August 7, 2010

Volker is Top Qualifier in France

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker will start the 2010 European Championship finals tomorrow from pole position after he topped the penultimate round of qualifying here at the Circuit Léo Lagrange securing himself the overall Top Qualifier honours.  The winner of the European Indoor Championship, a title he won earlier in the year from pole, the German said he was very happy to secure the number 1 starting position on a track which is going to prove difficult to pass on.

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August 7, 2010

Wilck fastest in Q4 in France

Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck has topped the fourth round of qualifying here Aniche, France, helped by the fact that Ronald Volker ran used tyres. A slower round than Q3, which saw Volker record 16 laps, the Swede managed only 15 laps, admitting that the TQ was down to that fact that the provisional pole sitter ran one of 5 allocated sets of tyres for a second time.

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August 7, 2010

Volker continues domination in France

Ronald Volker’s domination of the 2010 European Touring Car Championship continues on the second day of qualifying with the Team Yokomo driver topping Q3 in a new fastest time as the Top 3 for the round broke into the 16 laps.

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August 6, 2010

Another TQ run puts Volker on target for pole in France

Team Yokomo’s Ronald Volker is proving to be very much the man to beat here at the European Championships in France after backing up his fastest time in the opening qualifier with another TQ run in Q2, albeit in a slightly slower time.  The German, who is looking to regain the title he won in France in 2007, set the pace over the Tamiya’s of Elliot Harper, Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck, and putting himself in a strong position to wrap up pole for Sunday’s final.

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August 6, 2010

Volker TQs opening Qualifier at 2010 Euros

Ronald Volker has carried his practice pace through to qualifying taking the opening round from defending champion Jilles Groskamp.  The Team Yokomo driver was happy to be fastest but was annoyed with himself for an early mistake when he carried too much speed and over shot the entry to the chicane costing him over 1 second.  Like many of the top drivers, the 2007 Champion felt the traction was off a little compared with this morning, most likely due to the opening ceremony which was held on the track after the completion of practice.

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August 6, 2010

Volker sets practice pace in France

France is the venue for 12th running of the Electric Touring Car European Championships with the small town of Aniche in the northern tip of the country.  The third time that France has hosted the EFRA organised championship, only 106 drivers have made the trip but among those are 8 of last years Euro finalists and 7 of the finalists from last month’s World Championships in Burgdorf, Germany.

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August 1, 2010

Ralph Burch is World Champion

He was last after the first corner but Ralph Burch didn’t let the opening drama get to him as the Texan climbed his way back through the field to take a convincing victory at the Gulf Coast Raceway to become the 2010 Nitro Touring Car World Champion. Starting from fourth on the gird, the 43-year-old American got spun out at the first corner and was hit by most of the pursuing field dropping him down to tail of the pack. Taking a few laps to regain his composure he set about a stunning recovery that would see him hit the front just before 10-minutes after a thrilling battle with the then leader Marc Rheinard and the sensation of these championships Takumi Matsuda.

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July 31, 2010

2010 World Final Grid finalised

The second of the Semi Finals has seen another of Japan’s super quick teenagers take victory even with his Novarossi powered Mugen suffering a late flame out.  Takehiro Terauchi won the race with the fastest of time of the two Semi’s recording the only 100 lapper to finish ahead of European Champion Dirk Wischnewski.  The race saw three of the last World Championship finalist eliminated with Paul Lemieux and Christopher Tosolini both running out of fuel.  Getting back into the race they managed to battle their way back to finish 3rd and 4th respectively but with faster race times in the earlier Semi it is Team Shepherd’s Marc Rheinard and Australian Champion Philip Woodbury who get the final two places in the Main.

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