Volker goes quickest in Finland after 3 rounds

Starting the day with one more round of timed practice, it was Ronald Völker who went quickest in round 3 of qualifying. The former European Champion also made the fastest lap of the race and is the only one who has made it below 12 second with his lap time of 11.938. Teemu Leino was the second fastest with his 12.239, so you can really get the picture of how good Völker’s Yokomo is now. Völker started the first round of qualifying with amazing pace and nobody could match with his speed.

Team Tamiya´s Marc Rheinard and Viktor Wilck didn’t make any mistakes and completed in top 3. Juho Levänen, Adrian Berntsen and Christopher Krapp took next places with solid runs before Team Xray’s Teemu Leino and Alexander Hagberg who were testing different rear arms, which didn´t improve overall performance in this grip level.

Steen Graversen and Sebastian Trzaska made their first appearance in top 10 and are hoping to get another good run´s to figth to get into the A-main. Christer Andersson ran fast in the first laps but broke his car, while another non finisher was Viljami Kutvonen who has been flawless all weekend so far.

Top 10 from Qualifying round 3
1. Ronald Völker – 25 Laps in 5:07.239
2. Marc Rheinard – 25 Laps in 5:11.869
3. Viktor Wilck – 25 Laps in 5:12.472
4. Juho Levänen – 24 Laps in 5:02.132
5. Adrian Berntsen – 24 Laps in 5:02.252
6. Christopher Krapp – 24 Laps in 5:03.353
7. Teemu Leino – 24 Laps in 5:04.611
8. Alexander Hagberg – 24 Laps in 5:04.709
9. Steen Graversen – 24 Laps in 5:04.999
10.Sebastian Trzaska – 24 Laps in 5:05.149

Qualifying Top 10 after 3 of 6 rounds
1. Ronald Völker – 2pts [0,2,0]
2. Marc Rheinard – 10pts [5,3,2]
3. Alexander Hagberg – 16pts [4,4,8]
4. Juho Levänen – 19pts [9,6,4]
5. Teemu Leino – 22pts [6,9,7]
6. Adrian Berntsen – 23pts [10,8,5]
7. Loïc Jasmin – 35pts [13,10,12]
8. Steven Weiß – 44pts [18,11,15]
9. Matias Kuusinen – 47pts [12,17,18]
10.Simo Ahoniemi – 48pts [19,12,17]

Full results can be found on the official event site here.

Thanks to Teppo Kauppinen for the report. Images: PR Foto [prfoto.com]