Q3 Update – Martin fastest

In the third round of 4WD Qualifying at EOS Round 2 it was reigning champion Lee Martin who topped the times, the Yokomo driver knocking 2-seconds off the pace of the opening two qualifiers at the Hudy Arena.  Behind him, 1.6-seconds adrift, was Martin Wollanka, the Xray driver benefiting from a mistake by his team-mate & Q2 pace setter Bruno Coelho.  Pushing Martin for the first minute and a half, Coelho would crash at the table top losing 4-seconds as his XB4 was marshalled.  The World Champion would pull back over half of the lost time setting a new fastest lap of 23.143 on his way to third for the round. 3.4-seconds further back last season’s race winner Martin Bayer would equal his Q2 result with another P4 followed by Serpent’s Joern Neumann and young Japanese Yokomo protege Kaito Kodera who completed the Top 6.

The only girl among the 91 strong international 4WD field, rising 10-year-old talent Malin Karlsen put in great Q3 performance.  The Norwegian factory Xray driver, who is running in the second fastest heat after being 17th fastest in controlled practice, would post the 10th fastest time behind European Champion Michal Orlowski and touring car ace Marc Rheinard.

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