Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2
Rheinard wins second Leg
Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard has won the second A-Main at the fifth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the German driver heading a dominant 1-2 for the Tamiya team ahead of team-mate Jilles Groskamp with Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper finishing third. Benefiting from running on brand new tyres having saved them from qualifying, the former ETS Champions pulled clear of the opposition to win by 6 seconds from Prumper who after retiring after just 4-laps in the first A-main also had the benefit of fresh rubber.
Run just before 22:00 local time the cool conditions made for much faster conditions and if, as predicted, the rain arrives in the morning Rheinard will take his first win of the season thanks to his winning time being over six seconds faster than Vikor Wilck’s Leg 1 winning time. If the rain holds off and the third Leg of the A-main gets to go ahead the race will be a showdown between the three TRF drivers. After a great start in the opening A-Main, Wilck, who unlike his team-mates didn’t have the benefit of a new set of controlled Ride tyres, wasn’t able to repeat his performance and spent much of the race battling with Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp. While Krapp held on to finish fourth the Swede made a mistake four laps from the finish allowing Serpent’s Marc Fisher through for fifth.
The second of the Xray Pro Stock A-Mains saw Vasco Christiaanse take the win for Kyosho after Top Qualifer & Leg 1 winner Tony Streit and defending champion Martin Hofer clashed while battling for the lead on the 3rd lap. Running a faster time due to the cooler night time conditions the 2 time ETS Top Qualifier, who is still in search of his first win, is sure to be planning to do a rain dance tonight while Streit, whose winning time was just 16/100th slower, will be praying the weather holds up as he too looks to secure his first overall ETS victory.
A entertaining second A-main in the Speed Passion Formula class produced the so far only guaranteed winner of the weekend as German driver Dai Sakaguchi took his second win of the day in Leg 2 after Top Qualifier and early race leader Michael Lepelaar rolled his Tamiya F104 as he came up to complete his 10th lap of 15. Dropping to fifth, Lepelaar eventually crossed the line in 3rd behind fellow Dutchman Alexander Roeleveld.
Ride Modified A-Main leg 2 results
1.(1) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 20/5:00.187
2.(2) Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 20/5:00.858
3.(5) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Thunder Power – 20/5:06.806
4.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 20/5:08.781
5.(3) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent/Speed Passion – 20/5:09.840
6.(4) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 20/5:14.009
7.(10)Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 19/5:14.009
8.(7) Atsushi Hara (TH) – Team HB/Reedy – 19/5:04.049
9.(9) Cyril N’diaye (FR) – Yokomo/LRP – 19/5:05.433
10.(8)Shin Adachi (JP) – Team HB/Reedy – 12/3:24.318
Xray Pro-Stock A-Main leg 2 results
1.(4) Vasco Christiaanse (NL) – Kyosho – 18/5:15.440
2.(1) Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 18/5:15.832
3.(5) Rob Janssen (NL) – Tamiya – 18/5:16.139
4.(3) Bart Wubben (NL) – Xray – 17/5:01.864
5.(2) Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 17/5:04.023
6.(7) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 17/5:04.930
7.(9) Remi Callens (FR) – Xray – 17/5:07.485
8.(6) Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 17/5:07.975
9.(8) Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 17/5:10.334
10.(10)Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 3/0:53.744
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1
Wilck wins first A-Main
Fresh from winning the prestigious Reedy Race of Champions in California last weekend Viktor Wilck took the win in the opening A-Main of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series this evening in the Netherlands, the Swede getting the better of team-mate & Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard to secure a Tamiya 1-2 ahead of the Kyosho of Christopher Krapp.
A first lap coming together between the No.2 starting Tamiya of Jilles Groskamp and the No.3 Serpent of Marc Fisher at the first corner allowed Rheinard and Wilck to break clear of the field with a very fast starting Atsushi Hara third. Hara’s HB was deemed to have started too quickly with the former World Champion having to come into the pit lane for a stop go penalty for a jump start promoting the Yokomo of Cyril N’diaye up to third. Having increased the boost setting on his speedo for the race, Wilck’s Thunder Powere equipped TRF417X found a way passed the World Champion’s example on lap four. Trying to retake the lead on lap 10 of 20 Rheinard made contact with the rear of the leader spinning him out but the German waited for the Swede to retake the lead, a lead he would maintain for the remainder of the the 5-minute encounter.
A mistake by Rheinard on lap 16 allowed N’diaye to go through to third and title contender Krapp to join the battle for second. Managing to hold off the pole sitter for three laps the pair eventually touched, the Frenchman coming off worst as Krapp and the recovering Hara both got passed on the final lap dropping him to fifth with Andy Moore completing the Top 6.
In Pro Stock, Top Qualifier Tony Streit put in a perfect drive to take the opening leg for Xray ahead of the Tamiya TRF417 of former Apeldoorn winner Rob Janssen while ETS Gran Canaria winner Marek Cerny, who started last on the grid, came through the early chaos with his Yokomo to finish third. Defending champion Martin Hofer was one of the casualties of the chaos with Bart Wubben receiving a Stop Go penalty for bringing an early end to the Schumacher driver’s race.
Ride Modified A-Main leg 1 results
1.(4) Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 20/5:06.996
2.(1) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 20/5:10.086
3.(6) Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 20/5:11.487
4.(7) Atsushi Hara (TH) – Team HB/Reedy – 20/5:12.058
5.(9) Cyril N’diaye (FR) – Yokomo/LRP – 20/5:17.546
6.(10)Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 19/5:00.748
7.(8) Shin Adachi (JP) – Team HB/Reedy – 19/5:00.870
8.(5) Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Thunder Power – 4/1:05.323
9.(3) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent/Speed Passion – 2/0:33.250
10.(2)Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 1/0:20.884
Xray Pro-Stock A-Main leg 1 results
1.(1) Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 18/5:15.606
2.(5) Rob Janssen (NL) – Tamiya – 18/5:127.036
3.(10)Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 18/5:01.129
4.(4) Vasco Christiaanse (NL) – Kyosho – 17/5:02.829
5.(8) Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 17/5:03.288
6.(7) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 17/5:05.530
7.(3) Bart Wubben (NL) – Xray – 17/5:05.871
8.(9) Remi Callens (FR) – Xray – 17/5:11.187
9.(6) Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 4/1:17.870
10.(2)Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 2/0:38.919
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Rheinard Top Qualifier at Dutch ETS
2011 Dutch ETS race winner Marc Rheinard has put himself in the best position possible to repeat that success and claim his first win of the current Yokomo Euro Touring Series season after the World Champion topped the final round of qualifying at Apeldoorn to secure the overall TQ honours ahead of Tamiya team-mate Jilles Groskamp and Serpent’s Marc Fisher. The biggest shock of qualifying is that championship contenders Ronald Volker and Alexander Hagberg have failed to make the A-Main. Defending Champion Volker had a third DNF run in the final qualifier when his Yokomo stripped a spur gear while ETS Poland winner Hagberg struggled to the 23rd fastest time reporting a complete lack of traction.
Rheinard said afterwards his Speed Passion powered Tamiya is working really well this weekend and its nice to finally start a race on pole position but the German ace said the race is wide open still with the starting position on the grid here not as critical as at other tracks. Expecting the first final to be very close as all 10 drivers will be on fresh Ride tyres both he and Groskamp should have an advantage in the second A-Main as they saved one of their two allocated sets of tyres from qualifying.
With Hagberg’s title hopes ended as he line-ups 5th on the grid in the B-Final and Volker 7th on the grid E-Final, this opens the door for ETS Gran Canaria winner Christopher Krapp to try capitalize. Turning around a bad start to his qualifying, the German ace lines-up sixth and is in no doubts that his Kyosho is capable of going for the win even despite his starting position.
While drivers normally have Saturday night to reflect on their qualifying performance at the ETS, tomorrow’s weather forecast of 100% chance of rain means the organisers have decided to run two of the three legs of the A-Mains today so that should the track be wet in the morning they have results to call on at what is a very crucial point in the final championship standings for both the Ride Modified and Xray Pro-Stock classes.
In Pro-Stock Xray’s Tony Streit is the Top Qualifier ahead of current champion Martin Hofer with Bart Wubben set to line-up third. The winner in Poland, Zdenko Kunák with have his work cut out if he is to bag his third win of the season as he starts only 7th just ahead of Polish Top Qualifier Oliver Franke.
Ride Modified A-Main Grid
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya/Speed Passion – 310
2. Jilles Groskamp (NL) – Tamiya/Orion – 308
3. Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent/Speed Passion – 306
4. Viktor Wilck (SE) – Tamiya/Thunder Power – 305
5. Yannic Prümper (DE) – Yokomo/Thunder Power – 305
6. Christopher Krapp (DE) – Kyosho/Orion – 303
7. Atsushi Hara (TH) – Team HB/Reedy – 299
8. Shin Adachi (JP) – Team HB/Reedy – 298
9. Cyril N’diaye (FR) – Yokomo/LRP – 298
10.Andy Moore (GB) – HB/Hobbywing – 298
Xray Pro-Stock A-Main Grid
1. Tony Streit (DE) – Xray – 310
2. Martin Hofer (DE) – Schumacher – 307
3. Bart Wubben (NL) – Xray – 307
4. Vasco Christiaanse (NL) – Kyosho – 306
5. Rob Janssen (NL) – Tamiya – 306
6. Ivan Laptev (RU) – Awesomatix – 302
7. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 299
8. Oliver Franke (DE) – Hot Bodies – 298
9. Remi Callens (FR) – Xray – 297
10.Marek Cerny (CZ) – Yokomo – 296
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Fisher tops Q3
Serpent’s Marc Fisher has TQ’d the penultimate round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series, the German National Champion topping the round with a 20 lap run in 5:08.858 compared with the 5:09.749 of Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck who was second fastest with Team HB’s new signing Shin Adachi third a further 2 seconds adrift.
Running new tyres, the second of his two allocated sets, Fisher said his Speed Passion powered S411 was fast, as highlighted by another fastest lap for the round, but he added it was a little diffficult to drive. Giving himself a scare on the final lap when his car stepped out right in front of the drivers rostrum, losing him around half a second, he does not plan to make any changes for the fourth & final qualifier.
Also running new tyres Viktor Wilck didnt appear overly happy with his run describing it as ‘OK’. Top Qualifiers in the opening two heats, team-mates Jilles Groskamp and Marc Rheinard opted to remain on their first set of tyres. Realising they had no chance of improving their time due to the difference in pace between those on new tyres they both pulled off on their eleventh lap. Rheinard said they had little to gain and with the tyres now at the end of their life due to the extreme pressure the high speed Apeldoorn track exerts on them they didnt want to risk a failure and the resulting damage it might do to the cars. Having suffered a motor failure on his penultimate lap TRF’s Elliot Harper was this time to suffer a speedo failure on his opening lap this time at the end of the straight.
Reverting back to a set-up he ran yesterday and with fresh Ride rubber on his TCX, Adachi was pleased with his run to third describing it as clean. Having struggled in the opening two heats, the Japanese driver said the combination of the track conditions, new tyres and set-up changes made the car more comfortable to drive and he will stick with this for the last qualifier hoping he can keep himself inside that all important Top 10 in the qualification ranking. Team-mate Andy Moore set another sixth fastest time and currently sits 7th one position ahead of Adachi in the ranking.
The highest placed driver on used tyres was Christopher Krapp, the Kyosho driver finally getting to finish a run to set the fourth fastest time ahead of the Awesomatix of Freddy Sudhoff. Frustrated by his tough morning in which he first suffered a tyre failure and then suffered a motor bearing failure he said his TF6 SP feels ‘so good’ and its been a ‘shame ‘ other elements have let him down. Focused now on getting, and badly needing, another solid run the ETS title contender is hopeful if he can make the final a top result is still very possible.
For current champion Ronald Volker his day failed to improve. With fresh tyres fitted to his Yokomo the German ace was on target to post a much needed TQ run when on lap 11 his car shut down. A very dejected Volker now needs nothing less than a small miracle in the last qualifier if he is to make the A-Main.
In the Xray Pro Stock class, former international racer Bart Wubben, who is making his annual ETS appearance, topped fellow Dutch men Rob Janssen and Vasco Christiaanse with two time ETS race winner Ivan Laptev best of the visitors in fourth ahead of Martin Hofer. In the Speed Passion Formula class Dai Sakaguchi managed to get the better of Q1 & 2 pace setter Michael Lepelaar with Alexander Roeleveld third fastest.
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Video – Qualifying Rd2 action
Groskamp takes Q2
Tamiya’s Jilles Groskamp has TQ’d the second qualifier in Apeldoorn outpacing Q1 pace setter and team-mate Marc Rheinard by 36/100ths while behind them Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg turned around poor heat 1 results to set the third & fourth fastest times respectively in a round in which a number of top drivers hit problems.
Last year’s Top Qualifier at the Dutch ETS encounter, Groskamp was pleased with the performance of his Orion powered TRF417X on used tyres with his time three seconds off that set by Rheinard in Q1. Suffering one ‘unexplainable’ mistake on lap 7 the Dutch ace said the run was otherwise clean and he will continue with the same set-up for the penultimate qualifier. While Groskamp & Rheinard topped the timesheets the other two member of the TRF squad hit problems. Reedy Race Champion Viktor Wilck flipped his Thunder Power fitted 417 onto the grass at the end of the straight on his opening lap and losing too much time as he was marshalled opted to pull up and save his tyres for Q3. The youngest member of the team, Elliot Harper was on target for a Top 4 time but 2 laps from the end he suffered a motor failure which brought his car to a halt on the racing line at the start of the main straight.
While Prumper was just 2/10th off Rheinard in third and French team driver Cyril N’diaye put in another strong performance to set the fifth fastest time, Yokomo team leader Ronald Volker said his team are lacking pace this weekend. Only able to produce the 11th fastest time, the defending champion said even if their car was perfect he has not been driving well himself so far this weekend. Having sat out the opening qualifier so as to have new tyres for Q2, returning team-mate Hayato Matsuzaki’s plan didnt pay off as he suffered problems with the gluing of his tyres.
Tyres issue hit a number of leading drivers with Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp, who retired from Q1 with a motor failure, having to pull up with a tyre coming off the rim. The Gran Canaria race winner set the fastest lap of the round with a 15.013 and clearly has the speed to TQ here if only he could turn around his luck. Fifth fastest in Q1 Serpent’s Marc Fisher along with Xray’s Paul Lemieux also had to pull up when the gluing broke on their tyres despite having reglued them ahead of use, as recommended by the series organisers.
In Pro Stock Xray’s Tony Streit TQ’d the round ahead of former Apeldoorn ETS winner Rob Janssen and fellow Dutchman Bart Wubben who makes a welcome return to racing this weekend. Having TQ’d the opening qualifier, Schumacher’s Martin Hofer was again quick setting the fastest lap of the round before tyre gluing issues made his car a handful dropping him to 11th.
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