Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 3
New Champion Rheinard takes victory at ETS season finale
As the podium presentations get underway here in Andernach, Germany, and the curtain comes down on a third successful Euro Touring Series season the big question being asked is can anyone beat Marc Rheinard. The German dominated the World Championships 2-weeks ago lifting his third World title and here at the sixth & final round of the Xenon Racing backed ETS the Tamiya star continued his rule over electric Touring Cars. Winning the third leg of the final from pole, Rheinard claimed his fourth win of the 2009/10 series and adds the overall title for the first time to his already enviable CV. Benefiting from being the only driver on fresh rubber, Rheinard took a relatively easy win over Ronald Volker and Atsushi Hara who joined him on the podium but in the opposite order.
Finishing second to his great rival and friend, Hara was content with the result but admitted he was no match for Rheinard who he has in the past openly said is the greatest driver in the World. Having won Leg 2 of the final thanks to Viktor Wilck coming together with his Tamiya team-mate, Hara forced the result to go to the third leg but the former World Champion never posed a real threat to Rheinard repeating his win here 12 months ago. Making it three different brands of car on the podium, Volker was very happy with third overall. Starting 5th on the grid the factory Yokomo driver said his BD5 got better and better each final allowing him to record the fastest lap of the third leg.
Wilck, the only driver to seriously challenge Rheinard for the ETS title, was disappointed to miss out on the podium in Andernach but was pleased to take his best placing in the championship and help the TRF squad to claim their third 1-2 finish in succession in the high profile championship. Finishing behind the Swede in today’s result, Yannic Prumper completed the Top 3 for the championship equalling his ranking from last year. Placing behind his former Tamiya team-mates, the 17-year-old who won a race last season said he was very happy with third saying the level of competition had gone up massively this season.
In Pro-Stock it took a tie break to decide the round six winner. Leg 3 produced the third different victor as Daniel Wohlgemuth won a very exciting race from local talent Michael Kiesewetter and Top Qualifier Alexander Stocker. Having won Leg 2 in a faster time the 21 year-old took a very popular overall win. Having finished 10th at his home race 12 months ago, Kiesewetter who was running an Xray T2 ‘009 has vowed now to contest the full 2010/11 series.
Although he made a bad set-up choice for the third leg of the final, Stocker was delighted to retake the Pro Stock title having become the inaugural ETS Champion here two years ago. For the second year Wohlgemuth, who won the Czech ETS round, had to do with being crowned Vice Champion but the German says he is now more determined than ever to lift the title and is already looking forward to season four which kicks off in Kastellaun on October 15-17. Completing the Top 3 in the standings after very calculated drives in Leg 1 & 2 of today’s final, Ivan Laptev was thrilled with his first full season of ETS competition. The Russian Tamiya driver said with his championship goal secured after A-Main number 2 he was really able to enjoy the final race of the day getting right in the thick of the action and challenging for the lead before eventually crossing the line in fourth.
This season saw the introduction of the Hobby class to the Euro Touring Series calendar. Created to encourage the development of young drivers in the sport it has achieved exactly that with 8-year-old Michal Orlowski from Poland becoming the inaugural champion showing he is a true natural. Becoming the Vice-Champion, young German driver Lucas Fischer also showed he is one to watch for the future.
With the third edition of the Euro Touring Series complete the numbers do the talking for how successful the Scotty Ernst and Uwe Rheinard creation has been. The six races run in 5 different countries that made up the 2009/10 series attracted over 500 drivers and the season ended on a high attracting the biggest entry of all the 15 ETS races that have been run since its inception. Our hosts here in Andernach put on a first class show and the end of season party on Saturday and will be talked about for many months to come. Having had the privilige to cover every single ETS race, Red RC would to thank all the drivers for their support & friendship this season. A special thanks to the many companies who believed in the championship in particular the main sponsors Xenon Racing and Speed Passion. Roll on season number 4.
Modified Final result
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 2pts (Tamiya/Speed Passion)
2. Hara Atsushi (JP) – 4pts (Hot Bodies/Speed Passion)
3. Völker Ronald (DE) – 4pts (Yokomo/LRP)
4. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 7pts (Tamiya/Speed Passion
5. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 9pts (Yokomo/Speed Passion)
6. Krapp Christopher (DE) – 12pts (Kyosho/Team Orion)
7. Moore Andy (GB) – 12pts (Hot Bodies/Nosram)
8. Pumpler Thomas (AT) – 15pts (Tamiya/Speed Passion)
9. Hamak Zdenek (CZ) – 15pts (Xray/LRP)
10.Hofer Martin (DE) – 15pts (Yokomo/GM)
Pro Stock Final result
1. Kiesewetter Michael (DE) – 3pts (Xray)
2. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 3pts (Xray)
3. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 4pts (Yokomo)
4. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 7pts (Tamiya)
5. Streit Tony (DE) – 9pts (Hot Bodies)
6. Janssen Rob (NL) – 10pts (Corally)
7. Still Steffen (DE) – 12pts (Xray)
8. Tschupp Philip (CH) – 16pts (TOP)
9. Larsen Thomas (DK) – 17pts (Tamiya)
10.Klöckner René (DE) – 18pts (Tamiya)
Hobby class Final result
1. Orlowski Michal (PL) – 2pts
2. Günther Oliver (DE) – 4pts
3. Gattke Dirk (DE) – 4pts
4. Knudsen Peter (DK) – 7pts
5. Fischer Lucas (DE) – 7pts]
6. Mulder Eric (NL) – 9pts
7. Heinsbroek Frans (NL) – 12pts
8. Chlodzinski Blazej (PL) – 13pts
9. Rozycki Andrzej (PL) – 16pts
10. Bickendorf Markus (DE) – 17pts
11. Hummel Andreas (DE) – 17pts
12. Hummel Elena (DE) – 19pts
Full results can be found here.
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 2
Hara takes Leg 2 victory
Atsushi Hara has taken victory in the second leg of the A-Main here at the ETS finale in Germany after Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck clashed while battling for the lead. A much cleaner start to the race than we saw in Leg 1, saw Wilck pushing Rheinard but on lap 7 the Swede tried to get down the inside of the World Champion but flipped him over allowing Hara’s Hot Bodies to get out front. Landing rubber side down, Rheinard pushed hard to retake the lead but the Japanese ace had the benefit of new rubber. The German was to later give away second spot to Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker went he put his Speed Passion backed TRF416 on its roof on the final lap.
After the race Hara said, ‘it was about time somebody other than Marc won, hopefully I can do it again in the third leg and get the overall victory’. Having used his last set of new tyres, Hara knows Rheinard has the advantage of fresh rubber for the final showdown, but the current 1:8 Off Road World Champion thinks using the rear tyres from his previous two sets of race tyres should be good enough to give him a chance of repeating his 2008 Andernach victory.
The second Pro-Stock final also saw the Top Qualifier trip up with Alexander Stocker making an error of his own doing on lap 6 allowing local ace Michael Kiesewetter through to take the win. Starting third on the grid, Kiesewetter said new tyres transformed his Xray T2 ‘009 allowing him to first find a way passed Daniel Wohlgemuth and then close in on Stocker before he put his Yokomo off the road, the newly crowned Champion eventually finishing 6th. Having finished 10th overall here last year, Kiesewetter goes into Leg 3 confident he can reverse that result and become the fourth different ETS Pro-Stock winner this season.
A-Main Leg 2 Results
Modified
1.(3) Hara Ataushi – 17 laps in 5:00.758
2.(5) Völker Ronald – 17 laps in 5:02.481
3.(1) Rheinard Marc – 17 laps in 5:03.660
4.(6) Prümper Yannic – 17 laps in 5:05.497
5.(4) Krapp Christopher – 17 laps in 5:07.312
6.(8) Moore Andy – 17 laps in 5:10.271
7.(10)Hofer Martin – 17 laps in 5:15.297
8.(9) Hamak Zdenek – 17 laps 5:15.741
9.(2) Wilck Viktor – 15 laps in 5:14.178
10.(7)Pumpler Thomas – 6 laps in 1:49.094
Pro-Stock
1.(3) Kiesewetter Michael – 16 laps in 5:14.318
2.(2) Wohlgemuth Daniel – 16 laps in 5:15.743
3.(4) Streit Tony – 16 laps in 5:19.655
4.(7) Laptev Ivan – 16 laps in 5:20.677
5.(5) Janssen Rob – 15 laps in 5:01.197
6.(1) Stocker Alexander – 15 laps in 5:02.307
7.(8) Still Steffen – 15 laps in 5:03.115
8.(6) Tschupp Philip – 15 laps in 5:03.476
9.(9) Klöckner René – 15 laps in 5:04.726
10.(10)Larsen Thomas – 15 laps in 5:04.932
Full results can be found here.
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Video – Mod & Pro Stock A-main Leg 1
Champion elects win first A-Main
Starting from pole position Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker have won the opening leg of their respective A-Mains. The pair, who will be crowned champions of the third season of the Euro Touring Series here in Andernach irrespective of today’s result, led from start to finish.
In Modified the race was almost a repeat for Rheinard of the Mains at the World Championships in Burgdorf two weeks ago. Contact between Viktor Wilck and former World Champion Atsushi Hara gave the German an early break that the chasing pack would never close. The big benefactor of this was Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker who finished second having started from the 5th spt. The former European Champion was happy to take the result considering he is really struggling with the balance of his BD5.
Wilck recovered to finish third and showed he has the pace to take the challenge to his Tamiya team-mate if he can stay out of trouble at the start. The Swede set an identical best lap to Rheinard, the pair’s 18.041 laps being the fastest of the race. Finishing fourth Hara said his Hot Bodies TCX was really good but he just made too many mistakes and passing on the technical layout being used this weekend is very difficult.
For fourth place starter Christopher Krapp it was a disappointing race, his Kyosho only managing four laps. The Worlds finalist went out with a broken rear belt which he believes was the result of being hit from behind by another car. 2006 World Champion Andy Moore was another retirement with just one lap recorded. The British ace had some sort of radio problem at the start, his car failing to turn under braking after the short blast to the first corner. Running another lap the problem happened again at the same spot so he pulled up. Having already changed reciever having experienced the problem yesterday, Moore will now try a different servo and speedo for Leg 2.
In Pro-Stock, Stocker took the win but only after he saw off challenges from Ivan Laptev and Daniel Wohlgemuth. Starting 7th Russian Laptev got a lucky start but showed he could run with Stocker setting a faster lap than the German but Wohlgemuth, who got a tagged at the start, was the man on the move. Getting passed Laptev, who said he drove with the championship in mind, the Xray driver set the fastest lap as he chased down Stocker but he ran out of laps finishing right on the bumper of the Yokomo as they crossed the line.
A-Main Leg 1 Results
Modified
1.(1) Rheinard Marc – 18 laps in 5:16.851
2.(5) Völker Ronald – 17 laps in 5:01.273
3.(2) Wilck Viktor – 17 laps in 5:03.314
4.(30 Hara Ataushi – 17 laps in 5:05.912
5.(6) Prümper Yannic – 17 laps in 5:05.927
6.(7) Pumpler Thomas – 17 laps in 5:10.095
7.(9) Hamak Zdenek – 17 laps in 5:14.102
8.(10)Hofer Martin – 17 laps in 5:16.678
9.(4) Krapp Christopher – 4 laps in 1:04.436
10.(8)Moore Andy – 1 lap in 0:30.246
Pro-Stock
1.(1) Stocker Alexander – 16 laps in 5:17.418
2.(2) Wohlgemuth Daniel – 16 laps in 5:17.447
3.(7) Laptev Ivan – 16 laps in 5:18.841
4.(3) Kiesewetter Michael – 16 laps in 5:20.230
5.(5) Janssen Rob – 16 laps in 5:20.522
6.(4) Streit Tony – 15 laps in 5:00.793
7.(10)Larsen Thomas – 15 laps in 5:07.812
8.(8) Still Steffen – 15 laps in 5:08.424
9.(9) Klöckner René – 15 laps in 5:11.807
10.(6)Tschupp Philip – 15 laps in 5:15.278
Full results can be found here.
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Janssen takes final qualifier, Stocker on pole
After a difficult day yesterday Rob Janssen bounced back this morning in Andernach to TQ the final round of Pro-Stock qualifying. The Team Corally driver, who is running the new prototype Phi for the first time this weekend, got the event off to a good start by setting the pace in Friday practice but struggled yesterday when qualifying got underway. Needing a good result to assure himself a place in the A Final, the 19-year-old changed to a harder shock setting which transformed the car, allowing him to put in the fastest 5-minute run of the four rounds of heats. The Dutch driver, who took the round from local ace Michael Kiesewetter, will line up fifth on the grid.
Having TQ’d the opening two heats, Alexander Stocker secures pole and the valuable championship point which the Top Qualifier honour carries putting the 2009/10 title beyond the reach of Daniel Wohlgemuth who had a very slight mathematical chance of winning. Running a Yokomo BD5 fitted with a rear gear diff, the last two qualifiers saw Stocker drop off the pace slightly and could only set the 4th fastest time on both occasions. The German said his car, which is being engineered by Martin Hofer, is real smooth to drive but needs to be more aggressive so he can get more speed out of it.
Wohlgemuth, who has one win to his credit this season, will start from second ahead of fellow Xray driver Kiesewetter who knows his home track very well. Completing the German domination of the front end of the grid Tony Streit will carry No.4 on his Hot Bodies but needs a change of luck having failed to finished both Q3 & 4.
Pro Stock A-Main Grid
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310
2. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 306
3. Kiesewetter Michael (DE) – 306
4. Streit Tony (DE) – 304
5. Janssen Rob (NL) – 303
6. Tschupp Philip (CH) – 303
7. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 302
8. Still Steffen (DE) – 301
9. Klöckner René (DE) – 298
10.Larsen Thomas (DK) – 297
Full results can be found here.
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Rheinard takes Q4 & overall Andernach TQ honours
Euro Touring Series Champion elect Marc Rheinard is the Top Qualifier for the closing race of the 2009/2010 season after topping the final round of qualifying here this evening at his home track of Andernach. The three time World Champion set the first & only 17 second lap of the event on his way to taking the round by half a second from Tamiya team-mate Viktor Wilck. This left the pair tied on points but setting the fastest overall qualifying time in Q4 the German will start tomorrow’s finals from pole. Rheinard said his Speed Passion powered TRF416 was better at the start of the run than in the previous three qualifiers after he left his tyre warmers on for longer.
Wilck, who started on pole here last year, said his car was pretty good except for the right hand sweeper through which it suffers a little understeer. Unlike the World Championships at Burgdorf two weeks ago the Swede feels the racing tomorrow should be a lot closer as the track has more places in which he can safely try to find a way past Rheinard.
Atsushi Hara, who was third fastest in the final qualifier, will line up third on grid and is looking forward to tomorrow’s finals. The pace setter in yesterday’s opening round of qualifying, Hara hasn’t changed the set-up on his Hot Bodies TCX all day saying it has been better than he’s been driving. Happy with his driving in the final run today the Japanese ace is confident he can take the fight to his great rival Rheinard and repeat his 2008 victory here having been denied the chance in Burgdorf where he failed to qualify for the A final.
Fastest in Q2, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp will start fourth, having ended the day with his first 17 lapper which was good enough for the fifth fastest time for the round ahead of Xray’s Zdenek Hamak who secures 9th on the grid. Finishing ahead of Krapp on time in Q4, Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker will start behind his fellow German in the three leg A-Main.
The rest of the grid is made up by 17-year-old Yannic Prumper (6th), Thomas Pumpler (7th), Andy Moore (8th) and Martin Hofer (10th). Hofer tied on points with fellow Yokomo driver Ryan Maker but the German had a best finish of 8th compared with the Australian’s 9th, who takes the BQ honours.
Modified A-Main Grid
1. Marc Rheinard (DE) – 308
2. Viktor Wilck (SE) – 308
3. Atsushi Hara (TH) – 307
4. Christopher Krapp (DE) – 305
5. Ronald Völker (DE) – 303
6. Yannic Prümper (DE) – 302
7. Thomas Pumpler (AT) – 301
8. Andy Moore Andy (GB) – 300
9. Zdenek Hamak (CZ) – 300
10.Martin Hofer (DE) – 293
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