14 cars to line up for 1:10 A-Main

With originally only 2 drivers set to bump up to the A-Main and join the 10-direct qualifiers, a problem with the timing loop during last night’s opening round of lower mains means that the battle for the overall victory at the opening round of the Euro Nitro Series will now be a 14 car affair.  Having been forced to switch to the back-up loop for the final race of the day, the B-Main, following a replacement of the wire in the main loop timing was reverted back to using the original but this then caused a problem with the ENS’s unique bump up format.  With the two loops approximately 3-seconds apart for a 1:10 car, the back up loop later being later in the lap, this meant a discrepency in the race times, the two drivers with the fastest single race times from any of the lower finals supposed to complete the A-Main grid.  After discussions with drivers most affected, mainly Denmark’s Martin Lissau, race officials made the decision to promote 4 cars.

The four drivers to bump up are ART’s Basile Concialdi, Team Shepherd’s Lissau & Patrick Schafer and Xray driver Rico Krober.  Racing in the B-Main, Capricorn driver Concialdi would post the fastest race time winning Leg 2 this morning having been only fourth in last night’s opening Leg.  That Leg was won by Martin Lissau, but that time was recorded with the back-up loop, but after calculations the former 1:5 World Champion was given 12th on the grid. Racing in the C-Main Schafer would actually post the second fastest recorded time in Leg 1.  Retiring in Leg 2 this morning with a broken rear wishbone after 5-cars ploughed into the rear of his Velox V10 just after the start, the Shepherd boss will carry the number 13 in the final.  Second in both B-Main encounters Germany’s Krober completes the line-up, the Melzo track easily able to handle 14 cars.

1:10 200mm A-Main Grid
1. Teemu Leino (FI) – HB/Novarossi
2. Dario Balestri (IT) – Capricorn/XRD
3. Francesco Tironi (IT) – Shepherd/Novarossi
4. Eric Dankel (DE) – Capricorn/Maxima
5. Dominic Greiner (DE) – Serpent/Picco
6. Luca Redaelli (IT) – Xray/Picco
7. Dirk Wischnewski (DE) – Shepherd/Orcan
8. Adrien Bertin (FR) – HB/Orion
9. Mark Green (GB) – Serpent/Novarossi
10.Alexander Thilo (DE) – Xray/Orcan
11.Basile Concialdi (FR) – Capricorn/Novarossi
12.Martin Lissau (DK) – Shepherd/Reds Racing
13.Patrick Schafer (DE) – Shepherd/Sonic
14.Rico Krober (DE) – Xray/Orcan

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