April 13, 2015

Dirk Wischnewski wins at Central German champs Rd1

Dirk Wischnewski wins at Central German champs Rd1

Last weekend the first round of the central German championship took place at the AMC Lahntal track. In the 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road class Dirk Wischnewski took the chance to get in shape for the upcoming opening round of the ENS 2015 in Bologna. After qualifying he was ranked 2nd behind Thilo Tödtmann and missed the TQ by only 0,2sec as he had a moment in the fastest qualifying round. The 30 minute final saw a clean start from all competitors with Dirk charging hard on Thilo. After a few corners Dirk managed to take over the lead and he started to increase the gap lap by lap. Clearly faster than the remainder of the field he never looked back and crossed the finishing line with a massive 4 laps lead.

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April 12, 2015

Prumper ends 3-year winning hiatus in Italy

Prumper ends 3-year winning hiatus in Italy

Yannic Prumper ended a 3-year winning hiatus today when he headed a Yokomo 1-2 on the return of the Euro Touring Series to Italy.  Last winning an ETS encounter in 2012 when he took victory at the season finale in Traiskirchen, the German claimed his third ever ETS win today in Riccione thanks to his A1 winning race time.  Going into the third A-Main as one of three drivers who could take the overall win, second would secure him the top step in the podium, his A1 time giving him the tie break over A2 winner Meen Vejrak.  Vejrak’s ETS first podium finish, the first asphalt race of Season #8 would also see Xray’s Bruno Coelho claim his first podium of the championship, the exciting Portuguese driver gaining a lot of new supporters with his efforts over the weekend.  For defending champion Ronald Volker the event would end a 15-race, 3-year, run of podium finishes for the Yokomo driver as he finished 4th overall. Top Qualifier in Italy, the bonus point for pole position means with half the season complete Volker still maintains his lead in the points standings.

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April 11, 2015

Volker claims 16th ETS TQ in Italy

Volker claims 16th ETS TQ in Italy

On the return of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series to Italy it is Ronald Volker who will start on pole position, the Yokomo driver claiming his 16th overall TQ of the championship at the Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli.  With only Bruno Coelho a possible challenger to the defending ETS champion becoming Top Qualifier at the third round of the championship, a mistake by the Xray driver in the fourth & final qualifier allowed Volker to record his third TQ run of the weekend.  Despite losing over 3-seconds, Coelho would still post the second fastest time and the only driver to truly challenge Volker this weekend he will start his first asphalt ETS appearance from 2nd on the grid setting the stage for an exciting head to head dual in tomorrow’s triple A-Mains.  Having come into the weekend as joint leader of the championship with Marc Rheinard, Volker moves one point ahead now and with his arch rival starting fifth that advantage looks likely to grow.  While Rheinard had his best round in Q4 recording his only Top 3 run the same couldn’t be said for his new team-mate & reigning World Champion Naoto Matsukura and the Japanese ace will line-up on the B-Main grid on his TRF debut in the ETS.

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April 11, 2015

Yokomo 1-2 as Volker tops Q3 from Vejrak

Yokomo 1-2 as Volker tops Q3 from Vejrak

Yokomo claimed a 1-2 in the penultimate qualifier at Round 3 of the ETS in Italy with Ronald Volker topping the times from Meen Vejrak, the Thai driver finally completed a run after servo issues resulted in DNF’s in the opening two qualifiers.  Running his second set of tyres, Volker’s second TQ run of the weekend is a significant one as it leaves his only challenger for the honour of Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho needing to post the fastest qualifier of the weekend on what today is so far proving a slower track.  Still using his first set of controlled Ride tyres, Coelho would post the 3rd fastest time, an impressive pace for tyres that were on their third run, and now goes into the final qualifier armed with a fresh set of tyres.

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April 10, 2015

Volker from Coelho in opening Italian ETS qualifier

Volker from Coelho in opening Italian ETS qualifier

Ronald Volker kicked off qualifying at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Italy with a TQ run however the defending champion’s anticipated domination wasn’t to be by a much as expected.  Leading off the World class 11 car top qualifying group the Yokomo driver would find himself trailing Bruno Coelho before the Xray driver overheated his tyres.  In the end just half a second separated the Top 2, Coelho posting the fastest time, while somewhat off the lead pace Yannic Prumper completed the Top 3 as the only other driver to run 19-laps of the Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

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April 10, 2015

Volker throws down the gauntlet in Italy

Volker throws down the gauntlet in Italy

Ronald Volker has thrown down the gauntlet to his rivals on the Yokomo Euro Touring Series’ to Italy by convincingly topping timed practice.  Describing the Road Race Riccione RC Circuit Marco Simoncelli track as one of his all time favourite tracks, the Yokomo driver was almost 7/10ths faster than his closest rival Bruno Coehlo over three laps. Joint leader of the standings with Volker coming into the first outdoor race of Season #8 of the ETS, Marc Rheinard struggled over the 2-timed practice runs with the Round 2 race winner ending up only 11th fastest behind new Tamiya team-mates Naoto Matsukura and Christopher Krapp who ended up 6th and 10th fastest respectively.  Making his race debut for HB, Jilles Groskamp kicked off his new contract with an encouraging pace that will see him seeded 5th for qualifying.

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April 10, 2015

Birinyi & Bajusz win at RCProf Challenge Rd6

Birinyi & Bajusz win at RCProf Challenge Rd6

Round 6 of the Hungarian RCProf Challenge saw Janos Birinyi taking the TQ in the Touring Car Stock class from teammate Zsolt Kalnay. In the first final Janos brought home an easy win only to have a mixed second leg meaning the overall win would be decided in the third and final A-main. In the third leg Janos got everything together and he finished in 1st place to take the overall win from Mate Toth and Zsolt Kalnay. In the 13.5T Stock Buggy class Zsolt Ifj. Bajusz took the win from Dani Sagi and Bence Erdödi.

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April 9, 2015

Georgiadis & Dimitriou win at Greek On-Road series

Georgiadis & Dimitriou win at Greek On-Road series

The 2nd round of Greek Touring Series and the 3rd round of Greek Nitro Series was held at the Fanatix racing track in cold, medium grip conditions. The day started with the GTS’ electric touring car class and right from the start Georgiadis made his intentions clear to end the day on the top spot. He won all qualification rounds and nobody was able to match the times he set. At the end he took the TQ in front of Isaakides and teammate Papachristos.

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