Volker Top Qualifier at inaugural FIRC

Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker is the Top Qualifier at the inaugural Foshan Invitation RC Championship.  Heading up the international entry at the new Chinese race that the organisers are aiming to establish as a major annual event,  the former World Champion secured pole position for tomorrow’s triple finals when he made it three from three in the penultimate round of qualifying at the recently opened GDC Indoor Track.  Once again it was Chinese driver Vening Zhuo who would be Volker’s closest challenger but the German edged back out his advantage over the Awesomatix driver in the third round.   Competing the Top 3 for the round would be Marco Ma, the Xray driver managing his first 23-lap run of the day ahead of the Xpress of Yugo Nagashima, the Top Seed also putting together a 23-lap run.

Having started the day with a frustratingly difficult seeding round that left him only able for the 13th fastest time and which put him in the second fastest heat for qualifying, Volker said, ‘I happy to TQ overall after my very bad seeding and end the day in a good way’.  On the run that sealed him the overall TQ, drivers counting 2 of the 4 rounds, he said, ‘I had a perfect start but then had some light traffic.  The car has improved as the tyres aged but you can see everyone else improved too.’  Improving on his best time by over 3-seconds, he is keen to have a bigger advantage over his rival and will use the fourth & final qualifier to run his MTC2R with a little less toe in as well as a different front shock set-up to try and getting better steering and a better overall balance for the finals.

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