European Junior Title For Charlie Ware At 1:12 Euros

Charlie writes, modestly about his fantastic result –

“We arrived at Hinckley, England on Thursday 4th March to be welcomed by a fantastic setup of pit space, rostrum, display screens and organisation. My form up to these championships had been getting more consistent which I have wanted for a long time. In practice I had a good first run but the rest left me with duration problems in every run. My electronics sponsor gave me some new cells and that soon cured the problem. At the halfway point I was 10th and in the A and this was much more than I expected but now I wanted an A slot. The high driving standards combined with experience of the other drivers pushed me down into B7 at the end of qualifying.

In the Finals I was up against some seasoned drivers and young Moritz Hilbert, who is only 12 years old but last year’s European Junior Champion. Sam Clifton is also in line for top European Junior and was driving well. In leg 1 I got caught in the first corner pile up and struggled to catch up and ended 8th. In leg 2 I learnt my lesson and drove cautiously round for the first 2 or 3 laps slowing picking up places and finished second. All to play for in the final leg with the tie really between myself and Moritz but Sam could still win if he won the leg. I got off to a great start and was in third place by the end of lap 1 and drove really well, despite shaking like a leaf, beating my qualifying time in the process and finished third in the final leg and second overall in the B with the overall result me giving me the title of European Junior 1:12 Scale Spec Stock Champion.”

Charlie was using the Xray XII but he will soon be changing over to the Xray XII link spec car.

 

Source: RC Disco