Prümper heads Yokomo 1-2 in Q3
Former ETS race winner Yannic Prümper has TQ’d the third & penultimate round of qualifying at Apeldoorn setting the fastest time by 3/10th of a second over Yokomo team-mate Cyril N’diaye who in turn was a tenth quicker than Tamiya’s Jilles Groskamp in third.
Feeling his Speed Passion powered Yokomo ‘lacked something’ after he set the fourth fastest time in yesterday’s opening qualifier Prümper switched to a different car this morning for Q2 but could only manage one lap before stripping a spur gear. Sticking with the softer BD5 chassis the switch was to prove fruitful for the German teenager as he took maximum points, putting him into contention for overall TQ honours going into the final qualifying round this afternoon.
French ace N’diaye, who has been really impressive here in the Netherlands on his first ETS appearance with Team Yokomo, adjusted the Ackerman and changed additive for Q3 which made the car just that little bit nicer to drive allowing him to swap position at the top of the timing screens with Prümper. Planning to run new tyres in the final heat, should the rain not return before then, the former National Champion will be one to watch in the final dash for overall TQ honours.
Setting the fastest lap for the round with a 15.699, Groskamp felt he handed the run to the Yokomo pairing when he spun out on his second lap. Before the race the two time former ETS champion’s batteries were found to be too high in voltage and this delayed the Q1 pace setter meaning he could only manage a single warm-up lap something he contributed to his spin. Having switched to a Speed 6 body for the run he will stick with it for Q4 but will revert some small droop adjustment back to that used in Q2.
The only drivers with wins to their names this season Ronald Volker and Juho Levanen set the fourth and sixth fastest times with Kyosho’s Cristopher Krapp separating them in fifth. Q2 top qualifier Marc Rheinard, who is set to lose his title to Volker at the end of the 2010/11 season, failed to finish the heat after the geardiff in his Tamiya broke.
In the Xray Pro Stock class John Bruins, who hails from Haarlem the same Dutch city where Red RC has its headquarters, managed to deny Martin Hofer from wrapping up the TQ honours as he set both a new fastest 5-minute run and fastest lap for the Speed Passion speedo & motor controlled class. The winner of last year’s Dutch ETS race Oliver Franke put in his best run to take third ahead of fellow Hot Bodies driver Daniel Wohlgemuth.
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