January 6, 2017
Team Yokomo protege Naoki Akiyama opened qualifying at the 16th running of the DHI Cup with a TQ run, the Japanese driver setting the pace ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg. Benefiting from a difficult qualifier for reigning champion and practice Top seed Ronald Volker, Akiyama was over 6/10ths faster than Hagberg with Freddy Sudhoff completing the Top 3 a further half a second off. For Volker, who twice rolled his Yokomo over the 5-minutes, Q1 would leave him with a P6 behind former team-mate Yannic Prumper and a much improved from practice Viljami Kutvonen. While declaring it was a ‘good…
January 6, 2017
Joern Neumann and Marc Rheinard registered one TQ each in the opening two rounds of 2WD qualifying at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. In the opening qualifier it was Marc Rheinard who kicked off the 2017 season with a TQ run heading home Neumann and his own Yokomo team-mate Frederik Hovgaard. In the second of the 4 scheduled qualifiers, which brought Day 1 of the offroad action at the Danish classic to a close, the result would be reversed with Neumann getting the better of Rheinard with a faster time to hold the provisional overnight TQ on the tie-break….
January 6, 2017
Chassis – Xray T4 ’17 Motor – ORCA RT 4.5T ESC – ORCA VX3 Batteries – ORCA 6300mAh Tires – LRP (handout) Radio/Servo – Sanwa Bodyshell – Protoform LTC-R Remarks – Xray factory driver Alexander Hagberg is running the ’17 version of the Slovakian made T4 here at the DHI Cup in Odense. His car features an aluminium chassis, an aluminium steering system and low friction belts. The Swede’s T4 is also equipped with Hiro Seiko titanium and aluminium screws and Avid bearings. The wing of choice on his LTC-R body is the hard version of the Protoform wing. Image…
January 6, 2017
Joern Neumann set the pace in 4WD seeding at the DHI Cup presented by LRP. The unbeaten 4WD Champion of the Danish event, who is going for a sixth consecutive title this weekend in Odense, topped the times with an improved run in the second of the two rounds of controlled practice. Behind the Serpent driver, 2WD top seed Michal Orlowski would post the second fastest time with his CP1 when he set the early pace and Neumann was P4. While Neumann’s advantage was 2/10th, the gap between Orlowski and third fastest David Ronnefalk was much closer with only 3/100ths…
January 6, 2017
Ronald Volker has topped seeding practice at the DHI Cup presented by LRP in Denmark. The reigning champion was fastest from his Yokomo team-mate Naoki Akiyama being the only driver to run 3-laps in 38-seconds. Fastest by almost 3/10ths from Akiyama, Volker would set his quickest time in the final practice with Akiyama having topped the times in the first of the two runs. Also improving his time in the second run, Alexander Hagberg would complete the Top 3 followed by his Xray team-mate Jan Ratheisky. While 2016 podium finisher Viljami Kutvonen would struggle to only the 10th fastest time,…
January 6, 2017
Chassis – Awesomatix A800 X Motor – LRP X20 13.5 Stock Spec ESC – LRP Flow Batteries – LRP 7500mAh Stock Spec Tires – LRP (handout) Radio/Servo – Futaba Bodyshell – Protoform Mazda Speed6 Remarks – Awesomatix team manager Max Machler is testing here at the DHI Cup their latest version of the A800 called “X”. The new car features a longer chassis for an increased wheelbase, with the servo position also brought forward compared to the previous version. The sway bar mounts now feature ball bearings, and the top deck has been revised in shape and its centre mount…