Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1
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Volker Top Qualifier in Austria
Ronald Volker’s domination of the 2010/11 Yokomo Euro Touring Series doesn’t look under any serious threat after the German ace secured his third straight overall TQ honours in as many races. Having set the pace in Q2 & 3, the Team Yokomo lead driver secured pole for tomorrow’s triple A-Mains by topping the final qualifier from young team-mate Yannic Prumper who will start 4th on the grid. Volker ran a narrower suspension setting on the front of his LRP powered BD5 in the hope of getting more steering and although he ran his best five minute run of the weekend said the changes didn’t give the desired effect. Aiming for a hat trick of ETS wins tomorrow Volker thinks the first final could be interesting as drivers use their second set of allocated tyres in particular Andy Moore. In the opening round of qualifying when everyone had fresh rubber Moore’s Hot Bodies TCX TQ’d with a time that stood the rest of qualifying.
Moore, who didn’t make the cut in the Czech Republic, is himself confident about his chances for the opening leg of the A-Main. Not so happy with his driving in Q4 after making too many small mistakes, he was pleased with changes made to the front suspension which should be even more evident on new tyres.
For the first time in the four year history of the ETS there will only be one Tamiya in the final. The TRF squad have struggled from the off to get a set-up for the asphalt track here in St.Polten. Their star driver Marc Rheinard lines up third but needs to pull something really special off if he is to get that important win he needs to have any chance of retaining his ETS crown. So far the World Champion has been no match for Volker but as he has shown in the past he has the ability to dig deep and pull off something special when the pressure is on.
17-year-old Prumper was very upbeat about the finals after his impressive run in the last heat during which he set the fastest lap of the weekend. Help from Volker with doing his tyre prep transformed the previous ETS race winner’s Yokomo and he has his sights set on making the podium tomorrow.
Ivan Laptev’s pit table is probably the most visited one in the hall and justifiably so as the Russian has put the unique Awesomatix in to both the Modified and Pro-Stock finals. A regular finalist in Pro-Stock this is his first time to make an ETS Modified final, lining up an impressive 5th. Having used his second set of tyres in Q3 when he was third fastest, Laptev will be at a disadvantage in the first A-Main but said his aim is to just get a good start and go from there. In Pro Stock he starts third but is confident the advantage he gains over other cars when on new tyres should give him a chance to challenge for the win.
David Erhbar lines up sixth and best of the Xray drivers with Martin Hudy 9th. Hudy ran a safe last qualifier to ensure he made the A-Main but plans to try the same set-up Ehrbar is using on the T3’11. After a promising start to the event Team Associated factory drivers Juho Levanen and Keven Herbert will start 7th and 8th respectively leaving them a bit of work to do if they are to give the TC6 its first podium. Having put in some impressive lap times Czech driver Michal Bok is the 10th qualifier making Yokomo the best represented brand in the A-Main.
In Pro Stock Martin Hofer got his new Schumacher contract off to the perfect start by claiming the British manufacturer’s first TQ honours in the ETS. Trying a different set-up on the rear of his Mi4CX in the last qualifier the German set the second fastest time behind a very much improved Tony Streit. Hofer will revert to his Q3 set-up for the finals and is very confident about his chances tomorrow as he chases his first ever ETS victory and the lead in the standings. Streit put his new found pace down to Xray boss Juraj Hudy who spent time showing him the best way to ensure the accuracy of the set-up being put on the car. The 21-year-old German expects a very close final tomorrow between himself Hofer and Laptev who starts just behind him on the grid.
Xenon Modified A-Final Grid
1. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 310
2. Andy Moore (GB) – Hot Bodies/Moorespeed – 306
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 305
4. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Speed Passion – 304
5. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix/Speed Passion – 303
6. David Ehrbar (DE) – Xray/LRP – 302
7. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/Reedy – 299
8. Keven Herbert (CA) – Associated/Reedy – 298
9. Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 298
10.Michal Bok (CZ) – Yokomo/LRP – 295
Xray Pro-Stock A-Final Grid
1. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 310
2. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 308
3. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 308
4. Sandro Kuriger (CH) – Tamiya – 303
5. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 301
6. Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 301
7. Radek Flek (CZ) – Yokomo – 300
8. Michael Koch (DE) – Hot Bodies – 299
9. Philip Tschupp (CH) – TOP Racing – 296
10.Dai Sakaguchi (DE) – Tamiya – 295
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Video – Qualifying Heat 20 Rd3
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Moore tops opening qualifier in Austria
2006 World Champion Andy Moore has topped the opening qualifier for the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in St.Polten, Austria. The factory Hot Bodies driver recorded 19 laps in 5:05.010 and becomes only the third driver this season to post a TQ run beating championship leader Ronald Volker and defending champion Marc Rheinard who are the only other drivers to have achieved the feat. After a disappointing performance at Round 2 in the Czech Republic, Moore looked strong throughout practice on the indoor asphalt track and ends Day 1 of the event in the provisional pole. The British ace was pleased with his run but thinks there is more in the car as he struggled with the Moorespeed powered TCX at the start of the run, something he believes is down to his tyre prep as the car feels good by the end of the 5 minutes.
Volker, for whom this was only the second time in 11 rounds of qualifying that he has not posted a TQ run, said he knew having watched him in practice that Moore had a stronger car in the latter half the run and that it would be a close call. In the end the factory Yokomo driver, who has so far dominated the 2010/11 season, lost out by 4/10ths.
Having not really featured in practice Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard managed to pull off the third fastest time but the German is frustrated by his lack of pace finishing 1.4 seconds off Moore’s time. The three time World Champion said he can only get his Speed Passion powered TRF417 to work for the first three laps after which the car just wants to push. Rheinard said he has changed pretty much everything on the car but the same problem persists. It wasn’t a good first day for the TRF squad with Elliot Harper only managing the 16th fastest time and Viktor Wilck pulling up early after a mistake ended any chance of a competitive qualifier.
Juho Levanen got the better of his Team Associated team-mate Keven Hebert with the TC6s stopping the clock in the 4th and 5th fastest times respectively. Levaven said adjusting the rear toe made his car feel fast but that didn’t transfer into extra speed. Herbert regretted his descision not to change the set-up for Q1 feeling a drop in front shock oil would have prevented the front end pushing on.
Former ETS race winner Yannic Prumper completed the Top 6 followed by Team Yokomo team-mate Michal Bok who is driving really well here this weekend, the Czech driver setting a new fastest lap of 15.735 for the track.
In Pro-Stock it was a big day for Awesomatix as Ivan Laptev took a very popular TQ run. The Russian driver has been the talking point all day here mixing it with the best in the world with the unique A700 in both Pro-Stock and Modified. Running the set-up from his modified car on his Pro Stock chassis for Q1 he said it worked really well and he was delighted with the result for those involved in the exciting new Russian project. Having set the pace in practice Martin Hofer had a difficult qualifier with a number of rolls leaving his Schumacher only 14th fastest. German Xray driver Tony Streit set the second fastest time with Czech Yokomo driver Radek Flek completing the Top 3.
Xenon Modified Qualifying – Round 1 Top 10
1. Moore Andy (GB) – 19L 5:05.010 [Hot Bodies/Moorespeed]
2. Völker Ronald (DE) – 19L 5:05.429 [Yokomo/LRP]
3. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 19L 5:06.480 [Tamiya/Speed Passion]
4. Levanen Juho (FI) – 19L 5:07.667 [Associated/LRP]
5. Herbert Keven (CA) – 19L 5:08.760 [Associated/LRP]
6. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 19L 5:09.550 [Yokomo/Speed Passion]
7. Bok Michal (CZ) – 19L 5:10.291 [Yokomo/Speed Passion]
8. Ehrbar David (DE) – 19L 5:11.192 [Xray/Speed Passion]
9. Krapp Christopher (DE) – 19L 5:11.725 [Kyosho/Orion]
10.Hudy Martin (SK) – 19L 5:12.178 [Xray/LRP]
Xray Pro Stock Qualifying – Round 1 Top 10
1. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 18L 5:02.927 [Awesomatix]
2. Streit Tony (DE) – 18L 5:05.245 [Xray]
3. Flek Radek (CZ) – 18L 5:06.257 [Yokomo]
4. Kaufmann Marco (DE) – 18L 5:06.797 [Xray]
5. Koch Michael (DE) – 18L 5:11.301 [Hot Bodies]
6. Kuriger Sandro (CH) – 18L 5:11.875 [Tamiya]
7. Tschupp Philip (CH) – 18L 5:12.386 [TOP]
8. Klöckner Rene (DE) – 18L 5:13.086 [Tamiya]
9. Stangl Toni (AT) – 18L 5:13.150 [Tamiya]
10.Stutz Beni (CH) – 18L 5:13.422 [Tamiya]
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Video – Česká Televize feature from Hrotovice
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During the second round of the ETS last month in Hrotovice public television station Česká Televize filmed the extensive report embedded above, which was broadcast on its sports channel ČT4.
Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3
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