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| Chassis Focus – Jilles Groskamp Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:29 AM PDT Chassis – Infinity IF14 Remarks – Making his first ETS outing of the season here in Spain, Jilles is running a stock version of Infinity’s IF14. The only optional on the car is their ARS system in the rear with Jilles describing the rest of the car as ‘quite standard’. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Coelho effectively takes overall Spanish TQ in Q3 Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:17 AM PDT Bruno Coelho has effectively claimed the first outdoor TQ of the Euro Touring Series by posting a second TQ run in the penultimate round of qualifying at the Spanish round. With two from the four qualifiers to count, the Xray driver has the perfect score and the added advantage of having the fastest time which he set yesterday in Q1. With his only rival Ronald Volker unlikely to manage a TQ in a quicker time given the Yokomo driver has already used both of his sets of tyres. There is also the fact that a number of drivers still have new tyres for the final qualifier namely Marc Rheinard, Akio Sobue, Yannic Prumper and Alexander Hagberg. Coelho topped the Q3 times from Christopher Krapp and Viktor Wilck, all three on new tyres, while Volker was best of those on used tyres setting the fourth quickest time ahead of new tyre equipped Jilles Groskamp while Freddy Südhoff completed the Top 6 on old tyres. Reacting to Q3, Coelho said, ‘We made some set-up changes and ran new tyres so everything was very good and that more or less should give me the TQ. The time from yesterday was very good and will be hard to beat’. Asked if he planned to use the final qualifier to test anything for tomorrow’s finals, he replied, ‘we have a good car for the finals so will leave the car the same’. Saying ‘everyone is super close’, last year’s race winner continued, ‘I think here it is very easy to run behind someone as the braking points are easier, its a large and open track layout’. ‘That was really good and I’m happy with the car but still I’m losing time in the beginning on new tyres’, was Krapp’s thoughts on Q3. The Yokomo driver continued, ‘I am losing it all on the first 3 to 5 laps but after that I am on the same pace as Bruno and Ronald so we still need to find the reason for this problem’. Conceding he is ‘not going to get higher in the points’ and adding he ‘hope(s) to stay 3rd’, one thing the German plans for the final qualifier is to copy team-mate Volker and switch from the plastic kit rear C-Hubs to the soon to be released aluminium versions. Volker has been running them from the start of the weekend and has found them to make the car feel more precise. Wilck described his P3 as ‘a good result’ adding ‘it was the maximum we could get out of it’. The Serpent driver said, ‘I had a lot more understeer this time cause the weather changed a lot but I still need to figure out the problem with power’. Having reported a drop off in power in Q2, the Swede changed the motor end bell and ESC setting for more power but said the ‘power drop was still there. After 3-minutes it feels like there is not enough battery left’. ‘I’m actually happy with my pace on used tyres’, was how Volker summed up his third qualifier. The Yokomo continued, ‘knowing I couldn’t compete with Bruno because the track temperature increased I expected the TQ run from him. With the guys behind me now having used up their sets of tyres I will most likely start 2nd so its not too bad’. Suffering one spin in Q3 that cost him 1-second, he explained, ‘the car is more difficult to drive on used tyres. It has great steering and I just lost it the once in the infield section’. Once more best of the Infinity team drivers, Groskamp said, ‘again I’m happy with P5 because there is still not the same traction as in practice’. He went on, ‘the feeling is different. There is just less traction and so you have to be more careful but I drive better that time. The gap to Bruno is still big but I think that is because we lack a bit of steering on this track and the track changes a lot each run so it is hard to find it (steering)’. Set to use a rear/rear tyre combination for Q4, he said, ‘its going to be hard again to compare how the car has reacted to set-up changes’. With both his team-mates having new tyres for the final qualifier he said while his chances of improving on his grid position are over he hopes Rheinard or Sobue can boost the team’s start positions. In Pro Stock the class produced three different TQs in as many rounds as Infinity driver Dominic Vogl was quickest in Q3 ahead of Dane Frederik Mikkelsen with Jan Ratheisky stopping the clocks with the third quickest time. In Formula there was also a third different driver to top the times with Shepherd’s Olivier Bultynck running a TQ ahead of Spanish duo Ivan de La Calle and Gonzalo Garcia. In the Masters class, Beni Stutz managed to go one better than the previous attempt to TQ the round ahead of Christian Drießle while Q1 & 2 pace setter Thomas Oehler was 3rd. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Chassis Focus – Freddy Südhoff Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:11 AM PDT Chassis –Awesomatix A800X Remarks – Enjoying a very strong showing here in Spain, Freddy is running the latest version of the Awesomatix A800X. His car is equipped with the unique new inner drive shaft system from the Russian manufacturer called IFJ and IRJ. His car is also fitted with the new bigger foam bumper and newly designed carbon bumper plate which offers direct ‘bulkhead support’. Steering wise he opted for the optional Bell Crank Steering System which they refer to as BSSX. Image Gallery FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
| Volker takes second qualifier at ETS Spain Posted: 14 Apr 2018 03:42 AM PDT Ronald Volker has taken the second qualifier at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain this morning, the Yokomo driver topping the times from fellow German Freddy Sudhoff with both drivers on new tyres. Having taken the opening qualifier yesterday evening, Bruno Coelho would complete the Top 3 as the fastest driver on used tyres. One of three drivers gambling on sitting out Q1 to save tyres, Viktor Wilck would post the 4th fastest time. The other two to skip the first qualifier, Jilles Groskamp and Marco Kaufmann set the 6th & 7th fastest time respectively behind Christopher Krapp who ran his first set for a second time. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here. |
| Volker takes second qualifier at ETS Spain Posted: 14 Apr 2018 03:40 AM PDT Ronald Volker has taken the second qualifier at Round 3 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Spain this morning, the Yokomo driver topping the times from fellow German Freddy Sudhoff with both drivers on new tyres. Having taken the opening qualifier yesterday evening, Bruno Coelho would complete the Top 3 as the fastest driver on used tyres. One of three drivers gambling on sitting out Q1 to save tyres, Viktor Wilck would post the 4th fastest time. The other two to skip the first qualifier, Jilles Groskamp and Marco Kaufmann set the 6th & 7th fastest time respectively behind Christopher Krapp who ran his first set for a second time. Summing up this qualifier, it again a cold start to Day 2 of the event albeit more sunny today, Volker said, ‘I ran new tyres as I needed to TQ to at least make sure I’m not starting worse than second’. He continued, ‘as expected Q1 was faster so Bruno now has the edge and he can decide when to use his other set of new tyres’. While ‘saving the tyres’ towards the end of the qualifier once he had established an advantage over the field, the World Champion Coelho’s time advantage from Q1 means he just needs to decide which of the remaining two qualifiers to TQ adding ‘I won’t be able to fight with him as I’ve used both my sets (of tyres)’. In terms of his car, Volker changed to a softer diff for the lower grip of the morning track calling it the ‘right decision’ and now having to run used tyres for the remainder of the day said he will decide whether changes to his BD8 are required. ‘Its a good morning’ was a happy looking Sudhoff’s reaction to his P2 run, the Awesomatic driver 1.1-seconds off Volker. He continued, ‘obviously I was on new tyres again. I struggled a little at the beginning with traction maybe because I took the tyre warmers off too early but it improved and I could consistently do laps. The car was really good like yesterday’. Asked about track conditions he replied, ‘there was less traction but now the sun has come up it will get better’. Commenting on his P3 time, Coelho said, ‘It was an ok round but the track was very slippery’. The reigning champion added, ‘we changed something on the car from yesterday and it was not the correct way so we go back for the next one’. Expecting, ‘the track is going to change a lot’ for Q3, the Portuguese driver appeared pleased with his decision to not run his new tyres in the second qualifier. ‘I drove a little shit the first lap. I spun on the curb coming onto the straight’, was Wilck’s view on Q2. The Serpent driver continued, ‘after that the car came in pretty good but at the end I had a little drop off in power’. Asked if he knew what had caused this the Swede replied, ‘I’m not sure if it was the battery or ESC but I think I just ned to turn up the settings’. On whether he felt his gamble to skip Q1 paid off, he said, ‘I got fourth and maybe that could have been third with a perfect run so it I’m pretty happy with it’. Krapp summed up his P5 by saying, ‘I was on used tyres so I’m happy with the result. I knew the track was worse today and the advantage of new tyres was not so much. I was surprisingly good against drivers on new tyres’. The Yokomo driver said with his car working well he has no plans to change it with the German’s focus on making sure to get a good run when he opts to use his second set of new tyres. ‘I’m pretty happy with P6. It could have been P5 but David (Pérez) was on his roof and I had to go round him’, was Groskamp’s thoughts on what was his first qualifying attempt after he sat out Q1. The former Champion added his first lap ‘was not good’ and overall his there was room for improvement in his own driving. He said, ‘I didn’t feel comfortable with the weather. The car is not bad. If I drive it better I will be more competitive. We are up again in 2-hours when the track and our bodies will be warmer so it should be better’. In Pro Stock, Xray’s Jan Ratheisky opened the day with a TQ run ahead of Max Mächler and yesterday’s Q1 winner Olivier Bultynck while in Formula Infinity’s Jitse Miedema denied Ratheisky a second TQ with Bultynck completing the Top 3. In the Masters class Thomas Oehler made it 2 out 2, topping the times ahead of Beni Stutz and Christian Drießle. View complete event results here. View the event image gallery here. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin It |
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