Video – Mod, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 3
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Volker fends off Fischer for ‘very special’ ETS win
Yokomo’s Ronald Volker held off an intense challenge from Serpent’s Marc Fischer in the 3rd & deciding A-Main at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic this afternoon to claim his ninth ETS win, one which the defending Champion afterwards described as being ‘very special’. Having made mistakes in the opening 2 legs of the A-main which allowed Awesomatix’ Freddy Sudhoff to win the first and Fischer the second, all the pressure was on the German ace in the third leg as not only did he have to win but he also had to make sure did so at a fast enough pace. In the end he did just that bettering Fischer’s Leg 2 winning time by 3 seconds to take the win on tie break with his fellow German. Struggling with his set-up in the final race of the day finishing fourth Sudhoff completed the podium at Hrotovice.
Volker summed up the pressure applied by a very confident Fischer by saying he was ‘exhausted’ after the 5-minute encounter, something that was very clear to see on the faces of both drivers at the end of the race. Having struggled with his BD7 being twitchy through the long right hand sweepers, he said the win had more meaning than another other race as despite not having the best car this weekend they still managed to secure the TQ and take the win. Admitting that the pressure he felt before the 3rd leg was immense he said a pep talk from his race engineer Yukijiro Umino helped a lot and he wanted to publicly thank him and the rest of the Yokomo team for that support. With Fischer getting the jump on Sudhoff to pass the Awesomatix driver at the start for second, Volker said this lessened the pressure slightly as Sudhoff’s race time was 4-seconds faster than that of Fischer.
Fischer said he couldn’t have applied any more pressure on Volker and for that he complimented his rival on a ‘great job’. Coming to the event with Serpent’s new 411 ERYX, the German said their target was a Top 5 finish so to claim his first ever ETS podium finish was better than they could have expected. Finishing third last weekend at the DHI Cup and now second at what is widely recognized as the most competitive touring car series in the world, Fischer said they have shown that the new car is very competitive on carpet.
Sudhoff said a change of tyre prep for Leg 3 was the wrong way to go as it made his A700 EX too aggressive but overall he was delighted to make the podium which he said among the World class field was a great result for him and the team. Praising how well the Awesomatix team gelled together this weekend, saying they found a lot of new things in terms of set-up, they are really looking forward to building on today’s result. Running a harder damper in leg 3, team-mate Viljami Kutvonen said his car was the best it had been all weekend allowing him to finish third to tie on points with Sudhoff in the overall result. Losing out on the tie break he said he is really looking forward to getting on to asphalt now at the third round of the ETS which takes place in Gran Canaria. Winning the final leg of the Xray Pro Stock final to claim second overall the Finn said that result was OK but winning would have been better.
The Pro Stock podium was completed by the Xray of Denmark’s Martin Lissau who after a coming together with defending champion Zdenko Kunak, who ended up 8th as a result, beat the Slovak to 3rd overall on tie break. In the Speed Passion Formula class Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard, who endured a difficult weekend in Touring Car, claimed the win in Leg 3 to join overall winner Jan Asmer, who wrapped things up in Leg 2, on the podium. Dai Sakaguchi completed the overall Top 3.
Ride Modified A-Main Overall Result
1. Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo – 3 pts
2. Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 3
3. Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 5
4. Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 5
5. Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo – 9
6. Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Yokomo – 13
7. Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 13
8. Eric Dankel (DE) – Yokomo – 14
9. Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 14
10.Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 17
Ride Modified A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(1) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:05.466
2.(3) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 25/5:05.744
3.(6) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 25/5:06.093
4.(2) Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 25/5:10.885
5.(5) Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:12.342
6.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 24/5:01.260
7.(9) Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 24/5:01.863
8.(8) Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 24/5:03.262
9.(10)Eric Dankel (DE) – Yokomo – 24/5:07.309
10.(4)Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Yokomo – 24/5:07.940
Xray Pro Stock Overall 3 Result
1. Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 2 pts
2. Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 3
3. Martin Lissau (DK) – Xray – 6
4. Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 6
5. Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 8
6. Steffen Leinburger (DE) – HB – 8
7. Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 10
8. Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 13
9. Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 14
10.Philipp Neudinger (AT) – 18
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 3 Result
1.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 23/5:02.675
2.(4) Martin Lissau (DK) – Xray – 23/5:07.547
3.(5) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 23/5:09.768
4.(6) Steffen Leinburger (DE) – HB – 23/5:11.938
5.(8) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 23/5:12.617
6.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 23/5:14.344
7.(9) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 23/5:15.412
8.(3) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 22/5:04.003
9.(7) Philipp Neudinger (AT) – 22/5:04.899
10.(1)Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – DNS
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Video – Mod, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 2
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Fischer wins A2 in Hrotovice
Marc Fischer was the winner of the second A-Main at the Euro Touring Series in Hrotovice after errors by Top Qualifier Ronald Volker allowed the Team Serpent driver to catch and pass the defending champion. Volker looked like he was in for an easy race after Leg 1 winner Freddy Sudhoff got out of shape on the second lap. The incident saw the Awesomatix driver’s car collect the Yokomo of Dominik Fleischmann who suffered a body tuck. Showing great sportsmanship Sudhoff waited on his fellow German put this left him 10th and out of contention of the race.
Up front Volker was pulling clear of the field extending his lead to 2.9 seconds ahead of Fischer who was busy seeing off a strong challenge from double ETS race winner Yannic Prumper. On lap 12 of 25 the race for the lead was to hot up as Volker made a mistake which would cost him over two seconds allowing Fischer to get close enough to smell a potential win. Setting the fastest lap of the race Fischer chased down the championship standings leader forcing Volker to make a second mistake just as they came up to complete the penultimate lap. With the BD7 out of shape, the 411 ERYX took the lead with the Awesomatix of Finnish hot shot Viljami Kutvonen also finding a way passed Volker who would cross the finish line in 3rd. The result means that going into the final A-Main four drivers, Sudhoff, Fischer, Volker & Kutvonen, can all potentially take the overall win for Round 2 of the world famous electric touring car series.
Fischer said, at the start of the race once Sudhoff has his incident his focus was on holding on to second rather than trying to challenge Volker for the win as he was under pressure from Prumper. Able get some breathing space between himself and the No. 5 car he said he had settled for second but when he saw Volker’s mistake he said he knew it was ‘game on’. With the handling of his Serpent improving as the race progressed Fischer said he knew he could have a go for the win and he was delighted to come away with the win. Seeking his first ETS podium, he said he doesn’t have any plans for the deciding A-Main but added that its ‘wide open’ and he knows he has a strong car in the second half of the race so he is just going to wait to see how it plays out.
In the Xray Pro Stock class Marek Cerny had the opposite race to Volker, the Xray driver not putting a wheel wrong to back up last nights Leg 1 win to secure the overall win. His second win from pole in the ETS, the new Xray signing’s win today helps bring the Slovak company’s tally to 10 wins in the series’ biggest class.
The Speed Passion Formula class was also wrapped up in Leg 2 with championship leader Jan Asmer taking his Tamiya to another tone to tone win, ahead of defending champion Herbert Weber, continuing his domination of the ETS’ newest class.
Ride Modified A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(3) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 25/5:08.675
2.(6) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 25/5:10.304
3.(1) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:11.639
4.(5) Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:15.719
5.(10)Eric Dankel (DE) – Yokomo – 24/5:00.039
6.(8) Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 24/5:00.360
7.(2) Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 24/5:01.696
8.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 24/5:06.268
9.(4) Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Yokomo – 24/5:06.430
10.(9)Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 24/5:06.809
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 2 Result
1.(1) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 23/5:02.229
2.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 23/5:02.762
3.(3) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 23/5:04.787
4.(4) Martin Lissau (DK) – Xray – 23/5:05.205
5.(8) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 23/5:07.325
6.(5) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 23/5:08.981
7.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 23/5:12.555
8.(9) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 23/5:13.299
9.(7) Philipp Neudinger (AT) – 22/5:00.525
10.(6)Steffen Leinburger (DE) – HB – 22/5:01.479
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Video – Mod, Pro Stock & Formula A-main Leg 1
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Sudhoff wins first A-Main
Team Awesomatix’s Freddy Sudhoff took advantage of a rare mistake by Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker in the opening leg of the A-Main of the second round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic to take a popular win ahead of his fellow German with Team Serpent’s Marc Fischer completing the Top 3. Top Qualifier Volker caught a dot on the second lap of the race unsettling his BD7 and allowing Sudhoff to pass but ‘Fast Freddy’ was to earn the win on merit as he pulled clean of the pack setting the fastest lap of the 5-minute race in the process. While Volker made a late challenge over the final four laps of the race reducing the gap to half a second by the finish he was never a serious treat.
After the race the relief on Sudhoff’s face was pretty clear with him summing up his first ETS A-Main final win by saying it was the ‘first time all the big pressure of the big guns was on him’. Having copied the set-up used by his super fast team-mate Viljami Kutvonen for the opening Main, Freddy said his A700 EX was the best it has been all weekend and he paid tribute to how the entire team have worked together in Hrotovice, the Russian company getting two cars in the Mod A-Main and three cars in the Pro Stock A-Main. Admitting that although he has a slightly better pace than Volker without further mistakes, which are rarely made by the 2-time ETS champion, it is going to be hard to find a way passed the No.1 car. To top off a great day for Sudhoff he went on to win the ETS Dash for Cash pocketing himself EUR 200 for just two well executed laps of the track in the reverse direction.
Volker said after he clipped the dot he had no choice but to let Sudhoff passed as trying to hold the position would have led to a pile up and despite giving everything he wasn’t able to mount a challenge to take the lead back. Describing his BD7 as a little difficult to drive, he said his plan for tomorrow is to stay in front and put the pressure back on Sudhoff to find a way passed.
Finishing where he started Serpent’s Marc Fischer said it was an easy 3rd place. The German said his 411 ERYX had a little understeer at the start of the race but after 2-minutes it felt really good allowing him to close for a time on Volker. Hoping he can get his car to work better from the start of the race tomorrow, Fischer, who has never made an ETS podium before, said he hopes Sudhoff can put enough pressure Volker so that he can capitalise on them slowing each other up.
In the Xray Pro Stock and Speed Passion Formula classes their was little action with the Top 3 finishing as they started. Top Qualifier in Pro Stock Czech driver Marek Cerny took a comfortable win for Xray over the Awesomatix of Viljami Kutvonen who in turn finished 1.8 seconds ahead of defending champion Zdenko Kunak. Winner of the 2012/13 ETS season opener Jan Amser looks on track for his second win as he dominated the first A-main by a massive 7-seconds from Dai Sakaguchi who held off a challenge from Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard.
Ride Modified A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(2) Freddy Sudhoff (DE) – Awesomatix – 25/5:04.237
2.(1) Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:04.741
3.(3) Marc Fischer (DE) – Serpent – 25/5:05.889
4.(4) Dominik Fleischmann (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:08.091
5.(5) Yannic Prumper (DE) – Yokomo – 25/5:08.431
6.(6) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 25/5:09.274
7.(7) Marc Rheinard (DE) – Tamiya – 24/5:00.060
8.(8) Marco Kaufmann (DE) – Xray – 24/5:00.598
9.(10)Eric Dankel (DE) – Yokomo – 24/5:01.124
10.(9)Alexander Hagberg (SE) – Xray – 9/1:54.722
Xray Pro Stock A-Main Leg 1 Result
1.(1) Marek Cerny (CZ) – Xray – 23/5:03.309
2.(2) Viljami Kutvonen (FI) – Awesomatix – 23/5:05.306
3.(3) Zdenko Kunak (SK) – Xray – 23/5:07.114
4.(6) Steffen Leinburger (DE) – HB – 23/5:07.557
5.(5) Dominic Vogl (AT) – Awesomatix – 23/5:07.994
6.(8) Oliver Franke (DE) – HB – 23/5:09.888
7.(9) Morten Iversen (DK) – Awesomatix – 23/5:10.708
8.(10)Jan Asmer (DE) – Serpent – 23/5:13.222
9.(7) Philipp Neudinger (AT) – Awesomatix – 22/5:00.889
10.(4)Martin Lissau (DK) – Xray – 7/1:36.959
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Chassis Focus – Ronald Volker
Chassis Name – Yokomo BD7
Motor – LRP
ESC – LRP
Batteries – LRP
Tires – Ride (handout)
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Remarks – Two time defending ETS Champion Ronald Volker continues his dominance of the series, the BD7 being particularly good on carpet, by taking his 9th TQ in the premiere class. The car he is running is kit standard but he has chose to use double joints on the front of the car. The only change to the car’s setup compared to that used last time out in Germany is the removal of the front chassis stiffening post to give it more flex and in turn more steering.
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Chassis Focus – Marc Fischer
Chassis Name – Serpent 411 ERYX
Motor – Speed Passion
ESC – Speed Passion
Batteries – Thunder Power
Tires – Ride (handout)
Radio/Servos – Sanwa
Remarks – Marc is running the all new 411 ERYX from Serpent and the car looks to be working really well with the German putting his example on 3rd on the grid in this highly competitive field. The car he is running is the kit standard car, with the exception of the floating servo mount which he has not had time to mount to the car having arrived so late to the track. For the event Marc is running softer damping on the front shocks to help the car turn into the many hairpins at this track.
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