January 10, 2016

Orlowski adds DHI Cup win to his CV

14-year-old Michal Orlowski has added the DHI Cup to his impressive list of achievements, the Schumacher driver executing two perfect races to win 2WD Buggy at the Danish event. Taking an easy win in A1, Orlowski would again benefit from a first lap mistake by Top Qualifier Tom Cockerill in A2, and once in front the Pole was the class of the field. With Orlowski able to sit out A3, Cockerill would come good to win the leg from Niclas Månsson but it wasn’t enough for the 2014 winner to make the podium. With the Brit finishing 7th overall, it was Martin Bayer and the only multiple 2WD Champion Joern Neumann that would stand each side of Orlowski at the podium presentation.

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January 10, 2016

Volker takes easy A1 win at DHI Cup

Ronald Volker claimed an easy win in the opening A-Main at the DHI Cup this morning in Denmark. The Top Qualifier and reigning champion lead from start to finish with an anticipated challenge from Awesomatix driver Viljami Kutvonen failing to materialise. In the end, after a late roll by Kutvonen, Volker’s Yokomo would win by over 4-seconds with Xray’s Bruno Coelho a distant third.

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January 10, 2016

Orlowski cruises to A1 win

Michal Orlowski cruised an easy 6-seconds win in the opening 2WD A-Main at the DHI Cup this morning. Starting from second in the grid, the Schumacher driver went to the front on the opening lap after an error by Top Qualifier Tom  Cockerill on the first run down the main straight and quickly pulled clear of the field.  Behind Orlowski the main battle for the first half of the race was between Xray’s Martin Bayer and Team Associated’s Joakim Nicolaisen with Serpent’s Joern Neumann in close pursuit. With Bayer & Nicolaisen tripping up it was Neumann who was the benefactor, the German going on to finish second 8/10ths in front of Bayer.

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January 10, 2016

Coelho takes overall 4WD TQ honours at DHI Cup

Bruno Coelho has claimed the overall TQ honours in 4WD Buggy at the DHI Cup.  The World Champion’s first time to attend the famous Danish event, the Xray driver became the Top Qualifier despite pulling a corner off his XB4 into Q4 but it was the opening lap that would decide the outcome.  Going into the fourth & final round, it was a two way battle between Coelho and David Ronnefalk for pole position, Coelho having the advantage of two TQ runs to his credit. On their first lap however both drivers would make simultaneous mistake one corner apart, Ronnefalk coming off the worst.  Recovering, having lost on 9/10ths rather than the 4 second lost by the Swede, Coelho would take up the TQ pace after 3-laps looking on target to claim the TQ in style.  However with less than a minute to go he would jump the back section wrong sending his car crashing into the side of a jump in the opposite direction and into instant retirement.  It was to make no difference however as further mistakes by Ronnefalk meant the HB driver would end up P7 with Michal Orlowski the big benefactor getting the TQ time for the round.  The result means the Schumacher driver starts 2nd in between Coelho and Ronnefalk.

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January 9, 2016

Coelho & Ronnefalk set for TQ battle final qualifier

Bruno Coelho and David Ronnefalk are set to battle it out for the overall 4WD Buggy TQ at the DHI Cup.  With Coelho taking the opening qualifier, in Q2 it was Ronnefalk who took Q2.  In the third round Ronnefalk looked to repeat until with three laps to go the HB driver would loose his rhythm as he passed Martin Bayer and crash.  Having been in hot pursuit of his rival this would allow Coelho to post a second TQ run, this time ahead of European Champion Michal Orlowski.  With defending champion Joern Neumann completing the Top 3, Ronnefalk would end up with a P6 behind Bayer and Yokomo young charger Frederik Hovgaard.  The result means now only Ronnefalk can deny World Champion Coelho from making his DHI Cup race debut as Top Qualifier, the Portuguese driver having the advantage of holding the fastest TQ time putting all the pressure on his Swedish rival for Q4.

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January 9, 2016

Volker is Top Qualifier at DHI Cup

Ronald Volker is Top Qualifier for the DHI Cup, the Yokomo driver securing his fifth pole position at the Danish classic when he made it three from three in the penultimate round of qualifying.  Chasing a 7th win at the Odense based event, the German topped the times in Q3 from Xray’s Alexander Hagberg after an early mistake by Viljami Kutvonen ended the Awesomtaix driver’s expected challenge of Volker’s reign on proceedings.

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January 9, 2016

World Champ Coelho takes opening 4WD qualifier

World Champion Bruno Coelho has taken the opening round of 4WD Buggy qualifying at the DHI Cup. Making his debut at the event, the Portuguese ace headed an Xray 1-2 from Martin Bayer with HB’s David Ronnefalk completing the Top 3.  For reigning champion Joern Neumann he would open his quest for a fifth consecutive title with 4th.  Having battled it out for pole in 2WD, Michal Orlowski would get a P5 from the first of the four qualifiers with eventual 2WD Top Qualifier Tom Cockerill completing the Top 6.

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January 9, 2016

Cockerill is 2WD Top Qualifier at DHI Cup

After a poor first day of qualifying at the DHI Cup, former Champion Tom Cockerill turned things around today to claim his first overall TQ at the Danish event.  A DNF in Q1 and only 5th in Q2, the Yokomo driver upped his game for the final two qualifiers to snatch the pole position for the A-Main from early dominator Michal Orlowski.  Matching Orlowski’s two TQ runs it was Cockerill’s times that would give the British driver the tie breaker to claim the honour of Top Qualifier in this the fifth year offroad has been part of the DHI Cup.

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