published: 2010-07-01 23:52:29 (57510) Author: ND |
1/10th World Championships - Openingday |
| A hot and intriguing opening day of the IFMAR ISTC world championships here in Burgdorf Germany. |
 The 2010 1/10th Touring Car worlds kicked off today (Thursday) with 6 rounds of practice (4 open and 2 “controlled).
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 The nature of the timing of the practice sessions which only recorded the 3 fastest consecutive laps for each driver has left us guessing about who really is fastest as the huge drop off in tyre performance over a run (caused by the very high temperatures) means that keeping a car consistent over the 5 minutes will result in a better overall time than being super fast at the start of a race and then much slower towards the end!
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 What we do know is that a truly stellar field has been assembled with all the previous touring car world champions in attendance - Atsushi Hara (2000) Surikan (2002) Marc Reinhard (2004 and 2008) and Andy Mooore (2006).
Looking at the times there appear to be a number of other contenders including Jilles Groskamp(NL) Ronald Volker (D), ShinAdachi (J) and Paul Lemiuex (US)
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 No international motor race would be complete with out some controversy and this event is no exception with Tyres being a major source or contention. The problem being that they are only really competitive for one run, but the drivers are only allowed 3 sets for the 6 qualifiers happening today. There is much talk about drivers sitting out individual rounds and team tactics, but to finfd out what does materialise tomorrow during qualification check beck here tomorrow! |