Volker & Hofer win in Austria
Ronald Volker leaves the first ever Austrian ETS encounter with his 100% winning record still firmly intact collecting yet another Yokomo Euro Touring Series winning trophy. The Yokomo lead driver wrapped up his third victory of the 2010/11 Series with wins from pole in the opening two legs of the A-Main in St.Polten and was on target for a clean sweep until his pinion came undone in the last minute of third final while holding a comfortable lead. This left Andy Moore to take the leg and with it his first international podium finish for some time. Having struggled in Leg 2, the former World Champion did a complete set-up change on his Moorespeed powered Hot Bodies which improved the car’s steering considerably allowing him to fend off intense pressure from Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard who completed the podium for the series’ first ever Indoor asphalt event.
Yannic Prumper’s chances of joining team-mate Volker on the podium disappeared when on lap 3 the reinvigorated teenager caught a dot coming onto the straight sending the Moorespeed powered BD5 rolling off the track. A previous ETS race winner, Prumper still leaves Austria with his best result of the season finishing fourth overall.
The big story of the event was the impressive performance by Ivan Laptev and the Russian designed Awesomatix chassis. Finishing third in the final race of the day, Laptev took a very impressive 5th overall in both the Xenon Modified and the Xray Pro Stock classes. The achievements of the car’s unique design received a round of applause from onlookers when Rheinard drove a few laps with the car directly after the third A-main.
Juho Levanen completed the Top 6 for Team Associated with team-mate Keven Hebert finishing ninth on his ETS debut. The Canadian said he really enjoyed the quality of racing and the atmosphere of the event but hopes next time he can challenge for at least a podium finish.
In Pro Stock Martin Hofer got his new Schumacher deal off to the best possible start by taking his and the British manufacturer’s first Euro Touring Series victory. Starting from pole, the German backed up his Leg 2 win with a hard fought victory in the third to claim the top step on the podium ahead of Oliver Franke and Tony Streit.
Xenon Modified Overall Result
1. Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 2
2. Andy Moore (GB) – Hot Bodies/Moorespeed – 4
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 4
4. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 5
5. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix/Speed Passion – 7
6. Juho Levanen (FI)– Associated/Reedy – 8
7. Michal Bok (CZ) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 13
8. Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 14
9. Keven Herbert (CA) – Associated/Reedy – 14
10.David Ehrbar (DE) – Xray/Speed Passion – 18
Xray Pro Stock Overall Result
1. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 2
2. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 3
3. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 4
4. Radek Flek (CZ) – Yokomo – 6
5. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 7
6. Philip Tschupp (CH) – TOP – 11
7. Dai Sakaguchi – Tamiya – 11
8. Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 12
9. Sandro Kuriger (CH) – Tamiya – 18
10.Michael Koch (DE) – Hot Bodies – 18
Full results can be found here.
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