Cold start to Day 2
Its been a very cold start to Day 2 of the Dutch leg of the Much More backed European Touring Series with the first of two controlled practice runs now complete with Robert Bestman and Jilles Groskamp setting the pace over the 5 minute run.
Bestman continued were he left off yesterday and was again pleased with his Pro Stock Schumacher Mi3, posting a 16 lap run in 5:11.89 despite the very cold track conditions. His team-mate Jimmy Maddison didn’t make the first practice because he was rebuilding his car to the same spec as that of Bestman. Having switched to his race motor this morning, ETS Round 2 winner Nicolai Nielsen pulled up early as he struggled with a lack of top end speed in his Serpent S400. The Danish driver is at a loss as to know what is causing this. Kyosho driver Vasco Christiaanse posted the second fastest run with ETS Pro Stock Series points leader Jan Van Steeg next up at the controls of his TOP Scythe.
In Mod the general comment from the drivers is ‘its too cold’ but making the most of the conditions is Jilles Groskamp. The Tamiya driver says traction is good but due to how cold it is the batteries are down on power. His team-mates Marc Rheinard and Victor Wilck once again ran no transponders with Wilck commenting after the run that his car was ‘so, so’. Rob Janssen, an A finalist in Denmark, looked good this morning and posted the second fastest run with his Serpent S400 with a run that was 4.8 seconds off that of Groskamp’s 18 laps in 5m 3.16. Third fastest was the S400’s designer Rene Cornella.
Bart Wubben, who together with Cornella and Janssen should provide the main Serpent challenge here at their home track, had an eventful morning. On his way to the track he got caught up in traffic causing him to arrive just before his run and with no batteries charged he was forced to borrow a set but after one lap of practice he pulled up with a total lack of power!
Drivers have one more free practice session before we get down to the serious business of qualifying.
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