Volker fastest in CP1 at ETS season opener
The first of two rounds of controlled practice are complete here in Vienna and in the Modified class it is Ronald Volker, running the all new Yokomo BD9, who was quickest over 3 laps ahead of Bruno Coelho, Freddy Sudhoff and Yannic Prumper. The German driver said that he continued to switch cars between practice runs and has now settled on the car with the standard rear suspension having also tried the RTC system. Feeling ‘very comfortable with the balance and corner speed’, he plans to only make minor changes going forward in order to improve the car in mid corner.
With times that close it will be for sure interesting.”
Bruno Coelho
Reigning ETS Champion Bruno Coelho was 2nd fastest, less than 100th of a second behind, enjoying a ‘very clean round’. Pointing out that the times are very close at the front, the top 14 covered by 1 second, the Xray driver said ‘with times that close it will be for sure interesting’.
Awesomatix team driver Freddy Sudhoff declared his CP1 run a ‘decent start for the weekend’ with the ‘car already good from the first run. Aiming to now only fine tune his setup he said the most important thing here ‘is to be consistent because of the layout, a simple crash could lose you a lot of time’.
Practice is one thing, qualifiers are always a bit different.”
Simon Lauter
In the Xray Pro Stock class, new Awesomatix signing Simon Lauter was happy with his first timed practice run, saying ‘pretty good, lap times fast. Its the same for 4 minutes no problem’. The German was nearly 3 tenths ahead of reigning class champion Jan Ratheisky in 2nd with Max Machler, Tim Benson and Frederik Mikkelsen completing the top 5 for the round.
In the Scorpion Formula class Andreas Stiebler, running the Hawx F1 car, topped the times with Jan Ratheisky again 2nd, with fellow Xray driver Matej Dobnikar in 3rd. Running a Carisma chassis, British driver Ben Cosgrove made a welcome return to the ETS putting in the 4th fastest time in front of Max Weffers, Simon Lauter and Jacques Libar.
The Infinity 40+ Masters class saw former Pro Stock Champion Alexander Stocker top the timesheet by over a second from Marcus Askell in 2nd and Mirco Thallheimer, Lasse Ilvessalo and current Champion Thomas Oehler completing the top 5. In the new for 2018/19 Yokomo Stock class Daniel Pöhlmann, driving an Awesomatix is the man to beat edging out Kevin Sparbier and Krystian Kopacki in CP1.
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