The 4th International Friendship Race was held in Vienna on February 4-5, 2006. Drivers from Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Hungary attended this race. Team XRAY was well represented by team drivers Martin Hudy, Juraj Hudy, and Michal Bok. Among the favourites of this race were Peter Pinish and Thomas Pumpler from Austria.
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Open practice on the technical carpet track started on Saturday morning and continued with group practice. After Saturday practice the fastest drivers were Martin, Peter, and Michal Bok. Thomas, driving his new car, had problems finding the right set up and was little bit slower than these three drivers.
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Racing started on Sunday with four rounds of qualifiers. With the two best times counting together, it was Martin who set TQ ahead of Peter and Michal Bok. Peter was very fast in the morning but Martinâ™s last qualifier â“ where he the only driver to make 22 laps â“ helped him to set TQ. Martinâ™s car was very fast already from beginning when the grip was very low.
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The grip increased from round-to-round and not only Martin but also other XRAY drivers used advantage of the T2â™s Multi-Flex Technology™ ; they did not need to change anything on their set ups, they had to only add some screws here and there to make car more stiffer. Team XRAY was very strong this weekend and as a result had 7 cars in top 10.
Qualifier results:
1. Martin Hudy XRAY T2
2. Peter Pinisch Asso TC4 3. Michal Bok XRAY T2
4. Vaclav Strupek XRAY T2
5. Oliver Holczer Robitronic 6. Toni Eder XRAY FK05
7. Mario Sowka XRAY T2
8. Thomas Pumpler Hotbodies 9. Martin Bayer XRAY T2
10. Juraj Hudy XRAY T2
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Martin Hudy won all three finals. Peter had some electrics problems and he finished only the first final, where he finished in 2nd place. In the second final his car stopped in the fourth minute when he was driving in 2nd place, and bad luck repeated itself again in the last final. Peterâ™s bad luck allowed Vaclav Strupek to finish second in front of Michal, who had bad luck with traffic problems. The top performance of the XRAY cars showed up in the results, with the top 4 cars out of 10 being XRAY cars.
Final result:
1. Martin Hudy XRAY
2. Vašek Strupek XRAY
3. Michal Bok XRAY
4. Toni Eder XRAY
5. Thomas Pumpler Hotbodies
6. Peter Pinisch Asso TC4 7. Mario Sowka XRAY
8. Martin Bayer XRAY
9. Oliver Holczer Robitronic 10. Juraj Hudy XRAY
