German Nationals 2008

The touring car German National Championships modified and stock class were held from 29th to 31st of August in Mettenheim, Germany. Top Corally team driver Marc Fischer won 2 of the 5 qualifying rounds, setting the new track record by 16,25sec, taking the TQ. Ronald Völker finished second and Martin Hofer in third both with exactly the same time, 18 laps in 302.096 seconds.

The first final was won by Ronald Völker while Marc Fischer was struggling a bit with his car due some tweak from the last qualifier.
In the second final the start was very nice and Marc was able to take the lead, winning with a distance to Ronald. But since Martin Hofer had a pair of new tires and Marc and Ronald had to race on old tires, was Marc only able to defend his 1st position for 4min 20sec, so Martin won this race and Marc got second for the second time.
With two of the three finals run four drivers had the chance to take the championship title home. Ronald V
ölker with a first and third position, Marc had two second positions, Martin Hofer with a tenth and a first position and also Steven Weiss with two times third positions. Marc was able to take the title home by driving without any mistakes with his RDX-PHI on old tires, setting the fastest final track record. Martin Hofer finished second with his Yokomo BD-3 prototype and Ronald Völker third. Here are the top ten standings:

Pos. Qual. Name Car
1 1 Marc Fischer Corally RDX-PHI
2 3 Martin Hofer Yokomo BD-3 Prototype
3 2 Ronald Völker Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
4 4 Steven Weiß X-Ray T2'008
5 7 Felix Bischoff Yokomo BD 'Masami Special'
6 6 Dominik Fleischmann Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
7 9 Florian Bernklau X-Ray T2'008
8 8 Dirk Wischnewski Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC
9 5 Federico Veronesi Serpent S400
10 10 Bernhard Bopp Hot-Bodies Cyclone TC