Euro Touring Series

July 8, 2012

Prumper wins, Volker retains title

Yannic Prumper finally ended his three year winning drought today at the season finale of the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series when he won Leg 3 of the A-Main ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg to claim the overall win in Austria over the Swede with Yokomo team mate Ronald Volker completing the podium. For Volker the podium was enough for the season’s only double race winner to retain the prestigious Ride Modified title in what has been the world famous electric Touring car’s most competitive championship to date.

Becoming the fifth different winner of the 2011/12 ETS, 18-year-old Prumper was delighted at taking his first major race win since 2009 when he claimed the top step on the podium at the Polish ETS round that year. Joking that he has ‘been waiting a long time’ for this he said the timing of his win couldn’t d be better and it is a big boost for him with the World Championships just two weeks away. The win, Yokomo’s sixth in the 5-year history of the ETS, helped Prumper to claim fourth in the overall championship on a tie break with Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp.

Winning the second of the A-Mains, title contender Hagberg was pleased to claim his third podium of the season saying he gave it his best shot. Being the factory Xray driver’s first full ETS campaign, the winner of the fourth round of the series in Poland was happy with third in the overall ranking adding it was something to build on for next season. Describing each round of the ETS as being like a World or European Championship, Hagberg said the competition was very tough and admitted that today’s races felt like very long 5-minutes!

Delighted at retaining his title in what was an up and down season for the German, Volker was quick to pay tribute to the hard work and effort put in by his Yokomo team in particular his mechanic Yukijiro Umino who traveled from Japan to all six races. Having dominated the opening two rounds on carpet, he said on asphalt the competition was much closer. With his campaign taking a serious hit in Gran Canaria and again in Apeldoorn, both asphalt events, he said this weekend the team turned things around with Yannic securing his first win with the team and him making the podium, a result which was far better than they needed to retain the title.

Missing out on the podium for the first time this season, taking fourth, Marc Rheinard once again had to settle for the runners-up spot but the World Champion, who led the points coming into the season finale said after qualifying 7th any chance of retaking the title which he won in 2009/10 was going to be a miracle. A former team-mate of Prumper he said in the last A-Main he was more focused on how he was doing as had Hagberg won today it would have demoted him to third in the standings.

In the Xray Pro Stock class there was great celebrations for the Xray team in what can only be described as some seriously close results. In the third A-Main Oliver Franke took the win leaving Top Qualifier Tony Streit and Martin Hofer all equal on race points. With the fastest race time from his Leg 1 victory, Top Qualifier Tony Streit was declared the fifth different winner of the series’ biggest class ahead of out going champion Hofer and Franke. With Franke third this left him tied on points in the overall season standings with factory Xray driver Zdenko Kunak after he managed only 8th overall. Luckily for the 18-year-old Slovak his wins in Germany and Poland gave him the tie break to secure Xray its first ETS while Streit’s win today made it a championship 1-2. Admitting he didn’t make life easy for himself this weekend Kunak, whose father is a major character in the ETS paddock, was delighted at winning his first major international title. Streit, who also was Top Qualifier in Apeldoorn but failed to convert it into a win, was delighted to end his season on such a high and played a major part in helping Xray to secure a very important title victory.

Its first year on the ETS program, the inaugural Formula class title went to Herbert Weber. Claiming his first win of the season finally, the home victory was enough to give secure him the championship ahead of Swiss driver Roman Pichler, who had a tough day, with Dutch driver Alexander Roeleveld completing the overall top three. Growing every race the Formula class is sure to see further growth next season.

Ride Modified A-Main Overall Result
1. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokmo/Hobbywing – 2 pts
2. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/ORCA – 3
3. Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 4
4. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 7
5. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 7
6. Vitkor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 8
7. Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 11
8. Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix/LRP – 13
9. Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 14
10.Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray/Thunder Power – 14

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(1) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokmo/Hobbywing – 21/5:02.960
2.(2) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/ORCA – 21/5:04.220
3.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 21/5:04.992
4.(4) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 21/5:05.490
5.(5) Vitkor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 21/5:05.755
6.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 21/5:06.815
7.(3) Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 21/5:06.948
8.(8) Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray/Thunder Power – 21/5:09.935
9.(10)Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 21/5:13.994
10.(9)Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix/LRP – 21/5:14.954

Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Overall Result
1. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 3
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 3
3. Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 3
4. Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 6
5. Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 10
6. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 11
7. Bernhard Bopp (DE) – HB – 11
8. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 12
9. Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 13
10.Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 16

Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(2) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 20/5:14.688
2.(1) Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 20/5:14.877
3.(6) Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:00.461
4.(3) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 19/5:00.781
5.(7) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 19/5:01.739
6.(9) Bernhard Bopp (DE) – HB – 19/5:02.392
7.(10)Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 19/5:03.401
8.(8) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:03.825
9.(4) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 19/5:07.225
10.(5)Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 18/4:53.036

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July 8, 2012

Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2

July 8, 2012

Video – Formula A-main Leg 2

July 8, 2012

Hagberg wins thrilling Leg 2

Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg has won a thrilling second A-Main at the sixth & final round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria. The Swede took the win ahead of defending champion Ronald Volker and fellow countryman Viktor Wilck after Top Qualifier Yannic Prumper and Andy Moore clashed on lap 6 while battling for the lead. With Hagberg’s first A-Main effectively over at the first corner following contact with former World Champion Moore, this time out the ETS Poland winner benefited from the British ace, who set the fastest lap, as this time he clashed with Prumper. Having been passed by Moore on lap 3, four laps later Hagberg took over the lead when Moore tried & failed in a move to pass the young Yokomo driver on what is proving to be a very difficult track to over take cleanly. Coming under intense pressure in the closing laps from current World Champion Marc Rheinard, who ultimately tried too hard and broke his car in the final run through the sweeper, Hagberg showed great calm to hold on for the win thats puts him in contention for his second ever overall ETS victory in the ETS’s season closing encounter in Traiskirchen.

In the Xray Pro-Stock class, the second A-Main also saw the Top Qualifier knocked out of the lead as the second placed car, through the same section of the track, made a challenge for the lead. Under intense pressure from the HB of title contender Oliver Franke, Tony Streit was just four laps away from securing his first ETS victory when the No.2 car sent his Xray into a roll. Martin Hofer was the benefactor with the factory Schumacher driver going on to take a comfortable win over the recovering Franke and Streit. Once again championship standings leader Zdenko Kunak had a tough race finishing 7th.

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(2) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/ORCA – 21/5:06.505
2.(4) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 21/5:07.997
3.(5) Vitkor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 21/5:08.237
4.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 21/5:09.499
5.(3) Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 21/5:10.040
6.(9) Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix/LRP – 21/5:12.481
7.(8) Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray/Thunder Power – 21/5:12.687
8.(10)Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 21/5:13.417
9.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 20/4:51.254
10.(1)Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokmo/Hobbywing – 12/2:51.594

Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(3) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 20/5:15.325
2.(2) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 19/5:02.203
3.(1) Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 19/5:02.560
4.(10)Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 19/5:02.616
5.(9) Bernhard Bopp (DE) – HB – 19/5:03.176
6.(8) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:03.593
7.(7) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 19/5:03.732
8.(5) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 19/5:04.294
9.(4) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 19/5:09.916
10.(6)Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 1/0:02.367

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July 8, 2012

Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1

July 8, 2012

Prumper takes easy Leg 1 win

Top Qualifier Yannic Prumper took an easy and comfortable win in the opening A-Main at the season finale of the the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series heading a Yokomo 1-2 in Austria with defending champion Ronald Volker finishing 2.6 seconds adrift of his younger team-mate. Following his blistering pace in qualifying, Prumper was always expected to control the 5-minute encounter but as if the German needed any help he was practically handed the race at the first turn as the very fast starting No.3 HB of Andy Moore made contact with the No.2 Xray of title contender Alexander Hagberg. This dropped the pair to the tail end of the field, both eventually pulling off to save tyres, and allowed the No.4 prototype BD5 of Volker up to second where he would run untroubled for the entire race.

Starting from sixth Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp completed the Top 3, the Gran Canaria winner & title contender seeing off an early challenge from current standings leader Marc Rheinard who finished just ahead of Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck.

In the Xray Pro-Stock class, Tony Streit drove a faultless race from pole position to win by 1.5 seconds from the Schumacher of out going Champion Martin Hofer with local driver Philipp Neudinger completing the Top 3. For the two title contenders it was tough race. Starting from second on the grid Oliver Franke try a move on the Top Qualifier into the hairpin after the sweeper but the pair touched and Franke’s spun resulting in him being swallowed up by the pack. A few laps later contact resulted in a body tuck on the HB after which the German pulled off to save his tyres. This looked to play into the hands of factory Xray driver and standings leader Zdenko Kunak as he moved up to 4th from a starting position of 7th. Chased by the faster No.10 Awesomatix of former race winner Ivan Laptev, the Russian made contact with the rear of the Slovak dropping him back to seventh. The pair would again come together in the closing laps of the race for which Kunak recieved a penalty that left him classified 9th.

Ride Modified A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokmo/Hobbywing – 21/5:01.140
2.(4) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 21/5:03.742
3.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 21/5:05.975
4.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 21/5:07.217
5.(5) Vitkor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 21/5:07.651
6.(10)Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 21/5:12.560
7.(9) Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix/LRP – 20/5:04.745
8.(8) Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray/Thunder Power – 6/1:24.758
9.(3) Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 5/1:10.919
10.(2)Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/ORCA – 3/0:36.146

Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 20/5:11.989
2.(3) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 20/5:13.490
3.(6) Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:00.208
4.(8) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 19/5:02.082
5.(5) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 19/5:02.418
6.(9) Bernhard Bopp (DE) – HB – 19/5:02.996
7.(4) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 19/5:08.427
8.(10)Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 19/5:12.858
9.(7) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 19/5:13.466
10.(2) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 7/1:46.845

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July 7, 2012

Prumper wins ‘Dash for Cash’ at ETS

Prumper wins 'Dash for Cash' at ETS

Having secured the honour of Top Qualifier for the finale of the 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series earlier in the day, Yannic Prumper used that blistering pace around the Traiskirchen track to pocket himself €400 in the first ever ETS ‘Dash for Cash’. Introduced as part of the series’ end of season celebrations the event saw the Top 10 Modified qualifiers running two timed laps of the track in the reverse order of how they qualified with Martin Hudy first to take up the challenge. Originally set to offer the winner €200, just before the start of proceedings an anonymous donation was announced that saw the fund doubled.

Having driven the track clockwise for the past two days just as Hudy’s Xray was about to be placed on the track race director Scotty Ernst sprung the surprise that the ‘Dash for Cash’ would be run in the reverse direction. Placed on the track at the sweeper drivers had just one rolling lap in which to adjust to the new track direction. With Hudy laying down the marker Freddy Sudhoff upped the pace only to have that time bettered by Magnus Vassmar.

Next up to hit the track was World Champion Marc Rheinard and driving two inch perfect laps he would destroy the previous bench mark by a massive 1.6 seconds a time the fifth starter Christopher Krapp was unable to better. Now into the second half of the 10 runners, Rheinard’s team-mate Viktor Wilck pulled off a great first lap of 15.851 to go ahead at the split and backing it up with an almost identical 15.865 second time of asking went to the top of the ranking much to the delight of the onlookers.

Using Yokomo team-mate Hayato Matsuzaki’s car, it was reigning ETS Champion Ronald Volker’s turn next but on the first timed lap he got out of shape resulting in a 17.992 time ending his chances of pocketing the cash. Andy Moore also messed up running wide through the sweeper at the end of his first lap bouncing his HB from the outside barrier to the inside barrier after which he pulled up. Alexander Hagberg drove two clean laps but it wasn’t fast enough leaving just Prumper between Wilck at the prize. Pulling off a first lap that put him fractionally ahead Prumper’s second was to be the perfect lap being 3/10th faster than anyone else it secured the young German the inaugural ETS Dash for Cash title.

Dash for Cash times
1. Yannic Prumper – 31.140
2. Viktor Wilck – 31.716
3. Marc Rheinard – 31.758
4. Christopher Krapp – 32.362
5. Alexander Hagberg – 33.310
6. Magnus Vassmar – 33.410
7. Freddy Sudhoff – 33.725
8. Ronald Volker – 33.845
9. Martin Hudy – 34.295
10.Andy Moore – DNF

July 7, 2012

Prumper Top Quaifier at ETS Finale

Yannic Prumper

Team Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper is Top Qualifier for tomorrow’s 2011/12 Yokomo Euro Touring Series season finale after a bizzane change in track conditions in Traiskirchen, Austria, resulted in Turkish driver Mustafa Alp taking a surprise TQ for Q4. With just the top 3 heats left to run to complete qualifying the humidity suddenly shot from a 27% to over 66% resulting in a reaction with the sugar water on the roof covered asphalt track that left the worlds top drivers looking like drifters rather than touring car racers. While the freak track conditions didn’t effect much at the front of the grid it was to cost former World Champions Atsushi Hara and Hayato Matsuzaki any chance of making the final.

Securing his second ETS TQ, the first of which he successfully converted into victory in Poland 3-years ago, Prumper said his Thunder Power equipped prototype BD5 has the pace to secure him his second ever win in the prestigious series and its just up to him to put in two clean races. Having dominated the opening qualifier on Friday by 4 seconds when on new tyres the young German is confident that tomorrow he can pull off a repeat performance as he still has his second set of allocated Ride controlled tyres while the No.2 starting Xray of Alexander Hagberg used both his sets in qualifying.

Hagberg

The best placed of the title contenders on the grid in second, Hagberg said he was happy with his starting spot and he is confident that his ORCA powered T3 is now competitive enough to challenge for the win tomorrow. The winner of his and Xray’s first win in the ETS in Poland from second on the grid the Swede has little to loose as he needs the win, and a poor result from defending champion Volker, if he is to lift the title.

Andy Moore

Starting third on the grid, Team HB’s Andy Moore said the track layout is going to make overtaking in the finals difficult but his Hobbywing powered TCX has the pace to at least match Hagberg but added that if Prumper maintains his qualifying form through to tomorrow the teenager should easily cruise to victory.

Ronald Volker

Lining up fourth on the grid defending champion Ronald Volker said he hopes his team-mate Prumper can pull off his first win with Yokomo and while he will be racing with his eye very much on championship points his goal is to try make it a 1-2 on the podium for the Japanese manufacturer. The other two title contenders Christopher Krapp and Marc Rheinard start 6th and 7th respectively with the two German’s admitting they will have their work cut out for them tomorrow starting so far back on such a track. Rheinard added that even if there where good opportunities to pass on the track he doesn’t feel he has good enough pace to work his way through the field quickly enough to be able to challenge even for a podium finish. The World Champion, who leads the points standings has been on the podium at every ETS encounter so far this season.

Mustafa Alp

With factory Serpent driver Marc Fisher unfortunately having to cancel his trip to Austria following a fever that saw the German spend two days in hospital no one expected an S411 to top the time sheets at the season finale not least Mustafa Alp. Describing the result as the highlight of his 5-year involvement in the sport, the 19-year-old said he knows it was luck rather than speed that allowed him to take the round and it was a story that he was going to enjoying telling people about for many years to come. Only his second ever international electric touring car race having made his debut at Apeldoorn last month the TQ run will see him start pole in the B-Main his target for the weekend having been to make it on to the back of C-Main grid! Making the most of his 5-minutes of fame Alp said he wanted to use the opportunity to thank Serdar from Evil Hobby Shop and Team NCRC for the small but much appreciated support this season.

Tony Streit

In the Xray Pro Stock class Apeldoorn Top Qualifier Tony Streit gave himself the perfect birthday present as he made it two in a row with a TQ run in Q4 securing him pole position for tomorrow’s A-Main ahead of title contender Oliver Franke and out going champion Martin Hofer. Unable to convert his Dutch pole position into a maiden ETS victory, the 23 year old Xray driver said if the race starts are clean he is confident that he can get the job done as his T3 was perfect in the final qualifier after a set-up change gave much better overall traction. Although third in the standings Streit can not win the championship but a win tomorrow could lead to him helping Xray claim a 1-2 in the championship behind Zdenko Kunak who starts seventh on the grid. The only double winner in the ETS’ largest class the Slovak driver need to finish 6th or higher to secure the Slovak manufacturer’s first ETS championship title.

In the Speed Passion Formula class Austrian driver Martin Szunyogh took the TQ honours ahead of championship leader and fellow countryman Hebert Weber with Polish race winner Roman Pichler set to line up third on the grid.

Ride Modified A-Main Grid
1. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokmo/Thunder Power – 310 pts
2. Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray/ORCA – 305
3. Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 303
4. Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo/LRP – 303
5. Vitkor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 302
6. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 300
7. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 300
8. Magnus Vässmar (SE) – Xray/Thunder Power – 297
9. Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix/LRP – 294
10.Martin Hudy (SK) – Xray/LRP – 294

Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Grid
1. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 310 pts
2. Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 306
3. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 305
4. Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 305
5. Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 304
6. Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 303
7. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 300
8. Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 299
9. Bernhard Bopp (DE) – HB – 296
10.Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 294

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