Champion elects win first A-Main
Starting from pole position Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker have won the opening leg of their respective A-Mains. The pair, who will be crowned champions of the third season of the Euro Touring Series here in Andernach irrespective of today’s result, led from start to finish.
In Modified the race was almost a repeat for Rheinard of the Mains at the World Championships in Burgdorf two weeks ago. Contact between Viktor Wilck and former World Champion Atsushi Hara gave the German an early break that the chasing pack would never close. The big benefactor of this was Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker who finished second having started from the 5th spt. The former European Champion was happy to take the result considering he is really struggling with the balance of his BD5.
Wilck recovered to finish third and showed he has the pace to take the challenge to his Tamiya team-mate if he can stay out of trouble at the start. The Swede set an identical best lap to Rheinard, the pair’s 18.041 laps being the fastest of the race. Finishing fourth Hara said his Hot Bodies TCX was really good but he just made too many mistakes and passing on the technical layout being used this weekend is very difficult.
For fourth place starter Christopher Krapp it was a disappointing race, his Kyosho only managing four laps. The Worlds finalist went out with a broken rear belt which he believes was the result of being hit from behind by another car. 2006 World Champion Andy Moore was another retirement with just one lap recorded. The British ace had some sort of radio problem at the start, his car failing to turn under braking after the short blast to the first corner. Running another lap the problem happened again at the same spot so he pulled up. Having already changed reciever having experienced the problem yesterday, Moore will now try a different servo and speedo for Leg 2.
In Pro-Stock, Stocker took the win but only after he saw off challenges from Ivan Laptev and Daniel Wohlgemuth. Starting 7th Russian Laptev got a lucky start but showed he could run with Stocker setting a faster lap than the German but Wohlgemuth, who got a tagged at the start, was the man on the move. Getting passed Laptev, who said he drove with the championship in mind, the Xray driver set the fastest lap as he chased down Stocker but he ran out of laps finishing right on the bumper of the Yokomo as they crossed the line.
A-Main Leg 1 Results
Modified
1.(1) Rheinard Marc – 18 laps in 5:16.851
2.(5) Völker Ronald – 17 laps in 5:01.273
3.(2) Wilck Viktor – 17 laps in 5:03.314
4.(30 Hara Ataushi – 17 laps in 5:05.912
5.(6) Prümper Yannic – 17 laps in 5:05.927
6.(7) Pumpler Thomas – 17 laps in 5:10.095
7.(9) Hamak Zdenek – 17 laps in 5:14.102
8.(10)Hofer Martin – 17 laps in 5:16.678
9.(4) Krapp Christopher – 4 laps in 1:04.436
10.(8)Moore Andy – 1 lap in 0:30.246
Pro-Stock
1.(1) Stocker Alexander – 16 laps in 5:17.418
2.(2) Wohlgemuth Daniel – 16 laps in 5:17.447
3.(7) Laptev Ivan – 16 laps in 5:18.841
4.(3) Kiesewetter Michael – 16 laps in 5:20.230
5.(5) Janssen Rob – 16 laps in 5:20.522
6.(4) Streit Tony – 15 laps in 5:00.793
7.(10)Larsen Thomas – 15 laps in 5:07.812
8.(8) Still Steffen – 15 laps in 5:08.424
9.(9) Klöckner René – 15 laps in 5:11.807
10.(6)Tschupp Philip – 15 laps in 5:15.278
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Janssen takes final qualifier, Stocker on pole
After a difficult day yesterday Rob Janssen bounced back this morning in Andernach to TQ the final round of Pro-Stock qualifying. The Team Corally driver, who is running the new prototype Phi for the first time this weekend, got the event off to a good start by setting the pace in Friday practice but struggled yesterday when qualifying got underway. Needing a good result to assure himself a place in the A Final, the 19-year-old changed to a harder shock setting which transformed the car, allowing him to put in the fastest 5-minute run of the four rounds of heats. The Dutch driver, who took the round from local ace Michael Kiesewetter, will line up fifth on the grid.
Having TQ’d the opening two heats, Alexander Stocker secures pole and the valuable championship point which the Top Qualifier honour carries putting the 2009/10 title beyond the reach of Daniel Wohlgemuth who had a very slight mathematical chance of winning. Running a Yokomo BD5 fitted with a rear gear diff, the last two qualifiers saw Stocker drop off the pace slightly and could only set the 4th fastest time on both occasions. The German said his car, which is being engineered by Martin Hofer, is real smooth to drive but needs to be more aggressive so he can get more speed out of it.
Wohlgemuth, who has one win to his credit this season, will start from second ahead of fellow Xray driver Kiesewetter who knows his home track very well. Completing the German domination of the front end of the grid Tony Streit will carry No.4 on his Hot Bodies but needs a change of luck having failed to finished both Q3 & 4.
Pro Stock A-Main Grid
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310
2. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 306
3. Kiesewetter Michael (DE) – 306
4. Streit Tony (DE) – 304
5. Janssen Rob (NL) – 303
6. Tschupp Philip (CH) – 303
7. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 302
8. Still Steffen (DE) – 301
9. Klöckner René (DE) – 298
10.Larsen Thomas (DK) – 297
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Rheinard takes Q4 & overall Andernach TQ honours
Euro Touring Series Champion elect Marc Rheinard is the Top Qualifier for the closing race of the 2009/2010 season after topping the final round of qualifying here this evening at his home track of Andernach. The three time World Champion set the first & only 17 second lap of the event on his way to taking the round by half a second from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. This left the pair tied on points but setting the fastest overall qualifying time in Q4 the German will start tomorrow’s finals from pole. Rheinard said his Speed Passion powered TRF416 was better at the start of the run than in the previous three qualifiers after he left his tyre warmers on for longer.
Wilck, who started on pole here last year, said his car was pretty good except for the right hand sweeper through which it suffers a little understeer. Unlike the World Championships at Burgdorf two weeks ago the Swede feels the racing tomorrow should be a lot closer as the track has more places in which he can safely try to find a way past Rheinard.
Atsushi Hara, who was third fastest in the final qualifier, will line up third on grid and is looking forward to tomorrow’s finals. The pace setter in yesterday’s opening round of qualifying, Hara hasn’t changed the set-up on his Hot Bodies TCX all day saying it has been better than he’s been driving. Happy with his driving in the final run today the Japanese ace is confident he can take the fight to his great rival Rheinard and repeat his 2008 victory here having been denied the chance in Burgdorf where he failed to qualify for the A final.
Fastest in Q2, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp will start fourth, having ended the day with his first 17 lapper which was good enough for the fifth fastest time for the round ahead of Xray’s Zdenek Hamak who secures 9th on the grid. Finishing ahead of Krapp on time in Q4, Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker will start behind his fellow German in the three leg A-Main.
The rest of the grid is made up by 17-year-old Yannic Prumper (6th), Thomas Pumpler (7th), Andy Moore (8th) and Martin Hofer (10th). Hofer tied on points with fellow Yokomo driver Ryan Maker but the German had a best finish of 8th compared with the Australian’s 9th, who takes the BQ honours.
Modified A-Main Grid
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – 308
2. Viktor Wilck (SE) – 308
3. Atsushi Hara (TH) – 307
4. Christopher Krapp (DE) – 305
5. Ronald Völker (DE) – 303
6. Yannic Prümper (DE) – 302
7. Thomas Pumpler (AT) – 301
8. Andy Moore Andy (GB) – 300
9. Zdenek Hamak (CZ) – 300
10.Martin Hofer (DE) – 293
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Wilck fastest in Q3
Viktor Wilck has become the third different driver and brand of car to top qualifying here at the ETS finale in Germany. The third & penultimate round of heats saw the Swede head team-mate Marc Rheinard by 1.2 seconds to move into provisional pole for tomorrow’s A-Main ahead of this evening’s final qualifier. Switching to the same set-up that took Thomas Pumpler to the second fastest time in Q3, Wilck said the car was a little better but feels his Speed Passion TRF416 is tweaked, with it suffering understeer through right hand corners.
Switching from a Mazda Speed 6 to an LCT-R, World Champion Rheinard said his car was pretty good now and he backed this up by setting a new fastest lap of 18.039, beating the previous time set Atsushi Hara in Q1. Although quicker than his team-mate, the German gave away 1.5 seconds on the third lap when he missed his line through the chicane and got badly out of shape.
Switching additive Ronald Volker enjoyed his best round of qualifying setting the third fastest time. Back running a gear diff in his Yokomo BD5, which he says he is getting more comfortable with, the German still needs to find more time with understeer causing him problems on the long right hand sweeper. The former European Champion plans to run lighter shock oil for the final qualifier. Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper can not be accused of being inconsistent as he again set the fourth fastest time. The German teenager used shorter camber links and LRP tyre additive but will revert to his Q2 set-up saying the changes had made his Toni Sport supported BD5 easy to drive but slow. Another Yokomo backed driver to make the Top 10 was Martin Hofer. Going back to a ball diff for the round the German said the car was much more predictable allowing him to run his best and the seventh fastest time.
Xray backed Czech driver Zdenek Hamak was fifth fastest. Trying a different shock position and running a fresh set of rubber he said his LRP powered T3 was better but knowing he was on a good run he got nervous and made a mistake 4 laps from home which cost him 3 seconds.
Running a Tamiya TRF416 with a soon to be release 2.3mm Smokem chassis plate Loic Jasmin completed the Top 6. The French Touring Car Champion said a new set of tyres had allowed him to break into the Top 10 for the first time but in the final minute one of the rear tyres tried to part company with the rim costing him a little time. Fastest in Q2, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp recorded his best 5-minute run but it was only good enough for 8th on this occassion. Andy Moore and Australia’s Simon Nicholson rounded out the Top 10.
In Pro Stock we finally saw a different name at the top of the time sheets as Czech ETS winner Daniel Wohlgemuth set the pace from fellow Xray driver Michael Kiesewetter. Top Russian driver Ivan Laptev was third fastest ahead of Q1 & Q2 top qualifier Alexander Stocker who had to0 many incidents during his run. While the Modified and Hobby qualifying will be decided this evening, Pro-Stock drivers will have to wait till the morning for their fourth and final chance at securing a top starting position in the finals.
Qualification Ranking
Modified after Round 3 of 4
1. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 307
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 306
3. Krapp Christopher (DE) – 302
4. Völker Ronald (DE) – 302
5. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 302
6. Pumpler Thomas (AT) – 301
7. Moore Andy (GB) – 300
8. Hamak Zdenek (CZ) – 300
9. Hara Ataushi (TH) – 297
10.Hofer Martin (DE) – 293
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11.Maker Ryan (AU) – 293
12.Jasmin Loic (FR) – 291Pro-Stock after Round 3 of 4
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310
2. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 306
3. Kiesewetter Michael (DE) – 306
4. Streit Tony (DE) – 304
5. Tschupp Philip (CH) – 303
6. Laptev Ivan (RU) - 299
7. Klöckner René (DE) – 298
8. Larsen Thomas (DK) – 297
9. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 296
10.Janssen Rob (NL) – 293
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11.Still Steffen (DE) – 292
12.Hagnauer Philipp (CH) – 290
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Krapp tops slow Q2
Team Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp has topped the second round of qualifying for the ETS finale. The young German TQ’d the run despite running a slower time than in Q1 yesterday which was only good for the 8th fastest time. Afterwards Krapp said he had only taken the round because his rivals had messed up their runs with mistakes. Running the 2.5mm LiPo chassis over the 2mm chassis he used at the Worlds, following pre-event testing, he said a change to Hot Bodies springs had made his car super smooth to drive but the end result was a slower time. Lacking steering in the tight corners he will change the front geometry of the front suspension in the hope it will make the car more aggressive.
Driving a Tamiya/Speedpassion combination Austrian Thomas Pumpler was second fastest for the round. Pumpler, who pits with Tamiya Racing Factory drivers Viktor Wilck & Marc Rheinard and advises them on set-up, said he ran the exact same set-up as yesterday on his TRF416 but a simple change from using paper to plastic on his tyres while in the warmers had transformed the car. Wilck was on target to TQ the round but rolled on his final lap losing over 2.5 second and ending the round third fastest. The Swede described his car as ‘bad’ saying it just lacked traction. Asked what he planned to change for Q3, the Kastellaun winner said he was going to run Pumpler’s set-up.
Heading the Yokomo challenge Yannic Prumper was once again fourth fastest. The German ran a different tyre additive for the round and was another on a possible TQ run until he too made a mistake on the last lap. Team-mate Ronald Volker could only manage 9th behind Aussie Yokomo driver Ryan Maker after he lost over 4.5 seconds following a mistake on lap 12.
Having adjusted the roll centres on his LRP powered Xray, Zdenek Hamak said the T3 was much improved allowing him to run the 5th fastest time. Opting to run a safe round the Czech driver said he still needs to find a set-up that will give him more rear end traction before he can really push the car. Hamak’s careful driving meant he was able to finish ahead of the last two World Champions with Marc Rheinard making one mistake on his way to sixth, while Andy Moore made two driver errors to end up 7th. Fastest in the opening qualifier, Atsushi Hara failed to complete the run saying he was not driving well due to a headache so he pulled up to save his tyres.
In Pro-Stock Alexander Stocker once again TQ’d the round taking his Yokomo BD5 around the Andernach track in a slightly faster time than that he set this morning. The best non German in Q1, Switerland’s Philip Tschupp upped the pace to record the second fastest time getting to within just 9/100th off the champion elect. Driving a Hot Bodies, Tony Streit again completed the Top 3 followed by the Andernach club’s own Michael Kiesewetter.
Modified Qualifying Round 2 times
1. Christopher Krapp (DE) – 16 Laps in 5:01.873
2. Thomas Pumpler (A) – 16 Laps in 5:02.543
3. Viktor Wilck (SE) – 16 Laps in 5:03.595
4. Yannic Pruemper (DE) – 16 Laps in 5:03.921
5. Zdenek Hamak (CZ) – 16 Laps in 5:04.179
6. Marc Rheinard (DE) – 16 Laps in 5:04.278
7. Andy Moore (GB) – 16 Laps in 5:05.077
8. Ryan Maker (AUS) – 16 Laps in 5:05.322
9. Ronald Volker (DE) – 16 Laps in 5:05.558
10.Martin Hofer (DE) – 16 Laps in 5:06.299
Pro Stock Qualifying Round 2 times
1. Alexander Stocker (DE) – 15 Laps in 5:08.310
2. Philip Tschupp (CH) – 15 Laps in 5:08.401
3. Tony Streit (DE) – 15 Laps in 5:09.409
4. Michael Kiesewetter (DE) – 15 Laps in 5:09.936
5. Daniel Wohlgemuth (DE) – 15 Laps in 5:10.140
6. Thomas Larsen (DK) – 15 Laps in 5:11.187
7. René Klöckner (DE) – 15 Laps in 5:12.208
8. Ivan Laptev (RU) – 15 Laps in 5:12.336
9. Philipp Hagnauer (CH) – 15 Laps in 5:12.832
10.Rob Janssen (NL) – 15 Laps in 5:12.996
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
