Vd Berg tops Mod practice times
Controlled practice has come to a close here in Holland for the 3rd round of the ETS and its the locals that are showing the way with Hugo van den Berg recording the fastest lap, with a time of 16.27. Vd Berg, driving an Xray T2 ‘008 heads his National rival Bart Wubben, the Dutch Champion managing a 16.36 lap. Jilles Groskamp is third fastest on lap times with 16.52 but the Round 2 winner and track record holder is confident he can achieve a very low 16 second lap in the morning’s two controlled free practices.
Marc Rheinard, winner of the recent LRP Masters, didn’t run a transponder today but the German says his biggest issue is run time. The former World Champion isn’t making a full 5 minute run around the high speed MACH track and says this might be a problem for him this weekend. DHI Cup Champion Vicktor Wilck looked to be running fast with his Speed Passion powered Tamiya but he too is also marginal on a run time.
In Pro Stock Ronald Bestman out did his team-mate Jimmy Maddison to post a best time of 18.41. Local racer Bestman has been testing his Schumacher here all week and has been using the wonders of the internet to perfect his car. Using the track’s four webcams he was able to take set-up advice from Maddison who was watching the car from back in the UK! With the two physically at the track today they have further fine tuned the set-up of their Mi3 with good results.
ETS Pro Stock Round 2 winner Nicolai Nielsen appears to be short on pace but the Danish driver says his Serpent s400 feels really good. He can’t pin point where he is losing the time but feels that come race day he should be OK and in the main mix.
Drivers will have two further opportunities in the morning to fine tune their cars, and for some improve run time, before the first of five rounds of qualifying gets underway at 11:30.
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