Euro Touring Series

June 16, 2013

A-Main Overall/Leg 3 Results

Ride Modified A-Main Overall Result
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 4 pts
2. Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 4
3. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 4
4. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 6
5. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 8
6. Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 8
7. Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray – 9
8. Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 11
9. Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 12
10.Freddy Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 14

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(1) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 21/5:14.830
2.(2) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 20/5:00.023
3.(3) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 20/5:00.155
4.(4) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 20/5:00.449
5.(6) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 20/5:05.203
6.(9) Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray – 20/5:06.752
7.(5) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 20/5:07.511
8.(10)Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 20/5:07.989
9.(8) Freddy Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 20/5:13.302
10.(7)Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 15/3:56.869

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Overall Result
1. Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 3 pts
2. Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 3
3. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 4
4. Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 5
5. Valetin Hettrich (DE) – Xray – 7
6. Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 9
7. Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 12
8. David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 14
9. Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 15
10.Tobias Vogel (DE) – Xray – 16

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(3) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:15.592
2.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 19/5:15.734
3.(6) Valetin Hettrich (DE) – Xray – 18/5:00.141
4.(1) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 18/5:02.630
5.(8) Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 18/5:06.414
6.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 18/5:07.217
7.(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 18/5:08.553
8.(4) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 18/5:08.772
9.(5) Tobias Vogel (DE) – Xray – 18/5:14.682
10.(7)Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 18/5:14.844

June 16, 2013

Having read our report and watched our video footage of the chaotic Leg 2 of the A-Main, Ronald Volker has come to us to give his views of the race. Commenting on the first incident with Yannic Prumper, he said with Prumper’s car totally stopped in the apex of the corner, last year’s winner checking up to avoid contact with Rheinard, he had no where to go and it was never his intention to hit his own team-mate. He added that he was at the same time also trying to defend from Andy Moore who was right on his bumper. Volker added while the incident was in no way intentional he would have accepted a ‘Stop & Go’ for the incident.

On his coming together with Marc Fischer he said it is clear from the video that his rival’s S411 was unsettled after jumping the corner and with the door open he tried to pass but Fischer move back across to block and that is how they ended up clashing. Volker said he can understand Fischer being upset but the incident was bad for both of them.

The final incident, which happened on the straight in the closing laps of the race, Volker took responsibility for. Running second and trying to catch Hagberg, Volker grip rolled coming onto the straight and said he didn’t pay enough attention when rejoining the track resulting in his spectacular crash which saw Rheinard’s Tamiya get airborne.

June 16, 2013

Video – Modified, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 2

June 16, 2013

Hagberg wins chaotic Leg 2

Hagberg

Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg has won what has to have been the most chaotic race in the history of the Euro Touring Series with the level of tension among the main contenders in the pits requiring a chainsaw to cut through it. After a change of weather saw cars sliding around in Leg 1, conditions were back to normal for Leg 2 and initially the race started well with Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard leading the way from Yannic Prumper and Ronald Volker, but on lap 4 the Yokomo pair clashed in what was the first of a number of incidents that have tempers running extremely high in Austria. One of the few happy faces in the pits at the end of the race, Hagberg took the win from fellow Swede Viktor Wilck with Martin Hudy, who started 9th completing the Top 3, with all three drivers admitting afterwards that they had got lucky by staying out of trouble.

Hagberg

Hagberg, who qualified 6th, said he was battling with Wilck and all of a sudden found himself leading the race as everyone starting hitting one another. Admitting he was ‘very lucky’ to get the result he said he was ‘of course happy’ to take it as a win is win. Wilck who would finish 1.3 seconds behind his fellow countryman, said he lost time at the start as he couldn’t find a way passed Hagberg’s Xray which he said in the early part of the race was slower than his Tamiya, the handling of which he said having struggled with it in qualifying ‘was not so bad’. In the end the Gran Canaria winner said he ‘for sure got lucky’ but added that his prediction for Leg 3 is a repeat of the chaos.

Rheinard Stand

Trying to get Rheinard’s view of the race, the German needing the win this weekend to keep his title hopes alive, he was clearly not in any mood for talking about it just replying ‘no comment’ as he returned to the pits after marshalling the following race. Rheinard lead the race for 15-laps hounded by HB’s Andy Moore in what was a thrilling display of driving by the two former World Champions but Moore would make contact with the Tamiya resulting in the pair dropping down the field as the race really took a turn for the worse and all hell broke loose. Two laps later a multi car pile up would see Rheinard walk off the drivers stand, his car still sitting in the middle of the track.

Marc Fisher

Running a very competitive third and in touch with the leaders for a time, Serpent’s Marc Fischer was clearly irrate about Volker’s driving. Making his opinion of the incident very clear to Race Director Scotty Ernst and Race Referee Frans Heinsbroek, the German felt the Yokomo driver drove straight into him flipping his S411 and ending his challenge for the win. Mechanic for Prumper, Toni Rheinard was another who was less than happy with Volker’s driving saying that he should have been given a Stop & Go penalty for his early contact with his team-mate.

While a clean closely fought race would have been the preferred outcome, the result of the Leg 2 does set the stage for a thrilling climax to the penultimate round of the ETS with this race having more potential race winners that any other closing race that has gone before it.

Marek Cerny

The second A-Main of Xray Pro Stock, which ran before the chaotic Ride Modified Main, was a thrilling but thankfully clean race. Starting from pole position Marek Cerny kept his head under extremely pressure from the very fast Awesomatix’ of Viljami Kutvonen and Dominic Vogl. Starting from the number 2 position Kutvonen was practical glued to Cerny’s Xray the pair running at one stage side by side down the main straight but an error by the Finnish talent on lap 14 of 19 would see the end of his challenge. While Kutvonen was now out of the running, his error dropping him back to 5th, Cerny had little time to relax as 16-year-old Vogl took over the Awesomatix challenge running all over the back of the Czech driver. Unfortunately things got too close with Vogl hitting the T4 but the Austrian waited allowing Cerny to retake the lead with four laps to go which he would not relinquish. Winner of the opening Leg Martin Hofer completed the Top 3 setting the stage for a four way show down in the third & final Main later this evening. Cerny, who was told by Martin Hudy after the race that he drove better underpressure than when he was out on his own, said he really enjoyed the battle with Kutvonen describing him as a very fair driver. Asked about the pending third Main, Cerny, who has already won two rounds this season, said it was going to be the hardest race he has ever driven.

Asmer

In the Speed Passion Formula class Top Qualifier Jan Asmer took the win over Leg 1 victor Roman Pichler meaning the overall winner of all three class will be decided in the closing races of the weekend.

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June 16, 2013

A-Main Leg 2 Results

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(6) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 20/5:09.353
2.(7) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 20/5:10.735
3.(9) Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray – 20/5:12.491
4.(10)Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 20/5:14.289
5.(8) Freddy Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 20/5:14.623
6.(5) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 19/5:00.410
7.(4) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 19/5:02.136
8.(3) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 19/5:07.079
9.(2) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 18/5:00.991
10.(1)Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 17/4:26.374

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(1) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 19/5:15.348
2.(3) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:15.589
3.(4) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 19/5:16.572
4.(6) Valetin Hettrich (DE) – Xray – 18/5:00.230
5.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 18/5:01.962
6.(7) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 18/5:02.251
7.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 18/5:03.097
8.(5) Tobias Vogel (DE) – Xray – 18/5:07.786
9.(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 18/5:08.079
10.(8)Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 7/2:01.046

June 16, 2013

Video – Modified & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1

June 16, 2013

Volker masters dramatic condition change to win A-1

Ronald Volker

Starting from 3rd on the grid in the first A-Main of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria, Ronald Volker best mastered a dramatic change in track conditions to move to the front of the field after a thrilling opening two laps. A change in weather that saw the arrival of light rain caused a sharp rise in humidity at the roof covered Traiskirchen track making the asphalt surface more like the ice skating ring which the building normally houses. Such was the change that laps times where almost 2 seconds off the pace seen in qualifying. Once in front Volker cruised to an easy 3-second win over team-mate Yannic Prümper who held off a challenge from Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard.

Ronald Volker

Volker, whose passes on Prumper and Rheinard got a huge roar of appreciation from onlookers, was clearly delighted with his performance and was quick to attribute the success to his race engineer Yukijiro Umino. In anticipation of the low traction due to the humidity change Umino changed the set-up on Volker’s LRP powered BD7 along with changing the tyre prep. Volker said that a key factor was also the fact that Umino kept the tyre warmers on the car right until the actual race start. Describing the conditions as very tricky the defending champion, who if he wins here today will retain that title, said while he had the best car for the conditions he had to drive with extreme caution and keep his lines tight and tidy as offline had ‘zero traction’.

Yannic Prumper

Team-mate Yannic Prumper described his second place finish as OK saying he ‘finished where started’. Having dropped to third on the opening lap before getting passed Rheinard on lap 2 to move back into second, last years winner said conditions were ‘really tricky’ and just keeping the car on track was difficult.

Marc Rheinard

Rheinard was clearly frustrated by the race. Needing to take the win this weekend to force the championship to go to the season finale next month in Slovakia, the Tamiya driver said his car would have been ‘faster in the rain’. With a ‘total lack of traction’, the German said he biggest mistake was doing a warm-up lap. Originally not planning to do one, he said due to the delay he thought it would help his tyres but added as Volker showed it was ‘a bad choice’. Commenting on the remaining two legs of the final the Apeldoorn winner said he ‘hopes the sun comes out as in these conditions there is no point in racing’.

Martin Hofer

In the Xray Pro Stock Class, Schumacher’s Martin Hofer put in a spectacular drive to haul in Top Qualifier Marek Cerny who in the first half of the race looked as though he had the leg easily wrapped up. Starting fourth on the grid, former champion Hofer started a charge to the front in the second half of the 5-minute final to come back from being 4-seconds behind to eat into the Xray’s lead eventually passing the Czech driver on the penultimate lap to a huge cheer from spectators. Hofer said having struggled with traction roll in qualifying his Mi5, which has good mechanical grip, worked perfectly in the low traction conditions. Having glued his front tyre walls in an attempt to reduced his grip, the German was worried at the start of the race that this would hamper him in the lower traction but he said he couldn’t have asked for a better car for the race. Cerny who is chasing his third win of the season this weekend, said there was little he could about Hofer due to the conditions changing but is confident everything should be OK again for the next two Mains. With his Awesomatix struggling in the conditions, the No.2 car of Viljami Kutvonen completed the Top 3.

Roman Pichler

The Speed Passion Formula class was won by TOP Racing’s Roman Pichler who got passed a slow starting Jan Asmer at the first corner from where he lead til the end. For Top Qualifier Asmer it was a tough race with the Serpent driver dropping back as low as fourth after himself and Toni Stangl tangled while battling over second spot. Defending Champion Hebert Weber benefited from this to take second with Amser recovering to cross the finish line in 3rd.

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June 16, 2013

A-Main Leg 1 Results

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(3) Ronald Völker (DE) – Yokomo – 18/5:03.568
2.(2) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo – 18/5:06.846
3.(1) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 18/5:07.191
4.(4) Andy Moore (GB) – HB – 18/5:07.701
5.(5) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 18/5:09.182
6.(7) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya – 18/5:09.437
7.(9) Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray – 17/5:01.160
8.(10)Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray – 17/5:01.286
9.(8) Freddy Südhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 17/5:02.462
10.(6)Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 17/5:03.023

Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(4) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 18/5:17.289
2.(1) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 17/5:00.038
3.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 17/5:05.617
4.(8) Henrik Heitsch (DE) – ARC – 17/5:06.063
5.(6) Valetin Hettrich (DE) – Xray – 17/5:08.137
6.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 17/5:08.137
7.(9) David Nemcek (SK) – Xray – 17/5:15.880
8.(5) Tobias Vogel (DE) – Xray – 8/2:27.875
9.(7) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 5/1:37.780
10.(3)Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 0/0:00.000

A-Main Overall/Leg 3 Results

Leg 2 Update – Volker’s view

Video – Modified, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 2

Hagberg wins chaotic Leg 2

A-Main Leg 2 Results

Video – Modified & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1

Volker masters dramatic condition change to win A-1

A-Main Leg 1 Results

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