Competition News

Today the thermals on the west face of Vounetz were strong enough to overcome the weak easterly winds. We set a task to Gurnigel, then to a little hill called Gibloux in the flats between Fribourg and Bulle, and a leg to the south towards Montreux, with goal near Grandvillard.

As expected, the first thunderstorms developed in the Gstaad area. We observed them closely, but thanks to the weak easterly winds, they did not move towards our task area. But they spread out and shaded most of the task area while pilots were still flying back from Gurnigel. The furthest made it just to Gibloux, while most of the filed landed east of lake Gruyère.

Overall:
1. Benjamin Fankhauser
2. Dominik Breitinger
3. Gaël Frochaux

Women:
1. Agnieszka Zaborowska (GBR)
2. Andrea Habegger
3. Corina Heldstab

Sports Class:
1. Frédéric Monnet
2. Marco Sommerfeld
3. Mahdi Karimi (IRI)

Junior:
1. Jean Morisetti
2. Arnaud Hirschi
3. Noël Oberle

The forecasts for tomorrow are similar, with slightly better thermals than today early in the afternoon. Also, the air will be drier than today, which reduces the probability for early thunderstorms, compared to today. We expect a good day tomorrow, and therefore will follow the same schedule as today:
9:00-10:00 breakfast, trackers and cable car tickets
10:00 task setters meet at the restaurant at the top
11:30 task briefing at the north launch
12:30 launch window open
14:00 race start

Photos by Martin Scheel