April 11, 2016

Christian Mamesah wins at Indonesian Nats Rd2

Christian Mamesah wins at Indonesian Nats Rd2

The second round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the SIS track in North Jakarta with a total of 50 racers attending in the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. The sugarwatered track offered a highspeed layout but the overall grip was described as complicated by some. In the Touring Open class Bowie Ginting took the overall TQ by securing round 2 and 3 but he would struggle in the mains as he only had one of the two allowed tyres sets at hand due to one set being unusable. Anyway Bowie was able to bring home the win in the opening A-main due to his closest competitor, Muhammad Izzah, making a series of mistakes despite being around 0.3 seconds faster per lap on fresh tyres.

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April 10, 2016

Volker takes first win of his ETS title defence

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Ronald Volker finally got the defence of his Yokomo Euro Touring Series title on track with the first win of the season at Round 3 in Austria.  After fending off an intense challenge from ETS Germany winner Bruno Coelho in A1, the Yokomo driver took a relatively easy A2 win finishing more than a second clear of his Xray rival. A race that would see the Top 5 finish as they started, ETS Czech winner Marc Rheinard finished the leg third a further 1.3 seconds back followed by Alexander Hagberg and Viljami Kutvonen.  Wrapping up his first win in almost a year, which he incidentally was also claimed in Austria, Volker becomes the third different winner of the season as the championship now prepares to move outdoors onto asphalt for the second half of the season.

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April 10, 2016

Volker fends off Coelho in A1

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Ronald Volker saw off intense pressure from Bruno Coelho to win the opening A-Main at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria this morning.  Top Qualifier for the race, the only let up for Volker came when Coelho’s car tapped the boards but he quickly recovered with his Xray again all over the rear bumper of the Yokomo.  Despite laying down the fastest lap of the final on his penultimate lap, a slow final lap meant Volker would hold on to win by 3/10th of a second.  Behind them Viljami Kutvonen would complete the Top 3 almost 4-seconds back, the Awesomatix driver benefiting from Alexander Hagberg making contact with Marc Rheinard in the 2nd minute of the race.  Rheinard would end the race 4th, 9/10th back from Viljami followed by Hagberg and Team Associated’s Juho Levanen.

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April 9, 2016

Volker secures first TQ of the ETS Season #9

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Reigning Yokomo Euro Touring Series Champion Ronald Volker has claimed his first overall TQ of Season #9.  The Yokomo driver, who holds the record for the most pole position starts in the championship’s history, claimed his 19th Top Qualifier honours by making it three from three in the penultimate round of qualifying in Austria.  Taking the first two qualifiers after mistakes from Bruno Coelho, Volker would again benefit from problems for Coelho, the Xray driver clearly irate with the driving of Marc Rheinard with whom he shares the points lead in overall championship standings.  Holding the top spot on the time sheets for almost 2-minutes, a great drive from Awesomatix’s Viljami Kutvonen would see him post the third fastest time behind Volker and Coelho, the Top 3 separated by 8/10ths of a second.

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April 9, 2016

Volker again benefits from Coelho error to take Q2

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Ronald Volker has made it two out of two at the Yokomo Euro Tourng Series in Austria as he again benefited from an error by Bruno Coelho to take Q2.  Having claimed yesterday’s opening qualifier ahead of the joint championship leader, two errors by Coelho allowed the Yokomo driver to open Day 2 with another TQ, this time ahead of the championship’s other joint leader Marc Rheinard.  With Coelho’s Xray ending up 5th fastest, a good drive from Rheinard’s Tamiya team-mate Akio Sobue left the former podium finisher to complete the Top 3 ahead of Alexander Hagberg.

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April 8, 2016

Coelho tops practice in Austria

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Coming into the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series on the back of his first carpet win of the championship, Mulheim winner Bruno Coelho has picked up where he left with the Xray driver fastest at the end of practice. The ETS making its first trip to Wels in Austria and laying down a track that all drivers are describing as different to normal, the joint championship leader set the fastest 3-consecutive laps from reigning champion Ronald Volker, with Alexander Hagberg completing the Top 3.  Sharing the lead in the standings with the swede, Marc Rheinard would end up 4th quickest after the 3-rounds of practice.

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April 7, 2016

Xray X-Race grand final – Announcement

Xray X-Race grand final – Announcement

The grand final of Xray’s X-Race series will be held on the weekend of the 8th of May at the iconic Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. The event will see the running of a variety of classes including Touring Modified, Touring Stock 17.5T, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car as well as 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro on-road with full details as well as sign-up being available here.

April 7, 2016

All equal as ETS resumes at new Austrian venue

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With the opening two races producing different winners and those drivers now sharing the lead at the top of the Volante Modified class standings, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend after a six week break. Round 3 will present somewhat of a neutral ground for the resumption of the championship battle as the ETS makes its first visit to Wels, Austria. Taking over the date previously filled by the Euro Offroad Series at the Modellbau Wels hobby show, this year over 20,000 vistors will be treated to seeing the World’s best touring car drivers battle it out for glory. The final indoor race of the ETS’ ninth season, Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard and Xray’s Bruno Coelho will be looking to wrap up the first half of the season with a points advantage over their rival.

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