As we all know the week long world championships are decided in the first free practice, so here are the results based on fastest three consecutive laps!

Track looks to be still cleaning out quite a bit as drivers slide their way around with the technical jumps making it rather difficult to string together fast laps.

The heavy favourite going in, Davide Ongaro, did not start out with the most comfortable run so some adjustments sure to be done but the Viking in his usual manner seemed to be incredibly comfortable straight from the get go.

Two more rounds to go today, let’s see how the results start to shape up!

Still early days but it has been a long while since an American has topped a session at 1/8th Offroad IFMAR Worlds and Camden Lime did just that!

Track is clearly getting faster each time these guys hit the track and the grip is coming up. The favourite coming in, Davide Ongaro, looks scarily good already even after a bit tougher first practice. Although it’s an American leading the way it’s very much a European showdown as the second best American, Seth VanDalen is all the way down in 9th.

After a slightly more difficult first round of practice, the reigning world champion seemed to get right back into the same form in which he dominated the warm up event a few months ago. Juan Carlos Canas is within touching distance so we might be in for a classic Ongaro vs Canas duel which we have seen so many times over in Europe.

Possibly the happiest guy out of the top 13 might be Camden Lime who was incredibly strong all day, running at a pace we've yet to see from him prior to the event as he completes the day as the top American in all three rounds.

Some top names are still on the back foot such as Ryan Maifield down in 28th and the runner up from two years ago, Elliott Boots, down in 21st. There is still two more days of practice ahead and the track is developing so much that there is more than enough time for everyone to find their footing.

It is indeed once more Davide Ongaro who tops the round, but this time the rest of the field is significantly more bunched up together. David Ronnefalk looked to be more comfortable than he was yesterday allowing him to get within touching distance of Davide. Riccardo Berton shows that other Italians have some speed too by putting himself up to third!

The track seems to be quite a bit more dry than it was yesterday so the dust is more slippery and the grippy line a bit less forgiving. Some drivers like Ongaro and Canas seemed to have quite a few mistakes during their run whereas drivers like Ronnefalk looked a whole lot more comfortable than he did yesterday.

The younger European generation has seemed to pick up the pace as well with Marcus Kaerup up in 6th and Noha Ben Mohamed in 10th. Jonah Wilson also makes an appearance in the top 13 for the first time at this event so perhaps something clicking for the Sparko squad early on today.

Yes, it is of course Davide Ongaro at the top but this round Mason Fuller got rather close to Davide and more impressively, quite a bit clear from the guys behind him!

The same development has continued with the younger Europeans getting ever faster as Marcus Kaeruo gets 4th in the round and Noha Ben Mohamed gets another top 13 round in the books. This round also the younger generation of Americans stepped up with Brandon Rose putting himself in the top 5 and Jonah Wilson and Davey Batta putting themselves in the top 5!

Camden Lime looks still incredibly strong and much more in control of his car than his peers which has been an issue for many. Dakotah Phend finally makes an appearance towards the top so perhaps the woes of earlier have been defeated.

The last round of seeding practice was the first time today that someone not named Davide Ongaro was at the top! It was Burak Kilic who was throwing heaters one after another and managed to top the round by a few tenths in front of Juan Carlos Canas. Ongaro’s time from FP5 still held up but the gap was minuscule at best.

Davide Ongaro clearly looks to be the one with the most pace in hand and is able to comfortably do laps faster than the rest of the field. Burak as predicted is able to put some heaters on when he gets into the groove but he is riding his Mugen at the absolute limit of that car. Juan Carlos Canas is fast but seems to be really on the edge at all times and couldn’t really string together fast laps like Ongaro and Kilic.

From the Americans Fuller seems to be the most comfortable but Dakotah Phend was able to find some much needed pace in the last round along with his Xray team mate and ROAR Vice-Champion, Chase Lemieux. The rest of the Americans don’t seem to have the pace in hand at this point to take the fight to the Europeans out front.

The top 6 was packed into just 5 tenths over 3 laps and even the fight between positions 7 through 15 is incredibly tight. One big surprise name here that we did not expect to see in the top 13 is Davey Batta who did indeed have a great ROAR nationals but is still somewhat of a rookie when it comes to 1/8th classes.

Tomorrow we will have two rounds of seeding along with the opening ceremony so make sure to tune in for the coverage!