17.05.2017   6 comments   Video: 1 available

Report by VRC race reporting

SEASON 1 2017 1:8 ELECTRIC BUGGY SPEC round 6 Montpellier

Sixth round of 1:8 electric buggy spec serie was fighted at Montpellier demanding track. At PRO level two Canadians, Andrew Bucar and Dan Phillion were in charge and were setting the pace. From the start Bucar was holding first position and everything looked convincing for him.
But end of the fifth lap, things got harder for him,as he flipped his car and Phillion got the lead.
Pace was pretty much same with these two and without mistakes, now Phillion was favourite to take this one. But it wasnt over. Phillion had leaded this group ten laps, only two laps left and in same jumps, where Bucar had done his mistake, now it was time Phillion to struggle. By his struggle he dropped to second place and Bucar got the lead. Bucars only job was to bring car safe to ”home” and so he did. Bucar crossed the line in first and Phillion in second place, 4 second... read more

20.02.2015   1 comment   Video: 1 available

Marcin Malinski (Poland) has continued his winning streak with a 3rd straight victory in the fresh 2015 season, after winning the VRC Worlds at Naxos end of December as well.

Under perfect dry racing conditions (no rain like during the real GP Montpellier…) Malinski managed to keep the hard charging Uwe de Zwart from Austria who led the first half of this A-main final, behind him. A double crash in lap 24 cost de Zwart a real change on a first Pro class victory. Spanish David Barcena drove a steady race and challenged both Malinski and de Zwart for second place several times but had to settle for 3rd in the end some 13 seconds down on de Zwart.



The new Montpellier track has been very well received by the VRC Pro racing community, several racers calling it their new favorite off-road track. The Montpellier track is a typical French track, carved out in the terrain with lots of elevations and tight hairpins.
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13.02.2015   8 comments   Video: 1 available

Qualifying is underway for the opening race at the new Montpellier track. Laptimes are already down to the low 34 seconds and at around 12 AM Frenchman Amthony Breuyer was leading the pack. But it's still early in qualifying so we can expect to see a few more top racers join the qualifying (ending Sunday morning 10 AM GMT...)

Check out the video of Anthony's qualifying run.