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Last week-end was the first round of the Lovan RC Fun Cup at Alveringem in Belgium. Many TM drivers participated this race.

Pasquinel Neys finished on second place with his TM E4RS4, a very nice result.

Original report from Pasquinel Neys:

Last weekend I attended the first round of the Lovan RC funcup in Alveringem.

When arriving at the track on Saturday morning I was stunned about the venue. The track was huge for indoor standards and had a fun and flowing lay out. On the first practice lap it was clear that the grip still needed to come but after a couple of battery’s the car began to feel very good on the “ETS” carpet. I returned home early because the drive home was about 2 hours and I promised my lovely daughter to visit a parade in our hometown on Saturday night.

On Sunday, I left early to do some more practice laps before the start of the race. My car had enough steering for the track but I was struggling a bit with the rear of the car. After adjusting the rear of the car I was able to get the car more stable. I raised the outside of the rear camber links to get more camber change and put my rear shocks upright.

In the first qualification I felt pretty confident but looking at the timing list after the race proved me wrong.  I finished fourth after the first round of qualifying.

In the second qualification I changed to a regular speed 6 body and a somewhat special tire additive. I used green Xenon additive. My car felt faster and I gained some confidence. When I overtook a back marker I went a bit wide an hit the barriers of the track which made my front belt slip of the pulley. So qualy 2 was a DNF for me.

When seeing the lap times after the race I could see that there was an improvement after switching to the speed 6 body but this still was not enough. I noticed that I was the fastest guy on the volante tire’s but the people in front of me where riding some other tires. After a discussion about this with my teammates Lorenzo and Aron I decided I did not have the best tire choice for the event. A couple of minutes later Lorenzo popped up with an old set of Sorex 28. I asked race control if I could do some laps to feel the difference. After 2 corners I realized the Sorex tires where a big advantage. (on volante’s I drove a 15.9, My first Lap on the Sorex tires I managed a 15.3).

The last qualification would be the decider for me.  During the run my car felt awesome but I managed to roll the car in the penultimate lap which cost me 3 seconds, I would line up as third on the starting grid.

In the first final I had a good start, numbers 1 and 2 tangled up in the second corner and I could take the lead. After 5 minutes I came in first.

The second final saw the same start issues for numbers 1 and 2. I was leading the race but halfway to the race Tom Adams was putting me under a lot of pressure, I snapped and clipped a barrier. I finished second in the second final.

The third final would be the decider. I made a very good start and took over second place after a couple of laps. At that point Tom had got a big advantage over me. I pushed very hard but I was not able to catch Tom and ended up second. Tom would take the overall win and I came in second.

I would like to thank the LOVAN RC crew for their splendid race. I also would like to thank my sponsors TM, HRC distribution and R1 Wurks for the support.

Overall Result – Stock:
A – 1. Tokke Adams
A – 2. Pasquinel Neys – TM E4RS4
A – 3. Thomas Hostyn
A – 4. Stuart Gates
A – 5. Christophe Loget – TM E4RS4
A – 6. Steven Deceuninck
A – 7. Christophe Lefebvre
A – 8. Gilles Hendrickx
A – 9. Ruben Ally
A – 10. Peter Roeygens
B – 11. Christophe Libeer – TM E4RS4
B – 12. Mathieu Courtens
B – 13. Nick Verschelde
B – 14. Christophe Wojsznis
B – 15. Lorenzo Desloovere
B – 16. Aaron Vandepoele – TM E4RS4
B – 17. Kas Ally
B – 18. Peter Vermeesch
B – 19. Kurt Dejaegere – TM E4RS4
B – 20. Kevin De Melio

Overall Result – Modified:
A – 1. Liam Van De Wouwer
A – 2. Pascal Delferiere
A – 3. Ian Bekaert
A – 4. Olivier Cornard – TM E4RS III+
A – 5. Lorenzo Vandepoele – TM E4RS III+

For his first race with the TM E4RS4, Philipp Huber finished on third place at the first round of TIT-Cup at Schöftland.

Nice result Philipp !

Original report from Philipp Huber (in German only):

Das Rennen startete ziemlich gut mit zwei TQ-Läufen. Im 3. und 4. Vorlauf konnte ich zweimal den 2. Platz belegen. Dies ergab den 2. Startplatz.

Der erste Final war sehr umkämpft, leider gab es einen Zwischenfall, ausgelöst von mir, wobei ich leider nur als Dritter weiterfahren konnte. Ich konnte mich dann nicht mehr nach vorne arbeiten. Im 2. und 3. Final konnte ich nicht ganz mithalten mit dem Polesetter, konnte aber den Drittplatzierten relativ einfach in Schach halten.

Leider war die Konstellation so, dass ich mit meinen beiden zweiten Plätzen schlussendlich nur den 3. Gesamtrang belegte. Das Auto war ziemlich schnell, aber leider in den Zweikämpfen nicht genug sicher, um wirklich um den Sieg kämpfen zu können.

1. Roberto Alessandrelli
2. Maurice Lüscher
3. Philipp Huber

Total 12 Teilnehmer