Groskamp takes Leg 2 with ease
After his dramas in the opening leg Top Qualifier Jilles Groskamp made it look easy in the second to take the win over Ronald Volker. The Tamiya Racing Factory driver lead from start to finish on the dry track with the only challenge coming from his teammate Wilck but that ended when the Swede hit tyre problems. There was a few tense moments for Groskamp after the race when scrutineers found one of the four tyres on his TRF416WE was registered to title rival Volker. Under the rules this would have meant exclusion for the Dutch driver but the Yokomo team came to the rescue and produced all of the tyres registered to their star driver proving Groskamp had done no wrong and the error was down to the incorrect marking of the tyres by officials. Asked about the run Groskamp replied, ‘Tyre worked so car was great.’
Taking second Volker said his car was a little more difficult to drive this time round and it was hard to follow Groskamp and Wilck. The German was handed second when Wilck spun at the end of the straight but the Team Yokomo driver spun himself in the same spot next time round. Luckily for him Wilck who was struggling with his tyres did the same and he was able to keep the position to put himself in contention for the title going into the final leg.
Leg 1 winner and the defending champion here in Luxembourg Marc Rheinard took third for the round. Contact with Losi driver Lucas Urbain at the start meant he couldn’t repeat his blistering Leg 1 start but the German said a new set of tyres had made his car very difficult to drive. One of four drivers left in the hunt for the title, the World Champion said, ‘the Final is going to be a lottery’. Struggling home in fourth ending his hopes of a first European title Wilck’s response to his tyre problem was simple, ‘what can I say’. Austrian Hupo Honigl, the fourth driver in with a chance of the title, finished fifth with Urbain’s Losi completing the Top 6.
Leg 2 results
1. Groskamp Jilles – 17 laps in 5:05.099
2. Völker Ronald – 17 laps in 5:08.014
3. Rheinard Marc – 17 laps in 5:10.870
4. Wilck Viktor – 17 laps in 5:11.193
5. Hönigl Hubert – 17 laps in 5:12.659
6. Urbain Lucas – 17 laps in 5:14.578
7. Graversen Steen – 17 laps in 5:17.418
8. Krapp Christopher – 17 laps in 5:17.610
9. Hagberg Alexander – 12 laps in 3:37.399
10.Prümper Yannic – 11 laps in 3:25.411
Full results from the event can be found here.
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