April 9, 2017

Coelho takes easy A1 win

Bruno Coelho took an easy win in the opening A-Main at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series this morning in Madrid.  Top Qualifier on the championship’s first visit to Spain, the Xray driver had no problems pulling clear of the field winning from Marc Rheinard by 1.8-seconds.  With the Top 5 finishing as they started, it was Ronald Volker who completed the Top 3, the Yokomo driver having a lonely race running in between the Infinity’s of Rheinard and Akio Sobue.

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April 8, 2017

Coelho Top Qualifier at ETS Spain

Despite Marc Rheinard taking a somewhat surprise second TQ in the final round of qualifying at ETS Spain, it is Bruno Coelho who is Top Qualifier on the championship’s first visit to the country.  The Xray driver’s second TQ of the season, having been on pole for the season opener, he claimed the top spot for the first outdoor race of the season thanks to his Q2 time being the fastest of the weekend.  Rheinard’s best qualifying of the season, the German lines up ahead of Ronald Volker, the Yokomo driver struggling in the final qualifier and starting in an Infinity sandwich with Akio Sobue and Jilles Groskamp completing the top half of the grid.

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April 8, 2017

Rheinard snatches Q3 from Volker at the line

Marc Rheinard has taken the third round of qualifying at ETS Spain, the Infinity driver snatching the TQ from Ronald Volker as he launched his car across the loop on the final lap. With Volker, going into what unknown to him was the final lap at the top of the timing screen, Rheinard took the gamble that it was the final lap and punched his car to get it over the loop with the 2/10th gained from taking the risk, enough to get the job done.  Taking a more normal approach to the final corner, unfortunately for Volker he would lose out on the TQ by 0.136 of a second.  Behind, Christopher Krapp would compete the Top 3, the Yokomo driver clearly delighted with his run.  Making it a good overall team result for Yokomo, Nicolas Lee would post the fourth fastest time.  Having dominated proceedings in Q1 and 2, Bruno Coelho would get sixth, despite a spin and being on used tyres, leaving David Perez as the best Xray for the round with a P5.

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April 8, 2017

Coelho from Volker in Q2

Having closed Day 1 of the Euro Touring Series in Madrid with a TQ run, Bruno Coelho opened the second day of action at the ASOGER track by again setting the pace with his Xray.  The reigning champion topped Q2 from Ronald Volker, the Yokomo driver very pleased with his P2 given he was on used tyres.  Behind the winners of the opening two rounds of the season, Akio Sobue completed the Top 3, a last lap error costing the Infinity driver second spot.  Despite putting his car on its side coming onto the front straight, Jilles Groskamp would claim fourth ahead of team-mate Naoto Matsukura with Elliot Harper completing the Top 6 ahead of Marc Rheinard.

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April 7, 2017

Coelho caps of Day 1 with TQ run

Bruno Coelho has capped off the opening day of the Euro Touring Series in Spain with a TQ run in the first round of qualifying.  Having topped practice, the Xray driver found himself behind the Infinity pairing of Akio Sobue and Marc Rheinard early in the qualifier but as their paced dropped off the reigning champion was able to move to the top of the timing screens to TQ by almost 9/10ths from Sobue with Rheinard third a further 4/10ths back.  Never posing a real threat for a TQ run, Ronald Volker would open qualifying with a P4, the World Champion clearly frustrated he couldn’t match his rivals pace at the beginning of the heat. Finding himself in the second fastest heat, Jilles Groskamp would break up the finishing order of the top heat to post the fifth fastest time ahead of Alexander Hagberg.

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April 7, 2017

Coelho tops seeding at ETS Spain

Bruno Coelho goes into qualifying at ETS Spain as the top seed, the Xray driver capitalising on a faster track to top the final round of practice in Madrid.   Second fastest in the opening controlled practice, the reigning champion bettered his 3-consecutive lap time by almost 1.3 seconds to top the times ahead of a trio of Infinity drivers lead by Akio Sobue.  Fastest in CP1, Marc Rheinard would drop to fourth behind team-mate Naoto Matsukura having only improved his time by quarter of a second.  Ronald Volker would complete the Top 6 behind a much improved Yannic Prumper who found 1.9-seconds.

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April 7, 2017

Rheinard tops first controlled practice in Madrid

With the Yokomo Euro Touring Series making its first visit to mainland Spain this weekend, it was Marc Rheinard who got off to the best start with the Infinity driver topping the times in the first controlled practice. Winner of the ETS Warm-up race which was hosted at the large Madrid track last month, Rheinard was fastest over 3-consecutive laps from defending champion Bruno Coelho with fellow Xray driver & Spanish talent David Pérez completing the Top 3. Winner of the previous ETS encounter, the last of the season’s carpet races, Ronald Volker found himself only 9th quickest in CP1 having set the second fastest time in free practice.  The World Champion put the time down to a change of tyre prep but happy with his Yokomo, he will revert to his previous tyre prep method for CP2.

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April 7, 2017

Kawada M300 FX4 aluminium main chassis

Coming from Kawada and made for the M300 FX4 1/12th scale pan car is an aluminium main chassis. Machined from 7075-T6 Duraluminium and coming anodised for wear, the chassis is best used in high-bite track conditions as it reduces chassis flex which results in a more stable ride and thus faster lap times. The chassis is usable with the optional floating servo mount and it is understood that the main plate also fits the FX3 kit.

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