Marco Müller Wins Swiss 1:8 On-Road Nats for Shepherd
The final round of the Swiss National Championship took place one week ago in Langenthal. Before the race, three drivers could would win the championship with World and European Championship A finalist Simon Kurzbuch having the best chances on his home track followed by Marco Müller and Mattia Pesenti in the ranking list.
In qualifying, it was local hero Kurzbuch who dominated his rivals being the only driver clocking 34 laps in 7:10.843 in front of Silvio Hächler (33 laps 7:06.574) and Müller in third place (33 laps 7:10.355). Unfortunately, it started to rain during the semi finals and the rest of the race the track was extremely wet.
In the A final, Pesenti was the first championship contender who had to retire because of technical problems. After 27 minutes, Kurzbuch was a victim of the bad conditions having to retire after servo failure which caused a big crash at the pitlane entry. Now the way was free for Müller to take the title as he had only to finish in front of Kurzbuch. Winner of the day was Erol Sehirty finishing 3 laps in front of Müller with double European vice-champion Nydegger being another lap down after both Shepherd drivers struggled with the weather towards the end of the race..
A Final – Result
Pos Driver Result
1 Erol Sehirtoy 122 laps 45:17.119
2 Marco Müller 119 laps 44:39.155 – Shepherd
3 Jürg Nydegger 118 laps 44:48.434 – Shepherd
4 Thomas Henzi 98 laps 44:59.493
5 Daniel Bapst 92 laps 44:26.137
6 Simon Kurzbuch 71 laps 27:32.671 – Shepherd
7 Mattia Pesenti 26 laps 12:50.097
8 Silvio Hächler 0 laps 0:00.000
9 Andy Geisser 0 laps 0:00.000 – Shepherd
10 Michael Henzi 0 laps 0:00.000
With this result, Marco Müller took over first position in the national ranking and claimed the 2011 Swiss 1:8 Expert Championship title with Simon Kurzbuch being the vice-champion as well as the Swiss Junior Champion. Mattia Pesenti finished the season in third position followed by Nydegger in fourth.
Source: Shepherd Micro Racing
