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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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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Sweep Racing have announced the signing of 2009 ROAR Electric Offroad 1/8th scale champion Jeremy Potter. Joining their ever growing racing Jeremy had the following to say:
I ran my Sweeps for the first time last night at a local club race. I started out with the Silver Exagon tires in Qualifying as the track was a bit dusty on top with a slight groove underneath. I was amazed at the amount of steering and side bite these tires had. The forward bit was exceptional also. I TQ’d both rounds by over a lap. After 20 minutes of practice and qualifying the tires showed very little wear even in 90 degree weather. For the main I put on a set of red Dirt Effects and was happy I made that choice. The car was so easy to drive and tire wear after 15 minutes was non-existent.
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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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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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