A-main Leg 2 – Videos
Rheinard converts in leg 2
After a poor performance in the opening final Marc Rheinard corrected things in Leg 2 by converting his Warsaw pole position into a rather easy victory over Steven Wiess and Sacha Lnenicka. ‘I drove better, but it would have been hard to drive any worse than I did this morning’ was how the German summed up the race. Finishing 4.5 seconds clear of Weiss’ Yokomo, the Championship leader said the track feels like it has less traction than yesterday and this is causing his Tamiya to be quite loose, but despite this he doesn’t plan any set-up changes for the deciding leg. Going into the third leg any one of five drivers can still take the win here at the Arena Ursynow.
Steven Weiss was happy to again take second position but a new set of tyres made his LRP powered BD5 not so nice to drive. The German, who is looking very strong for his first ever ETS podium finish, will run the same set of tyres again but will switch additive along with adjusting roll centres and front shock oil. Swiss National Champion Sacha Lnenicka said he had lots of luck on his side but was none the less very pleased with third. Running a Speed Passion powered TRF416 WE, he switched from CS Racing High Grip to Competition additive for the race and this had made his car easier to drive. For the closing race of the day he plans to try a combination of the two additives.
Leg 1 winner Viktor Wilck suffered bad luck, lasting less than a minute after his Tamiya shut down on the main straight. The Swede, who really wants to close the 3 point championship deficit to Rheinard before the series moves outdoors, is currently looking for the reason behind the mysterious shut down. Although he only finished ninth, one driver who deserves a mention is Lars Treder. The 18-year-old German was running a fine third and putting in the race of his life until last year’s Polish victor Yannic Prumper tried a move and the pair touched both ending up on their roofs.
After a great opening race, the second Leg of the Pro Stock A-Main didn’t live up to expectations with Alexander Stocker resuming his domination and cruising to victory to secure his third ETS win of the season. Behind the Hot Bodies driver the big battle was for second between Jan Gehrig and Zdenko Kunák but the star of the opening leg made a mistake giving Gehrig the break he needed to hold on for second. The error also allowed Daniel Wohlegumth through for third.
Modified A-main Leg 1
1. Rheinard Marc – 19 Laps in 5:01.623
2. Weiss Steven – 19 Laps in 5:06.120
3. Lnenicka Sacha – 19 Laps in 5:11.471
4. Gollner Patrick – 19 Laps in 5:11.633
5. Ehrbar David – 19 Laps in 5:13.070
6. Prümper Yannic – 19 Laps in 5:16.559
7. Hudy Martin – 18 Laps in 5:01.090
8. Bok Michal – 18 Laps in 5:01.780
9. Treder Lars – 18 Laps in 5:02.319
10.Wilck Viktor – 3 Laps in 0:38.774
Pro Stock A-main Leg 2
1. Stocker Alexander – 19 Laps in 5:13.693
2. Gehrig Jan – 19 Laps in 5:16.700
3. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 18 Laps in 5:01.693
4. Kunák Zdenko – 18 Laps in 5:04.361
5. Franke Oliver – 18 Laps in 5:05.374
6. Lepelaar Michael – 18 Laps in 5:06.200
7. Orlowski Blazej – 18 Laps in 5:07.908
8. Sakaguchi Dai – 18 Laps in 5:10.368
9. Wiessmann Felix – 18 Laps in 5:10.922
10.Bergfeldt Tommy – 18 Laps in 5:11.126
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A-main Leg 1 – Videos
Wilck takes first A-Main in Warsaw
Starting from the 2nd spot on the grid, Viktor Wilck has won the first A-Main here in Poland at the fourth round of the Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. The Swedish ace took the win from Steven Weiss after Top Qualifier Marc Rheinard rolled out of the lead on lap 6. David Ebrbar completed the Top 3 for the leg.
After the race a very pleased Wilck said, ‘the pressure is now on Marc’. The Tamiya Factory Racing pairing are seperated by just 3 points at the top of the championship standings, Rheinard having taken the bonus point for securing TQ honurs yesterday, and Wilck is determined to make sure that the deficit is lower if not gone come this evening’s podium presentations. The Kastelluan ETS winner described the run a pretty OK but admitted he nearly threw it all away in his quest to beat his team-mate. Pushing hard into the first corner he got his Speed Passion powered TRF416X up on two wheels which allowed Weiss through to second spot. Switching to a less aggressive driving style it was to pay off for Wilck as retook Weiss and started to close on Rheinard, who in turn made the first of a number of mistakes, handing him an important pshycological victory.
Team Yokomo’s Steven Weiss was very happy with his run to second as his weekend improves with every extra lap. Having jumped to the 3rd on the grid following two great runs in the final two rounds of heats yesterday the German said he is starting to really get a handle on the BD5 and has, after a lot of set-up changes, got a point to work from. Admitting that he still lacks the outright pace of Wilck, whose fastest lap of the race was over a 1/10 faster than anyone else, the former European Championship Top Qualifier said he feels confident he can leave here with a podium trophy.
David Ehrbar was delighted with his run to third but the 2009 Czech Grand Prix winner said it was a lucky race as other made mistakes that benefited him. Having ran a new set of rubber in the leg his Xray T3 suffered with understeer and now he plans to switch back to a used set of the controlled Xenon tyres for Leg 2 to cure the problem. Asked if he thought a podium was possible, Ehrbar was realistic about his chances saying that there are a number of drivers faster than him and if he can finish in the Top 5 he will leave Poland a happy man.
Starting from seventh on the grid Marin Hudy claimed fourth but the factory Xray driver was annoyed with himself for pushing too hard. Running right on the bumper of Ehrbar and clearly the faster of the two Xray’s he rolled, costing him an almost certain third spot. The Slovak driver said he knew if he pushed too hard he would go over and he did, but having learned his lesson he is confident he can make up for it in A-Main number 2 as his car feels really good.
Rheinard summed up his out of character performance and ninth place finish by saying ‘I just made too many mistakes’. One nice gesture from the World Champion was when he and Toni Sport driver Yannic Prumper touched resulting in last year’s Polish winner ending up on its roof. Turning around Rheinard pushed Prumpers car back on its wheels before resuming racing.
In Pro Stock the winner might have been who we expected but for the first time we witnessed Alexander Stocker coming under pressure. Up and coming Slovak talent Zdenko Kunák drove a fantastic race, pushing the championship leader hard right throughout the race setting the fastest lap in the process. Stocker was given a slight breeder in the final few laps when Kunák caught the dots a few times but afterward he acknowlegded the impressive performance from the 16-year-old Xray driver. Stocker said he plans to change to a longer gearing on his LRP powered Hot Bodies while Kunák said his car is fine, the only changes needed being in his hands. Finishing third just ahead of Tommy Bergfeldt, Germany’s Oliver Franke was delighted with his opening race and although coming here not thinking a podium was possible, now has his sights set on finishing in the overall Top 3. Finishing 8th, Czech ETS race winner Daniel Wohlgemuth’s difficult weekend continued as he struggled with grip roll and a lack of punch, the power of the latest speedos being a major talking point here this weekend.
Modified A-main Leg 1 results
1. Wilck Viktor – 19 Laps in 5:02.156
2. Weiss Steven – 19 Laps in 5:04.332
3. Ehrbar David – 19 Laps in 5:09.867
4. Hudy Martin – 19 Laps in 5:10.536
5. Gollner Patrick – 19 Laps in 5:11.562
6. Lnenicka Sacha – 19 Laps in 5:11.841
7. Prümper Yannic – 19 Laps in 5:15.583
8. Bok Michal – 19 Laps in 5:15.632
9. Rheinard Marc – 19 Laps in 5:19.773
10.Treder Lars – 18 Laps in 5:08.350
Pro Stock A-main Leg 1
1. Stocker Alexander – 19 Laps in 5:14.890
2. Kunák Zdenko – 19 Laps in 5:15.233
3. Franke Oliver – 19 Laps in 5:16.466
4. Bergfeldt Tommy – 19 Laps in 5:16.805
5. Gehrig Jan – 18 Laps in 5:03.201
6. Lepelaar Michael – 18 Laps in 5:05.897
7. Orlowski Blazej – 18 Laps in 5:08.906
8. Wohlgemuth Daniel – 18 Laps in 5:10.624
9. Wiessmann Felix – 18 Laps in 5:11.172
10.Sakaguchi Dai – 17 Laps in 5:02.599
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Rheinard on pole in Warsaw
Marc Rheinard will start the fourth round of the Euro Touring Series from pole position ahead of his Tamiya Racing Factory team-mate Viktor Wilck. Going into the final qualifier here in Warsaw tied on 310 points each, Wilck needed to TQ the round in a faster time than that set by the German in Q4 but it wasn’t to be. The Swede could only manage the 5th fastest time while Rheinard was the only driver to record 19 laps for the round.
The star of the last round of heats was former European Championship Top Qualifier Steven Weiss. Having signed with Team Yokomo for the 2010 season, the German was yesterday still learning the new chassis in terms of set-up but for the final two rounds of qualifying he found his way. Running in the second fastest group, Weiss produced an 18 lap run in 5:00.193 to take second in the final qualifier backing up his fourth fastest time in the penultimate round. With each driver’s best two of the five qualifiers to count Weiss jumps right into contention for a strong result this weekend, lining up 3rd on the grid.
Third fastest in the final round of qualifying and jumping from a place in the B final to seventh on the grid in the A was Martin Hudy. A previous ETS podium finisher, the factory Xray driver has struggled since crashing out in the warm-up for his opening heat but looked far more confident in Q5 and hopefully can carry that through to tomorrow. The sheer size and width of track here in the Arena Ursynow should give the Slovak driver a real chance of progressing through the field. Swiss National Champion Sacha Lnenicka was another driver to benefit from a ‘best for last’ run as he ran the fourth fastest time bumping him up to ninth on the grid.
In Pro Stock, the last round of qualifying was the first time we didn’t see Alexander Stocker’s name at the top of the list. Both he and team-mate Daniel Wohlgemuth had their cars shut down within seconds of one another, leaving Slovak talent Zdenko Kunak to TQ the round and secure second on the grid ahead of German’s Jan Gehrig who has really impressed here this weekend. Gehrig is being run by Mod racer David Ehrbar, who is also running his girlfriend Anna Wysgol in the Hobby class, and tomorrow all three of them will line up on the grid for the A-Main of their respective classes.
In the Tamiya TT01 based Hobby Class it is emerging 8-year-old Polish talent and championship leader Michal Orlowski who will start on pole ahead of Dutch driver Eric Mulder. Making his ETS debut Gerd Strenge of Durango fame will line up fourth on the gird.
Modified Top 10 final standings
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
3. Weiss Steven (DE) – Yokomo/LRP
4. Prümper Yannic (DE) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
5. Ehrbar David (DE) – Xray/LRP
6. Treder Lars (DE) – Tamiya/GM
7. Hudy Martin (SK) – Xray/LRP
8. Bok Michal (CZ) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
9. Lnenicka Sacha (CH) – Tamiya/Speedpassion
10.Gollner Patrick (AT) – Tamiya/LRP
Pro Stock Top 10 final standings
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – Hot Bodies
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – Xray
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – Xray
4. Franke Oliver (DE) – Xray
5. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – Hot Bodies
6. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – Tamiya
7. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – Hot Bodies
8. Sakaguchi Dai (DE) – Tamiya
9. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – Tamiya
10.Wiessmann Felix (DE) – Tamiya
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Q4 Update
The fourth and penultimate round of qualifying for the Polish leg of the Euro Touring series is complete with Marc Rheinard and Alexander Stocker topping their respective classes. Producing the fastest run we have seen for the Modified class with 19 laps in 5:10.712, Rheinard’s second TQ run means we will have to wait until the final round to see whether he or team-mate Viktor Wilck, now tied on 310 points, will take their second Top Qualifier honours of the 2009/2010 season. For Stocker he secures pole position for tomorrow’s Pro Stock A-Main to maintain his perfect 100% Top Qualifier record in the third season of the ETS.
The big mover of the round was the star of the Czech ETS encounter Zdenek Hamak who finally converted his fast practice pace yesterday into a strong qualifying performance. The Xray supported driver struggled to get his T3 working in today’s higher traction conditions but got the set-up right for the penultimate round to set the second fastest time and become only the fourth driver to run 19 laps. The Czech ace, who is currently lying 13th in the ranking just behind Martin Hudy, says his focus is to put in a safe run in the fifth and final qualifier to ensure he makes it on to the A-Main grid. Last year’s winner of the Warsaw event, Yannic Pruemper, completed the Top 3 again and keeps his hopes of repeating that win alive.
In Pro Stock behind Stocker it was Jan Gehrig who was best of the rest with Zdenko Hamak third. For last year’s winner Meik Niemann it has not been a successful return to action as he current sits 77th in the ranking meaning he wont be taking home the silverware this year.
Modified qualifying standings after 4 rounds
1. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 310pts
2. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 310pts
3. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 304pts
4. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts
5. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts
6. Bok Michal (CZ) – 301pts
7. Weiss Steven (DE) – 299pts
8. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 297pts
9. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts
10.Lein Sebastian (DE) – 295pts
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 4 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 306pts
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 305pts
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts
5. Franke Oliver (DE) – 302pts
6. Wohlgemuth Daniel (DE) – 298pts
7. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – 297pts
8. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts
9. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts
10.Klöckner René (DE) – 294pts
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Wilck maintains form in Q3
Factory Tamiya driver Viktor Wilck has notch up his second TQ run here in Warsaw heading a quartet of Speedpassion powered TRF416 chassis’ at the top of the time sheets. The Swede, who set a new fastest lap of 16.053 for the huge track, was on target for his quickest run of the day but pushed too hard rolling first on lap 14 and then again on lap 17 resulting in his 19 lap run being a second off his Q2 time. The Swede said his car was really good and a 5:08 run is possible but he needs to be less aggressive with his driving to achieve this.
Team-mate Marc Rheinard tried a new prototype diff in the front of his car for the run. The ETS championship leader said his car felt lazy and this was reflected in laps times with his best lap almost 2/10th off that of Wilck. The German plans to run two of the diffs in his car for the penultimate qualifier to see how it reacts.
Having struggled yesterday in practice and in the opening two rounds of qualifying this morning, last year’s race winner Yannic Prümper seems to have finally found his way setting the third fastest time. The Toni-Sport team driver said a fresh set of tyres had cured the traction roll problems but the car was now sliding around a little too much. The European Junior Touring Car Champion hopes a second outing on the tyres will give him the balance in grip he needs.
Just missing out on a 19 lap run by 6/10th of a second, Michael Bok was very happy with his run saying his car was really easy to drive. With the traction levels continuing to increase the Czech driver plans to change the offset on his Tamiya. Best of the Xray drivers was David Ehrbar who was fifth fastest with the similar T3 of Swiss National Champion Sacha Lnenicka who completed the Top 6.
In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker continued his domination of the 13.5T Speedpassion hand motor class. Coming closest to the DHI Cup Champion was Zdenko Kunak, who 16.895 fastest lap from Q1 still stands, with Jan Gehrig making it three out of three as he again completed the Top 3 on the time sheets. Czech ETS winner Daniel Wohlgemuth once again failed to complete the run when for the second time in succession the pulley came loose on the lay shaft of his Hot Bodies Cyclone.
Modified qualifying standings after 3 rounds
1. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 310pts
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 308pts
3. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts
4. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts
5. Bok Michal (CZ) – 301pts
6. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 300pts
7. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts
8. Klöckner René (DE) – 295pts
9. Hudy Martin (SK) – 293pts
10.Weiss Steven (DE) – 293pts
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 3 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 306pts
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 304pts
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts
5. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts
6. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts
7. Franke Oliver (DE) – 295pts
8. Klöckner René (DE) – 294pts
9. Sakaguchi Dai (DE) – 293pts
10.Baldissarri Daniel (IT) – 292pts
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Wilck tops Q2
Viktor Wilck has topped the second round of qualifying here in Warsaw, Poland at the fourth round of the 2009/2010 Xenon Racing backed Euro Touring Series. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver produced a 19 lap run in 05:11.871 with his team-mate and Q1 pace setter Marc Rheinard second with a time of 5:14.184. The Swede described the run as OK but feels there is potential to go faster after he drove on the safe side when Rheinard rolled his TRF416 X while on a potential TQ run. Rheinard, who set a new fastest lap of 16.141 during the round, lost almost 2 seconds when he caught a dot on lap 5 and then had another moment on lap 14 which he believes was caused by a tyre coming unglued.
A superb run by German teenager Lars Treder took him to the third fastest time for the round with a low 18 lap pace. Driving a Tamiya, Treder is confident that with a shortly application time of additive he can break 19 laps next time out. Another strong run, David Ehrbar was the fastest non Tamiya driver with his Xray stopping the clock in the fourth fastest time just ahead of Czech driver Michal Bok.
Team Xray driver Martin Hudy completed the Top 6 with a poor run by his standards. Having broken his T3 on the warm-up for Q1 the Slovak ace said he just drove too careful but now that he has some points on the board he can push again.
In Pro Stock Alexander Stocker again set the pace but he was pushed hard by by fellow Hot Bodies driver Tommy Bergfeldt who ended up just over a second behind. On lap times the two stars of the European Pro Stock scene were seperated by 13/1000 of second. Germany’s Jan Gehrig backed up his impressive Q1 effort to again complete the Top 3 with his Xray.
Modified qualifying standings after 2 rounds
1. Wilck Viktor (SE) – 308pts [2:155, 1:153]
2. Rheinard Marc (DE) – 308pts [1:155, 2:153]
3. Ehrbar David (DE) – 303pts [1:152, 2:151]
4. Treder Lars (DE) – 302pts [2:152, 1:150]
5. Bok Michal (CZ) – 297pts [2:150, 1:147]
6. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 297pts [1:149, 2:148]
7. Prümper Yannic (DE) – 290pts [1:148, 2:142]
8. Laptev Ivan (RU) – 290pts [2:147, 1:143]
9. Lnenicka Sacha (CH) – 289pts [1:145, 2:144]
10.Weiss Steven (DE) – 285pts [2:145, 1:140]
Pro Stock qualifying standings after 2 rounds
1. Stocker Alexander (DE) – 310pts [2:155, 1:155]
2. Kunák Zdenko (SK) – 304pts [1:153, 2:151]
3. Gehrig Jan (DE) – 304pts [2:152, 1:152]
4. Bergfeldt Tommy (SE) – 303pts [2:153, 1:150]
5. Lepelaar Michael (NL) – 296pts [2:149, 1:147]
6. Wiessmann Felix (DE) – 296pts [2:148, 1:148]
7. Madsen Carsten (DK) – 291pts [1:146, 2:145]
8. Orlowski Blazej (PL) – 284pts [2:147, 1:137]
9. Klöckner René (DE) – 284pts [1:145, 2:139]
10.Forrai Gabor (HU) – 282pts [2:142, 1:140]
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