Euro Touring Series

November 29, 2009

Volker & Yokomo claim first ETS pole

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker will start on pole for Round 2 of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series after producing a blistering run in the final qualifier here in Budapest, Hungary. The German became the only driver to make 25 laps with a time of 5:12.338 and set a new fastest lap for the event taking his Yokomo BD5 around the large carpet track in 12.265. The new speed came thanks to Yokomo’s own R&D man Yukijiro Umino who, having tried a new set-up on his own car in Pro Stock, then transferred it to his team driver’s car. Volker said the changes made the car feel slower than in the previous rounds but it was a lot more stable allowing him get the time in. Having TQ’d the opening round of qualifying the result gives the recently crowned Japanese National Champion both his and Yokomo’s first ETS TQ honours.

Yannic Prumper

Second fastest in Q4 was Yannic Prumper who pulled out a great drive to lift himself onto the back of the grid at the expense of Team Associated’s Juho Levanen who takes the unenviable BQ honours. Having struggled with traction roll throughout qualifying, Prumper ran Marc Rheinard’s T car, his race chassis from the European Championship in Luxembourg, and was finally able to complete his first clean run. The protege of Toni Rheinard, the young German will now revert back to his own TRF416 which Toni has fully rebuilt this morning and now features the belts moved to the opposite side of the chassis.

Martin Hudy set the third fastest time after opting for a safe set-up on his Xray T3. The Slovak driver who finished on the podium here last year, said the car had a lot of push but it was stable and this allowed him to drive a clean run and record his fastest time. Starting from 7th on the grid, Hudy will revert to his earlier on edge set-up for the first of the three A-Mains.

Fastest Heat

For the Tamiya Racing Factory pairing of Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck, both of whom were in contention for the overall TQ honours, Q4 didn’t go to plan. Rheinard pulled up early to save his tyres for the finals when a mistake cost him any hope of topping the round while Wilck broke his car with a spectacular roll that saw him clear half the track. Rheinard will start from second on the grid followed by Wilck, with Teemu Leino securing fourth position ahead of Xray team-mate Elliot Harper. 2006 World Champion Andy Moore, who found himself on the back of the B-Main grid in Kastellaun, completes the Top 6 on the grid for Hot Bodies.

Yukijiro Umino

In Pro Stock Japan’s Yukijiro Umino TQ’d the final qualifier but Alexander Stocker had done enough yesterday to secure his second consecutive ETS TQ honours. Umino, who says he is really enjoying his first ETS outing, will line up 3rd on the grid with his Yokomo behind local driver Gabor Forrai and is pretty confident he can challenge for the win. Having TQ’d the first round of qualifying, Forrai hopes he can finish on the podium but said his main focus is finishing first of the local drivers as this race is a counting round of the Hungarian National Championship.

Modified A-main grid
1. Völker Ronald (DE) – Yokomo/LRP
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
3. Wilck Viktor (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
4. Leino Teemu (FI) – Xray/Team Orion
5. Harper Elliott (GB) – Xray/Nosram
6. Moore Andy (GB) – Hot Bodies/Team Orion
7. Hudy Martin (SK) – Xray/LRP
8. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray/LRP
9. Lein Sebastian (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
10. Prümper Yannic (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion

Pro Stock A-main grid
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies
2. Forrai Gabor (HU) – Tamiya
3. Umino Yukijiro (JP) – Yokomo
4. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray
5. Faur Cristian (RO) – Serpent
6. Miko Peter (HU) – Hot Bodies
7. Rajki Balint (HU) – Hot Bodies
8. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – Tamiya
9. Juhász Viktor (HU) – Losi
10. Ashton Chris (GB) – Schumacher

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November 28, 2009

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.

Wilck tops second qualifier

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.

David Ehrbar

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.

Alexander Stocker

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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November 28, 2009

Volker takes opening qualifier

Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying here in Budapest where the Top 4 drivers were separated by just 1.7 seconds. The German ace, who opted to run the prototype LiPo chassis BD5, said he wasn’t the fastest on track but keeping the run clean had given him the valuable maximum points for the round as he topped the time sheets by 2/10ths from Xray’s Teemu Leino. Leino reported his T3 as having a little push but was OK with second, having also taken a cautious approach to his driving.

Elliot Harper was on for a potential TQ run but said he over did things and rolled himself off the track. The quick British racer will try softer shocks for the next round but overall was happy to open his account with a Top 3 time. The only other driver to make a 24-lap run, Andy Moore was upbeat after kicking off qualifying with the fourth fastest time. The former World Champion said his Hot Bodies Cyclone was working much better now than in Kastellaun.

Zdenko Kunak

Young Slovak driver Zdenko Kunak took his Xray to an impressive fifth fastest ahead of Chris Grainger’s Schumacher. Grainger said his Mi4LP was really hard work for the first three laps but then suddenly felt good, something he has put down to a lack of warm-up laps and the length of time he is applying tyre additive for. Championship leader Viktor Wilck could only manage the seventh fastest time. The Swede said his Tamiya TRF416X was good at the beginning of the run but then developed bad traction roll causing him to go over a number of times. Associated’s Juho Levanen was unhappy with his first run ending up only 8th fastest followed by Xray’s Martin Hudy and Martin Hofer who made it two Yokomo’s in the Top 10. For current World Champion Marc Rheinard it was a disastrous start as he ended up 21st but the German did set the fastest lap with a 12.425. The factory Tamiya/Speedpassion driver said his car was good but trying to drive carefully resulted in him making many mistakes.

Gabor Forrai

In Pro Stock, local driver Gabor Forrai topped the times with his Tamiya from former champion & Kastellaun winner Alexander Stocker. Stocker was on for a TQ run but as he put it himself ‘decided to go to tech inspection early’, referring to his costly 5 second off that saw his Hot Bodies end up under the table in the technical inspection area. Fast in Modified, it was also a productive first round of qualifying for Kunak in Pro Stock as he posted the third fastest time.

For defending champion Balint Raijki the round only netted the fourth fastest time after he rolled his Hot Bodies a number of times. The Hungarian says he needs to drive more carefully and is confident he can better his good friend Forrai in the next run. Japan’s Yukijiro Umino, making his ETS debut, took his Yokomo to fifth with Romania’s Cristian Faur completing the Top 6.

Modified top 6 after Round 1
1. Völker Ronald (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 24 5:09.311
2. Leino Teemu (FI) – Xray/Team Orion – 24 5:09.584
3. Harper Elliott (GB) – Xray/Nosram – 24 5:10.749
4. Moore Andy (GB) – Hot Bodies/Team Orion – 24 5:11.073
5. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray/LRP – 23 5:00.221
6. Grainger Chris (GB) – Schumacher/GM – 23 5:00.571

Pro Stock top 6 after Round 1
1. Forrai Gabor (HU) – Tamiya – 22 5:01.227
2. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies – 22 5:03.521
3. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray – 22 5:03.943
4. Rajki Balint (HU) – Hot Bodies – 22 5:04.404
5. Umino Yukijiro (JP) – Yokomo – 22 5:04.479
6. Faur Cristian (RO) – Serpent – 22 5:07.197

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November 28, 2009

Drivers settle-in in Budapest

Budapest Track

It was an early start for drivers competing in the second of the Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with the bus leaving the official event hotel at 06:55. Containing some of the best touring car drivers in the world it was a rather quiet trip in the 70-seater double deck coach especially within the Schumacher team who got only 3.5 hours sleep after their flight was delayed 2 hours resulting in them getting to the hotel at 02:30 this morning.

Yukijiro Umino

The only 2-day event on the 2009/10 calendar, today opened with three rounds of practice for the 160 competitors from 16 Nations which includes Japanese driver Yukijiro Umino. The former Japanese National Champion, who works in the R&D department of Yokomo, is here as part of the team supporting German ace Ronald Volker but is also competing in Pro Stock and he looked very fast in practice.

Viktor Wilck

The winner of the opening race at Kastellaun, championship leader Viktor Wilck is having his first run with the latest Tamiya touring car offering the TRF416X. The Swede said the new car feels good on the high speed track but in the second practice christened the new chassis with its first big crash when he collected the stranded Hot Bodies of Andy Moore whose battery pack had fallen out. Moore missed the majority of the run and said he is yet to find out if he has solved the problem that saw him struggle in Germany.

Runner up at the first round Volker said he is feeling very confident ahead of qualifying and says he likes the fast flowing track that the host club have built. The German ran two cars in each of the practice runs as he back to back tested a new LiPo chassis for the BD5 that the engineers from Yokomo have brought over from Japan.

Juho Levanen is without Associated team-mate Christer Andersson who was a last minute withdrawal from the entry but the Finn is pleased with how his TC5R went this morning. The former European Champion likes the track layout a lot more than that of Kastellaun is hoping he can at least make the podium tomorrow evening.

One team that was on the podium here in Hungary last year was Xray and all three of their drivers are happy with how the T3 chassis went in practice. Martin Hudy, who finished 3rd here last time, said the track feels nice to drive and he is hopeful of running some good times in qualifying. Teemu Leino echoed his comments and welcomed the fast track design saying it added variety to the series. Elliot Harper who is competing in only his second ETS event described the track as ‘completely different’ but the Englishman is happy with his intial set-up.

Chris Grainger

Despite the lack of sleep last night the Schumacher team, who are making their ETS debut here, are happy with how the practice went. Team leader Chris Grainger, who has won an impressive 5 British National titles on tarmac, is not a big fan of carpet racing but was complimentary of the venue and track. Running the new Mi4LP he said it was working well but was a little worried about the grip levels coming up as the car already creates a lot of mechanic grip. Chris Ashton is carrying the British manufacturers hopes in the Pro Stock class.

So with practice complete it is now down to the serious business of qualifying with 3 of the four rounds, 2 of which count, making up the rest of today’s schedule.

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October 18, 2009

Wilck & Stocker rule ETS opener

It was a full house of wins for both Viktor Wilck and Alexander Stocker in Germany as the duo topped of the perfect weekend with victory in the third Leg of their respective A-Mains. Having already wrapped up overall victory for the opening round of the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series with victory in legs 1 & 2 earlier in the day, the two Top Qualifiers didn’t back off for the closing race of the three day Kastellaun meeting, putting in yet another dominant performance.

Wilck & Stocker rule ETS opener

Wilck was handed an extra advantage, as if he needed it, just before the start of the third A-Main when Marc Rheinard’s car completely shut down on the warm up laps. Despite the best efforts of his brother Toni, the World Champion was forced to sit out the race with the problem which they still haven’t sourced. With Rheinard, the only driver expected to challenge Wilck, out the Top Qualifier was easily able to cruise to another win. Behind him the big battle was for second. Associated’s Juho Levanen held the position early on but made a mistake. This looked to have cost the Finnish ace an overall podium placing but later in the race his car would slow when his rear diff started to slip. In the end the 2007 Kastellaun winner finished fifth to claim 4th overall.

This left young Yannic Prumper and Ronald Volker to battle it out for second. Despite the best efforts of Volker, whose BD5 was transformed for Leg 2 & 3 following a switch to the standard chassis, the 16-year-old held on for second. Volker was delighted with third as it gave him second overall, something the soft spoken German never expected at the end of a very difficult qualifying. With no result in Leg 3 Rheinard’s second and third in the earlier Legs helped him claim the final step of the podium.

Pro Stock podium

While Wilck claimed his first ever ETS victory today, Stocker clocked up a very impressive third consecutive Kastellaun win with the Hot Bodies driver having been on the top step of the podium since the first ever Euro Touring Series race here in 2007. Second overall in Pro-Stock went to Yokomo’s Martin Hofer who was the only man to top Stocker in qualifying while ETS Vice Champion Daniel Wohlgemuth claimed the final spot on the podium despite a terrible 3rd A-Main.

So the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series has gotten off to a very successful start with over 200 drivers from 17 countries enjoying the first round. Drivers have six weeks to prepare for the next encounter as Round 2 of the six race series takes drivers to the beautiful city of Budapest in Hungary where last year we experienced one of champion elect Jilles Groskamp’s greatest passing maneuver. A 2-day event, we can expect both Wilck and Stocker, who made winning look easy today, to have to work a little harder.

Modified top 10 results
1. Wilck Viktor – 3:1, 1:1 [2:1]
2. Völker Ronald – 2:2, 3:3 [1:4]
3. Rheinard Marc – 1:2, 2:3 [3:10]
4. Prümper Yannic – 3:2, 2:4 [1:5]
5. Levanen Juho – 1:3, 3:5 [2:5]
6. Hagberg Alexander – 3:4, 2:8 [1:8]
7. Leino Teemu – 3:6, 2:7 [1:10]
8. Harper Elliott – 1:6, 3:7 [2:9]
9. Wischnewski Dirk – 2:6, 1:9 [3:9]
10.Fleischmann Dominik – 1:7, 3:8 [2:10]

Pro Stock top 10 results
1. Stocker Alexander – 3:1, 2:1 [1:1]
2. Hofer Martin – 3:2, 1:2 [2:10]
3. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 2:2, 1:3 [3:6]
4. Lang Matthias – 3:3, 2:3 [1:5]
5. Treder Mike – 3:4, 2:5 [1:6]
6. Laptev Ivan – 1:4, 2:8 [3:8]
7. Kunák Zdenko – 3:5, 2:7 [1:8]
8. Bucher Fabian – 2:6, 3:7 [1:9]
9. Jansen Stefan – 2:4, 3:10 [1:10]
10.Bergfeldt Tommy – 1:7, 3:9 [2:9]

Full results can be found here.

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October 18, 2009

Wilck finally claims first Euro Touring Series win

He’s been a regular podium finisher but today Viktor Wilck finally claimed his first ETS win after claiming another victory in the second Leg of the A-Main here in Kastellaun, Germany. Having dominated the opening leg, the Top Qualifier once again made it look easy but the Swede did have a scare at the first corner. Starting the 2009/10 season opener from pole he got his Speedpassion powered Tamiya up on two wheels but once back on the ground he was able to pull clear when a mistake ended an early challenge from young team-mate Yannic Prumper.

Ronald Volker

Having finally found a good set-up for his Yokomo BD5 Ronald Volker was looking a lot happier after a great drive to second. Having endured a tough qualifying that resulted in him lining up 7th on the grid, the former European Champion now has good corner speed which has put him right on the pace of the Tamiya team. Laying down a new fastest lap for the finals the new found speed has come too late for the German to take the overall win but he has now set his sights firmly on a podium placing.

Forced to lift at the first corner to avoid hotting Wilck went he got up on two wheels, Rheinard’s race didnt go to planned. Dropping into the pack the 2008 Kastellaun winner suffered a crash when he contacted with another car causing the body to tuck under, sending his Tamiya careering off the track. Rejoining down the field and with his chassis tweaked following the heavy contact, the German worked his way back to third as others made mistakes. After his early stint at the front Prumper eventually took fourth ahead of Juho Levanen. Levanen was third in the opening leg but thought more steering would allow him to close the gap to the Tamiya’s, it was the wrong choice and the Associated driver had to battle with traction roll. Dirk Wischnewski completed the Top 6 with his Xray.

Alexander Stocker

In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker claimed his third consecutive Kastellaun victory with another great display of driving in A-Main Leg 2. The Hot Bodies driver finished a massive 6 seconds ahead of the Xray’s of Daniel Wohlgemuth and Matthias Lang. Interestingly for the second time current DHI Cup Champion Tommy Bergfeldt set the fastest lap with his Advanced Electronics equipped Hot Bodies Cyclone, but the Swede failed to finish.

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October 18, 2009

Wilck and Stocker cruise to Leg 1 victory

Top Qualifiers Viktor Wilck and Alexander Stocker both cruised to easy victories in Leg 1 of their respective A-Mains here in Germany at the opening round of the 2009/10 ETS. In Modified Wilck said the race was a little easier than expected as the challenge from Tamiya team-mate Marc Rheinard failed to materialise. The Swede said it was more difficult than it looked to the large crowd of onlookers and he expects Marc to be back to the pace he showed in Q5 for Leg 2. Both drivers ran the same set-up, however Rheinard said his TRF416X was just too slow. Only changing the rear diff since qualifying the German said the car lacked corner speed and he is unsure what to do as the diff feels good.

Juho Levanen

‘Driving for third place now’ was how Juho Levanen summed up the race after he held off the challenge of Ronald Volker to take third. The Finnish ace was unable to stick with the Tamiyas and a few mistake meant he fell back into the clutches of the chasing pack. The former two time European Champion feels his pace is in between the Tamiya team and the rest of the field and only mistakes by Wilck or Rheinard will allow him to finish higher. Volker was very pleased with 4th having started 7th but said he needs to find a better set-up on his LRP powered Yokomo BD5. Having started 4th, Yannic Prumper’s race got off to a terrible start as he tangled at the first corner and dropped to the back but the youngster made a good recovery to finish 5th.

Changes to the set-up on his new Xray T3 chassis got rid of the traction roll but left Elliot Harper with severe understeer. This meant the young Englishman, who was at one stage challenging for third, couldn’t race with the pack and he dropped back down the order to finish where he started in 6th spot. Alexander Hagberg was the fastest man on the track setting a lap time of 11.377 but he only managed a disappointing 8th. The only retirement of the race was Teemu Leino who went out with a broken front drive shaft.

Alexander Stocker

While Stocker headed off into the sunset with his Hot Bodies, the big battle in Pro Stock was for second with Martin Hofer coming out on top from Daniel Wohlgemuth. In what has to be one of the all time greatest excuses for his lack of pace compared with Stocker, Hofer blamed an ’empty stomach’. The Yokomo driver is currently tucking into a big lunch which means we should expect a closer Leg 2!

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October 18, 2009

Rheinard takes Q5, Wilck on pole

The final round of qualifying for the 2009/10 Xenon Racing Euro Touring Series saw current World Champion Marc Rheinard set a blistering pace as he took the round in a new fastest time of 26 laps in 5:02.773. Also setting a new outright fastest lap for the Kastellaun event with an 11.299, the factory Tamiya driver will line up second on the grid behind team-mate Viktor Wilck who secures his second consecutive ETS pole having started last season’s finale in Andernach from the front.

Marc Rheinard

Wilck predicts a close and difficult race as the high traction has made the cars hard to drive and avoiding mistakes is going to be key to taking the win. The Swedes’ thoughts are echoed by all the front runners who expect each leg to be action packed. Rheinard, the winner here last year, said passing will be extremely hard without flipping, while 2007 race winner Juho Levanen thinks there will be a lot of crashes. The factory Associated driver admits it will be difficult to challenge the Tamiya drivers who have found something that has given them edge over the rest of the field but due to the tricky conditions he hasn’t given up fully on taking the win. Levanen will have his hands full with the third member of the Tamiya team with Yannic Prumper who starts fourth. The 15-year-old took his first international win on carpet and won the opening qualifier here so he has the pace.

Rheinard takes Q5, Wilck on pole

Heading the Xray challenge are Alexander Hagberg and Elliot Harper who line-up 5th and 6th just ahead of Yokomo’s Ronald Volker while Dominik Fleischmann makes it 5 different brands of car in the final with his Hot Bodies Cyclone. The other players in the A-Main will be Teemu Leino who starts 8th after a strong Q5 lifted him into the Top 10. Completing the grid will be current Nitro Touring Car European Champion Dirk Wischnewski.

Modified A-Main Grid
1. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion 4.0
2. Marc Rheinard (D) – Tamiya/Speedpassion 4.5
3. Juho Levanen (FI) – Associated/LRP 5.0
4. Yannic Prümper (D) – Tamiya/Speedpassion 5.5
5. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/LRP 5.5
6. Elliott Harper (GB) – Xray/Nosram 5.5
7. Ronald Völker – Yokomo/LRP 5.5
8. Teemu Leino – Xray/Orion 4.5
9. Dominik Fleischmann – Hot Bodies/LRP 5.5
10.Dirk Wischnewski – Xray/LRP 5.5

Alexander Stocker

In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker gave the rest of the field a master class in how to drive a 13.5 turn electric Touring Car as he produced the fastest qualifier of the event to secure pole for the A-Main. The Hot Bodies driver, who is chasing his third consecutive Kastellaun ETS win, looks untouchable despite the quality grid line up which includes two 2008/09 ETS race winners. Lining up second on the grid, Stocker’s starting spot here last year, is Martin Hofer who was the only other driver to TQ a round in qualifying but the Yokomo team driver needs to stop making mistakes. Andernach race winner Matthias Lang starts third which should allow the Xray driver to challenge while Mike Treder makes it four different cars at the front of the grid having put in an impressive performance at the controls of his Tamiya.

Pro Stock A-Main Grid
1. Alexander Stocker (D) – Hot Bodies
2. Martin Hofer (D) – Yokomo
3. Matthias Lang (D) – Xray
4. Mike Treder (D) – Tamiya
5. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Tamiya
6. Daniel Wohlgemuth (D) – Xray
7. Tommy Bergfeldt (SE) – Hot Bodies
8. Zdenko Kunák (SK) – Xray
9. Fabian Bucher (DE) – Xray
10.Stefan Jansen (NL) – Xray

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