Q4 Update – Neumann takes final qualifier

With the Top Qualifier having being decided in Q3, the final round of 4WD Buggy Qualifying at Modelbau Wels was to decide how they would line up behind Naoto Matsukura.  With Matsukura going for a clean sweep, himself and defending champion Joern Neumann would swap the TQ pace over the 5-minutes. With both drivers making mistakes it would go down to the final lap with Neumann just taking it by 0.349.  The result means Neuman’s Durango will line-up second on the grid ahead of the only challenger to his championship title Martin Bayer.

Posting his second Top 3 time of qualifying, Team C’s Hupo Honigl secures fourth on the grid ahead of Polish ace Michal Orlowski, the 12-year-old having a poor final qualifying.  Posting his best qualifier to run the fourth fastest time of Q4, Lee Martin completed the Top 6 on the grid.  Making his European race debut young US talent Carson Wernimont ended qualifying with his best run of the event to post the seventh fastest time which sees him make the main event, his Schumacher lining up 9th.

4WD Buggy A-Main Grid
1. Naoto Matsukura (JP) – Yokomo – 310 pts
2. Joern Neumann (DE) – Durango – 308
3. Martin Bayer (CZ) – Xray – 305
4. Hupo Hoingl (AT) – Team C – 304
5. Michal Orlowski (PL) – Durango – 302
6. Lee Martin (GB) – Yokomo – 302
7. Ronald Volker (DE) – Yokomo – 299
8. Oliver Scholz (DE) – Team C – 295
9. Carson Wernimont (US) – Schumacher – 295
10.Martin Wollanka (AT) – Xray – 295

4WD Buggy Qualifying Round 4 – Top 10 times
1. Joern Neumann – Durango – 15/5:03.651
2. Naoto Matsukura – Yokomo – 15/5:04.000
3. Hupo Hoingl – Team C – 15/5:06.915
4. Lee Martin – Yokomo – 15/5:07.503
5. Martin Bayer – Xray – 15/5:08.624
6. Ronald Volker – Yokomo – 15/5:11.687
7. Carson Wernimont – Schumacher – 15/5:12.012
8. Martin Wollanka – Xray – 15/5:13.252
9. Oskar Levin – Team C – 15/5:13.316
10.Bjorn Prumper – Yokomo – 15/5:13.631

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