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February 7, 2015

Wilck takes Q4, Rheinard Top Qualifier

In one of the most interesting qualifying battles seen at a round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series for some time, Serpent’s new signing Viktor Wilck became the fourth different driver in as many qualifiers to top the times but it was Marc Rheinard who claimed the overall TQ honours for the German event. The Tamiya driver went into the deciding qualifier up against the Yokomo pairing of Yannic Prumper and Ronald Volker with both drivers needing a second TQ run to better Rheinard’s faster TQ time of Q3, while Wilck took them all by surprise with his pace to top Q4 by 6/10ths of a second. Behind Rheinard, Volker will start second followed by Prumper, Wilck and last year’s event winner Alexander Hagberg.

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February 7, 2015

Rheinard TQs third qualifier at ETS

Marc Rheinard topped yet another close qualifying encounter at the second round of the ETS in Germany when the Tamiya driver claimed his first TQ run ahead of Yannic Prumper and former team-mate Viktor Wilck. The third different driver to top qualifying in as many rounds, the result sets the stage for a three way battle between Rheinard, Prumper and defending champion Ronald Volker in the fourth & final qualifier at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event.

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February 7, 2015

Volker tops Rheinard in Q2

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Ronald Volker recovered from a slow start to the second round of qualifying this morning at the Euro Touring Series in Germany to give Yokomo its second TQ run of the weekend. Initially it was Tamiya’s Marc Rheinard who set the pace while Volker was on target for the fifth fastest time, but with his BD7 improving for the second half of the run the defending Champion would come back to top the times by 0.374 over his arch rival Rheinard. Behind them last night’s Q1 pace setter Yannic Prumper completed the Top 3 followed by Viktor Wilck and Alexander Hagberg.

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February 6, 2015

Prumper takes Q1 at German ETS

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Yannic Prumper has taken the opening round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany. The Yokomo driver brought Day 1 of the second round of the championship to a close by topping the times from team-mate Ronald Volker and last year’s event winner Alexander Hagberg in a ultra close encounter which saw the Top 5 covered by just one-second.

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February 6, 2015

Hagberg top improver in final practice

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Knocking 1/10th of a second off his pace it was last year’s race winner Alexander Hagberg who was the best placed improver in the second & final timed although his 3rd placing remained unchanged. The final practice at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany saw no change in the top order with Ronald Volker’s first time practice standing to see the Yokomo driver go into qualifying for Round 2 of the championship as top seed. Setting an impressive pace on his debut for Serpent with the second fastest time, Viktor Wilck would too retain his position in the final ranking despite being unable to better his earlier 3-consecutive laps.

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February 6, 2015

Jerome Aigoin teams up with Reds Racing

Reds Racing has announced the signing of French superstar Jerome Aigoin to their expanding off-road race team for 2015/2016. Jerome will join fellow Kyosho drivers Cody King and Elliott Boots to race Reds Racing’s latest off-road engines.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 6, 2015

Volker fastest from Wilck in 1st timed practice

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While the top of the time sheets at the end of the first timed practice at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series looked familiar with Ronald Volker fastest, it was the performances of Viktor Wilck and Elliot Harper that were the main talking point. Having only made the announcement of his departure from long time team Tamiya on Wednesday and then his signing for Serpent the following day, the Swede got his new deal off to a very encouraging start as he set the 2nd fastest time. Having been left without a drive after Durango shelved its factory team, new Schumacher signing Elliot Harper also made a positive start on what is his first international outing for the British manufacturer as he ended the practice 6th quickest.

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February 6, 2015

Martin Bayer joins FX

After a very successful stint with LRP as his nitro engine supplier European Champion and World Championship finalist Martin Bayer now teamed up with FX to run the the company’s engines in his Xray rides. Martin will not only race but also assist with R&D and he will also provide technical support and help at races. Martin says:

I have been working with Juraj for several years and he is the most dedicated, passionate and hardest working guy in the RC industry. As I have been always looking for new challenges and want to improve my knowledge and skills I did not hesitate at all when I got offer from FX to be part of the R&D team. As I have seen the in-house production which is second to none I was sure about the manufacturing capability and possibilities. After several extensive tests I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the engine and was really confident to get into this new adventure. I am really excited and will do all my best both with racing and the further development of the engine. I will be travelling around the world and will be available for technical support to the FX drivers so do not hesitate to see me.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]