Levanen TQs final qualifier
Juho Levanen ended Day 2 of the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series on a high as he set the fastest five minute run of the Polish event to TQ the final qualifier ahead of overall Top Qualifier Ronald Volker. The run sees the factory Team Associated driver line-up second on the grid for tomorrow’s triple A-Mains. Having left the set-up on his TC6 the same as Q3, the Finn said the extra speed came from him driving it better. Delighted to outpace Volker, a driver Levanen himself said ‘you dont beat too often’, he said the margin could have been larger but with about 30-seconds to run his car started to struggle to turn left, the cause of which he has been unable to identify. His best ever ETS starting position, the winner of the series’ first ever event says he is really looking forward to putting in a strong challenge for win number 2 tomorrow.
Having secured the overall TQ honours by topping the opening three qualifiers Volker said his car was very inconsistent for the first half of the heat but then started to work reall well. Asked if he expects a close race considering he has dominated the first three rounds of the 2010/11 Series the German ace said it is very close between the top 4 qualifiers and he is taking nothing for granted.
Despite the absence of his TRF team-mates, who are racing electric off road in the US this weekend, Elliot Harper is another to secure his best ETS start position. Setting the third fastest time in the final run of the day his Tamiya TRF417 will line up third.
Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg suffered a radio glitch in Q4 which resulted in his slowest run of the day and the man who set the pace in yesterday’s practice lines up a lower than anticipated fourth. Behind Hagberg on the grid is Yannic Prumper who pulled up early in the final qualifier. Setting the fastest lap for Q4, which was just 1/1000th off the best lap of the weekend set by Volker, Hot Bodies’ Andy Moore will start sixth on the grid.
In Pro Stock Ivan Laptev gave the new Russian Awesomatix its first international race accolade by securing TQ honours ahead of ETS Round 3 winner Martin Hofer. Laptev took the uniquely designed shaft driven car to a third TQ run of the day. Changing from a Mazda Speed 6 shell to an LTC-R he topped Q4 with the best time of the day with Zdenko Kunak second fastest. Driving an Xray, Slovakian Kunak will line up third on the grid tomorrow behind Hofer and in front of Oliver Franke who in Austria finished second from fifth on the grid.
Xenon Modified A-Final Grid
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 310
2. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 308
3. Elliot Harper (GB) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 305
4. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP – 304
5. Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 304
6. Andy Moore (GB) – Hot Bodies/Moore Speed – 303
7. Magnus Vassmar (SE) – Xray/Nosram – 297
8. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray/LRP – 296
9. Rene Klöckner (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 295
10.Thomas Mirke (DE) – Xray/LRP – 293
Xray Pro-Stock A-Final Grid
1. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 310
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 309
3. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 307
4 Oliver Franke – (DE) – Hot Bodies – 304
5. René Klöckner – (DE) – Tamiya – 304
6. Vasco Christiaanse (NL) – Kyosho – 304
7. Sandro Kuriger (CH) – Tamiya – 300
8. John Bruins (NL) – Tamiya – 298
9. Philip Tschupp (CH) – TOP – 297
10.Beni Stutz (CH) – Tamiya – 293
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