Volker setting pace in Practice
With three rounds of free practice completed here in Luxembourg it is last year’s Top Qualifier Ronald Volker who is setting the pace from reigning champion Marc Rheinard. The Yokomo driver recorded the fastest run time (16/5:00.987) in the second outing, and has also laid down the fastest lap (18.364) around the large circuit. Topping the timesheets again in the third session, with a slower run of 16/5:03.894, the German ran different shocks on his BD5 but found they made the car feel unstable and he will revert to the shocks used earlier for today’s fourth & final practice. Asked about run time the LRP driver, who is running a 3.5 motor, said it was close. For Rheinard run time was an unexpected problem in the third round with his car dumping on the final lap. The World Champion said in pre event testing his SpeedPassion powered Tamiya could easily make the full 5 minutes and is a little lost as to what could have brought on the problem.
Third fastest for the latest practice was young German star Yannic Pruemper. The Tamiya Junior team driver, who is relishing the Mini-Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” layout, ran new tyres for the first time in the session and was very happy with the feeling of his car. Elliot Harper had the fourth fastest run after making changes to the rear end of his Xray T2 009 which made the rear a little looser. The British driver said he is playing around with the balance of the car as he searches for a good compromise between steering and traction. Having switched from a Nosram 3.5 motor to a 4.0, the World’s Finalist said the motor change gave the car a better feeling and he is now much happier with the car.
‘The best touring car I have ever driven’ was how Hupo Honigl described his Tamiya TRF416 after setting the fifth fastest time for third round. The multiple European electric off road champion said his car was perfect and he is very happy, and a little surprised, with his pace. The Austrian said he wont be touching a thing on his car ahead of the next run. Leading French driver Lucas Urbain completed the Top 6 for the round.
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