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January 7, 2017

Kutvonen Top Qualifier at DHI Cup

Viljami Kutvonen is Top Qualifier at the DHI Cup after delivering a second TQ run in the fourth & final round of qualifying at the Danish event. With the weekend not starting out well for last year’s podium finisher, the Finn just scraping into the top heat of qualifying, the Awesomatix driver turned things around drastically in the second half of Day 2. Heading a 1-2 from team-mate Freddy Sudhoff in Q3, the team was on target to repeat that result in the closing qualifier until Sudhoff, who was on the heels of Kutvonen, had to avoid a marshal attending Yannic Prumper’s VBC on the last lap. With this dropping Sudhoff to fourth, Alexander Hagberg got a personal best of the weekend P2 from the round ahead of defending champion Ronald Volker who, having TQ’d the 2nd qualifier, will line up second on the grid. Although Naoki Akiyama would break during the round, having taken last night’s opening qualifier the Japanese teenager will start 3rd on his second DHI Cup appearance equaling his best international qualifying result achieved at last October’s IIC in Las Vegas. Hagberg will start start 4th with Sudhoff making up the top half of the grid for tomorrow’s triple A-Mains.

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January 7, 2017

Highest D1000 HV all-aluminium servo

Highest have introduced the new high-voltage compatible D1000 servo with all-aluminium case. Capable of speeds down to 0.08s and offering a dynamic torque of 14.8kg-cm the coreless motor standard-size servo is ideal for off-road applications and a popular choice of Highest team drivers such as David Ronnefalk and Robert Batlle. The search offers a full-aluminium case including upper and lower case as well as the middle section and it is available now.

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January 7, 2017

Neumann & Ronnefalk TQ opening 4WD qualifiers at DHI

The opening two rounds of 4WD Buggy qualifying at the DHI Cup presented by LRP saw Joern Neumann TQ the opening round with David Ronnefalk proving fastest in the second of the four attempts drivers will get. Having topped seeding yesterday, unbeaten DHI Cup champion Neumann opened qualifying with an easy TQ over Michal Orlowski with Marc Rheinard third ahead of Ronnefalk, both drivers having mistakes. With a better set-up for Q2, HB Racing’s Ronnefalk would run a 2.5-second faster pace than that of Q1 with Orlowski again second although this time the 2WD Top Qualifier was much closer having found an issue with car after Q1. Neumann would complete the Top 3 with Rheinard some distance back in fourth.

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January 7, 2017

Kutvonen heads Awesomatix 1-2 in Q3

Viljami Kutvonen led an Awesomatix 1-2 in the penultimate round of qualifying at the DHI Cup, the Finnish ace setting a new fastest time ahead of team-mate Freddy Südhoff. Becoming the third different driver to post a TQ run at the 17th edition of the Danish event, Kutvonen’s result sets the stage for a 5-way shot out in the final qualifier to decide the 2017 Top Qualifier. Behind the much improved Awesomatix duo, Ronald Volker was to complete the Top 3 just ahead of his Yokomo team-mate Naoki Akiyama. Having crashed on the last lap of the previous qualifier, popping a rear shock off his VBC, Yannic Prumper would bring home ‘a safe’ P6 for the round behind the Xray of Alexander Hagberg who lacked pace due to a ‘too stable’ car.

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January 7, 2017

Alex Zanchettin switches to Energy Fuel

Energy Fuel have announced the signing of new Tekno team driver Alex Zanchettin to their Offroad program. The 2014 Worlds finalist and former Italian Champion will use the complete range of Energy products and will be available trackside to support customers at all major Italian and International Offroad races. The former long time MLC supported racer is making his debut with the new fuel at this weekend’s Italian Job Race in Padova.

January 7, 2017

Orlowski to defend DHI Cup from pole

Michal Orlowski will set out to defend his DHI Cup title tomorrow from pole position after producing a second TQ run in the final round of 2WD qualifying at the Danish event. The Schumacher driver made it back to back TQ runs when he again topped the times from Marc Rheinard, this time round the gap a lot closer as Rheinard registered his first 17-lap run. While being the only driver to finish all four qualifiers in the Top 2, Rheinard will find himself lining up third on the grid behind Joern Neumann who while on third in Q4 benefited from a faster TQ time to secure second overall. Former Top Qualifier and Champion David Ronnefalk will line up fourth with promising young Swedish Team Associated driver Wilhelm Skjöldebrand making it five different manufacturers filling the top half of the grid for the 6th running offroad at the DHI Cup.

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January 7, 2017

Volker takes second qualifier at DHI Cup

Having struggled to a P6 in yesterday’s opening round of qualifying at the DHI Cup presented by LRP, Ronald Volker resumed normal duty this morning as the reigning 7-time champion of the Danish classic TQ’d the second round of qualifying. The Yokomo driver topped the times by 2.2-seconds over Jan Ratheisky, the Xray driver putting in an impressive Modified run to back up his performances in the Superstock class in which he has TQ’d the first two rounds. Alexander Hagberg would complete the Top 3, 11/100ths off his Xray team-mate, while last night’s Q1 topping Naoki Akiyama set the fourth fastest time with Awesomatix pairing Freddy Sudhoff and Viljami Kutvonen rounding out the Top 6.

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January 7, 2017

Orlowski bounces back with TQ run

After two below par qualifiers yesterday, reigning champion Michal Orlowski bounced back to open Day 2 of the DHI Cup presented by LRP with a TQ run. The Schumacher driver took control of Q3 once overnight TQ holder Joern Neumann had a mistake on the opening lap and building a gap over Marc Rheinard would post a new fastest time despite an error on his final lap, the run the only 17-lap run of the morning. Missing out on his first 17-lap run by 4/10th of a second Rheinard would claim another Top 2 run over 3.5 seconds clear of former champion David Ronnefalk. Having taken last night’s second qualifier, Neumann would set the fastest lap of Q3 but with two big mistakes that required him to be marshalled he would end up with a P4 ahead of Jesper Rasmussen and Wilhelm Skjöldebrand.

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