Another round for Wilck
Viktor Wilck has taken his second qualifier of the day after coming very close to becoming the first driver to break into the 19 laps here in Germany with 18 in 5:00.54. Running in the last group of drivers, the Swede seems to have the edge right now being the only driver to stop the clock in the 16 second bracket for every one one of his laps. Recording the fastest lap of the weekend with a 16.49, Wilck said conditions may have played in his favour as the previous group of drivers experienced very light rain at the start of their run. With the potential to claim overall Top Qualifier honours in the final run for today, a clean run should get the job done for the laid back Swede.
Having failed to feature strongly so far this weekend Steven Weiss appears to have made a breakthrough finishing second for the round despite a costly roll. A change of tyre additive has transformed his LRP powered Xray and now the winner of the recent German Nationals qualification race here feels he has the package to challenge for TQ in the penultimate heat.
Third was Jilles Groskamp who felt his pace was good enough for the TQ despite a mistake but it wasn’t to be as Wilck and Weiss both bettered the time in the following heat. Bringing Kyosho into the mix Christopher Krapp set a strong fourth fastest time with Marc Rheinard and Freddy Sudhoff completing the Top 6 on this occassion.
After a bad second qualifier things got worse for Ronald Volker. Going down the main straight on his opening lap his spur gear stripped meaning he had no brakes and his Yokomo made very heavy contact with the fence resulting quite a lot of damage. The German star who was runner up in this event last year hopes he can have the car rebuilt in time for his next outing.
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