7/8 August Lausitz

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EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany is the 7th stop in the 9-race 2010 championship. Taking place on 7-8 August, the race will be one of the highlights in a year of celebrations at the EuroSpeedway marking its 10th anniversary. The race at EuroSpeedway, Lausitz will be the only race held over land this year.

EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, Germany the final race of 2010

Race Day Sunday 8 August

Qualification

The day started with the qualification for the top 12 after the bad weather of yesterday. Michael Goulian and Sergey Rakhmanin of Russia end their 2010 championship campaigns after failing to make it through to the next round.

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	18.28	34.65	54.18	Q1	1:10.16		0
2	Lamb Nigel	GBR	19.05	35.40	54.69	Q1	1:10.35	+ 0.19	0
3	Dolderer Matthias	GER	19.77	36.23	57.72	Q1	1:13.18	+ 3.02	0
4	Hall Matt	AUS	19.51	35.91	55.93	Q1	1:13.43	+ 3.27	2
5	Besenyei Peter	HUN	19.77	36.22	57.24	Q1	1:13.58	+ 3.42	0
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	18.44	35.84	55.59	Q1	1:13.87	+ 3.71	2
7	Arch Hannes	AUT	19.50	39.17	1:00.06	Q1	1:14.75	+ 4.59	4
8	Chambliss Kirby	USA	19.27	36.54	57.18	Q1	1:15.10	+ 4.94	0
9	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	19.93	38.86	1:00.21	Q1	1:16.34	+ 6.18	2
10	McLeod Pete	CAN	19.49	37.08	58.46	Q1	1:16.90	+ 6.74	2
11	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	21.61	39.18	1:00.87	Q1	1:17.84	+ 7.68	2
12	Sonka Martin	CZE	20.60	38.58	1:00.89	Q1	1:18.08	+ 7.92	0
13	Goulian Michael	USA	20.81	37.88	1:01.28	Q1	1:18.33	+ 8.17	2
14	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	20.47	38.21	1:03.57	Q1	1:22.46	+ 12.30	6

Top 12

Arch has the fastest run in the T Ivanoff is second, Hall third and Bonhomme fourth. Also advancing to the Super 8 are McLeod (5), Dolderer (6), Chambliss (7) and Lamb (8).

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	19.71	35.38	55.85	1:11.39		0
2	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	18.75	35.97	55.93	1:12.31	+ 0.92	0
3	Hall Matt	AUS	19.41	36.07	56.77	1:12.53	+ 1.14	0
4	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	18.71	36.96	56.77	1:12.63	+ 1.24	2
5	McLeod Pete	CAN	18.92	36.05	56.87	1:12.63	+ 1.24	0
6	Dolderer Matthias	GER	19.65	36.17	56.67	1:12.66	+ 1.27	0
7	Chambliss Kirby	USA	19.16	36.07	57.02	1:13.54	+ 2.15	0
8	Lamb Nigel	GBR	19.10	35.52	56.06	1:13.77	+ 2.38	2
9	Besenyei Peter	HUN	20.13	38.11	59.01	1:16.58	+ 5.19	4
10	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	21.76	38.76	59.56	1:17.04	+ 5.65	3
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	20.66	38.14	1:00.85	1:17.33	+ 5.94	0
12	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	19.70	43.56	1:04.84	1:23.76	+ 12.37	9

Super 8

What a performance under pressure by Bonhomme. He did not need to win that Super 8 round. He only needed to finish in the top 4. But he flew nearly a full second faster than he needed to — beating Arch, Lamb and Hall.

Bonhomme wins the 2010 championship with a time of 1:11.00 in the Super 8. He clinches the title because he will finish no lower than 4th today.

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	18.63	35.07	55.30	1:11.00		0
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	19.33	35.29	55.81	1:11.15	+ 0.15	0
3	Lamb Nigel	GBR	18.73	35.31	55.69	1:11.87	+ 0.87	0
4	Hall Matt	AUS	19.50	36.07	56.73	1:11.96	+ 0.96	0
5	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	18.60	36.43	56.56	1:13.26	+ 2.26	0
6	Chambliss Kirby	USA	20.23	36.67	57.49	1:14.06	+ 3.06	0
7	Dolderer Matthias	GER	21.43	38.09	58.61	1:14.49	+ 3.49	2
8	McLeod Pete	CAN	18.79	35.79	56.46	1:14.53	+ 3.53	2

Final Four

Arch wins his fourth race of the year. World Champion Bonhomme runner up, Matt Hall third place and Nigel Lamb fourth place he didn’t start the final four because of a flat tire.

Rank	Name	Nation	Start Speed	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen	Max G
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	362 kph	19.80	35.79	56.80	F4	1:12.30		0	10,1 g
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	359 kph	19.35	36.01	56.44	F4	1:12.66	+ 0.36	0	9,6 g
3	Hall Matt	AUS	365 kph	20.42	36.89	1:00.09	F4	1:17.41	+ 5.11	4	9,7 g
4	Lamb Nigel	GBR					F4	DNS

Race

Rank	Name	Nation	Rnd.	Time	Diff	Points
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	F4	1:12.30		12
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	F4	1:12.66	+ 0.36	10 + 1
3	Hall Matt	AUS	F4	1:17.41	+ 5.11	9
4	Lamb Nigel	GBR	F4	DNS		8
5	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	S8	1:13.26		7
6	Chambliss Kirby	USA	S8	1:14.06	+ 0.80	6
7	Dolderer Matthias	GER	S8	1:14.49	+ 1.23	5
8	McLeod Pete	CAN	S8	1:14.53	+ 1.27	4
9	Besenyei Peter	HUN	T12	1:16.58		3
10	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	T12	1:17.04	+ 0.46	2
11	Sonka Martin	CZE	T12	1:17.33	+ 0.75	1
12	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	T12	1:23.76	+ 7.18	0
13	Goulian Michael	USA	Q	1:18.33		0
14	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	Q	1:22.46	+ 4.13	0

World Championship

Bonhomme, who also won the 2009 championship, finishes the six-race championship with 64 points and two victories — in Abu Dhabi in New York. Arch, the 2008 champion, ends the year with 60 points and four wins — in Perth, Rio, Windsor and Germany. Britain’s Nigel Lamb ended up third.

Rank	Name	Nation	Points
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	64
2	Arch Hannes	AUT	60
3	Lamb Nigel	GBR	55
4	Chambliss Kirby	USA	41
5	McLeod Pete	CAN	33
6	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	33
7	Hall Matt	AUS	31
8	Dolderer Matthias	GER	26
9	Goulian Michael	USA	24
10	Besenyei Peter	HUN	21
11	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	9
12	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	5
13	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	4
14	Sonka Martin	CZE	2
15	Kindlemann Adilson	BRA	0

Qualification Saturday 7 August

Due heavy rainfall only seven of the fourteen pilots able to complete their flight in the track before conditions worsened and the session was cancelled. Race officials will make a decision Sunday morning at 1100 on whether the first Qualifying session will continue, allowing the remaining seven pilots to run. Here the results of the seven pilots who flew the Saturday qaulification:

Rank	Name	Nation	Start Speed	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen	Max G
1	McLeod Pete	CAN	360 kph	19.52	36.33	57.10	Q1	1:13.86		0	10,8 g
2	Chambliss Kirby	USA	366 kph	19.77	38.33	58.75	Q1	1:15.58	+ 1.72	0	10,2 g
3	Dolderer Matthias	GER	349 kph	21.19	39.27	1:00.16	Q1	1:15.83	+ 1.97	2	10,3 g
4	Besenyei Peter	HUN	340 kph	20.90	39.45	1:01.07	Q1	1:17.57	+ 3.71	2	10,0 g
5	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	360 kph	21.39	38.53	1:01.19	Q1	1:18.78	+ 4.92	0	9,9 g
6	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	352 kph	23.00	39.90	1:02.51	Q1	1:21.33	+ 7.47	4	9,9 g
7	Sonka Martin	CZE	367 kph	21.30	42.43	1:04.40	Q1	1:21.71	+ 7.85	4	8,8 g

Second Training Day Friday 6 August

Fourth Training

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Arch Hannes	AUT	19.96	36.02	56.37	1:12.01		0
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	19.17	35.91	56.61	1:13.03	+ 1.02	0
3	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	18.91	36.19	56.59	1:13.87	+ 1.86	0
4	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	20.31	37.12	58.64	1:14.49	+ 2.48	0
5	Hall Matt	AUS	20.11	37.21	58.40	1:14.57	+ 2.56	0
6	Lamb Nigel	GBR	19.84	38.38	58.23	1:14.58	+ 2.57	2
7	Goulian Michael	USA	21.68	37.73	59.76	1:15.93	+ 3.92	0
8	Chambliss Kirby	USA	19.74	39.00	59.39	1:16.71	+ 4.70	2
9	Besenyei Peter	HUN	22.58	39.19	1:00.42	1:17.18	+ 5.17	2
10	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	23.62	40.67	1:02.68	1:19.17	+ 7.16	2
11	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	22.96	40.32	1:03.05	1:19.37	+ 7.36	2
12	Sonka Martin	CZE	21.18	40.92	1:03.82	1:21.32	+ 9.31	2
13	McLeod Pete	CAN	18.90	43.08	1:05.68	1:21.79	+ 9.78	8
14	Dolderer Matthias	GER	19.96	42.98	1:05.98	1:21.88	+ 9.87	8

First Training Day Thursday 5 August

First Training

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	19.83	36.46	58.48	Run 2	1:14.99		0
2	Dolderer Matthias	GER	20.37	36.96	59.40	Run 3	1:15.84	+ 0.85	0
3	Lamb Nigel	GBR	20.97	37.60	1:00.38	Run 2	1:17.24	+ 2.25	0
4	Goulian Michael	USA	22.26	38.54	1:01.92	Run 3	1:18.10	+ 3.11	0
5	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	19.64	38.62	1:00.59	Run 3	1:18.56	+ 3.57	2
6	Arch Hannes	AUT	20.74	37.21	58.94	Run 2	1:18.75	+ 3.76	2
7	Besenyei Peter	HUN	22.15	39.28	1:02.24	Run 2	1:19.95	+ 4.96	0
8	Chambliss Kirby	USA	21.94	39.25	1:02.29	Run 2	1:21.74	+ 6.75	2
9	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	21.13	40.39	1:03.63	Run 2	1:21.98	+ 6.99	0
10	Hall Matt	AUS	24.10	42.72	1:08.10	Run 2	1:24.07	+ 9.08	6
11	McLeod Pete	CAN	23.74	42.66	1:07.19	Run 2	1:25.96	+ 10.97	6
12	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	23.33	40.42	1:05.64	Run 2	1:27.56	+ 12.57	10
13	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	27.13	47.52	1:12.60	Run 2	1:32.35	+ 17.36	8
14	Sonka Martin	CZE	29.53	52.75	1:18.51	Run 2	1:37.64	+ 22.65	18

Second Training

Rank	Name	Nation	Int. 1	Int. 2	Int. 3	Rnd.	Time	Diff.	Pen
1	Lamb Nigel	GBR	19.14	35.99	56.06	Run 1	1:12.55		0
2	Bonhomme Paul	GBR	19.10	35.78	56.43	Run 2	1:13.21	+ 0.66	0
3	Ivanoff Nicolas	FRA	19.45	36.46	56.98	Run 3	1:14.21	+ 1.66	1
4	Arch Hannes	AUT	19.19	36.39	57.15	Run 1	1:14.50	+ 1.95	0
5	Dolderer Matthias	GER	19.19	36.52	58.26	Run 3	1:14.84	+ 2.29	0
6	Hall Matt	AUS	20.11	37.54	59.69	Run 1	1:16.22	+ 3.67	0
7	Chambliss Kirby	USA	20.13	37.64	59.97	Run 2	1:16.62	+ 4.07	0
8	Goulian Michael	USA	21.21	38.04	1:00.67	Run 2	1:17.64	+ 5.09	0
9	Besenyei Peter	HUN	21.30	38.33	59.92	Run 3	1:18.14	+ 5.59	1
10	Muroya Yoshihide	JPN	22.05	39.47	1:01.31	Run 2	1:18.39	+ 5.84	2
11	Maclean Alejandro	ESP	19.61	36.68	1:00.21	Run 2	1:19.16	+ 6.61	4
12	McLeod Pete	CAN	21.84	39.89	1:01.48	Run 2	1:19.21	+ 6.66	2
13	Rakhmanin Sergey	RUS	27.10	45.61	1:07.96	Run 2	1:25.04	+ 12.49	7
14	Sonka Martin	CZE	20.30	41.92	1:06.30	Run 2	1:26.06	+ 13.51	8