North German Nitro On-road regionals Rd4 – Report
Round four of the North German Nitro On-road regionals were held at the MAC Hamburg track with a total of 17 drivers attending in the 1/8th and 1/10th 200mm classes. Mixed weather conditions made things a bit difficult and in the 1/8th class it was the Serpent’s Merlin Depta who took the TQ from Lennart Skornia (Serpent) and Ingo Bobrowski (Mugen).
1/8th qualifying result:
1.Merlin Depta – Serpent
2.Lennart Skornia – Serpent
3.Bobrowski Ingo – Mugen
4.Dietmar Reuter – n/a
5.Friedrich Röhrs – Serpent
6.Stefan Kullmann – Shepherd
7.Marco Kruse – Mugen
8.Timo Schröder – Shepherd
9.Max Kruse – Mugen
In the 1/10th 200mm class Frank Falkenberg (Serpent) was the quickest after the qualifiers in front Bernd Hasselbring (Shepherd) in 2nd and Kai Bode (Serpent) in 3rd.
1/10th qualifying result:
1. Frank Falkenberg – Serpent
2. Bernd Hasselbring – Shepherd
3. Kai Bode – Serpent
4. Marco Schulze – KM
5. Martin Mollet – Shepherd
6. Lars Poburski – Shepherd
7. Dirk Linnecke – Shepherd
In the 30-minute main final of the 1/8th class Merlin was able to conserve his qualifying performance and he took the win one lap ahead of Lennart while Timo Schräder (Shepherd) rounded out the podium in 3rd.
1/8th final result:
1. Merlin Depta – Serpent – 139L 30:00.330
2. Lennart Skornia – Serpent – 138L 30:09.294
3. Timo Schröder – Shepherd – 137L 30:09.584
4. Bobrowski Ingo – Mugen – 130L 30:05.654
5. Marco Kruse – Mugen – 123L 30:01.859
6. Dietmar Reuter – n/a – 120L 29:29.621
7. Stefan Kullmann – Shepherd – 42L 09:37.965
8. Max Kruse – Mugen – 42L 13:01.288
9. Friedrich Röhrs – Serpent – 41L 10:54.703
In the 200mm class the win went to Frank Falkenberg some 2 laps from Kai Bode on the runner-up spot while Martin Mollet ended the race in 3rd, another 4 laps down.
1/10th final result:
1. Frank Falkenberg – Serpent – 120L 30:06.452
2. Kai Bode – Serpent – 118L 30:08.756
3. Martin Mollet – Shepherd – 114L 30:03.570
4. Bernd Hasselbring – Shepherd – 109L 30:02.132
5. Marco Schulze – KM – 108L 30:10.721
6. Lars Poburski – Shepherd – 105L 30:08.405
7. Dirk Linnecke – Shepherd – 104L 30:05.442
Thanks to Kai Bode for the report. Images: Martin Mollet
