Renaud Savoya is the 2009 EFRA 1:8 European Champion after successfully defending his 2008 title in a thrilling race here in Austria.  The Mugen driver beat fellow countryman Yannick Aigoin to become the first back to back champion since 2005.  Third was promising Czech driver Martin Bayer.

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Savoya is European Champion

He was the top Qualifier here in Austria and now thanks to victory in his Semi, with the faster time of the two, defending Champion Renaud Savoya will start from pole position over Spain’s Robert Batlle.  Setting the fastest lap of the Semis, the French ace cruised to the win and despite one mistake finished four seconds clear of Batlle and now the pair will line up in the same 1-2 order as in Crete last year. Afterwards Savoya said the race went to plan except for his roll in the last two minutes.  Batlle felt his Associated, which had a problem in the 10 minute warm-up, was not so bad but now plans to change to a heavier oil in the shocks for the 45-minute final.

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Savoya on pole for Main Final

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For Europe’s top buggy racers today is the culmination of months of testing and preparation and in just over seven hours from now one of them will be crowned the 2009 EFRA 1:8 Off Road European Champion here in Wolbling, Austria.  While weather was the big talking point at the start of the week, the sun is now beating down on the track for the big day. Currently the lower finals are underway with our coverage, which is supported by Team Orion, Mugen Seiki, LRP and Kyosho, getting underway with a round-up of the 1/4 Finals.  For the Semi Finals and Main we will be bringing you live lap by lap updates as Top Qualifier Renaud Savoya looks to defend his title.

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The Big day arrives in Austria

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After three days the German Nationals 2008/2009 (1/8 on-road) are still a rainy affair. Following the rainy weather at the first day of unofficial practice on Wednesday the weather continued to be contrary but with more dry periods on Thursday. Nearly all of the 88 competitors were present and tried to catch any single lap on the challenging 260 meter track of the AMC Hildesheim located south of Hanover. Weather turned to the worse on Friday, the first official day of the one event decision for the German 1/8 crown.

Different to the forecast the track was dry in the morning with only some short showers before lunch time. When the first of three timed practise sessions of the ten groups started at 2 p.m. it did not take long when it turned into steady rain. Also it was windy and coolish with temperatures around 15 degrees Celsius.

Unfortunately only a few groups were able to run on a dry track. So the ranking is not complete and by far without any informative value. Just for the books: Andreas Hammerl managed to do a 21-lap heat and led the result sheet of class 1, in class 2 it was Maximilian Vogt also with 21 laps to top the ranking. The fastest lap was registered for Eric Dankel with 13,6 seconds, 0,6 seconds down the official lap record.

The forecast for the next two determining days indicates that rain might accompany the German Nationals until the end. On Saturday when four rounds of heats are scheduled it is expected to be dry until midday. So maybe the racers will be able to run two heats on a dry circuit. So far no favourites could show up but with the rain causing limited track time the chances of drivers with lots of experience on this track are increasing.

So far the whims of weather could not degrade the atmosphere. Most of the drivers enjoyed the Friday evening at the organisers buffet in a tent.

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German Nationals still affected by rain