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2005 IOC-RACES FOR MODEL CARS
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AALST, DECEMBER 17, 2005 (B) |
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"PIKI" BEATS NIEMAS, YOURI, NOVIELLO |
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Top-5 for the cars assembled by Michael Niemas |
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Except for Josef Korec,
who's wife is highly pregnant, the best model car racers of the moment
were seen together at the last meeting organised by JPVR. Only 21 racers
showed but the quality of the entry field was high. The race went under
the modified rules with the same hard plastic body for all racers. For
world champion Salvatore Noviello it was a big deception to see
that Matthias Parke, who promised him to assemble for him a decent
car, was absent (due to an eyes-disease). So it was decided that Salvatore
could race JPVR's car, an excellent car assembled by Michael Niemas.
The young German assembled in total five cars: one for himself, three for
JPVR and his two sons, and one for Dan Debella. Contrary to what
happened at the EuroNats in Neumunster, it were excellent cars. Full
evidence was given already at the qualifications where the Niemas-cars
realised the five sharpest times, with a pole position in 4"868 (new
track record) for Michael Niemas himself. Then followed "Piki" van
Rossem in 4"950 and Youri van Rossem in 5"002. |
The race went over 4
heats of 6 x 4 minutes. In heat D, with the slowest racers Björn van
Campenhout (B) was initially led by both Achim Zanders (D) and
Mark Campbell (CDN), but during the two last segments he could pass
them both to win his heat. |
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The five most beautiful cars at Concourse with Piki's car in the Belgian colours (assembled by Michael Niemas) preceeding the Swiss car of Gabriel Inäbnit, the Canadian #33 car of Mark Campbell, the Slovakian #7 car of Jozef Miskolci and the orange Dutch car of Tamar Nelwan. |
The #1 car of "Piki" van Rossem, not only winner of Concourse, but also winner of the two 2005 X-Mas Races. In 2003 "Piki" won also both X-Mas races, despite the fact that he had 39° Celsuis feaver. That year "Piki" won the IMCA World Championship. |
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The German car of Michael Niemas finished twice as second after a splendid combat with Piki's car. |
The Belgian car of Youri van Rossem finished third in the first race and fourth in the second race. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Picture of Heat B won by Salvatore Noviello. We recognize as racers Dan Debella, Fred Hood, Kai Kivekäs, Daniel Gonzalez, Salvatore Noviello and Gabriel Inäbnit. [Picture: Achim Zanders] |
Kai Kivekäs won again IOC-points by finishing sixth with this car at the warm-up race. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AALST, DECEMBER 17, 2005 (B) |
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"PIKI" BEATS NIEMAS, NOVIELLO, YOURI |
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Top-5 again for the cars assembled by Michael Niemas |
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Jean Pierre van Rossem at the start for the very last race of his long career. Start of the Main Final of the 1st Model Car Revenge Race with f.l.t.r. Michael Niemas (D), 2001-2005 world champion Salvatore Noviello (I), 2004 world champion Nick de Wachter (NL), 1985 world champion JPVR, 2003 world champion "Piki" van Rossem (B) and his younger brother Youri van Rossem. Picture: Jozef Miskolci. In the back we see Bob Demeyer, for the last time as IMCA race director. |
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The second X-Mas Race was
a real Revenge Race for the 2005 Model Car World Championship, since five
of the six main finalists were found together at the start: Salvatore
Noviello (I, winner of the 2005 Worlds), Nick de Wachter (second at the
2005 Worlds), "Piki" (third at the 2005 Worlds), Michael Niemas (fifth at
the 2005 Worlds) and Geert Mertens (sixth at the 2005 Worlds). Out of the
top-10 of the 2005 Worlds we had also Youri van Rossem (ninth) and Kai
Kivekäs (tenth) at the start, what makes seven of the top-10. Missing were
Andreas Laufenberg (D), Antónin Vojtik (CZ) and Matthias Parke (D). There
were 20 racers of 10 different nationalities at the start. With Achim
Zanders (D) having to return to Germany his free place went to
Peter van Erkel (NL), the man who installed the power unit for the
Worlds. In 1994 and 1995 he made several good IMCA races. Famous was his
Alpine-Renault A210 Berlinette he raced at the 1994 Rouen 24 hours on
special Cox tyres. Van Erkel could take the free place since Theo van
Ginderhuysen (B) could not stay until the end of the race. |
QUALIFICATIONS QUARTER FINALS |
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Youri van Rossem looks at the cars of the main final, shortly before the start. F.l.t.r. we find the cars of Michael Niemas (#14), Salvatore Noviello (#4), Nick de Wachter, JPVR (#38), "Piki" and Youri (#5). Since Noviello and JPVR had to drive the same car after Parke's withdrawal, it was decided that JPVR should use for the main final Dan Debella's #38. Debella himself finished 8th overall in his very last race with the #38. [Picture: Jozef Miskolci]. |
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The six finalists: #5 Youri van Rossem, #1 "Piki" van Rossem, #38 JPVR (in fact Dan Debella's car), #25 Nick de Wachter, #4 Youri van Rossem and at the end Michael Niemas. Five of those cars were built by Niemas, proving that he's actually the best tuner of top-cars. [picture: Jozef Miskolci)] |
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Reigning world champion Salvatore Noviello looks at the cars of the main final, shortly before the start. [Picture: Jozef Miskolci] |
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In Quarter C we
found Youri van Rossem (B), Kai Kivekäs (SF), Dan Debella (USA), Francesc
Reyes (E) and Björn van Campenhout (B). During the first segment Youri,
Kai and Dan achieved all three 34 laps. Francesc Reyes, organiser of the
2006 Barcelona Worlds, lost 10 laps on technical problems, whilst Björn
van Campenhout had a lazy motor. During the following segment Youri took
three laps over Kai and Dan. Since Reyes lost again six laps, the decision
who should make the move was already taken. At the finish Youri van Rossem
was the fastest with 205 laps, followed by Kai Kivekäs with 201 laps, Dan
Debella with 199 laps, Francesc Reyes with 176 laps and the unlucky Björn
van Campenhout with 157 laps. Fastest race lap was here for Youri in
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One of the very last images of the IMCA track. The day after the race the track was dismantled and sold to a fitness centre in Wervik (B). It will be no more used for international competition. [Picture: Jozef Miskolci]. |
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Bob Demeyer is for the last time in his life race director. Here he checks the car of Jozef Miskolci. [Picture Jozef Miskolci] |
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Quarter Final C with f.l.t.R. Kai Kivekäs (SF), Francesc Reyes (E), Youri van Rossem (B), Dan Debella (USA) and Björn van Campenhout (B). We see also Raymond van Campenhout, "Piki" and Bob Demeyer. [Picture received from Dan Debella]. |
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For Jean Pierre van Rossem, during more than 40 years promotor of international slot-racing, it's now definitively over. Behind him his collection of all 1970 Le Mans cars. The complete collection (more than 60 cars) is for sale at a total price of € 40,000. With JPVR the Belgian Model Car Centre disappears definitively. The day after the race the track was moved to a fitness centre in Wervik (B). |
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MAIN FINAL OF THE VERY
LAST IMCA RACE BY JPVR |
During the fourth segment Nick de Wachter looses some twenty laps in the pits and drops to the last place. Niemas - 48 laps on green and a fastest in 4"794 - moves into second position, at to laps from leader "Piki". Youri is third at three laps, JPVR fourth at four laps, Noviello fifth also at four laps. During the fifth segment Youri looses another lap on the leaders ("Piki", followed at two laps by Niemas), and Noviello comes in the same lap as Youri, four laps down to the leaders. He passed JPVR, following now at five laps. Up from now, we see in the last segment a gruelling combat for the third place between Youri and Salvatore. They are now racing nose to tail and positions switch regularly in the two chicanes. Eventually Youri will loose his third place in the last segments, finishing less than 10 centimetres down to the Italian. In front "Piki" van Rossem can take two laps more over Michael Niemas, finishing four laps ahead over the German at an average speed of nearly 5 seconds clear per lap. Salvatore Noviello and Youri van Rossem are third and fourth. At his real last race Jean Pierre van Rossem finishes against fifth overall, proving that he was perhaps a better racer (if motivated) than he always believed. An era in interlational slot-racing came so to a definitive end. [JPVR] |
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CHRISTIAN SCHNIZLER CAUSES A STIR |
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Youngest Europameister ever deslotted only twice... |
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October 3 - The 13th European Model Car Championship has been won by the
15-years old Christian Schnizler (D). On more than 2,500 voting
mails absolutely nobody tipped Schnizler as an eventual winner. It was a
fine meeting and Matthias Parke did great efforts to bring it in the local
newspapers. Several racers had problems to accept that young Christian
Schnizler was the unexpected winner. They forgot to tell that during the
whole week-end Christian deslotted only two times. Even miracle driver
Salvatore Noviello, having started with an "impossible" car, deslotted
more. Michael Niemas (D) was fighting until the real last
metres to defeat Schnizler, but he came one third of a lap short. Another
revelation was undoubtedly Jürgen Stüdemann who finished third
after a superb race. Matthias Parke had the fastest of all cars,
having realised a fastest lap in 6"353, and learned that racing and
organising at the same time is extremely difficult. He was one of the best
racers and could perhaps have finished better if his car was not
unreliable at the start. Indeed, the car refused to start in the main
final, loosing a complete lap during the first seconds. Another fine
performance was realised by Finland's Kai Kivekäs, improving race
after race. He was the fastest qualifier in 6"373 and was fighting
during nearly the whole main final with Parke for the fourth place. World
champion Salvatore Noviello (I) came at the start with a car
with complete wrong set-up. Since his master mechanic, Francesc Reyes, was
not there, at no moment he succeeded to make his car competitive. It's
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luck at the Consis. Among them Yves Welter jr, who was still in
second position one minute before the end, but then deslotted after a
collision, loosing all hope to come back. Gilles Dohogne too was in
a nearly similar situation, when two minutes before the end he lost his
safe second positions after a late track call for deslotting on the
straight. Pål Hanson and Friedjof Aleith were fighting until
the last second for a second position in their consi. Eventually Aleith
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AGAIN IN NEUMÜNSTER? |
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3 - The very nice track of Neumünster is no difficult track, but requires
a typical set-up of the cars. Heavy traffic on the way to Neumünster made
that none of the internationals was able to enter the Friday free practice.
Several of them showed very late on Saturday, so that international racer
all started with cars not adapted to the track. Under such circumstances
it was obvious that the local racers should trust top-10 places. At the
qualifications the racers of Denmark and Norway surprised everybody by
ranking 4 of their racers among the top-10. Fastest qualifier was M. Parke (D),
ahead of Niemas (D), Kivekäs (SF), Borch (DK) and Stüdemann (D). Several
racers retired before the end to win some time on a better set-up of their
car. That was what was done by Geert Mertens (B), Salvatore Noviello (I)
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October 3 - After having won the 2004 Constructor's World Championship Hamburg's Matthias Parke wins now also the 2005 European Construc-tor's Championship, 12 points ahead of Michael Niemas. The last named lost the title by paying not enough attention to the cars of his co-racers. If I look at the car Youri bought from Michael, I can only say that it's a shame to sell such car as competitive. Weight and centre of gravity are it all in modern model car racing. Front wheels of Youri's car were not cut from 8 to 5 mm, driver was full plastic instead of lexan, and the interior was also full plastic instead of lexan. Useless to say that Youri - always a very fast qualifier and always in for the Main - was extremely disappointed. Shouldf Tamar Nelwan have been in in time Youri should have used Tamar's Audi, having now gone to Mertens, and performing endless better than the Niemas Audi. The 2005 Constructor's World Champion, Tamar Nelwan, lost it all for two reasons: (1) his best racer, Nick de Wachter is in hospital (quick recovery, Nick!) and (2) he was blocked 4 hours on the mainway, so that he had to start with cars not well adapted to the Neumünster track. Eventually Nelwan finished seventh. Laufenberg won the two races, but lost to much points in concourse to have any chance to finish better than third. Rüdiger Krieger could have finished higher than fifth if he had been not so childish to retire on Sunday. His racer, Jens Badenkopf could have won necessary race points at the EuroNats. Now Stephan Wiesel was fourth. He too could have won more points without the shouting penalty. [JPVR] |
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AALST, MAY 6, 2005 (B) |
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SALVATORE NOVIELLO WINS 124 MC WORLDS |
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11 - After a race with serious lapcounter bothers, Salvatore Noviello -
already world champion in 1999 and 2001 - won his third world
championship after a superb combat with previous year's world champion
Nick de Wachter (NL). All the beauty of the race, however, was taking away
by a permanently failing lap counter. Only at the main final it became
obvious that the lapcounter failed seriously at the inner lanes. Organisers
could be lucky that their own lapcounter could be used as backup, but
consulting of all files of the non-failing IMCA counter - three days after
the race - proved that young Youri van Rossem - already in the main final
in 2003 and 2004 - was the first victim of the failure of the Dutch
counter. Indeed, in the semi-final he totalled 260 laps instead of 258, so
that Geert Mertens (the 2000 world championship) could go to the main
instead of the very unhappy Youri. Matthias Parke missed also one lap,
with 259 as total instead of 258. He, however, should always have finished
fourth in his semi, so that at any rate he should have missed the main.
Further analysis of the files of the IMCA counter learns that Tamar Nelwan
(NL) misses 2 laps, so that normally he and not Antónin Vojtik should have
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THE ENTRY
THE PREQUALIFICATION RACE
QUALIFICATIONS
HEATS
SEMI-FINALS |
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The first semi-final was
disastrous. Still unaware of the failing of the Dutch counter, Youri van
Rossem, who was leading his semi ahead of Andreas Laufenberg and Michael
Niemas - three youngsters - dropped without visible reasons and without
deslotting from rank 1 to rank 5. Loud protest of Youri - a born
revolutionar contesting all the time anything - was ignored, since the
figures on the Dutch computer were trusted and since nobody controlled the
back-up computer now that JPVR had to race himself in the same semi.
However, Youri succeeded to come back in third position. But all at once,
again without deslotting, he felt back in fifth position, without having
been depassed. The Dutch counter thus failed for a second time. At the
finish Youri was two metres behind the deslotting Mercedes of Parke (who
missed also a lap), but deslotted himself when the power came off.
Officially he finished as 5th behind Laufenberg, Niemas, Mertens and
Parke. Since all dates of the IMCA counter in back-up go to the computer
in hexadecimal form, and since there was absolutely no time to check all
of them, the result was maintained. Towards the end of his semi JPVR
himself was more looking to the strange figures on the screen than to his
own car. Up from now he returned to the race director's stand to compare
continuously the figures on the IMCA counter with this of the Dutch
counter. It immediately became obvious that the Dutch counter made errors
on the inner lanes. Up from now those errors were scrupulously corrected -
and not only for the Dutch or Belgian racers as Matthias Parke wrote on
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AALST, MAY 5, 2006 (B) |
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12 - The 132 Model Car Worlds were intended to be a curtain raiser,
allowing the racers to become familiar with the track. Winner was
Hollands Nick de Wachter, just as last year. |
Thomas Spicker decided not to start, so that 18 racers showed for 3
Quarters of 6 x 4'. Only the two fast of each Quarter made the move to the
eventual Main Final. Initially the car of Yves Welter jr went as a rocket,
but all at once his car was slowing down, dropping him out of the
standings. The three most unlucky guys were Kai Kivekäs, Günther Riehl (D)
and Kevin Krollmann (D), all three finishing in their Quarter at the third
place. We also lost Dieter Jens (D) and surprisingly Josef Korec (CZ). The
six finalists in this extremely fair race with equal weapons for everybody
were the six best racers around the track, with the trio Nick de Wachter,
Noviello and "Piki" - also the three first of the 124 MC Worlds, contested
later - as the three fastest. Towards the end of his Quarter, De Wachter,
being sure about his qualification, slowed down (which cost him easily 10
to 12 laps). The 6 finalists were Noviello and Malangone from Italy, "Piki"
and Gilles Dohogne from Belgium, Nick de Wachter from Holland and the
remarkable Daniel Gonzalez from Spain. In 2003 Gonzalez finished already
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| 1. Nick de Wachter | 2. Salvatore Noviello | 3. "Piki" van Rossem | 4. Daniel Gonzalez | 5. Gilles Dohogne | 6. Daniele Malangone |
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| 1 | Nick de Wachter | NL | #16 Ose Mercedes DTM | 5.6934 | 228 | - | 310 |
| 2 | Salvatore Noviello | I | #3 Sport Bild Opel Astra V8 | 5.7911 | 244 | - | 306 |
| 3 | Piki van Rossem | B | #5 Warsteiner Mercedes DTM | 5.8727 | 240 | - | 304 |
| 4 | Daniel Gonzalez | E | #9 Playstation Audi TT-R | 6.0614 | 235 | - | 294 |
| 5 | Gilles Dohogne | B | #8 TV Today Opel Astra V8 | 5.5989 | 236 | - | 285 |
| 6 | Daniele Malangone | I | #18 Original Teile Mercedes | 5.6798 | 230 | - | 53 |
| 7 | Kai Kivekäs | SF | #4 Playstation Audi TT-R | 5.8485 | 228 | - | - |
| 8 | Kevin Krollmann | D | #2 AMG Mercedes Alesi DTM | 6.0619 | 224 | - | - |
| 9 | Günther Riehl | D | #8 TV Today Opel Astra V8 | 7.8388 | 223 | - | - |
| 10 | Dieter Jens | D | #12 Orgiginal Teile Mercedes DTM | 5.9914 | 221 | - | - |
| 11 | Antónin Vojtik | CZ | #16 SAT1 Opel Astra V8 | 6.2051 | 220 | - | - |
| 12 | Chris Radisich | NZ | #14 Original Teile Mercedes | 6.0418 | 218 | - | - |
| 13 | Yves Welter jr | B | #42 Service 24h Mercedes | 5.7604 | 213 | - | - |
| 14 | Josef Korec | CZ | #3 Hasseröder Audi TT-R | 6.1428 | 213 | - | - |
| 15 | Miroslav Vadlejch | CZ | #22 Hasseröder Audi TT-R | 6.2011 | 207 | - | - |
| 16 | Matthias Parke | D | #2 AMG Mercedes DTM | 6.3085 | 201 | - | - |
| 17 | Fred Hood | USA | #16 Oase Mercedes DTM | 6.6394 | 190 | - | - |
| 18 | Bruno di Dotto | BR | #24 Service 24 Teile Mercedes | 6.6695 | 186 | - | - |
| 19 | Thomas Spicker | D | #24 Service 24h Mercedes DTM | DNS | 0 | - | - |
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DE WACHTER WINS MELLO YELLO JR WORLDS |
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12 - Since years the Mello Yello Junior World Championship, for racers
under 22 is the most thrilling race of the IMCA Nats. Also this year this
was the case. We witnessed a splendid fight between Michael Niemas, Nick
de Wachter and Daniel Gonzalez. Eventually Nick de Wachter won, being the
first racer in history having won already five world championships. |
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| 1 | Nick de Wachter | NL | #15 Vitaphone Opel Astra V8 | PlaFit Excel | 5.6208 | 251 | 326 |
| 2 | Michael Niemas | D | #3 Sport Bild Opel Astra V8 | PlaFit S24 | 5.5405 | 257 | 325 |
| 3 | Daniel Gonzalez | E | #10 Red Bull Audi TT-R | MoMo SW2 | 5.6708 | 250 | 324 |
| 4 | Andreas Laufenberg | D | #18 Hasseröder Audi TT-R | PlaFit Excel | 5.6789 | 248 | 322 |
| 5 | Youri van Rossem | B | #4 Red Bull Audi TT-R | PlaFit Excel | 5.6824 | 247 | 319 |
| 6 | Kevin Krollmann | D | #14 Original Teile Mercedes DTM | PlaFit S24 | 5.7310 | 247 | 318 |
| 7 | Miroslav Vadlejch | CZ | #23 Hassenröder Audi TT-R | MoMo SW1 | 6.1466 | 232 | - |
| 8 | Christian Hofler | DK | #30 Denmark Opel Astra V8 | Metris Mk 2.0 | 5.8562 | 232 | - |
| 9 | Antónin Vojtik | CZ | #19 Hasseröder Audi TT-R | MoMo SW1 | 5.9134 | 230 | - |
| 10 | Colin Herzig | USA | #9 Eschmann Stahl Mercedes DTM | Schoeler Tigre G | 5.8535 | 228 | - |
| 11 | Bruno di Dotto | BR | #15 Original Teile Mercedes DTM | Slotvision 3.0 | 6.1760 | 227 | - |
| 12 | Yves Welter jr | B | #4 Red Bull Audi TT-R | MoMo SW2 | DNS | - | - |
| 13 | Gilles Dohogne | B | #8 TV Today Opel Astra V8 | MoMo SW2 | DNS | - | - |
| 14 | Michael Phillipaerts | B | #7 Service Fit Opel Astra V8 | PlaFit Excel | DNS | - | - |
| 15 | Robby Cuppens | B | #23 Hasseröder Audi TT-R | PlaFit Excel | DNS | - | - |
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This year the Franco Gianotti Trophy went over three races with classic cars. There were separate standings for Experts, Youngsters and Amateurs. The three rounds were also decicive for the Constructors World Championship. Two constructors were present to prepair their cars (Andreas Fehn and Thomas Spicker), but were already home before the start of the first round. Extremely motivated to win the Constructor's Trophy were Matthias Parke, Tamar Nelwan, Dieter Jens, Nick de Wachter and Pit Schwaar. The last named, who prepaired excellent cars for Gilles Dohogne and Yves Welter jr was extremely disappointed that both didn(t show without the smallest warning. At the real last minute it was decided that Youri - already team mate of Nick de Wachter among the youngsters - should drive one car, and that Robby Cuppens should drive the other. Alyhough they did great - Youri won among the GT cars with Schwaar's Ferrari Daytona at the first round, beating Michael Niemas (!), and Robby realised the pole position at the third round - none of them has the talent of Yves Welter jr. So Pit Schwaar lost from Matthias Parke and Tamar Nelwan in the Constructors Championship. It was unanimously decided that Yves Welter jr and Gilles Dohogne will no longer invited at international IMCA races. |
The three rounds were dominated by the Ferraris of "Piki" and Noviello, finishing at the three rounds as winner. Among the experts there was only opposition from the cars driven by Kivekäs/Malangone, Parke/Riehl, Parke/Korec and Jens/Mertens. Much more opposition, however, came from the cars driven by the youngsters, especially those of Nick de Wachter/Youri van Rossem, Michael Niemas/Kevin Krollmann, Andreas Laufenberg/Christian Schnitzler and Antónin Vojtik/Miroslav Vadlejch. Eventually Piki/Noviello collected among the experts the maximum of points: 60. Kivekäs/Malangone came second with 24 points, Josef Korec third with 18 points and Parke/Riehl fourth with 17 points. Then followed Nelwan/Inäbnit as fifth experts and Jens/Mertens as sixth experts. JPVR/Dan Debella collected only points in the last round. Due to computer errors they were ranked in the last round two ranks lower than what they effectively did. Especially Dan Debella - having no more raced since 17 years - achieved a great performance in this last round. Disappointing were the results obtained by Reyes/Torres and Hood/Radisich. Of that last named team Radisich was fast, but Fred had the whole week end problems to find the correct rythm, because on a track as the one used, rythm is all what it is about. Since Noviello qualified in the last round faster than Piki, he was ranked first among the experts, Piki second, Malangone third and Kivekäs fourth. |
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Among the youngsters Nick de Wachter/Youri van Rossem were second overall in the first round, third overall in the second and the third round. Especially in the last round there was a gruelling combat between them and the tiny Chevron-Mazda of Niemas/Krollmann. That little Chevron was wonderfully prepared by Niemas and caused a real stir. Nick/Youri collected 42 points over the three races, Niemas/Kroll-mann 38 points. Danmark's young Christian Høfler caused a stir by finishing among the youngsters in third position (with 32 points). Youri, who had to drive in all rounds with two cars - due to the absence of Yves Welter jr/Gilles Dohogne - collected another 30 points with his Ferrari Daytona (GT winner in the two first races). In the last race Pit Schwaar made the mistake to give his fastest AAW Porsche 917 to Robby Cuppens (who realised a splendid pole with it at the qualifications) and his much slower Ferrari 512S to Youri. Nevertheless Youri finished ahead of Robby, but not in the points at that last race. Andreas Laufenberg and Christian Schnitzler (an exellent youngster!) finished at the fifth place among the youngsters, ahead over Vojtik and Vadlejch. Colin Herzig - announced as America's wonderboy - disappointed. Only at the last round we saw that he has talent. |
Among the amateurs Bruno di Dotto, Gert Klinge, and Francesc Reyes had the handicap that they had to compete with the experts, so that they failed to collect points. That was not the case for Henrik Hasager (DK) and Marcello Triginelli (BR) who were involved in a continuous battle for the title of Amateur's World Champion. Everything was decided in the last round. Initially Hasager was a strong leader, ahead over Triginelli, but after a couple of deslottings of the Danish racer, Triginelli succeeded - not without problems - to pass Hasager. During the 10 last segments we witnessed a splendid combat between the two. Eventually Triginelli won with less than two laps advantage, taking the title. David Lahoz of Spain caused a surprise by finishing as third amateur, ahead of John Emmons (USA), Mack de Wachter (NL) and Paul Heath (NZ). Especially Mack had serious problems with his cars, prepared by Thomas Spicker. In his first race he lost both front wheels, in his second the motor came off and in his third he had to retire with motor problems. Of all Slotvisions at the start, only those raced by Josef Korec (among the experts) and by Niemas/Kroll-mann (in a Dieter Jens configuration) were really competitive. The fact that Thomas was no longer there to help his racers may explain it all. |
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| 1 | "Piki" van Rossem/S.Noviello | Nelwan | PlaFit Excel | 20 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| 2 | Nick de Wachter/Youri v Rossem | Nick DW | MoMo SW2 Classic | 20 | 10 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Kevin Krollmann/Michael Niemas | Jens | MoMo SW2 Classic & Slotvision 3.0 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Christian Höfler | Nick DW | PlaFit Excel | 6 | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 5 | Youri van Rossem | Schwaar | MoMo SW2 Classic | 20 | 10 | - | 30 |