Maddison wins the round Thiele on pole

Qualifying for the stock class is now complete and it is Christoph Thiele that is the class TQ, as confirmed after the 3rd round of qualifying. The big surprise of the round is that Thiele did not win the 5th and final round, that honour went to Jimmy Maddison, the Schumacher racer put in the quickest time of the the day with a 17 lap run in 5:04.01, a second quicker than the best time of Thiele. Jimmy who is running some prototype parts on his Mi3 has now become one of the favourites for the tomorrows event. “Yeh I am really happy. The cars has been great. I had a difficult opening round which put a lot of pressure on me but it came together in the end and I’m very happy with second. I have a lot of people back home supporting me and keeping me motivated and it would be really nice to win tomorrow to reward them.”

Christoph Thiele put in an amazing run in qualifying, winning 4 of the 5 heats, with his lowest position today being 2nd. “I am very very happy. I’m really happy to be here at the DHI Cup, but to be TQ is great. I hope tomorrow I can also do well but for sure Maddison and Hennig will be tough competition in the finals”. Reigning Champion Bastian Hennig from Germany lines up in 3rd spot, just ahead of his Xray team mate Florian Ring.

Stock top 10 qualifying results
1. Christoph Thiele (D) – 17L 305.05 465 [(155) 155 155 155 (153)]
2. Jimmy Maddison (GBR) – 17L 304.01 457 [(116) 150 152 (149) 155]
3. Bastian Hennig (D) – 17L 314.45 455 [151 153 151 (144) (123)]
4. Florian Ring (D) – 17L 308.26 454 [(150) 151 (150) 153 150]
5. Dennis Fadtke (D) – 17L 309.48 453 [(143) 152 (146) 152 149]
6. Tommy Bergfeldt (SWE) – 17L 306.09 450 [147 (143) (143) 151 152]
7. Marcus Horn (D) – 17L 310.02 449 [(121) 148 153 148 (131)]
8. Miek Niemann (D) – 17L 308.44 447 [(120) 149 (142) 147 151]
9. Luke Hobson (GBR) – 16L 301.11 446 [153 (140) 145 (143) 148]
10.Marc Assmann (D) – 17L 310.30 438 [(130) (44) 147 150 141]