Gomez sets pace for second timed practice

Richi Gomez has put in a very strong time with his Novarossi powered Hong Nor X2 to put himself top of the time sheets from former Champion Daniel Vega.  Gomez put his improved time of 5:27.633 down to him driving better and is very pleased with the car, so much so he plans no changes for the first round of qualifying in the morning.

Vega, who won the title 10 years ago, was very happy with his run saying the the track is starting to come to his Ninja powered Mugen.  The Spaniard, who is running JConcepts Nines, said his car is still a little nervous and he plans a few small changes for tomorrow that he hopes will make the steering less aggressive.

Having been just outside the top 10 in the first timed practice Darren Bloomfield is looking stronger this time round.  Currently holding the third fastest run for the round, he said his choice of Calipers was wrong as the car is moving around a lot and Revolvers would have been a better choice.  He is still pleased with his run but is finding it hard to adjust to the lack of grip on the track compared with his last visit here but he feels the track is starting to get back to that level now.

The man everyone has come to Austria hoping to deny him back to back titles is Renaud Savoya and he is currently fourth after making the wrong tyre choice.  Having switched tyre compound from the M3 he ran this morning to M2 for he feels the lower track temperature resulted in less traction.  Top Kyosho driver Jerome Sartel completes the current Top 5 for now but the big danger man is his brother Yannick who topped the first timed practice and has yet to compete his second run.

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