Elliott Boots TQs worlds 1/8th

[Neil Skull]

I Wanted to congratulate Elliott on being first Brit to TQ a 1/8th offroad worlds.:wub
I Wish him luck for the finals, if anyone else wants to wish him luck please do so here :)

Looking at weather today i am not sure the finals will even be run! thats a huge dissapointment to everyone, I am sure Elliott wants to race the finals even though he could win by default if they they cancel them!!

[James]

Well a shame if the final doesn't run but regardless incredible result and good luck to Elliot! And awesome result for Lee too!! Also best of luck Butch, Darren and Neil :thumbsup:

[mikeyscott]

That would be a great shame, but congrats on the TQ thus far.

[MHeadling]

Amazing result for Kyosho, Elliot, Mike and Chris!

Well done lads

Let's hope he can bring it home! :)

[RogerM]

Top job, from the footage I've seen Elliot was totally on-it from the first turn of a wheel.

Good luck with the finals fella.

[hotrodchris]

Good luck to all the Brits and hopefully it will be brought back to the UK.

[RudeTony]

Neil, I think at the rate the weather is going in Argentina, you better change the totle to 'Boots World Champion'

I know he would want to race but the rain is not stopping and getting worse

[Briangb]

My very best wishes to Elliott on a fantastic achievement. Backed up I am sure by Chris and Mike. Very well done to the other Brits, especially Lee.
If Elliott gets the title, what a magnificent end that would be to an incredible year for British sport.

[Neil Skull]

Your Right Brian,
First British Euro winner with Darren, A first British WC winner would be nice. if ever a uk guy had a chance this is the time with the weather and the track being very English:)

I just checked and i believe they are running finals this afternoon! wheter they get all done in time by end of play tomorrow remains to be seen, also if so what condition the track will be in.
I remember Mike Cradock Holding onto TQ for a long time in Uraguay i think when conditions was horrid, So if anyone is happy to set a car up for rain its mike :)

[Chrislong]

Really pleased for all the brit guys, good luck Elliott, awesome job done so far.

I know its a long shot, but any live streaming of the finals? if not, hope someone can record it and post it later. With brit weather can we get 3 brits on the podium?!?! Good luck Lee, Butch, Darren and Neil.

[Paul Field]

Well done Elliott awesome drive.
Live coverage can be found at www.liverc.com although the server seems to be down at the moment.
Good luck to the rest of the brits.

[GRIFF55]

Well done bootsy! One hell of an achievement. Good job Mick too!

Good luck to all the uk guys in the finals and top job to Lee in qualy too.

Well done guys

[Rebelrc]

Well done Elliot !

[Rebelrc]

Unlucky Elliot
Chin up mate
There's always next time!
TQ / talk of the worlds is a great result also ( I can only dream of that lol)
Clearly the quickest there
See you at maritime

[Neil Skull]

Bad luck Elliott,
Lots of top drivers out due to bad luck. All the brits suffered in the finals, only Lee made it and had issues i hear in final :(

[Welshy40]

Nice that no one posted any results here. I am guessing by the search on Google that Elliot wasnt in the Workds A final so If he TQ'd how come he wasnt in the A?

[arvi]

TQ only gives you pole position in Semi A. You dont automatically go into the final by TQ ing.

Bad luck but I wonder what happened as he didnt have a good start in the semi and made mistakes which is unlike him and then suddenly his steering went. I wonder if someone crashed into him or what.

If not for the issues he was the fastest man there for the majority of the worlds.

[RogerM]

From what I was told he suffered a servo failure but I've not had that confirmed.

[Darren Boyle]

Nice that no one posted any results here. I am guessing by the search on Google that Elliot wasnt in the Workds A final so If he TQ'd how come he wasnt in the A?

They did post the results on here last week in the "Argentina Worlds" thread....

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116118&page=5

In particular James Helliwells post with the full A final grid, and tech chart etc...

[Andyp]

Have a look at this vid, it pretty much covers it all...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=plpp&v=LHQnVI0tRuY

[Chris-S]

Nice that no one posted any results here. I am guessing by the search on Google that Elliot wasnt in the Workds A final so If he TQ'd how come he wasnt in the A?

IMO, if you TQ you should be straight in, that should be the reward for being top qualifier, rather than a trophy for TQ (which there wasnt either :thumbdown:)

[Welshy40]

IMO, if you TQ you should be straight in, that should be the reward for being top qualifier, rather than a trophy for TQ (which there wasnt either :thumbdown:)

I agree, its very unfair and someone should push to make it the same as the electric worlds. Top spot in the A is TQ.

[Darren Boyle]

The reason I understand why it is like that is since (in this case) when they finished qualifying on the thursday, the track still had a lot of running to be done on it with all the lower finals on the friday and then the continuation on the saturday with quarters, semis and then of course the main. In that time, with differing conditions and the ever changing weather the track can (and did) change massively and any driver who goes straight into the A main is actually seen to be at a "dis-advantage" by not running on it and getting used to those "new" conditions, where as a driver who has bumped up from the semi's will have run for the first time in a longer race and on the newer conditions and will be more fine tuned to them.....

However, I am sure if anyone offered to Elliott right now that would he have preffered to have gone straight in he would snap their hand off!!

It does not seem right that the "fastest" guy all week, was not in there, but that is the nature of beast so to speak and the unfortunate pot luck in this type of racing sometimes.....

[Briangb]

It was indeed a sad way for Elliott to end his domination of the Worlds most prestigious 1/8 event.
However, he did the U.K proud. He must be, I am sure, a very proud young man at the moment.
I take my hat off too him. He will no doubt be a feared man at next years major events.
Well done Elliott.

[Chris-S]

The reason I understand why it is like that is since (in this case) when they finished qualifying on the thursday, the track still had a lot of running to be done on it with all the lower finals on the friday and then the continuation on the saturday with quarters, semis and then of course the main. In that time, with differing conditions and the ever changing weather the track can (and did) change massively and any driver who goes straight into the A is actually seen to be at a "dis-advantage" by not running on it and getting used to those "new" conditions, where as a driver who has bumped up from the B will have run for the first time in a longer race and on the newer conditions and will be more fine tuned to them.....

However, I am sure if anyone offered to Elliott right now that would he have preffered to have gone straight in he would snap their hand off!!

It does not seem right that the "fastest" guy all week, was not in there, but that is the nature of beast so to speak and the unfortunate pot luck in this type of racing sometimes.....


If track time is seen to be the biggest factor, then let TQ man run in both semi's practices

[RudeTony]

If track time is seen to be the biggest factor, then let TQ man run in both semi's practices

Thats no good Chris as he would or could be a factor in that race - There is plenty of time to let the TQ man run for 10-15 mins on his own.
Its the most shitty rule in RC and that's that.

[DaSloth]

Hes talking about semi practice tony, not the semi's themselves, so it shouldn't really be a problem.

[Chris-S]

Hes talking about semi practice tony, not the semi's themselves, so it shouldn't really be a problem.

Indeed, think Tony is trying to Oople and do the xmas shopping at the same time !

[jondell]

Setting aside the lack of understanding of how gas racing works, even if Elliot had been a direct qualifier to the main, the servo would most likely have failed during the final. Servos get a right beating in an 8th buggy and even with new ones fitted for the event, any can fail at that important moment.

In prepping for the finals, you can clean, replace and look at every part of a car. In general it's a bit difficult to look at a servo and judge if it was ok. Fitting new for the final would be considered a risk, as that pair could equally fail.

Elliot drove wonderfully from the very first practice and came out of the worlds as a bigger player in RC than before. Hopefully an international title is around the corner for him.

And if you don't like the format, best you propose to ifmar your ideas, however top 4 in and tq in have both been done before, and now removed as per Darren comment.