Team Xray Monaco RC Race of Champions 2022 Report

Press Release From Team Xray:
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Report by Alexander Hagberg

The first ever Race of Champions event was hosted by Monaco RC, at the beautiful Monaco RC Arena in Ciserano, near Bergamo, in Italy. The race saw great competition in 5 different classes, and was run during the weekend of 26-27th of March. The international XRAY team was present with drivers from all over Europe, fighting for the win in each category! 

In the premier modified TC class, it was Bruno Coelho who secured the TQ spot after the 4 qualifying rounds. Bruno converted his TQ into a win in the finals, after winning A1 & 3. The 2nd final was won by myself (Alexander Hagberg) after an early mistake from the pole sitter meant that he had to settle for 2nd. 

Modified results:

1. Bruno Coelho - XRAY X4
2. Alexander Hagberg - XRAY X4
3. Michele Manzo
4. Martin Hudy - XRAY X4
5. Nicola Marrone
6. Giuseppe De Liguori - XRAY X4

The highly competitive EFRA stock class saw young Filippo Domanin take the TQ spot, after setting a blistering pace in the qualifiers. Filippo was able to recover from some mistakes in the finals, to take a convincing win. It was spectacular to see the young driver excel with his aggressive yet fast driving style! Federico Barbieri took the runner up spot, to secure a 1-2 finish for the XRAY X4! Furthermore, 7 out of 10 cars in the final were XRAY X4 cars!

Stock EFRA results:

1. Filippo Domanin - XRAY X4
2. Fedrico Barbieri - XRAY X4
3. Diego Locatelli
4. Jan Ratheisky - XRAY X4
5. Andrea Simari - XRAY X4
6. Thomas Bemmerl
7. David Ehrbar - XRAY X4
8. Roberto Fabiano - XRAY X4
9. Marco Di Vincenzo
10. Flavio Paladin - XRAY X4
    

The popular and growing FWD class saw a decent turnout! In the end it was our team driver Jan Ratheisky who took a strong 2nd place with his XRAY car. Stefan Schulz rounded out the podium in 3rd, also driving an XRAY chassis. Roberto Fabiano came close to a podium finish as well, in 4th, making it 3 out of 4 XRAY cars in the top 4!

FWD results:

1. Robert Goffi
   2. Jan Ratheisky - XRAY T4F
   3. Stefan Schulz - XRAY T4F
   4. Roberto Fabiano - XRAY T4F
   5. Mischa Kroos
   6. Jan Gehrig - XRAY T4F
   7. Michael Koos
   8. Patrick Miekautsch
   9. Gilles Marletta
   10. Dome Drago - XRAY T4F
   

Formula was dominated from start until end by Luke Lee from the UK! Luke won all qualifiers and finals with his XRAY X1 car! Rene Kolbel finished in a strong 3rd place, also running an XRAY X1 car!

Formula results:

1. Luke Lee - XRAY X1
2. Jitse Miedema
3. Rene Kolbel - XRAY X1
4. Alessandro Manciocchi
5. Fabrizio Villa
6. Lorenzo D'Elia
7. William Carrato
8. Matteo Berlincioni
9. Simone Pavanello
10. Alberto Riboni

The Stock N22 class was won by the German XRAY driver Mirco Thalheimer! Our German team driver Jan Gehrig had TQ but unfortunately, he had some tough luck in the finals, and missed out on a podium finish, and eventually had to settle for 4th overall!

Stock N22 results:

1. Mirco Thalheimer - XRAY X4
   2. Jacopo Corna
   3. Werner Schmitzer
   4. Jan Gehrig - XRAY X4
   5. Jacopo Antonelli
   6. Andrea Novati
   7. Diego Abbati
   8. Francesco Redaelli - XRAY
   9. Alessandro Lonardi - XRAY X4
   10. Giampiero Ferri
   

I want to send a big thanks to the organizer, Francesco Martini, and his crew from Monaco RC for a spectacular event! The event was not only highly competitive, but with a great atmosphere, and high organizational standards throughout! Thanks to all XRAY customers and team drivers for supporting the event!