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This week-end was the third round of the very popular MRC CUP at Vianen, in Netherlands.

In 1/10 Touring category, the TM dutch drivers placed all the 4 TM E4RS4 in the A-final during the qualification rounds.

Robert Krens set the pole position, followed by Rob Janssen (TM), Eric Bresser. Jari van de Wal (TM) in 4th position, and the Arts brothers 5th (Richard) and 7th (Ronald).

During the finale, Rob Janssen took the overall win, followed by Ronald Arts and Jari van de Wal, for a full TM E4RS4 podium !

Great job guys !

Original report from Rob Janssen:

Last weekend we had the 3rd race of the popular indoor series of MRC Vianen. As usual they did a good job in hosting the race, this time also including some soup and bread for lunch for all drivers!

There is one rule in this race series I don’t really like and that is that everybody can drive the tires they want. Most of the times I try to run on Volante tires as most other races are on that one. Last time it was very difficult to fight for the top spot as some guys were doing some good times on Sorex tires. So for this time I also started on Sorex tires. But I found out quickly that was not good for me and not working with the set-up I used to drive. So after qualifying 2nd spot I went back to my well known Volante tires before the finals.

In the opening lap I noticed I really liked the handling of the car and felt confident to start the 1st final. I was able to stay really close to Robert Krens on his Sorex tires and had to held back some corners as the cornerspeed on Volante is much higher. But as on a tight track passing is very difficult I couldn’t make a move. Eventually he drove away a little. When I was able to close the gap a little Robert got issues with his sensor wire and had to retire. So I won the first final with no real pressure from behind. Jari did a good job this final by coming in 2nd closely followed by Ronald on 3rd. For me I drove a new personal best laptime, a 10.6 lap. In qualification I did 10.8 on Sorex tires. Last race with the ‘old’ car I also did 10.8 laps.

The second final I again was able to stay close to Robert but again couldn’t make a good move. After a few laps we started to overtake the rear of the field and I found myself hitting a slower car which costed me the connection to Robert. I came in 2nd.

The 3rd final I was close to Robert the first few laps but then he started to pull away a little. In the middle of the race I came back a little but before really coming back to him he rolled over his car so I was now in front. Coming back on 4 wheels Robert noticed his spur gear was broken so he couldn’t come after me anymore.

Overall I won the race and was really happy with the handling of the new car on the aluminium chassis ! With Ronald and Jari completing the podium it was an all TM podium which felt really good!

Original report from André vd Wal (Jari’s father):

With about 70 drivers and 5 classes with 23 drivers in the stock class (17.5T) it promised to be a long day.

Just one week before the race we received  the aluminum chassis for the E4RS4, we could not test it so it was a guess which setup we should  use. We decided to use the NK setup from Rob Janssen, and  it worked straight away.

After a little setup adjustment we decided to change nothing more, the car was awesome. Jari was  qualified 4th and drove a good 1st final, he became second after Rob Janssen.

In the second final Jari drove on average a better time but finished 3th after Robert and Rob.

In the 3rd final by some unfortunate circumstances, Jari got 7th place. Anyway the best two finals count so overall 3rd. It was a good racing day for Team TM the Netherlands  with 4 E4RS4 cars in A main and a full TM podium. Congrats to Rob, Ronald and Richard.

Overall Results:
A – 1. Rob Janssen – TM E4RS4
A – 2. Ronald Arts – TM E4RS4
A – 3. Jari Van De Wal – TM E4RS4
A – 4. Eric Bresser
A – 5. Ruud Knoester
A – 6. Robert Krens
A – 7. Jan Kraanen
A – 8. Richard Arts – TM E4RS4
B – 9. Eric Mulder
B – 10. Joop Voorn
B – 11. Mark Tullemans
B – 12. Jan Van Goor
B – 13. Theo Kroon
B – 14. Axel Kleingeld
B – 15. Bert Geurts
B – 16. Raymond Plooij
C – 17. Maarten Coenen
C – 18. Nick Nerrings
C – 19. Andre Van Der Steen
C – 20. Mario Taekema
C – 21. Jaco Bouman
C – 22. Kim Van Amstel
C – 23. Marco Van Leeuwen

Last week-end was a race of the Saar Pfalz Cup at Spesbach.

TM Drivers Dejan Schönfeld and Carsten Neudeck participated this race and finished respectively 3rd and 6th.

Overall Result:
A – 1. Thomas Stenger
A – 2. Maximilian Hornig
A – 3. Dejan Schönfeld – TM E4RS III Plus
A – 4. Alexander Becker
A – 5. Florian Welsch
A – 6. Carsten Neudeck – TM E4RS III Plus
A – 7. Moise Helmut
A – 8. Ronny Hoffmann
B – 9. Oliver Barth
B – 10. Oliver Wind
B – 11. Patrick Garbi
B – 12. Daniel Steinlen
B – 13. Marc Rahn
B – 14. Marcus Kühnreich
B – 15. Frank Ramsperger
B – 16. Emilien Attardo
C – 17. Emanuele Cocuzza
C – 18. Denis Kochendoerfer
C – 19. Sascha Ott
C – 20. Andreas Heronimus

Past week-end was the second round of TIT Cup at Schöfltand (Switzerland).

TM drivers Philipp Huber and Renato Isler participated this race and finished on second and third place behind Roberto Alessandrelli; while Thomas Raiman wins the B-finale.

Original report from Philipp Huber (German):

Neben mir waren auch noch Renato und Thomas Isler sowie Thomas Raimann mit ihrem E4RS4 am Start.

Nach einem kurzen Training am Samstag ging es am Sonntag los mit 4 Qualifikationläufen. Mein Auto ging ziemlich gut und ich konnte mit dem Sieger des 1. TIT-Cups in allen 4 Läufen und den Laufsieg kämpfen. Leider ist mir kein TQ-Lauf gelungen (4x 2. Platz), Robby Alessandrelli war immer ein bisschen schneller. Es war jedesmal ein Kopf an Kopf Duell, dreimal entschieden nur Zehntelsekunden. Renato hat derweil 4 mal solide Läufe im dritten Rang abgeschlossen. Thomas Raimann und Thomas Isler haben es leider nicht in den A-Final geschafft. Mit den Rängen 7 und 8 belegten Sie die Startplätze 1 und 2 im B-Finale.

Für Spannung war also in beiden Finalen gesorgt, und so kam es dann auch. Der Kampf um den Sieg war sehr umkämpft. Ich konnte teilweise hohen Druck auf Robby aufsetzen, aber nie vorbeiziehen. Die Strecke machte das Überholen sehr schwierig, und Robby zeigte keine Nerven und liess sich auch nicht in einen Fehler verleiten. Das hatte zur Folge, dass ich wiederum dreimal mit minimalem Rückstand den 2. Platz belegte. Ich habe verschieden Einstellungen am Auto versucht und konnte das Setup verbessern. Das Auto war schnell und einfach zu fahren, sodass ich richtig angreifen konnte. Der Zweikampf mit Robby hat sehr Spass gemacht.

Thomas Raimann konnte seinen ersten Einsatz seines neuen E4RS4 mit dem B-Finalsieg feiern.

Original report from Renato Isler (German):

Am vergangenen Sonntag fand der 2. TIT Cup Lauf in Schöftland statt. Das Auto hatte von Anfang an eine relativ gute Basis und ich kam jeden Lauf ein wenig besser mit der Strecke zurecht.

Ich habe vor allem viel mit unserem neuen Flex System ausprobiert und fast jeden Lauf eine andere Variante gefahren. Das Auto reagiert spürbar auf die Veränderungen, was wirklich super ist!

Die Quali konnte ich auf dem 3. Platz beenden mit etwas Rückstand auf den führenden Robby Alessandrelli und meinen Teamkollegen Phillip Huber. In den Finalläufen hatte ich mit einem sehr losen Heck zu kämpfen und machte daher den ein oder anderen Fahrfehler und konnte das Tempo der Führenden leider nicht ganz mitgehen.

Alles in allem aber ein erkenntnissreicher Sonntag. Im nächsten Rennen
werde ich das neue TM Aluchassis einsetzen, bin gespannt wie sich das auswirkt.

Overall Results:
1. Roberto Alessandrelli
2. Philipp Huber – TM E4RS4
2. Renato Isler – TM E4RS4
4. Andy Hürzeler
5. Adrian Lüscher
6. Lukas Maurer
7. Thomas Raimann – TM E4RS4
8. Thomas Isler – TM E4RS4
9. Chrigu Bäriswyl
10. Rémy Baumann
11. Kurt Häfliger

Last week-end was a indoor Dutch National Championship race at Limburg.

Rob Janssen and the Arts-brothers participated this race, and finished all in A-finale, with a third place on the podium for Rob.

Nice Job !

Original report from Rob Janssen:

On Friday night we went there and could spend the night in a house on a holiday resort the brothers Arts had booked for us all. On Saturday morning we went to the track of Racing Arena Limburg and started testing. I mounted the new aluminium chassis under the E4RS4 car. After 2 batteries I was doing the laptimes I ended a few weeks before with the III+ car. So that was a good start. After that I could improve the car a little in laptimes but most improved in drivability for a consistent 7 minute run we had to do on Sunday.

Sunday morning we started with qualifications. Soon I found out the competition was high as John Ermen (ENS A finalist) and Nicolas Delise were doing similar times as I did. In the first run I was in the lead the first few minutes but by hitting a slower car it costed me to much time to keep up the first place. I ended up on 3rd spot. Same for run 2, also a 3rd place. This time with a little bigger gap to the 2 guys in front of me. It felt like driving a little on my own as the 2 guys in front were just a little to quick for me, but from the back I had no real competition from someone to fight for 3rd sport with me. So after all I did finish the day in 3rd spot. 

This was the first time indoor with the new car. It felt pretty good and had a good drivability ! But the 2 guys in front were just a little to quick for me, so some improvements in driving and setting-up the car for next time needs to be done for sure 😉

Original report from Richard Arts:

Past weekend we had the first NK indoor race in Racing Arena Limburg. Starting the training on Saturday with the setup we tested a couple of weeks earlier. Things started quite OK for me. However Ronald was still struggling with traction rolling from mid till end of the turn. For myself I was quite happy with my setup, so Ronald tried it as well.  It was a bit better for him also but still to much “on the edge”. 

Switching to the race tires to rub them in, these felt completely different, so we were a bit confused what to do.

On Sunday the qualifying went OK, but not great. Some small mistakes like traction rolling after driving a dot or curb, cost some time, but not really positions. During the quali’s the traction had gone up quite a bit, so we were struggling to keep the car on 4 wheels.

The first couple of minutes were really tricky, but then the car seemed to settle down, and we could keep a steady pace but still needed to be careful. 

Unfortunately, we couldn’t really battle for position during the finals. In the end Ronald ended up in 6th place and I was 8th.

Overall results:

A – 1. Nicolas Delisé
A – 2. John Ermen
A – 3. Rob Janssen – TM E4RS4
A – 4. Florian Joos
A – 5. David Kottus
A – 6. Ronald Arts – TM E4RS4
A – 7. Giovanni Moguez
A – 8. Richard Arts – TM E4RS4
A – 9. Frank Baggen
A – 10. Tokke Adams
B – 11. Ruud Knoester
B – 12. Roy Visser
B – 13. Daniel Jansma
B – 14. Raymond Libar
B – 15. Ruud Remmers
B – 16. Donny Van Der Kogel
B – 17. Theo Kroon
B – 18. Tom Schepers
B – 19. Jos Remmerde

Last week-end was the first round of Carpet Masters series of HVBRS club at Islikon (Switzerland).

In Touring Car category, Philipp Huber made the three TQ runs in qualification, and wins the three final rounds, with his TM E4RS4.

Great Job !

Original report from Philipp Huber (in German / auf Deutsch):

Das Rennen fand nur an einem Tag statt. Nach 4 Trainings ging es bereits mit den Vorläufen los. Das Auto ging von Anfang an sehr gut. Ich konnte von einigen Erkenntnissen des letzten Rennens profitieren. Während den Läufen habe ich verschieden kleine Setupänderungen ausprobiert.

Ich konnte alle 3 Vorläufe und alle 3 Finalläufe relativ klar gewinnen. Das Auto war einfach zu fahren und schnell. Das Auto fühlte sich genau so an, wie ich mir das vorstelle.

Die Griffverhältnisse waren ziemlich aggressiv. Ich war froh um das Aluminiumchassis, das hat dem Auto etwas Aggressivität genommen.

Overall Results:
1. Philipp Huber – TM E4RS4
2. Roland Kupper
3. Nuno Huber
4. Christian Grabher
5. Domenic Grabher
6. Adrian Schafroth
7. Thomas Isler – TM E4RS4
8. Nick Zünd
9. Christian Fischer