Christopher Krapp has won the opening A-Main of the Ride Modified class at the Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria. The Top Qualifier drove the perfect race staying calm throughout to hold off a late challenge from World Champion Marc Rheinard with Alexander Hagberg completing the Top 3.
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Factory Kyosho driver Christopher Krapp is Top Qualifier for the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in the Spanish island of Grand Canaria after the 19-year-old German took the final round of qualifying to deny Xray’s Alexander Hagberg the honour on tie break. Each posting two TQ runs during the fifth rounds of qualifying, Krapp’s Q1 performance, which was the fastest 5-minute run of the day, secured the World finalist his first & Kyosho’s second ETS pole position in the A-Main of the premiere class.
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Alexander Hagberg put in another TQ run at the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria, the Swede topping the penultimate qualifier ahead of Ronald Volker and fellow countryman Viktor Wilck. The top three all benefited from fresher tyres with both Hagberg and Volker running brand new tyres while Vilck’s tyres had only three laps on them after he pulled up early in the previous qualifier following a roll.
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Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the third round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria bringing Champion Ronald Volker’s domination of qualifying this season to an end. Driving his TF6-SP, the young German driver took the first of the five rounds of qualifying at the outdoor asphalt track by just over half a second from Volker with Viktor Wilck setting the third fastest time.
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Reedy have released new option parts for their Sonic 540 brushless motors in the form of a 13mm rotor and universal flat sensor wires. The 13.0 x 25.3 (5.0) rotor sports a larger diameter that increases motor torque for applications such as 4WD buggies and touring cars. It is a direct replacement for the stock part. Also available are new flat sensor wires of 70mm, 110mm, 150mm, 200mm and 270mm length. They look better than the standard rubber shielded wires and allow for an extremely clean look.
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Piranha Racing Fuels announce the release of the 25% Race Fuel. Developed with the contribution of top racers and even Formula 1 engineers the nitro fuel makes use of the highest grade ingredients with the lubrication package providing the best ratio between performance, longevity and fuel mileage.
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Better known as a holiday destination rather than a place to host an international RC race, this week the island of Gran Canaria has seen an influx of people carrying suspicious hand luggage through Las Palmas airport as the top touring cars drivers from around the world arrived for Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. A new addition to this season’s ETS schedule, the event gives drivers a very welcome break from indoor carpet racing thanks to the Mediterranean climate of the Spanish island.
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The 10th TITC was held recently at the RC Addict track in Bangkok. The race saw the attendance of four former or recent IFMAR World Champions and an entrance of about 300 drivers. In qualifying Meen Vejrak took TQ followed by Jilles Groskamp, March Rheinard and Chavit S. In the first A final Meen hat a tough fight with Atsushi Hara with the better end for the Xray driver Meen who win the first final race ahead of Atsushi Hara and Jilles Groskamp. Come the second final Meen wasn’t able to hold his position as he spun at the start and lost several positions. Jilles made the best out of the confuse run, ahead of Atsushi and Marc Rheinard. A final three had to decide for the overall standings and thanks to a mistake-free run Meen V. took the overall win with Jilles Groskamp (Tamiya) in second and Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies) in third position.
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