Coelho gives Infinity first European Touring Car title

Bruno Coelho has secured Infinity’s first European 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship, the Portuguese driver securing the title for a fourth time at the 25th running of the EFRA Championships today in Luxembourg.  Last holding the title in 2023, starting on pole position at Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” the reigning World Champion would controlled A1 from start to finish ahead of the Awesomatix of second place qualifier Simon Lauter with his team-mate Lucas Urbain completing the Top 3.  As the drivers lined-up for A2, Coelho would walk off the drivers stand, an over voltage battery in pre-tech ruling him out of the race.  Leading away the field, Lauter would look to have taken control of the race ahead of defending Champion Michal Orlowski but starting to close the gap the Schumacher driver executed an impressive pass coming onto the main straight as the race approached the final minute and a half mark.  The finishing order Orlowski, Lauter, and Urbain.  With all on the line in A3, with numerous drivers still able to claim the title, Coelho and Lauter made an early break.  Running in formation for most of the race, Lauter would put in an impressive final lap getting right on the rear bumper of Coelho’s Speciale IF14.  Launching it at the line, contact ensuing, Coelho would take it by 3/1000ths of a second to claim the overall title ahead of Lauter with Orlowski completing the podium.  In the Spec class the event would also see a former champion retake the title as Awesomatix’s Max Mächler claimed the win 8-years after his previous title.  It was to be an all Awesomatix podium with Olivier Bultynck and Louis Kretschmer 2nd and 3rd while outgoing Champion Adam Izsay finished 4th for Xray.  In FWD, Xray’s Stefan Schulz took the title from the TQ after winning the opening two A-Main encounters.

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