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Neumann & Bayer to go head to head in A3
In a repeat of 2014, the 4WD Buggy title at the DHI Cup will be a two way battle between Joern Neumann and Martin Bayer with the winner to be decided in A3. In A1 Bayer took his Xray to victory ahead of the Top Qualifier Neumann after contact between the pair saw the Durango end up on its roof as they came around to complete lap 3. In the second A-Main Neumann lead until an error on lap 4 allowed Bayer to the front until he made a mistake 3 laps later. Dropping to third behind David Ronnefalk it looks like A3 would be a three way battle for the win on this the fourth year of offroad being part of the famous Danish event. However on the last lap a mistake from Ronnefalk would mean the new HB signing would not be kicking of his new sponsorship with a win.
The unbeaten in 4WD Champion, losing his 2WD reign last year to Tom Cockerill, Neumann was to the point about what happened in A1 saying ‘Martin took me out’. Describing his Durango as a little edgy to drive he said A2 went better and while he can drive the car around on his own no problem its ‘not good for fighting’. For A3 he will cut another row of pins from his set of controlled Schumacher tyres and is confident that will give him the car to get the job done.
Bayer said his XB4 is feels really good and in A1 he had no problem catching Neumann and when the German ‘went wide’ they were ‘side by side’ with him having the inside allowing him to take the lead from where he could control the race. Again with a fast car in A2, the former European Champion said he had the chance to take the win but just made too many mistakes. With second overall secured with his results from A1 & 2, his finishing position last year, he said he has nothing to lose and therefore would be going for it in the closing race.
‘Shit driver’ that was a frustrated Ronnefalk’s summary of his two Mains. Having won 2WD earlier in the day, but using a Team C chassis as HB dont yet have a 2WD, he said he doesn’t know why he kept crashing on the last lap when he had 2nd secured. The crash in A2 proving costly as it put him out of contention to be part of the battle for the overall win on his debut with the D413.
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Ronnefalk wins 2WD at DHI Cup
David Ronnefalk is the new DHI Cup 2WD Buggy Champion. The factory HB driver secured his first victory at the Danish event after seeing off a crowd entertaining challenge from A2 winner & former champion Joern Neumann. Having taken an easy win in A1 with a near perfect drive, in A2 mistakes allowed Neumann to take the win setting the stage for a head to head between the two Pro drivers. Top Qualifier, A3 didn’t get off to a good start for Ronnefalk as he made a first lap mistake at the back double allowing the similar Team C chassis of Neumann to the front but the race was far from decided with the two shadowing each other with young Michal Orlowski in tow. With a minute to go however a mistake from Neumann would give Ronnefalk the break he needed to kick off his 2015 season with a victory.
Having only previously contested the first ever running of offroad at the DHI Cup four years ago and struggling on the carpet surface, on that occasion with a rear motored car, Ronnefalk was pleased to open the 2015 season with a win adding he enjoyed his A3 battle with Neumann. Dropping to fourth after his first lap error, the 18-year-old said that put the pressure on as did his decision to use a set of tyres that already had done two runs. While he would get passed Neumann on lap three he said with the tyres making his Orion powered TM2 slide around it made it extra hard work having the German all over his rear end. After Neumann’s late error, the same incident also delaying a much faster paced Orlowski, Ronnefalk said he was able to control things to the finish.
Running the same chassis, electrics and tyres as Ronnefalk, Neumann was not pleased with his A3 performance. He said his TM2 pushed too much for his driving style adding Ronnefalk’s example look to have the advantage of a little more steering. Asked about his roll at the end of the straight, the European Champion said the car traction rolled and there was little he could do about.
Running with the two race contenders in A3, having played cautious in the opening two encounters, Orlowski was delighted with his performance. With 2nd in A1 and 3rd in A2 securing the 13-year a podium placing, a great way to kick off his new sponsorship with Schumacher, he said he was able to take more risks in A3 as there was always the chance he could take second overall from Neumann. Also using the last A-Main to test a set of pre-glued Schumacher tyres which he will have to use at Round 2 of the Euro Offroad Series in Berlin at the end of the month, on his Cougar KF he said was very happy with both his car and his own driving this weekend giving him good confidence for the new season.
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Volker cruises to A1 win at DHI Cup
Defending DHI Cup Champion Ronald Volker moved in on a sixth title at the Danish event this morning as he cruised to an unchallenged win in the opening A-Main. Expecting a strong challenge from his Yokomo team-mate Yannic Prumper that never materialised as Prumper got out of shape on Lap 2. While Volker pulled clear taking the win by almost 5-seconds, the battle of the race would be for second with Xray’s Alexander Hagberg finding a way passed Prumper. Despite a roll at the first corner, HB’s Freddy Sudhoff would finish fourth just 3/10ths off Prumper.
Volker said right after the start he got lucky as Prumper struggled with his car and ‘something happened’ to the No.3 starting Tamiya of Marc Rheinard. Despite setting the fastest lap of the race, outright pace having evaded the German in qualifying, he said his LRP powered BD7 had a lot of steering with the rear end feeling very loose. While it improved over the 5-minutes, his fastest lap coming on lap 19 of 25, he said he couldn’t push and had circumstance been different in terms of his rivals he said he could have found himself under a lot of pressure. Adding ‘overall I shouldn’t complain as I got what I wanted from the race but for A2 we need to make a small tweak to our tyre prep’.
‘Pretty good’ was Hagberg’s response to how his race had gone. Starting from fourth on the grid, the Swede said his T4 was ‘very good at the start as always’ and having caught up to Prumper he was was able to take advantage of a mistake to get passed. Again having issues with the car’s pace dropping off towards the end of the race he said he knew he was never got to be able to catch up Volker and he declared himself ‘pretty happy’ with second.
Prumper said his ‘car was terrible’. Making a shock change after qualifying he said this left his Muchmore powered BD7 very loose in the rear and this was compound by his rear right tyre having come partly unglued. For A2 the 21-year-old said he will go back to the soft front, harder rear shock oil set-up he ran yesterday.
Sudhoff said he got ‘quite lucky’ in taking fourth. Traction rolling at the first corner dropping to last he said when he arrived at the hairpin it was full of cars on their roofs and he managed to make back up the lost positions. Finding the track conditions very different to yesterday he said his PRO5 was edgy to drive and he plans to make a set-up change as a result for A2.
Not finishing the race, Rheinard said ‘I just messed up’. Hitting the curbing on the first lap he found himself in the middle of the pack and after further incidents he opted to pull over after just 2 laps. Describing his Tamiya TRF419 as feeling ‘not so bad in the warm-up’ the former DHI Cup winner said he could ‘hopefully make a better start to the next one’.
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