Wilck tops second qualifier
After posting only the seventh fastest time in the opening qualifier here in Hungary, ETS championship leader Viktor Wilck has bounced back to top Q2 with a new fastest run of 24L/5:05.938. The Tamiya/Speedpassion driver swapped times with his team-mate Marc Rheinard throughout the 5-minutes but three laps from the end the German lost over 4-seconds when he made a mistake and was hit by the two following cars. Behind the Tamiya pairing Ronald Volker took his LRP powered Yokomo BD5 to third, unable to better his Q1 TQ run time.
Running no anti-drive on his TRF416X and gluing the sidewalls of the controlled Xenon tyres for the second round of heats, Wilck described his run as much better and ‘almost clean’ with one small mistake half way through costing him around 2-seconds. Rheinard said both his driving and his car were a lot better this time round and this allowed him to push for a TQ run before his late mistake.
Elliot Harper was another who was on a potential TQ run but the World Finalist got taken out by Zdenek Hamak who was rejoining the track after an off. The incident cost Harper seven seconds but the Xray team driver still managed to take his Nosram powered T3 to fourth, just ahead of fellow countryman Andy Moore. The factory Hot Bodies driver made a ‘stupid’ mistake on lap three that cost him four seconds but did a ‘ridiculous’ repeat of it next time round loosing another four seconds. Once into his groove however Moore laid down some quick times and overall feels he is making progress with the set-up on the Team Orion powered Cyclone.
Czech Grand Prix winner David Ehrbar completed the Top 6 after making major changes to the set-up on his Xray T3. Happy with his run, the German privateer was more enthusiastic about his super fast 12.391 lap time, the fastest we have seen yet here at the Dabas-Diego Sports Centre. Ehrbar who runs a GM speedo and Speedpassion motor, said he will leave the car identical for the final run of the day.
Elsewhere Chris Grainger who was sixth in Q1 had a DNF after making a mistake that knocked a steering link off his Schumacher. The British Champion said the car was really good but he got carried away and caught a corner dot which sent the Mi4 into a major roll ending his run.
In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker managed to stay within the track bounds to TQ the round ahead of Q1 pace setter Gabor Forrai. Stocker described the run as ‘easy’ with his Hot Bodies producing the first and, so far, only 23 lap time. Running a Serpent S400 Cristian Faur set an impressive time to go third fastest with Polish driver Blazej Orlowski fourth ahead of defending champion Balint Rajki.
Modified top 6 standings after round 2
1. Völker Ronald (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 307pts
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion – 303pts
3. Harper Elliott (GB) – Xray/Nosram – 303pts
4. Moore Andy (GB) – Hot Bodies/Team Orion – 301pts
5. Leino Teemu (FI) – Xray/Team Orion298pts
6. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray/LRP – 297pts
Pro Stock top 6 standings after round 2
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies – 308pts
2. Forrai Gabor (HU) – Tamiya – 308pts
3. Faur Cristian (RO) – Serpent – 301pts
4. Rajki Balint (HU) – Hot Bodies – 301pts
5. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray – 299pts
6. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – Tamiya – 297pts
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