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January 9, 2016

Coelho & Ronnefalk set for TQ battle final qualifier

Bruno Coelho and David Ronnefalk are set to battle it out for the overall 4WD Buggy TQ at the DHI Cup. With Coelho taking the opening qualifier, in Q2 it was Ronnefalk who took Q2. In the third round Ronnefalk looked to repeat until with three laps to go the HB driver would loose his rhythm as he passed Martin Bayer and crash. Having been in hot pursuit of his rival this would allow Coelho to post a second TQ run, this time ahead of European Champion Michal Orlowski. With defending champion Joern Neumann completing the Top 3, Ronnefalk would end up with a P6 behind Bayer and Yokomo young charger Frederik Hovgaard. The result means now only Ronnefalk can deny World Champion Coelho from making his DHI Cup race debut as Top Qualifier, the Portuguese driver having the advantage of holding the fastest TQ time putting all the pressure on his Swedish rival for Q4.

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January 9, 2016

World Champ Coelho takes opening 4WD qualifier

World Champion Bruno Coelho has taken the opening round of 4WD Buggy qualifying at the DHI Cup. Making his debut at the event, the Portuguese ace headed an Xray 1-2 from Martin Bayer with HB’s David Ronnefalk completing the Top 3. For reigning champion Joern Neumann he would open his quest for a fifth consecutive title with 4th. Having battled it out for pole in 2WD, Michal Orlowski would get a P5 from the first of the four qualifiers with eventual 2WD Top Qualifier Tom Cockerill completing the Top 6.

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January 9, 2016

Cockerill is 2WD Top Qualifier at DHI Cup

After a poor first day of qualifying at the DHI Cup, former Champion Tom Cockerill turned things around today to claim his first overall TQ at the Danish event. A DNF in Q1 and only 5th in Q2, the Yokomo driver upped his game for the final two qualifiers to snatch the pole position for the A-Main from early dominator Michal Orlowski. Matching Orlowski’s two TQ runs it was Cockerill’s times that would give the British driver the tie breaker to claim the honour of Top Qualifier in this the fifth year offroad has been part of the DHI Cup.

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January 9, 2016

Cockerill comes good in Q3

Former Champion Tom Cockerill finally came good in the third round of 2WD Buggy Qualifying at the DHI Cup, the Yokomo driver denying another former Champion, Joern Neumann, his first TQ run of the event on the final lap. Having taken both qualifiers at the Odense event yesterday, Michal Orlowski looked like he was about to seal the overall TQ early but a last lap error allowed Neumann to jump to the top of the timing screen. It was to be short lived however as Cockerill, who started from the back of the 10-car heat after a tough first day of qualifying, went fastest by 0.081 of a second.

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January 8, 2016

Orlowski holds overnight TQ in Denmark

Michal Orlowski has kicked off his 2016 season perfectly with the Schumacher driver securing the provisional overnight 2WD Buggy TQ at the DHI Cup. Having topped practice at the Danish event, the 14-year-old carried his pace into qualifying taking the opening two rounds from the Swede Niclas Mansson who sits an impressive second overnight. Improving one place to claim P3 in the second of the four scheduled qualifiers, Joern Neumann lies third going into Day 2 followed by Xray’s Martin Bayer and Team Associated’s Joakim Nicolaisen. Having shown promise in practice taking his D216 to the fourth fastest time, for defending champion David Ronnefalk the qualifiers would prove difficult. Only 13th in Q1, a last lap crash in Q2 would cost the HB driver a second behind Orlowski and the Swede finds himself sitting 10th overall.

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January 8, 2016

Hupo Honigl joins Xray Factory team

Xray is have announced that the multiple European Champion and Worlds finalist Hupo Honigl has joined Xray team to race off-road with their XB4, XB2, XB8, XB8E and on-road with the X12. Hupo, who recently announced his departure from Serpent, will race all Austrian races as well international events such as Euros & EOS. The 30 time Austrian National Champion and reigning 1/12th Stock European Champion had the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be part of the Xray team. I believe that Xray work as hard as a company as I do as a racer. Xray wants to improve their products all the time and I hope I can help them with my 20+ years of experience. After building the first car, I was 100% sure I made the right decision – the quality and the fitments of everything is just unique in the RC industry and none of any other cars I ever built is even close to this. I´m really looking forward to some successful years together and I hope I finally found my new home.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 8, 2016

Bayer fastest in 4WD at DHI Cup

Martin Bayer has set the 4WD Buggy pace on the opening day of the DHI Cup. Despite being forced to sit out the final practice due to a servo failure, the Xray driver still managed to top the seeding list thanks to his 3-consecutive pace of the opening timed practice. Closest to the Czech ace was HB’s David Ronnefalk, the Swede improving on his opening time by a tenth of a second to get within 2/10ths of Bayer. Having set the pace in 2WD practice, Michal Orlowski would end up third fastest but the Schumacher driver was a considerable 7/10ths off the pace. For defending champion Joern Neumann, sixth would be the best the Serpent driver could manage behind Yokomo team-mates Tom Cockerill and Frederik Hovgaard.

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January 8, 2016

Orlowski tops 2WD practice at DHI Cup

Michal Orlowski has topped 2WD Buggy practice at the DHI Cup, the Schumacher driver setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps at the Danish event to end up almost half a second clear of former winner Tom Cockerill. Joakim Nicolaisen would complete the Top 3, Team Associated’s up & coming talent 3/100ths faster than defending champion David Ronnefalk. For two time 2WD winner & unbeaten 4WD Champion Joern Neumann practice would leave the Serpent driver only 9th fastest while Xray’s 4WD World Champion Bruno Coehlo, despite laying down the fastest single lap ended up 16th.

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