Report from XRAY Challenge Italy Livorno by Alexander Hagberg:
The 2nd XRAY Challenge in Italy of 2014 for electric cars was held at the beautiful Livorno RC Gymnasium facilities in Livorno, Italy. The race was immediately sold out in all classes, proving its popularity on the Italian R/C scene. Some 120 drivers gathered for the two day event which saw perfect weather conditions.
The track in Livorno proved to be very challenging with its banked, narrow corners and high traction. The controlled LRP G36 tire seemed to provide sufficient traction levels for all competitors. Open practice commenced on Friday. Most drivers were already present, and enjoying the atmosphere.
The formula class was dominated from start to end by Francesco Martini, running the new XRAY prototype formula car, which handled perfectly on this challenging track, where the ETS rules for the formula class was used.
The stock class was a close affair, with Marek Cerny taking the TQ, just in front of local driver Nico Catelani. In the end it was Simone Leonardi who took the win, from 7th on the grid, after some messy finals, where every final had a different winner. He wo in front of Roberto Fabiano and Marek Cerny who both were running XRAY T4 2014 cars.
In modified, qualifying was also very close, with myself being able to TQ four rounds out of five, but closely followed by XRAY driver, recent ETS finalist Alessio Menicucci. Martin Hudy qualified 3rd. I was able to win the first two finals after some close fights with Alessio. Francesco Martini rounded out the podium after a great drive. Most drivers were very happy with the handling of their T4 cars on this technical track.
The race featured, as always, a big XRAY dinner party on Saturday night, at the official hotel, where drivers could enjoy the great local seafood as well as a lottery event. Another tombola was given on Sunday with some great prizes handed out.
I want to send out a big thanks to the organizers from the Livorno club, to Francesco Martini, Fabio Domanin from Sprint RC and Martin Hudy, thanks to Davide Carbone from trackside parts support, and everyone else who was involved to make this event a really enjoyable one. Thanks to all XRAY drivers and supporters who managed to join us in Livorno. Until next time!
Modified result:
- Alexander Hagberg - XRAY T4
- Alessio Menicucci - XRAY T4
- Francesco Martini - XRAY T4
- Martin Hudy - XRAY T4
- Alessandro Ciaccheri - XRAY T4
- Guido Ristori - XRAY T4
- Alessio Mancini - XRAY T4
- Giuseppe Di Liguori - XRAY T4
- Federico Milanese - XRAY T4
- Elia Modesto
Stock result:
- Simone Leonardi
- Roberto Fabiano - XRAY T4
- Marek Cerny - XRAY T4
- Massimo Fabiani - XRAY T4
- Mattia Collina - XRAY T4
- Nico Catelani
- Umberto Pernice - XRAY T4
- Andrea Retrivi - XRAY T4
- Marco Rossi
- Davide Bertuzzi
Formula result:
- Francesco Martini - XRAY Prototype
- Marco Donadelli
- Bryan Ferrara
- Matteo Berlincioni
- Nicola Polverino
- Davide Federigi
- Christian Corticelli
- Nicola Pezzoti
- Andrea Nerone
- Ivano Cosentino
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