Pruemper takes pole in Poland
He has been quick all weekend but had trouble putting a clean run together however when it counted most 15-year-old Yannic Pruemper topped the final qualifier to secure overall pole here in Poland. With five drivers in with a chance of securing pole for this afternoon’s finals, the Tamiya Junior team driver took his Speed Passion powered TRF416 to the fastest 5 minute run of the 3rd round of the Much More backed Euro Touring Series. Up against some of the World’s greatest RC drivers and yesterday’s four qualification round winners Marc Rheinhard, Andy Moore, Jilles Groskamp and Teemu Leino, the young German held his nerve to set a time of 27 laps in 302.72 to claim his first international TQ honours.
The final qualifier was a very close fought affair with Pruemper clinching the top spot by just 5/100th of a second from two time World Champion Marc Rheinard who lines up 3rd on the grid for the triple A-Mains. Defending Champion Jilles Groskamp, who could only manage 10th on this occassion, will line up second on the grid making it a Tamiya lock out up front.
Xray/Team Orion factory driver Teemu Leino admitted to a driver error in the round but still managed the third fastest time to secure fourth on the grid for his T2 009. Starting behind the Finn will be former World Champion Andy Moore. The Hot Bodies factory driver saw his chances of the overall TQ honours disappear on the very first lap when he lost the rear of his car but the British ace recovered to take fourth for the round.
The second half of the grid will be made up of Steven Weiss of Germany from fellow LRP/Xray driver Bart Wubben with 1:12 European Champion Hupo Honigl lining up eight. US Champion Paul Lemieux and top Czech racer Michal Bok bring up the rear of the grid.
In Pro Stock, Tamiya driver Daniel Wohlgemuth gave his all in the final qualifier winning the round from Meik Niemann, who rolled his Xray while leading, but it was the latter who takes the overall TQ honours. Wohlgemuth who won three of the five qualifiers could not match the faster time set by Niemann in the penultimate round. Making it four different brands of cars at the front of the grid 4 is Corally driver Dominik Reschke who starts third and ETS Round 2 winner Balint Rajki with his Hot Bodies.
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