honest but unable to challenge for the win. Mark Rogers would be involved in an early incident after making a mistake and would finish off the podium. James Eaves would complete the top three after racing from 5^th on the grid.

F1 13.5 Stock Result

1                   James Chappell - Schumacher

2                   David Underwood- Schumacher

3                   James Eaves- Schumacher

4                   Steve Donald- Schumacher

5                   Simon Pole- Schumacher

6                   Mark Rogers - Roche

7                   Tony Wade - - Schumacher

8                   Stuart Barber - CRC

9                   Kenneth Rogers- Schumacher

10                 Graham Dick- Schumacher

In 17.5 Mark Jewitt was the man to beat topping the time sheets in all four rounds of qualifying. He would line up ahead of Peter Craig and Gavin Clinch. In the final Mark had terrific pace and with a clean and consistent run he finished 2 laps clear of the rest of the field. Gavin Clinch would finish second with Andy Sawyer completing the top three from fifth on the grid.

17.5 Final Result

1                   Mark Jewitt- Schumacher

2                   Gavin Clinch - Destiny

3                   Andy Sawyer- Schumacher

4                   Adrian Thorpe - Xray

5                   Peter Craig- Schumacher

6                   Stan French

7                   Alex Curry- Schumacher

8                   Chris Hudson - Xray

9                   Peter Angus

10                 Glenn Atterton- Schumacher

Sunday would see the open modified class take to the track and there would be more 13.5 turn blinky racing in the Sports class.

In modified it was a battle for pole between Andy Murray and Louis Parker with Louis winning out to claim the front spot. Adam Catchpole would line up third. In the final the lead two cars would immediately gap the rest of the field with the two cars following each other closely until a mistake at two minutes from Louis would allow Andy through. Louis was immediately back onto the tail of Andy and capitalised on a mistake to then drive a clean and consistent race bringing his car home for his first BRCA national win. Andy would finish second with Adam finishing in third.

Modified Final Result

1                   Louis Parker - Schumacher

2                   Andy Murray- Schumacher

3                   Adam Catchpole - Capricorn

4                   Andy Sawyer- Schumacher

5                   Jonathan Simblet - Roche

6                   Graham Dick- Schumacher

7                   Barry Lynch- Schumacher

The current series leader Olly Jeffries was not able to attend this event but the result means that with one round remaining he was unable to be caught in the championship. Congratulations to Olly Jeffries, BRCA LMP12 Open Modified champion 2019/20.

In Sports David Spashett lined up on pole looking to wrap up the sports championship after having to settle for third at the last round. David was in commanding form leading all four rounds of qualifying. Mark Stiles would line up second with Mark Jewitt and Adam Mackman close behind. In the final David would pull a gap on Mark and maintain this throughout the eight minutes to take the win and the overall championship. Congratulations, David Spashett, BRCA LMP12 Sports Champion 2019/20. Mark Stiles would finish second but it was all change behind after an early mistake in the chicane by Mark Jewitt would shake the order up. Ben Vincent would be the one to take advantage of this and completed the podium from fifth on the grid.

Sports Final Result

1                   David Spashett – Zen Racing

2                   Mark Stiles - Roche

3                   Ben Vincent - Roche

4                   Mark Jewitt- Schumacher

5                   Nathanael Goodban- Schumacher

6                   Adam Mackman- Schumacher

7                   Aaron Morley - Roche

8                   Andrew Smith - CRC

9                   Matthew Lax - Xray

10                 David Sedgwick- Schumacher

The final round of the series will take place in Chesterfield in March.

Thank you to Kenneth Rogers 

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Sunday would see the open modified class take to the track and there would be more 13.5 turn blinky racing in the Sports class.

In modified Olly Jeffries would take his second pole position of the weekend from Louis Parker and Andy Murray and Ollie Payne. This time Olly would have difficulty getting his car off the line and unfortunately Louis Parker would catch the back of his car and exit the circuit. Olly Jeffries would recover to a commanding victory finishing well clear of the chasing pack. Andy Murray would finish in second and Adam Catchpole completed the podium from fifth on the grid. Louis Parker would recover to fourth place and is surely a driver to watch for the remaining races this season.

Modified Result

1                   Olly Jefferies - Schumacher

2                   Andy Murray - Schumacher

3                   Adam Catchpole - Capricorn

4                   Louis Parker - Schumacher

5                   Daniel Robins - Schumacher

6                   Mark Rogers - Roche

7                   Andy Sawyer - Schumacher

8                   George Brewer - Schumacher

9                   Jonathan Simblet - Roche

10                 Ollie Payne - Roche

Saturday would see drivers competing in 13.5 and 17.5 stock classes. Winner of the first two rounds Olly Jeffries would be looking to complete the trio this weekend.  From the start it was clear who was the racer to beat with Olly topping the timesheets on all four rounds of qualifying. Mark Stiles would get the closest to Olly lining up second on the grid from David Spashett and Ollie Payne. Olly would get a clean start and after a first lap error from Mark Stiles that overturned the car of David Spashett would complete the race unchallenged taking his third win and securing the 13.5 Stock Championship. The early incident mixed up the field and in a fast and controlled drive Louis Parker who qualified fifth brought his car home in second place, a personal best finish in this class. Another great drive from futher down the field would see Matthew Varah claim the final step on the podium from 7^th on the grid. Congratulations Olly Jeffries, 2019/20 BRCA F1 13.5 Stock Champion.

F1 13.5 Final Result

1                         Olly Jefferies - Schumacher

2                         Louis Parker - Schumacher

3                         Matthew Varah - Roche

4                         David Spashett - Roche

5                         Andy Murray - Schumacher

6                         Mark Stiles - Roche

7                         Adam Mackman - Schumacher

8                         Ollie Payne - Roche

9                         Nathanael Goodban - Schumacher

10                       Aidan Ripley – Schumacher

The 13.5 class also contains a F2 championship. Current leader Morgan Williams was missing from this event so others were looking to capitalise and it was Steve Donald who would take pole position from David Underwood and Ashley King. A mistake off the line would drop Steve well down the order and that was all that David needed to head to the front and take the win showing great pace throughout the final. Steve would race back to second place and third would be taken by Kenneth Rogers who raced through the field from 9^th on the grid narrowly beating junior driver Sam Coult into fourth, who in his first LMP national is surely a name we will be seeing more of in the future.

F2 13.5 Final Result

1                   David Underwood - Schumacher

2                   Steve Donald - Schumacher

3                   Kenneth Rogers - Schumacher

4                   Samuel Coult - Schumacher

5                   Simon Pole - Schumacher

6                   James Eaves - Schumacher

7                   Peter Stockton - Schumacher

8                   Ashley King - Schumacher

9                   Stuart Barber - CRC

10                 Tony Wade – Schumacher

In 17.5 Marcus Askell was looking to secure the championship after winning the first two rounds. In qualifying he showed the form that he has had all season and lined up on pole half a lap clear of Mark Jewitt in second place. Niall Cochran would line up third just ahead of Andy Sawyer. Marcus and Mark would stretch an early lead over a three way battle for third between Niall, Andy and Adrian Thorpe.  Mark had found some extra pace from qualifying and in the second half of the race closed up on Marcus. Despite having the faster car and trying different lines to find a clean pass Mark would finish second after Marcus drove clean and defended well to take the win and secure the championship.  The battle for third would be won by Andy Sawyer with Niall in fourth. Congratulations Marcus Askell, 2019/20 BRCA 17.5 Stock Champion.

17.5 Final Result

1                   Marcus Askell - Schumacher

2                   Mark Jewitt- Schumacher

3                   Andy Sawyer- Schumacher

4                   Niall Cochran  - CRC

5                   Gavin Clinch - Destiny

6                   Adrian Thorpe - Xray

7                   Chris Hudson - Xray

8                   Alex Curry - - Schumacher

9                   Glenn Atterton - Schumacher

10                 Peter Winton – Zen Racing

In Sports David Spashett lined up on pole looking to secure the sports Championship after winning the first two rounds.  Qualifying was very close with Mark Stiles leading the times for the first two rounds before David took pole position by a second. Ben Vincent would line up third and Andrew Smith in fourth.  A clean start would see Mark in hot pursuit of David before an uncharacteristic early mistake would allow Mark to pass and take the lead. Another touch of the barriers would drop David further down the field. Mark was not going to waste this opportunity and drove a clean race to take the win. Ben Vincent would finish in second place and after an exciting battle with Andrew Smith, David would recover to third place. Third was not enough to secure the championship and we are sure to have some more great racing in the remaining rounds.

Sports Result

1                   Mark Stiles - Roche

2                   Ben Vincent- Roche

3                   David Spashett- Roche

4                   Nathanael Goodban - Schumacher

5                   Aidan Ripley- Schumacher

6                   Mark Jewitt- Schumacher

7                   Andrew Smith - CRC

8                   Adam Mackman- Schumacher

9                   Matt Rice – Team Associated

10                 Tim Wood- Roche

The next round will take place in Barley Mow in the North of England in February.

Thank you to kenneth rogers

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voici l'affiche de notre prochain grand rendez-vous au MRCV42

Bonjour

Le 11 12 13 septembre a Bilbao (1h30 de la frontière française ) va avoir lieu une course de 1/10 piste avec la présence entre autre de Tony Rheinard et des meilleurs pilotes espagnoles se sont des courses avec une participation en moyenne des plus de 100 inscriptions avec un règlement simple et très équilibré pour les catégories stock et f1 si vous désirez plus explications je répondrais a toutes vos questions , je vous laisses quelques liens , si un modérateur du forum passe par la et peut rajouter des photos se serait parfait

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The first season of Indoor Pan Car Challenge will begin in 2015! More information, about dates and places, coming soon…

La première saison de l'Indoor Pan Car Challenge débutera en 2015! Prochainement, plus d'informations concernant les dates et les lieux ...

Date:

31/01 & 01/02/2015

Three classes:

1/12th Modified

1/12th 10.5T Blinky

1/10th World GT 10.5T/13.5T Blinky

Place:RC Nuclea Mol racing club, Mol, Belgium

Fee: 25 Euros in advance via PayPal to marcus.willems1@pandora.be

Entries here: =org&dId[O]=11676&dId[E]=18712]http://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/main?pLa=de&tId=E&hId[1]=org&dId[O]=11676&dId[E]=18712

More information on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/318615305009773/

Round one of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th nationals took place in West Kent, UK. With a full entry for round one it was shaping up to be a great event and season. The popularity of 1/12th in the UK has increased over the past two seasons which is great to see for one of RC racings oldest class.

Saturday would see four rounds of qualifying and one final for all competitors split across two classes, 10.5 blinky and 13.5 blinky. In the 10.5 class Olly Jefferies took his X12 to fastest time in every qualifying round to eventually line up on pole by four seconds with multiple world champion David Spashett lining up in second, the top two were a lap clear of third place Mark Stiles. The final was a lights to flag victory for Olly with the biggest battle being for second place, David Spashett made a mistake early on allowing Stiles through and although David tried his best to find a way past, Mark held onto second place to the end. Daniel Holmes and Aidan Ripley also made the A final driving they're XRAY x12s.

10.5 blinky results:

1. Olly Jefferies – XRAY X12

2. Mark Stiles

3. David Spashett

4. Daniel Holmes

5. Mick Farrell

Sunday would see the classes split between open mod and 10.5 blinky but keeping the same format as the previous day. Olly Jefferies once again led the way and took the fastest time in every round of qualifying to line up on pole with Mark Stiles having a great run lining up second. The open modified A final unfortunately got cut short due to the carpet being pulled up in one area of the track, with no time to re run the race the positions were taken from the lap previous. Olly once again took the win with David Spashett second and Mark Stiles in third. Andy Murray also made the A final using the latest XRAY x12'15

Open modified results:

1. Olly Jefferies – XRAY X12

2. David Spashett

3. Mark stiles

4. Chris Kerswell

5. Matt White

So a perfect start for Olly and XRAY. Olly took Tq and the win at every modified national last year and with this recent win has now Tq and won seven rounds in a row. Round two takes place in three weeks’ time at Stocksbridge.

Congratulations to Josh Cyrul for Top Qualifying and Winning both World GT Expert Modified and 12th Scale 13.5 at this year's 10th Anniversary International Indoor Championships!

Josh, his World GT4 and Rev.8 were pretty much untouchable all week long. He TQ'd every round of qualifying in both classes and won both A-Mains wire to wire.

In 12th scale, Josh piloted his Rev.8 to TQ with the only 45 lap run in the class, taking fast lap by a tenth. He then backed that TQ up by doing the only 45 lapper in the Main, for the flawless win.

In Expert World GT Mod, Josh's World GT4 was just scary fast. In fact, his World GT lap times would have easily put him in the top half of the 12th scale Modified A-Main! In the A-Main Josh lapped everyone up to 2nd place, and his fast lap of 9.6 seconds was FOUR TENTHS quicker the 2nd place Hupo Honigl's 10.0. Josh went on to do the only 31 lap run of the week in that class also.

The IIC 10th Anniversary race went great. HUGE turn out and great racing.

The team did very well, and it was really nice meeting a lot of SpeedMerchant customers, and helping to get them dialed in.

Josh had a super week with TQ and Wins in 12th 13.5 and World GT Expert and ended up qualifying 2nd in 12th Mod!

As always, thank you to all of the sponsors that support Josh and SpeedMerchant...

Team Trinity Motors and Batteries

KO PROPO

LRP Speed Controls

Protoform Racing Bodies

ULTI Racing Tires

Xenon Gears and Racing Accessories

Team Tamale

RC Trim racing graphics

TQ Racing Wire

Take care.

Report by -Bruce

Pictures of Josh's winning cars below as well as links to the A-Main Videos courtesy of Live RC.

Stock class will now be 13.5 motors

- 1/12ème : 8 pilotes en stock, et 3 en modifié, ça devient difficile pour la plus ancienne catégorie électrique française. Pas évident de trouver des clubs voulant organiser un CF pour d'aussi faméliques participations, d'où le couplage avec le CF indoor. Sera-ce une bonne solution?

- Touring : Stock 17 pilotes, et 6 en Mod (dont 1 doublon), débuts timides, mais la manche 2 devrait voir plus de monde d'après mes infos

- Challenge (en cours) local F1, 1 pilote en Mod et un en stock

- CF1 Formule 1 : "très" attendu, le règlement (bon ou pas d'ailleurs) est finalement établi (21.5t, pneus caoutchouc, de quoi aller vite en indoor -malgré le timing 0 qui est pour moi une erreur- je vais vendre des booster moi!) : Au risque de me répéter où sont les plusieurs dizaines de pilotes prévus? : Ils sont 6 pour ce Championnat national, dont la famille (2) Limoges, 1 doublon donc. Aucun commentaire...

Quelques DTM (et une ou 2 F1 du 42?) pourront peut être grossir ce plateau de 42 inscrits (un peu moins de pilotes physiques) pour ces 7 catégories, d'ici jeudi (inscription moderne, en ligne).

Marc Rheinard is 1/12th World champion! His 4th WC title.

Marc Rheinard est champion du monde 1/12ème. Son 4ème titre mondial.

http://www.petitrc.com/_forumphp/showthread.php?75991-2014-IFMAR-World-Championships-Electric-On-Road-Full-throttle-rc-raceway-USA

Hello everybody,

we are glad to inform you that we will organize next

13/14 sept the first F1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE near Paris (club ASCAP in Poissy ) . Here after you will find the link for the rules book done for the event with all details for registration :

ENGLISH RULES BOOK

Thanks in advance for your attention and we hope to see you at our race.

Best regards.

Jerome Courreges

Secretary of ASCAP Modélisme club.

Hello à tous ,

nous sommes fier de vous informer que les prochains 13/14 sept nous organiserons le premier F1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE proche de Paris (club ASCAP à Poissy ) . Vous trouverez ci après le lien pour télécharger le guide du règlement fait pour l'occasion avec tous les détails pour s'inscrire :

FRENCH RULES BOOK

Merci beaucoup pour votre attention et nous espérons vous voir nombreux à notre course.

Codialement

Jerome Courreges

Secretaire de l'ASCAP Modélisme

SpeedMerchant drivers' Josh Cyrul & Steven Boice had a tremendous weekend, sweeping the pan car classes at this year's R.O.A.R. Asphalt Nationals held down at a very hot & steamy Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee Florida.

Josh & Steve were debuting the first production Rev.8 Pros and World GT4's, and the Asphalt Nats seemed like a nice place to start. Josh just received his cars the week before the race, and Steve's car was sent directly to the track where he finished building it during Thursday's practice.

With track surface temperatures of 160+ degrees, and temperatures under the pitting tent reaching a staggering 115 degrees, it would be a long hot weekend.

Even with the extreme heat, Josh & Steve's cars handled great, and they immediately set the pace for the rest of the field during practice.

After Friday's qualifying was over, both drivers held TQ in their classes by taking every round of qualifying. Josh in 12th Scale Modified and World GT, Steve in 12th scale 13.5.

Saturday was more of the same. Under the blazing sun Josh and Steve again were at the top of the charts all day long. When qualifying was over they had both secured TQ in their classes with time to spare.

Sunday would feature R.O.A.R.'s Triple A-Main format. With the driver's best two finishes counting towards their overall A-Main result. Luckily, they would each only have to run the first 2 of the 3 A-Mains. They both comfortably started from their TQ positions and drove away from the fields onto victories in each of their individual classes. After the 2nd A-Mains were finished, they were already R.O.A.R. National Champions.

Congratulations Guys, and thank you for the hard work!

As always, thank you to all of the sponsors that support Josh, Steve and SpeedMerchant...

Team Trinity Motors and Batteries

EA Motorsports

KO PROPO

LRP Speed Controls

Protoform Racing Bodies

ULTI Racing Tires

Xenon Gears and Racing Accessories

Team Tamale

RC Trim racing graphics

TQ Racing Wire

http://www.teamspeedmerchant.com

13 inscrits en F1, on ne voit pas ça tous les jours!

Voici les résultats:

1/10°

CASO Daniel

GRIMAUDO Thierry

GUIMARD Widy

VOZMEDIANO Cyril

ALARD Eric

ALVAREZ Jacques

PICHON Laurent

LEYDIER Rudy

LOZANO Damien

F1

GARCIA Patrick

GRIMAUDO Thierry

BARTHE Cédric

LIROU Cédric

VICENTE Denis

GRILLOT Steve

ROUVILLOIS Dimitry

SALLES Michel

SUC Guillaume

BADRIGNANS David

PICHON Laurent

LEYDIER Rudy

mod

stock

http://www.jmrca.jp/championship/2014/epr/top.htm

http://www.teamlagang.it/

Info subsidiaire, l euro 2015 sera lui au Grand canarie.

The 2014 edition of the 1/12 European Championships was held at the permanent facilities of RC Landia, in Scandiano, Italy. Some 100 drivers split in two classes, from many different countries, attended the event, which was held over three days.

During the practice rounds on Friday, both myself and team mate Olly Jefferies showed a strong early pace on the challenging track. Francesco Martini was very fast with his X12 car as well, with an early pace within the top 3 positions in the competitive 10.5T blinky stock class.

As qualifying commenced, it was evident that it would be difficult to finish clean runs and collect important points - one would have to drive on the limit without hitting too many boards. In the end, it worked out very well for myself and Olly as I would take the overall TQ based on a tie break, where I had the quicker 8-minute run. Olly Jefferies would line up 2nd on the grid with 2x TQ runs as well. It seemed like it would be an all XRAY affair for the title on Sunday. However, during the last qualifying round, Olly crashed his car which resulted in a strange tweak issue, which wasn't really sorted out until the race was over. His chances for the title went away as a result, as he could not fight for a top position in the first two A-main finals. Olly came back strong to win A3 in front of Markus Mobers, but it was too late as his points were only enough for 4th overall - which is still a respectable result.

As for my finals, I was able to cruise to a win in A1 as the others got tangled up during the first moments of the race. A2 was more exciting as I was holding a steady 1-2 second lead to Markus Mobers until three laps remained, where I came together with a back marker. Markus made a hard move which put my car out of shape, with only a few corners to go, but gave back the position, showing great sportsmanship. I had won my first European Championship title ever from the TQ spot - a great result for XRAY and the X12! Congrats to Massimo Fantini as well - making the A for XRAY!

In the stock class, Francesco was a bit unlucky with crashes in the finals, but still managed to finish 5th overall which is a very good result, considering his lack of experience in this category!

A big thanks to Team La Gang of Scandiano for a great organization! It feels great to win my first EC title at this place where I have had so many good times in the past. It will stand out as an extraordinary memory for me.

Modified top 10:

1. Alexander Hagberg

2. Markus Mobers

3. Alexandre Laurent - Petitrc

4. Olly Jefferies

5. Simo Ahoniemi

6. Daniel Sieber

7. Dominic Vogl

8. Hubert Hönigl

9. Massimo Fantini

10. Arnaud Lemperiere

Stock top 10:

1. Markus Mobers

2. Hubert Hönigl

3. Alexandre Laurent - Petitrc

4. Chris Kerswell

5. Francesco Martini

6. Mark Stiles

7. Vesa Yli

8. Helge Johannesen

9. Jörg Mikael Tiit

10. Simon Rubet

Set-up sheet:

http://www.petitrc.com/reglages/xray/setup/X12/X122014_AlexanderHagberg_Scandiano2014032223/

All setups -> http://www.petitrc.com/_forumphp/sheet.php

Race report from Alexander Hagberg

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If you don't follow our Live coverage, this weekend was held the R2 of French National 1:12th championship at Argenteuil close to Paris.

All details are in our report...

Ce weekend s'est déroulée la manche 2 du championnat de France 1/12ème à Argenteuil, proche de Paris. tous les détails dans notre reportage...

Live coverage: http://www.petitrc.com/_forumphp/showthread.php?74770-LIVE-1-12e-CF-Round-2-Argenteuil-16-amp-17-11-2013

<img src="http://www.petitrc.com/gallery/files/8369-nicolas.jpg" alt="nicolas schwendiman" height="600">

PRC:Bonjour Nicolas,comment va tu depuis notre dernière rencontre?

Nicolas: Bonjour,bien et toi ? Après Emerainville j'ai fais une pause sur les training en attendant la saison hivernale du MRC Longwy.

PRC:Si mes souvenirs sont bon tu fini deuxième du championnat de France 10.5T 2012?Faisant partie des favoris à l'obtention du titre en 2013 comment as tu abordés ta préparation?

Nicolas: J'ai abordé ma première saison de cf sans attendre de résultats particuliers.

J'ai progressé tout le long de la saison pour finir 2ème au général, ce qui fut une assez bonne surprise.

Pour 2013, j'avais pour objectif d'être premier au championnat afin de passer en modifier avec un titre.

J'ai donc réalisé pas mal de packs sur les circuits qui m'entourent.

PRC:Je te propose de revenir un peu sur ta saison 2013.Le premier CF ce passe très bien pour toi,tu écrase la concurrence en qualifications 5/5 et prend cette première pôle.Les finales se déroulent de la même manière,seul deux pilotes Thomas et Joan arrivent à suivre le rythme que tu imposes.Joan ne participeras finalement pas à tout le championnat.Te doutais tu que Thomas serrait ton plus sérieux opposant lors du reste de la saison?

Nicolas: Une très bonne course pour moi, sur une surface que j'apprécie. Je pense que les amicales de Longwy en utilisant les ride 36 y sont pour beaucoup.

Pour la concurrence je ne pensai pas avoir qu'un seul rival pour cette saison.

Lors de ma première année de cf j'avais déjà rencontré Thomas à Zillisheim, il était déjà rapide.

Donc non pas vraiment surpris qu'il soit un des prétendants au titre pour 2013.

PRC:Deuxième manche à castel de nouveau pôle et victoire.Encore une fois le plus impressionnant en piste malgré les conditions climatique difficiles.Tu as un secret de préparation pour la pluie?

Nicolas: A Castel je n'ai vraiment rouler qu'une qualification en condition de pluie. Il y a eu une averse pendant la 3ème finale que je n ai pas couru. Les conditions étaient assez difficiles car instables, il fallait faire le bon choix de pneus entre slick et pluie juste avant de partir.

Au niveau de la voiture pluie j'utilisais une t3 2012 avec une baignoire de protection.

A éviter absolument car c'est difficile de plaquer la partie inférieure de la protection contre le châssis.

Ça frotte dans les virages et donne une voiture pas très saine.

Une préparation avec un simple bouchon de nettoyant frein est plus efficace.

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PRC:Nantes,malgré ta pôle position à l'issue des qualifications,c'est Thomas qui gagne et qui impressionne.Le duel a-t-il vraiment commencé lors de cette troisième manche?

Nicolas: Ont étaient très serrer pendant les qualifications. Thomas y avait déjà roulé quelques années avant.

Quand j'ai repris la pôle le dimanche matin je pensai honnêtement avoir fais le plus gros du travail.

C'était sans compter une hausse des températures et l apparition du soleil pour le dimanche après midi.

Mon combo hw v3 / GM montrait déjà quelques signes de faiblesse durant la dernière qualification.

Ça ne c'est pas arrangé pendants les finales...

Malgré l'absence de tour de chauffe le moteur était au bout une fois passé les 3min.

Je fais un bon début de manche et je réussi à creuser un écart avec Thomas.

Mais au bout de 3 min je sent que le frein m'abandonne petit à petit et que le moteur relance moins fort.

Thomas ayant fait la jonction c'était très difficile pour moi de le contenir.

Oui Nantes est la course qui a du booster Thomas pour la course au titre.

PRC:La bête noire,tu arrive à Montbrison avec 60 points d'avance.Et la contre performance tu te qualifie au delà de la cinquième place.Tu limite les dégâts en réussissant de très belles finales et finit à une satisfaisante troisième place.Mais avec la victoire de Thomas,vous vous retrouvez désormais à égalité.Quel est ton sentiments?

Nicolas: Ayant déjà tourné à Montbrison en 2012 je pensais être toute de suite à l'aise.

Mais assez vite je rencontre des problèmes de freinage, je décide de changer le GM par un LRP x20 sans grand succès.

J'essaye de voir d'où vient le problème mais les manches s'enchaînent sans vraiment trouver de solutions.

Samedi soir Loic me prête un variateur lrp flow que je monte à la piste. Après un pack d essai je retrouve le sourire, des chevaux et du frein constant.

De quoi essayer de limiter la casse le dimanche.

En finale je part un peu trop loin sur la grille pour rattraper mon retard. Montbrison est une piste où il est difficile de dépasser.

Au finale la 3ème places me convient suites aux déboires du samedi.

Cela me permet de rester à égalité parfaite avec Thomas.

Tout va se jouer à Emerainville, il va falloir gérer la pression.

PRC:Dernière manche à Emerainville,tout va se jouer sur ce week-end.Dans quel état d'esprit arrive tu?

Nicolas:J'aborde Emerainville avec un châssis qui marche bien et un combo dont le feeling me convient parfaitement depuis Montbrison.

Je ne cache pas qu il y avais de la pression sur mes épaules.

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PRC:Tu déroules ton pilotage tout le week-end en dominant les qualifications et en t'adjugeant la pôle.Tu gagne les deux premières finales.Tu es donc champion de France,ça fait quel effet?

Nicolas: Les essais se passent bien et je gagne la première qualifification ce qui me libère un peu.

J'enchaîne les 4 suivantes en me faisant plaisir avec une voiture au top.

5 qualifications sur 5, maintenant il s'agit de confirmer dans les finales.

Les 2 manches se passent sans mauvaise surprise et je passe la ligne d'arrivée soulagé.

Un titre ça fait toujours plaisir, le premier tout particulièrement.

Ce qui me permet de réaliser mon objectif et de passer sereinement en modifier.

PRC:Quels sont tes projets pour 2014?

Nicolas: Pour 2014 j'abandonne donc le stock pour me consacrer pleinement au modifier.

La conduite n'est pas du tout la même et il va me falloir un peu de temps.

Ma première grosse course va être le GP3f.

Ensuite j'attaque les manches de CF et au moins 2 manches d ETS.

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PRC:Que conseillerais tu à ceux qui comme toi aimerais monter sur la plus haute marche du podium?

Nicolas:

J'ai repris le modélisme il y a 4 ans après 8 ans d'arrêt. Je participais à quelques courses de club avec un ta03F, donc pas vraiment un gros niveau.

Lors de ma première année de reprise, j'étais assez loin des meilleurs en stock.

Je me suis énormément entraîner et je pense que c'est ce qui paye vraiment dans cette discipline.

PRC:Merci d'avoir répondu à cet interview.A bientôt sur les pistes!!!!!!

Nicolas: merci à toi, on va se voir prochainement à Longwy cet hiver.

PRC: Le rendez-vous est pris!!!

Des courses sont prévu dans ce club de belgique (3h de Paris) il y a des pilotes internationaux qui font ces courses la .

Moi je fait celle de décembre car pas de manche 1/12, c'est super simpa comme club et peux de monde connaissent!

http://www.rc-club-nuclea.be/kalender.html

Piste moquette, 36 mètres de long sur 17 mètres de large! De quoi se faire plaisir!

Une bonne ambiance est au rendez-vous!

Catégories représentées pour le trophée:

1/10 Piste Standard 13.5

1/10 Piste Standard 10.5

1/10 Piste Modifié

La manche de CF 1/12 a été prévue au dernier moment, c'est pourquoi je vous demanderai d'être indulgent avec le timing que nous allons vous proposer. En effet, nous ne procéderons au montage de la piste qu'à partir du samedi matin donc nous risquons de commencer la course un peu tard et de ce fait terminer également un peu plus tard le samedi soir.

Pour rattraper le retard au niveau des inscriptions, j'ouvre les inscriptions en ligne pour le Trophée ainsi que pour le CF 1/12. Le paiement se fera le samedi avant le début de la course.

Pour vous inscrire, rendez-vous ici:

http://www.lcml.fr/index.php/course/inscription-a-la-prochaine-course

Et voici la liste des inscrits:

http://www.lcml.fr/index.php/course/liste-des-inscrits

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Pour toutes infos vous pouvez m'envoyer un mail à cette adresse: remi.callens@sfr.fr

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Rémi Callens