Rheinard on pole in Warsaw
Marc Rheinard will start the fourth round of the Euro Touring Series from pole position ahead of his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Viktor Wilck. Going into the final qualifier here in Warsaw tied on 310 points each, Wilck needed to TQ the round in a faster time than that set by the German in Q4 but it wasn’t to be. The Swede could only manage the 5th fastest time while Rheinard was the only driver to record 19 laps for the round.
The star of the last round of heats was former European Championship Top Qualifier Steven Weiss. Having signed with Team Yokomo for the 2010 season, the German was yesterday still learning the new chassis in terms of set-up but for the final two rounds of qualifying he found his way. Running in the second fastest group, Weiss produced an 18 lap run in 5:00.193 to take second in the final qualifier backing up his fourth fastest time in the penultimate round. With each driver’s best two of the five qualifiers to count Weiss jumps right into contention for a strong result this weekend, lining up 3rd on the grid.
Third fastest in the final round of qualifying and jumping from a place in the B final to seventh on the grid in the A was Martin Hudy. A previous ETS podium finisher, the factory Xray driver has struggled since crashing out in the warm-up for his opening heat but looked far more confident in Q5 and hopefully can carry that through to tomorrow. The sheer size and width of track here in the Arena Ursynow should give the Slovak driver a real chance of progressing through the field. Swiss National Champion Sacha Lnenicka was another driver to benefit from a ‘best for last’ run as he ran the fourth fastest time bumping him up to ninth on the grid.
In Pro Stock, the last round of qualifying was the first time we didn’t see Alexander Stocker’s name at the top of the list. Both he and team-mate Daniel Wohlgemuth had their cars shut down within seconds of one another, leaving Slovak talent Zdenko Kunak to TQ the round and secure second on the grid ahead of German’s Jan Gehrig who has really impressed here this weekend. Gehrig is being run by Mod racer David Ehrbar, who is also running his girlfriend Anna Wysgol in the Hobby class, and tomorrow all three of them will line up on the grid for the A-Main of their respective classes.
In the Tamiya TT01 based Hobby Class it is emerging 8-year-old Polish talent and championship leader Michal Orlowski who will start on pole ahead of Dutch driver Eric Mulder. Making his ETS debut Gerd Strenge of Durango fame will line up fourth on the gird.
Modified Top 10 final standings
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
3. Weiss Steven (DE) – Yokomo/LRP
4. Prümper Yannic (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
5. Ehrbar David (DE) – Xray/LRP
6. Treder Lars (DE) – Tamiya/GM
7. Hudy Martin (SK) – Xray/LRP
8. Bok Michal (CZ) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
9. Lnenicka Sacha (CH) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
10.Gollner Patrick (AT) – Tamiya/LRP
Pro Stock Top 10 final standings
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – Xray
4. Franke Oliver (DE) – Xray
5. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – Hot Bodies
6. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – Tamiya
7. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – Hot Bodies
8. Sakaguchi Dai (DE) – Tamiya
9. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – Tamiya
10.Wiessmann Felix (DE) – Tamiya
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Q4 Update
The fourth and penultimate round of qualifying for the Polish leg of the Euro Touring series is complete with Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker topping their respective classes. Producing the fastest run we have seen for the Modified class with 19 laps in 5:10.712, Rheinard’s second TQ run means we will have to wait until the final round to see whether he or team-mate Viktor Wilck, now tied on 310 points, will take their second Top Qualifier honours of the 2009/2010 season. For Stocker he secures pole position for tomorrow’s Pro Stock A-Main to maintain his perfect 100% Top Qualifier record in the third season of the ETS.
The big mover of the round was the star of the Czech ETS encounter Zdenek Hamak who finally converted his fast practice pace yesterday into a strong qualifying performance. The Xray supported driver struggled to get his T3 working in today’s higher traction conditions but got the set-up right for the penultimate round to set the second fastest time and become only the fourth driver to run 19 laps. The Czech ace, who is currently lying 13th in the ranking just behind Martin Hudy, says his focus is to put in a safe run in the fifth and final qualifier to ensure he makes it on to the A-Main grid. Last year’s winner of the Warsaw event, Yannic Pruemper, completed the Top 3 again and keeps his hopes of repeating that win alive.
In Pro Stock behind Stocker it was Jan Gehrig who was best of the rest with Zdenko Hamak third. For last year’s winner Meik Niemann it has not been a successful return to action as he current sits 77th in the ranking meaning he wont be taking home the silverware this year.
Modified qualifying standings after 4 rounds
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 310pts
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 310pts
3. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 304pts
4. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts
5. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts
6. Bok Michal (CZ) – 301pts
7. Weiss Steven (DE) – 299pts
8. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 297pts
9. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts
10.Lein Sebastian (DE) – 295pts
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 4 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 306pts
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 305pts
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts
5. Franke Oliver (DE) – 302pts
6. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 298pts
7. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – 297pts
8. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts
9. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts
10.Klöckner René (DE) – 294pts
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Wilck maintains form in Q3
Factory Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck has notch up his second TQ run here in Warsaw heading a quartet of Speedpassion powered TRF416 chassis’ at the top of the time sheets. The Swede, who set a new fastest lap of 16.053 for the huge track, was on target for his quickest run of the day but pushed too hard rolling first on lap 14 and then again on lap 17 resulting in his 19 lap run being a second off his Q2 time. The Swede said his car was really good and a 5:08 run is possible but he needs to be less aggressive with his driving to achieve this.
Team-mate Marc Rheinard tried a new prototype diff in the front of his car for the run. The ETS championship leader said his car felt lazy and this was reflected in laps times with his best lap almost 2/10th off that of Wilck. The German plans to run two of the diffs in his car for the penultimate qualifier to see how it reacts.
Having struggled yesterday in practice and in the opening two rounds of qualifying this morning, last year’s race winner Yannic Prümper seems to have finally found his way setting the third fastest time. The Toni-Sport team driver said a fresh set of tyres had cured the traction roll problems but the car was now sliding around a little too much. The European Junior Touring Car Champion hopes a second outing on the tyres will give him the balance in grip he needs.
Just missing out on a 19 lap run by 6/10th of a second, Michael Bok was very happy with his run saying his car was really easy to drive. With the traction levels continuing to increase the Czech driver plans to change the offset on his Tamiya. Best of the Xray drivers was David Ehrbar who was fifth fastest with the similar T3 of Swiss National Champion Sacha Lnenicka who completed the Top 6.
In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker continued his domination of the 13.5T Speedpassion hand motor class. Coming closest to the DHI Cup Champion was Zdenko Kunak, who 16.895 fastest lap from Q1 still stands, with Jan Gehrig making it three out of three as he again completed the Top 3 on the time sheets. Czech ETS winner Daniel Wohlgemuth once again failed to complete the run when for the second time in succession the pulley came loose on the lay shaft of his Hot Bodies Cyclone.
Modified qualifying standings after 3 rounds
1. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 310pts
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 308pts
3. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts
4. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts
5. Bok Michal (CZ) – 301pts
6. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 300pts
7. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts
8. Klöckner René (DE) – 295pts
9. Hudy Martin (SK) – 293pts
10.Weiss Steven (DE) – 293pts
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 3 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 306pts
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 304pts
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts
5. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts
6. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts
7. Franke Oliver (DE) – 295pts
8. Klöckner René (DE) – 294pts
9. Sakaguchi Dai (DE) – 293pts
10.Baldissarri Daniel (IT) – 292pts
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
Wilck tops Q2
Viktor Wilck has topped the second round of qualifying here in Warsaw, Poland at the fourth round of the 2009/2010 Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver produced a 19 lap run in 05:11.871 with his team-mate and Q1 pace setter Marc Rheinard second with a time of 5:14.184. The Swede described the run as OK but feels there is potential to go faster after he drove on the safe side when Rheinard rolled his TRF416 X while on a potential TQ run. Rheinard, who set a new fastest lap of 16.141 during the round, lost almost 2 seconds when he caught a dot on lap 5 and then had another moment on lap 14 which he believes was caused by a tyre coming unglued.
A superb run by German teenager Lars Treder took him to the third fastest time for the round with a low 18 lap pace. Driving a Tamiya, Treder is confident that with a shortly application time of additive he can break 19 laps next time out. Another strong run, David Ehrbar was the fastest non Tamiya driver with his Xray stopping the clock in the fourth fastest time just ahead of Czech driver Michal Bok.
Team Xray driver Martin Hudy completed the Top 6 with a poor run by his standards. Having broken his T3 on the warm-up for Q1 the Slovak ace said he just drove too careful but now that he has some points on the board he can push again.
In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker again set the pace but he was pushed hard by by fellow Hot Bodies driver Tommy Bergfeldt who ended up just over a second behind. On lap times the two stars of the European Pro Stock scene were seperated by 13/1000 of second. Germany’s Jan Gehrig backed up his impressive Q1 effort to again complete the Top 3 with his Xray.
Modified qualifying standings after 2 rounds
1. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 308pts [2:155, 1:153]
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 308pts [1:155, 2:153]
3. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts [1:152, 2:151]
4. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts [2:152, 1:150]
5. Bok Michal (CZ) – 297pts [2:150, 1:147]
6. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts [1:149, 2:148]
7. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 290pts [1:148, 2:142]
8. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 290pts [2:147, 1:143]
9. Lnenicka Sacha (CH) – 289pts [1:145, 2:144]
10.Weiss Steven (DE) – 285pts [2:145, 1:140]
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 2 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts [2:155, 1:155]
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 304pts [1:153, 2:151]
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 304pts [2:152, 1:152]
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts [2:153, 1:150]
5. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts [2:149, 1:147]
6. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts [2:148, 1:148]
7. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 291pts [1:146, 2:145]
8. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – 284pts [2:147, 1:137]
9. Klöckner René (DE) – 284pts [1:145, 2:139]
10.Forrai Gabor (HU) – 282pts [2:142, 1:140]
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
No surprises as Stocker takes first Pro Stock qualifier
Day 2 of the Euro Touring Series has opened with the first round of qualifying for Pro Stock and at the top of the time sheet there was not great surprise, Alexander Stocker setting the pace with an 18 lap run in 5:13.375. The German described the run as ‘not too bad’ saying it was a safe run with extra caution required due to the huge increase in traction since their final practice run yesterday evening. The current championship leader, Stocker said he likes such conditions, a worrying fact for his rivals.
Claiming second for the round was young Slovak talent Zdenko Kunak who was the only driver to break into the 16 second laps with a fastest lap of 16.895. The Xray driver is using Juraj Hudy’s T3 chassis’ this weekend, the Xray owner absent from Poland as he is flying to American tomorrow to get race mileage on the company’s up coming 1:8 electric buggy. Kunak said they have now found a good base setting for the huge track here in the Arena Ursynow but plans some small changes to try make the car a little easier to drive.
Setting the third fastest time was Jan Gehrig who is enjoying somewhat of an arrive and drive weekend thanks to David Ehrbar. Making the A-Main here last year, the German is using one of Ehrbar’s old T3 chassis’ with the Czech Grand Prix winner also doing the set-up on the car. Gehrig said the car feels really good and said he has been told by the boss that no changes will be made for the second qualifier and that an improved time needs to come from his driving.
Pro Stock ace Tommy Bergfeldt ended up fifth, behind Germany’s Henrik Heitsch, after he got t-boned while running a Top 3 pace. The incident cost him 7 seconds but the Swede said this aside he was pleased with both the car and his driving and plans no changes for the next round. Czech ETS race winner Daniel Wohlgemuth got caught out by the increased traction, rolling his Hot Bodies twice and ending up only 6th fastest. The German plans to glue up the side walls of his front tyres for Q2.
Pro Stock results after round 1
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 18 5:13.375
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 18 5:16.872
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 17 5:01.883
4. Heitsch Henrik (DE) – 17 5:03.097
5. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 17 5:03.923
6. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 17 5:05.048
7. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 17 5:06.119
8. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 17 5:07.338
9. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 17 5:09.290
10.Klöckner René (DE) – 17 5:09.699
Full results can be found here.
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Saturday, March 6, 2010
