Patrick Gassauer wins German 1/10th EFRA GP

The German 1/10th scale EFRA GP took place last weekend at the Ettlingen track in the south west of the country. Practice was on from Thursday till Saturday noon and most of the only 20 drivers participating arrived on Saturday. What it lacked in quantity the event made up for in quality attracting the likes of Dirk Wischnewski, Robert Pietsch, Patrick Schäfer, Eric Dankel, Martin Lissau and double electric touring car World Champion Marc Rheinard. After qualifying it was current European Champion Wischnewski that took the pole position 2.5 seconds clear of Marc Rheinard, with Robert Pietsch and Eric Dankel completing the top 4. These 4 direct qualifiers were joined in the main final by Martin Lissau, Patrick Nähr, Simon Balk, Remy Möller, Patrick Schäfer and Patrick Gassauer. The start of the final saw Rheinard take the lead in front of Wischnewski, but after 20 minutes it was Wischnewski with a 3 lap advantage over Remy Möller in 2nd. But bad luck struck Wischnewski when he stripped his 2nd gear, which allowed Patrick Gassauer to take over the lead and eventually claim the win by 9 seconds over 2nd place Robert Pietsch who was recovering from an earlier problem and Dirk Wischnewski in 3rd.

Final Results
1. Gassauer Patrick – 184 45:05.764
2. Pietsch Robert – 184 45:14.044
3. Wischnewski Dirk – 183 45:04.622
4. Möller Remy – 181 45:05.514
5. Balk Simon – 181 45:12.814
6. Nähr Patrick – 172 45:02.029
7. Schäfer Patrick – 166 45:02.729
8. Rheinard Marc – 163 45:10.150
9. Dankel Eric – 95 22:44.770
10.Lissau Martin – 59 17:37.395

Report by Remy Möller / Images: Twins Racing [twins-racing.de]