Hagberg fastest in final practice

Xray team driver Alexander Hagberg has topped the final practice at the 2009 DHI Cup.  The Swede set the pace from German Xray driver Freddy Sudhoff with Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck completing the top three. Hagberg said his car is getting better with each outing as the traction comes up and will leave his set-up as is for the first Qualifier.  Sudhoff is also following a similar plan of action.  He said his car is ‘very good’ and the track layout is really suiting his driving style.

Defending DHI Cup Champion Wilck tried a different tyre additive which considerably reduced traction and so the Tamiya Racing Factory driver will revert back to the additive he used earlier in the day when he was the pace setter.  Next up was Steen Graversen just ahead of the ever improving Christer Andersson.  The Associated driver is delighted with his TC5 and his confidence is running high.  The young Finn will change from a 3.5 to 4.0 LRP motor for the first qualifier but will make no changes to the chassis.

Much happier than he was earlier today, Jilles Groskamp has finally started to make an impression on the time sheets.  The Dutch ace built a car that would be easy to drive for the final practice and while the Euro Touring Series Champion admitted to it being slower over a single lap but the plus side was it is very consistent.  He plans a few small adjustments for the first of the five qualifiers which will get underway here shortly.

In Pro Stock the SMI Motorsport team continue to rule proceedings but it’s now Bastian Henning who leads from his three German team mates. A change of gearing and springs on his T2 009 allowed him to set the pace from Meik Niemann.  Matthias Lang, who was fastest in P3, could only manage fourth behind Christoph Thiele after he too changed springs and will now revert to the same set used earlier.

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