Wollanka jumps over Coelho to win A1

Martin Wollanka won the opening A-Main of 4WD at the Euro Offroad Series in Slovakia by jumping over his Xray team-mate & Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho.  With a mistake on the opening lap putting out reigning champion Lee Martin, the Yokomo driver starting second between the two Xrays, up front it was a clear track for Coelho, Wollanka and Martin Bayer to battle for the win.  A mistake by Bayer on lap 3 would end his challenge with Wollanka all over Coelho’s rear end.  As the race reached half way distance Wollanka would throw caution to the wind and go long over the centre double section over jumping the World Champion with a huge cheer coming from onlookers. Having to brake to avoid the Austrian landing on top of him, Coelho would try to take the lead back over the next few laps but the pair would make contact with Coelho coming off worse with Wollanka, as he did at the season opener at the Nurburgring, holding on for the A1 win. Getting a talking to afterwards from Xray boss Juraj Hudy, Wollanka describing his pass as ‘dangerous’ adding he wouldn’t take such a risk again in A2.  Coelho called the pass ‘crazy’ saying if he hadn’t braked the move would most likely have eliminated both cars.  Behind them Joern Neumann would benefit from Martin and Bayer’s errors to finish a distant 3rd, almost 5-seconds back with last place qualifier David Ronnefalk getting his HB up to 4th.

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