The 2nd round of ENS took place in Ettlingen, Germany. The track is famous for difficult layout and particulary for the asphalt. This time I raced in both classes!
The level was very high, the best drivers in the world were coming there. After the qualifications, I made it into the A-Main in both classes. In 1:10, I was fighting for the overall TQ, but after some issues in the last qualifier I got P3 which I was still very happy about! In 1:8, bad luck in the first 3 qualifications, but in the last one I had good run and made TOP 3! Thanks to this result I started from P7 on the grid!
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In 1/10 final, I had a hard fight with Greiner but a short fuel strategy and a problem in one tyre change cost me the chance to fight until the end for the win! So we finished 2nd and I am happy with that, it´s very good also for the championship!
In 1/8, we started in the middle of the field. We lost too much time in the begginning of the race but after 6 minutes, I was in fight with Pietsch and Gruber for the 3rd place! With a fantastic job of the pit crew I got on the 3rd place and in the end of the race after a problem of Kurzbuch I took a fantastic 2nd place! A fantastic weekend, hard work paid off!
In 40+ class, Arie Manten took the win with Bo Nielse in 2nd and XRAY´s Martin Wenger in 3rd! RX8 had 4 cars in main final!
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1/8 Nitro 40+ Results
1. Arie Manten
2. Bo Nielsen 3. Martin Wenger - XRAY RX8
4. Peter Berkhout 5. Hartmut Rose - XRAY RX8
6. Olaf Engelmann - XRAY RX8
7. Rudi Scherer
8. Peter Poldvere
9. Alain Levy
10. Bilal Sulliman 11. Beat Heiniger - XRAY RX8
12. Detlef Dickes
The cars worked very well in every condition which is something not easily achievable on this particular track! I have to say big thanks to XRAY and HUDY and all my team (Fabio, papa and Giovanni) for the very nice job! I look forward for the next challenges!
