Saturday 1/10 Euros – More photos

A nice final which saw Lee Martin claim a relatively easy win despite a few wiggles here and there, giving him a solid 2nd overall, Jorn having sat out A3 having taken the victory in A1. With the Finnish crowd blasting at full volume for their man Joona, he duly delivered as he made his way from 5th on the grid and claimed a strong 2nd infront of Hupo in 3rd.

Great sportsmanship from the drivers as they waited on David Ronnefalk to fix his broken Kyosho, a front right hub going, he started in P11 and made his way into 4/5th but would end up 6th overall.

Sad end to Robert Batlle who fought valiantly with Joona only to be marshalled badly and receive a 3 sec penalty, no fault of his own and a damp end to what has been a great euros for the Spaniard.

A3 Final result:

Jorn Neumann would walk away with a comfortable victory in the first 4WD A final, Hupo Honigl managed to sneak it into 2nd, after Lee Martin had a troublesome first laps with minor bobbles and mistimed landings here and there, Ronnefalk was looking racey from 4th but a bad landing on top of Joona Haatanen’s car saw him penalised with a stop and go dropping him down the order.

Neumann immediately opened up a gap as Lee fought to keep Hupo behind him however on lap 3 a poorly timed double double jump saw Lee land off track and allow Hupo to whisk past, Orlowski was up to 4th with Joona pushing hard behind him. Lee dusted himself down and chased Hupo for the rest of the final, all the while as Jorn Neumann clicked off clean laps out front without major issue.

Halfway into the final Lee fell back slightly from Hupo into the charging pair of Haatanen and Ronnefalk, it would change though as Hupo then suffered a mistake and fell back to Lee as Ronnefalk managed to slide past Joona. The battle for 2nd came down to 1 min less as Hupo, Martin and Ronnefalk tightened up which ten saw Lee make a mistake into the straight, Ronnefalk closed right up and pulled off a sweet move on the inside of the straight, only for veteran Lee to scare Ronnefalk slightly into a mistake after the sweeper. The rapid marshall flew onto the track but caught Haatanen’s car with his foot the pair were marshalled together and an almighty crowd pleasing Sweden vs. Finland fight ensued on track and in the crowd. Ronnefalk almost had it until he landed badly off the double and Haatanen swept past to take 4th.

Neumann taking a very straightforward victory, he’s one away from a Double 1/10 European Championship.

A1 4WD Result: