Patrick Hofer wins the WarmUp race of the 1/8 Brushless German Championship with his Team Associated RC8.2E equipped with Proline wheels and tires. Patrick discovered his new car on Saturday and found a good setup during the practice. During the 10 minute qualifiers, Patrick secured the first place and obtained the pole position. Due to rain on Sunday, the second race day was canceled and Patrick won the overall WarmUp race based on qualification results. Patrick finished on the podium with 3rd place on both 2WD and 4WD category.

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• Leino goes HotBodies!

R1 was held in Turku under tricky conditions. In the morning we had some rain and heavy wind and in the afternoon weather came more clear, but wind got stronger which made driving over the jumps very challenging. After 3 rounds of qualifying Tomi Salonen was 1st followed by August Poutiainen and Ari Heinonen. After semi finals the top six was Salonen followed by Poutiainen, Heinonen, Leino, Ahoniemi and Siltanen.

In the final, we saw a tight battle between Salonen and Poutiainen pulling away from the rest of the field. After 13 minutes Poutiainen was leading by several seconds until he had a crash with another car and broke his Xray and was forced to retire. Salonen took the lead and controlled the rest of the final easily. Many drivers suffered from flame outs and crashes during the hard 45 minutes windy final.

Final

1. Salonen Mugen Novarossi
2. Heinonen Kyosho JQ
3. Leino HotBodies LRP

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