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February 2, 2018

Coelho fastest from Rheinard in first timed practice at ETS

Bruno Coelho was fastest in the first of the two timed practice at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Daun, Germany, this morning. The Xray driver topped the times from Round 1 winner Marc Rheinard having a 2/10ths of a second advantage over his arch rival. Behind, Yannic Prumper laid down his intentions early to complete the Top 3 on the uniquely shaped track with the margin a similar 2/10ths. Such is the size of the high speed layout at the holiday resort venue, seeding this weekend is being based on a driver’s best 2-consecutive laps rather than the traditional 3.

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February 1, 2018

Rheinard aims to extend lead with home win at ETS Daun

Having celebrated his first calendar year as an Infinity driver by claiming the electric touring car newcomers’ first ETS victory at the season opener in Austria, Marc Rheinard will be looking to extend his lead in the championship on home soil this weekend (2-4 Feb) in Daun, Germany. A brand new venue on the calendar, the holiday resort having successfully played host to the second round of Euro Offroad Series last weekend, Rheinard will be aiming to make it back to back victories at his home race. Winning Round 1 ahead of reigning ETS Champion Bruno Coelho and Ronald Volker, the championship’s most winning driver ended a two year drought of wins and also taking the TQ in Vienna came away with maximum points. That is how he wants to leave Daun on Sunday evening. Rheinard will be joined at the race by Infinity team-mate Akio Sobue, the Japanese diver aiming for a better performance than his 8th last time out.

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February 1, 2018

Freddy Südhoff joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing have added another high-class on-road driver to their constantly growing super star team in the form of Germany’s Freddy Südhoff. Freddy will debut his new power combo, the XeRun XR10 Pro speed controller and the all-new XeRun V10 G3 motor, at this weekends second round of the ETS in Germany and he has the following to say:

I am very happy to join Team Hobbywing and thankfully for their trust into me to join their Factory Team for 2018 and beyond. I’m already looking forward the upcoming races and can’t wait to hit the track with my new equipment. See you trackside!

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 29, 2018

4WD victory for Orlowski at EOS Daun

Michal Orlowski has taken the overall 4WD victory at Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany. The Schumacher driver claimed only his second ever 4WD win when he once again took advantage of a mistake from Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho in the second of the A-Main encounters. Taking the win from Coelho in A1 following a late mistake from the reigning champion, this time the mistake came on the opening lap allowing Orlowski to lead at the end of the first lap, a lead he wouldn’t relinquish despite Coelho’s best efforts. Posting the fastest lap of the race by 3/10th over Orlowski’s best, three more errors from Coelho prevented him from catching his rival. With the large track at the new venue seeing no one manufacturer having a distinct advantage, like the result in 2WD, the podium was made up of drivers representing all different manufacturers with Yokomo’s Lee Martin filling the final step in Daun.

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January 29, 2018

Martin Bayer joins Sunpadow

Sunpadow have announced the signing of another European big gun in the form of Xray’s Martin Bayer. The former IFMAR European and EOS Champion as well as multiple IFMAR Worlds finalist will be using Sunpadow batteries from now on and this is what he has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be a part of Sunpadow team. From 2018, I will be using Sunpadow high quality batteries to compete at the highest level. I will be assisting, testing and promoting Sunpadow products. I am confident and will work hard towards achieving our goals together.

Source: Sunpadow [arc-chn.com]

January 28, 2018

Orlowski wins opening 4WD A-Main

Michal Orlowski has won the opening A-Main of 4WD at Euro Offroad Series in Daun. Starting from second on the grid the Schumacher driver went to the front following a mistake from Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho in the final 2-minutes of the race. Holding a comfortable 1-second advantage over Orlowski, entering the wall section Coelho’s Xray would get stuck in the corner allowing the Schumacher driver to go through and come out with a 1-second advantage. Coelho would try to chase down the Pole but made a number of mistakes in the process allowing Orlowski to cross the finish line 1.5-second clear. In a distant third Lee Martin would complete the Top 3, team-mate Marc Rheinard, who started ahead of him, dropping down the order after an error on the opening lap eventually finishing 10th.

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January 28, 2018

Coelho 4WD Top Qualifier at EOS Daun

Bruno Coelho is Top Qualifier for the second round of the Euro Offroad Series in Germany, the Xray driver return to his dominant 4WD form after a difficult 2WD race at the new Sporthotel & Resort Grafenwald venue. Winner of the season from the TQ, the reigning champion clinch his 12th EOS career TQ when he made it three from three in the third round of qualifying with Michal Orlowski once again his closest rival. Topping the fourth & final qualifier, Orlowski will start second with Marc Rheinard making it three different manufacturers at the front of the grid ahead of his Yokomo team-mate Lee Martin with Hupo Honigl completing the top half of the grid.

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January 27, 2018

Coelho back in business as 4WD qualifying gets underway

After a disastrous result in 2WD, coming into the weekend as points leader but finishing up 10th, Bruno Coelho is back in business as Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series switched to 4WD with the Xray driver taking the opening qualifier. Second fastest in seeding the reigning champion would top the times from Lee Martin and Hupo Honigl with a number of drivers hitting problems in the first of the four qualifiers. Having just secured his first EOS win earlier in the evening, Neil Cragg was on a TQ pace in the second fastest heat when he took a corner off his car. At the start of the top heat, Marc Rheinard never left the line due to a dead speedo, while David Ronnefalk suffered a thermal shut down and Michal Orlowski lost drive with a minute to go while in the mix for the TQ.

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