April 13, 2018

Coelho rises to the top to TQ opening qualifier in Spain

Having started out the day somewhat out of position with the 5th fastest time in CP1, Bruno Coelho has risen to the top to end the day with a TQ in the opening qualifier at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain. Carrying the No.2 for qualifying, the Xray driver would deny top seed Ronald Volker the TQ by 9/10th of the second, the current and former champions having a distinct advantage over the rest of the field.  It would be Christopher Krapp who would complete the Top 3 just ahead of Freddy Sudhoff while Alexander Hagberg and Marc Rheinard rounded out the Top 6. With many predicting tyre strategy will be an important element this weekend as drivers have been reduced to two sets of race tyres, Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp and Serpent’s Viktor Wilck opted to gamble and not start Q1 hoping to steal an advantage during the remaining three qualifiers on tomorrow’s schedule.

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April 13, 2018

Volker is Top Seed for qualifying at ETS Spain

Ronald Volker is the top seed for qualifying at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain. Having enjoyed a promising day of free practice yesterday when he put his Yokomo top of the times sheets, Volker went from 3rd quickest to the top in the second of the day’s two controlled practice setting the fastest 3-laps with an improvement of almost 1-second over his CP1 time.  4/10ths of a second off, joint championship leader Bruno Coelho would end practice second fastest ahead of CP1 pace setter Akio Sobue.  Jilles Groskamp and Infinity team-mate Marc Rheinard completed the Top 5 ahead of Freddy Sudhoff who was the only one in the Top 28 not to improve their time on the second 4-minute controlled practice run.

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April 13, 2018

Sobue tops first controlled practice at ETS Spain

The outdoor part of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series is now official underway with Akio Sobue topping the first seeding round at the large Osoger RC track in Madrid, Spain.  With huge anticipation ahead of the first asphalt round, drivers always looking forward to racing outside, it has it risks and overnight rain delayed the official start to the weekend by 4-hours. Luckily the majority of drivers managed 6 rounds of free practice yesterday (Thursday) on the large track allowing the event to start directly with the first of the 2 seeding rounds.  Setting a fastest 3-consecutive laps time of 56.652, Sobue’s advantage was substantial with the Infinity driver’s closest rival Freddy Südhoff some 4/10th off.  An impressive start to the weekend from Südhoff, it was Ronald Volker, quickest yesterday, who completed the Top 3, 5/100ths of a second back.  For Championship leaders Marc Rheinard and Bruno Coelho, they set the 4th and 5th fastest times respectively with Viktor Wilck completing the Top 6.

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March 24, 2018

Orlowski takes opening 4WD qualifier

Michal Orlowski is clearly looking on target for another double this weekend at the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series, the Schumacher driver capping off his 2WD winning day with a TQ run in the opening 4WD qualifying.  Top Seed for qualifying, he would top the first of the four qualifiers ahead of Bruno Coelho, the Xray driver having a costly mistake 5-laps into the heat.  Behind, Daniel Kobbevik completed the Top 3 ahead of Joern Neumann and the weekend’s 2WD Top Qualifier Neil Cragg.

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March 24, 2018

Orlowski takes 2WD win at EOS Austria

Michal Orlowski has moved a step closer to retaining his 2WD title in the Euro Offroad Series after securing the overall win at the penultimate round of the championship in Wels, Austria today. One of 5 drivers in contention for the win going into A3, the Schumacher driver came out the winner to secure the second consecutive win of his title defence campaign.  Beating Top Qualifier Neil Cragg to the A3 and overall win, Orlowski’s only remaining title challenger is the Associated driver. Completing the podium at the Modellbau Wels Hobby Exhibition, 3rd place put an end to reigning 4WD Champion Bruno Coelho’s hopes of also adding a 2WD title to his list of achievements.  The Xray driver would tie on points with Joona Haatanen but with a quicker time for his second place in A3 he denied the young Associated driver his first podium of the season.

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March 24, 2018

Orlwoski wins mistake filled A2

Michal Orlowski has won the second A-Main of 2WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Austria which saw four different race leaders all of whom seemed to not want to win as the each gave away their leads with mistakes.  In the end the race came down to a showdown between Orlowski and Finnish star Joona Haatanen, with the Associated driver relinquishing the lead when he came up short on the triple allowing Orlowski back into first position which this time he held to the finish.  Having benefited from a clean A1 to take, Top Qualifier Neil Cragg looked on to repeat the result but it all went wrong on lap 5 as he got it wrong allowing Bruno Coelho to catch him before a mistake at the tabletop allowed the Xray driver through.  Coelho’s lead was short lived as on the next lap he got stuck in the wall section allowing Haatanen to the front.  For Coelho the race would go downhill as he retired while running 6th, with Cragg coming back to complete the Top 3 with everything to play for A3.

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March 24, 2018

Cragg wins A1 with ease with rivals all crashing

Neil Cragg claimed an easy win in the opening A-Main of 2WD at the Euro Offroad Series this morning, the Team Associated driver having an easier than expected race from pole position as all his rivals made errors.  In the end the British driver finished almost 7-second clear of second place Daniel Kobbevik who put in a clean run to come through from 6th on the grid.  Having looked like he might mount a challenge on Cragg, two mistakes at the same spot on the track left Bruno Coelho to complete the Top 3 ahead of a recovering Michal Orlowski.  Starting second on the grid, the championship leader crashed just after the start over the double leaving him to complete lap 1 down in 8th.

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March 23, 2018

Cragg is 2WD Top Qualifier in Austria

Neil Cragg is the 2WD Top Qualifier for the penultimate round of the Euro Offroad Series in Austria tomorrow.  The winner in Germany, the Associated driver went into the fourth & final qualifier as one of four drivers in contention for the overall TQ but in the dying seconds of the top heat the British driver managed to out pace Bruno Coelho for his second TQ of the day and his third EOS career TQ.  Behind, championship leader Michal Orlowski will line-up second, a mistake on the table top ending his quest for the bonus championship point while Coelho’s second in the final qualifier salvaged him 3rd on the starting grid ahead of Q3 pace setter Joona Haatanen.

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