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July 27, 2012

Tamiya 1-2 in fourth qualifier

Once again the fourth round of qualifying was determined by who still had access to their second set of controlled Sorex, with Jilles Groskamp using his fresh set of tyres to top the times ahead of defending Champion and team-mate Marc Rheinard while 2008 Finalist Meen Vejrak from Thailand took his Xray, also on new rubber, around the fast MACH track in the third fastest time.

Originally planning that Groskamp would run his second set of tyres in Q4 and Rheinard would save his for the penultimate qualifier, a darkening sky and a high chance of rain being forecast panicked the TRF team into running both drivers along with Elliot Harper on new rubber. While Groskamp & Rheinard locked out the top of the time sheets, Harper, who has been a finalist at every World Championships he has attended, used his tyres to claim the fourth fastest time to move into 8th in the ranking list.

Finishing behind the British driver, Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp was frustrated at not making better use of his fresh tyres as he made a few mistakes during the 18-lap run. Running in group 11 of 14, Hot Bodies driver Dominik Fleischmann competed the Top 6 for the round again fresh tyres giving him an advantage over those who are running on used. One notable retirement from Q4 was Atsushi Hara whose car lasted just two laps before going up in smoke at the chicane.

With many drivers calling the event a game of tyre tactics rather than a World Championship with just two rounds of qualifying remaining the number of driver who still have to use their set set of tyres is getting very small. Key drivers that could potentially spring a TQ run based on having the tyres to do so are Pre Worlds race winner Paul Lemieux and Alexander Hagberg and this could prove vitally important to the Xray team-mates who currently sit 12th & 14th respectively in the overall qualification ranking. Also with fresh tyres left are Juho Levanen, the factory Associated driver holding 12th, and Hot Bodies’ Shin Adachi who sits 15th.

The cloud cover over the track has increased with some drops of rain falling so it will be very interesting to see how the final two rounds of qualifying here in Heemstede pan out.

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