PAGID Racing Brake Pads Earn Hill Climb Podium

Alexander Hin and Benjamin Noll finished second and third in Group P1 at Austria's St. Agatha Esthofen hill climb on PAGID Racing brake pads, with RSC and RST compounds also in the field.

Alexander Hin finished second in the Int. – Category 2 – Group P1 classification at the St. Agatha Esthofen hill climb in Austria last weekend. He posted an overall time of 1:56.532 minutes in an OSELLA FA 30 running PAGID Racing brake pads. Benjamin Noll took third in the same classification, also on PAGID Racing pads. According to PAGID Racing, the motorsport brand of TMD Friction, numerous competitors at the event chose its pads.

Two PAGID-Equipped Drivers on the Group P1 Podium

Hin, who is from Germany, drove the OSELLA FA 30 prototype up the course to second place. Noll, a fellow German competing for MSC Rhön e.V., completed the podium in third. The company did not publish Noll’s car or time.

RSC and RST Compounds in the Touring and Rally Field

Beyond the prototype class, four Austrian drivers ran PAGID Racing’s RSC and RST compounds, according to the company.

DriverTeamCarCompound
Karl SchagerlMSC MÜHLBACHVW Golf Rallye TFSIRSC
Rupert SchwaigerKOMVET RacingPorsche 911 Bi-TurboRSC
Felix PailerTeam H&R SpezialfedernLancia Delta IntegraleRST
Peter ProbhardtLiqui Moly Racing TeamMitsubishi WRC 05 EVO 3RST

Driver Feedback

Jürgen Berger of Austria competed in a Formula Renault using PAGID Racing pads. “The PAGID Racing pads are a perfect fit for us. They’re durable, high-performance and offer everything you need for perfect braking!” Berger said.

PAGID Racing reports that numerous other participants at the hill climb also used its products.

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