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
Full results can be found here.
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