28.03.2016

By Bruno Eliazord, VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Driver

SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAPPENED !

The unbeatable 6 times (in 6 classes) 2015 World Champion, Jeffrey « Superman » Rietveld has been defeated !!! Someone has found the Kriptonite and has used it ! But who is it ???
So exceptionnaly, we're going to focus on the pro class for this event.

Let's check what happened during the qualying round. 75 racers from 13 nations came to take part of this race in Brasil.

Pro Class :

The guilty has strike since the begining of the event, making the TQ :

1/ Martin « Batman » Wollanka / 28 laps / 07.02.548
2/ Jeffrey « Superman » Rietveld / 28 / 07.03.034
3/ Massimo Aliprandi / 28 / 07.08.638
4/ Grahama Raistrick / 28 / 07.10.334
5/ Nuno Correia / 28 / 07.14.628
6/ Joshua Berman / 28 / 07.15.388
7/ Alex Guillot / 27 / 07.04.730
8/ Pierre Dumusc / 27 / 07.12.252
9/ Milan Peka / 27 / 07.15.772
10 / Dominic Chaffard / 26 / 7.00.302

So, we will watch the movie of the epic battle between these two super drivers : SUPERMAN VS BATMAN.

Sport Class :

1/ Ralf Sieber / 26 laps / 07.01.182
2/ Klaus Koewenig / 26 / 07.10.446
3/ Jacques Blanchin / 25 / 07.03.202
4/ Joost Wouters / 25 / 07.03.564
5/ Erwin Fiselberger / 25 / 07.06.128
6/ Rudolf Aigner / 25 / 07.11.430
7/ Camilo Flores / 25 / 07.12.002
8/ Hans Guenther Heitsch / 25 / 7.12.052
9/ Romain Lacroix / 25 / 07.14.894
10/ VRC Korea Master / 25 /07.16.030

Club Class :

1/ Aaron Roach / 25 laps / 07.06.760
2/ Carl Huxford / 24 / 07.06.106
3/ Benjamin Krings / 24 / 07.09.038
4/ Giulio Ghiraldo / 24 / 07.16.584
5/ Nuno Lourenco / 23 / 07.03.892
6/ Laurent Edet / 23 / 07.18.070
7/ Schott Dickson / 22 / 07.14.864
8/ Gary Climie / 22 / 07.18.758
9/ Uwe Roesler / 20 / 07.01.760
10/ Jodie Grein / 20 / 07.12.130



Ladies and gentlemen, take a seat, and watch the movie « Batman VS Superman» !

The cars are on the grid. The horn blows, annnnd this is the staaaart !
Everybody take a good start, except for Graham Raistrick who loses positions. Martin is immediatly in the lead thanks to his top qualifying. Jeffrey Rietveld is very aggresive, and try to pass him during the first lap. He almost succeed, but « Batman » is a fighter of the darkness, so he uses his unhuman skills to keep the lead.
At the end of the first lap, Martin is first, Jeffrey is 2nd, Nuno Correia is 3rd, Massimo Alliprandi 4th, Joshua Berman 5th, Alex Guillot 6th, Graham Raistrick 7th, Pierre Dumusc 8th, Milan Peka 9th, and Dominic Chaffard in the 10th and last spot.
Soon, Martin and Jeffrey make the difference with the others. Martin driving with a incredible style, sliding at the entry of the corners, this way he's able to brake very late.


Martin sliding before the corner to turn faster.

Behind them, Nuno Correia and Massimo Alliprandi show us a beautiful fight also for the 3rd spot. The same between Alex Guillot, Graham Raistrick, and Joshua Berman for the 5th spot. Pierre Dumusc and Milan Peka fight together for the 8th spot.
Martin « Batman » Wollanka spreads all his strenght at each lap, each corner, so well that at the 7th lap he's so close to the inside, that he slightly hits a curb and continues on two wheels during several meters, without really losing time. Batman has tightrope walker talent. His best lap is incredible : 14.632s. In the second spot, Jeffrey's best lap is : 14.780. He seems to be unable to catch Martin. But don't forget that he is « Superman », and the battle just starts.
All the other drivers run in 15 secondes by lap, so you can easily imagine the pace of the two superheroes in the lead. About the driving style of Martin Wollanka, just take a look at how he goes out of the famous big left before the straight line, where so many drivers went out in the grass.

At five minutes, Martin stops in the pit lane. Jeffrey is 3.236 behind in the 2nd spot. Graham raistrick has made a great come back, taking the 3rd spot, followed very closely by Massimo Alliprandi, and Nuno Correia in the same second. Alex Guillot is 6th, Joshua Berman is 7th, Milan Peka is 8th, Dominique Chaffard is 9th, and Pierre Dumusc has fallen at the last spot after a mistake.

During two laps, Jeffrey « Superman » is first, thanks to the pit stop of Martin, but he also has to stop at the 22th lap. Martin takes back the lead of this race.

During the 30th lap, Martin goes out to loose of the big left, and goes straight in the pit lane full throttle, and lose no time. He makes a lap in 14.800s even this way. Jeffrey is now more than 5s behind.

At 10 minutes, Martin « Batman » increases his domination on Jeffrey « Superman » who is now at almost 7 secondes of the leader. Joshua Berman is 3rd, Nuno Correia is 4th, Graham Raistrick 5th, Massimo Alliprandi 6th, Alex Guillot 7th, Milan Pekka 8th, Pierre Dumusc 9th, Dominique Chaffard 10th.

At 15 minutes, nothing has changed in the lead. Things happen in the back with Graham Raistrick who is now in the 3rd spot, Massimo Alliprandi has came back from the 6th spot to the 4th, Nuno Correia is 5th, Joshua Berman has fallen to the 6th spot, Alex Guillot is 7th, Milan Peka 8th, Dominique Chaffard has overtaken Pierre Dumusc for the 9th spot.

Finaly Martin « Batman » Wollanka wins the fight versus Jeffrey « Superman » Rietveld !!!
Maybe we will see « Batman VS Superman II the revenge» next time. It would be epic.

Pro Class Main Final :

1/ Martin Wollanka / 79 / 20.08.946
2/ Jeffrey Rietveld / 78 / 20.03.390
3/ Graham Raistrick / 77 / 20.03.390
4/ Massimo Alliprandi / 76 / 20.01.012
5/ Joshua Berman / 76 / 20.02.964
6/ Nuno Correia / 76 / 20.07.972
7/ Alex Guillot / 75 / 20.01.402
8/ Milan Peka / 74 / 20.04.342
9/ Dominique Chaffard / 72 / 20.03.248
10/ Pierre Dumusc / 20.06.626

Interview with Martin Wollanka :



"My Feeling was good I have some fun on this track. 
It is not easy to be fast on this track. You need to drive a perfect line. 
The right hight was in my fist run not perfect, so I was at the end not so fast . In the second run I change it a bit and it works much better, not perfect, but good. 
VRC is a very good Simulator. It helps me in my real races. Since I drive VRC, I'm much more consistent, and do not much mistakes."

Sport Class Main Final :

1/ Ralf Sieber / 71/ 20.09.014
2/ Klaus Koewenig / 71/ 20.11.044
3/ Rudolf Aigner / 69 / 20.02.236
4/ Joost Wouters / 69 / 20.07.436
5/ Erwin Fiselberger / 68 / 20.03.632
6/ Camilo Flores / 68 / 20.07.976
7/ Romain Lacroix / 68 / 20.08.026
8/ Hans Guenther Heitsch / 66 / 20.09.718
9/ Jacques Blanchin / DNS
10/ VRC Korea Master / DNS


Club Class Main Final :

1/ Nuno Lourenco / 71 / 20.02.368
2/ Benjamin Krings / 66 / 20.06.394
3/ Laurent Edet / 66 / 20.16.308
4/ Giulio Ghiraldo / 64 / 20.11.746
5/ Carl Huxford / 61 / 20.07.284
6/ Scott Dickson / 59 / 20.02.834
7/ Gary Climie / 58 / 20.18.700
8/ Jodie Grein / 53 / 20.11.630
9/ Aaron Roach / 42 / 20.13.192
10/ Uwe Roesler / DNS

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Nuno C	05.04.2016 [23:16] Very good,thanks Bruno!
Alex Guillot Double VRC Centurion	02.04.2016 [22:07] Great report Bruno i laughed a lot thanks unfortunately me too i can't see pictures Edited by author: 4/2/2016 9:08:20 PM GMT
Paulo M	30.03.2016 [16:12] For a super event, super pilots and most importantly a SUPER REPORTER. Thank you
Pieter B Founder	30.03.2016 [12:15] fantastic report Bruno. Somehow the images are not showing up for me...
Jukka-Pekka H	30.03.2016 [09:16] Monsterious report, once again Bruno, nice job. That is nice when Jeffrey also gets hard battle. And this is what shows how magnificent driver he is, Martin has to give his best to beat him. Nice race Guys!!
Jeffrey R 7x VRC World Champion	29.03.2016 [20:08] Nice one! Martin is a world class driver in both VRC, and especially real life. It's an honor to battle with him :)
Sandro L. Centurion	29.03.2016 [13:13] Very good!!
Bruno E	29.03.2016 [11:54] Hi Guys, Thanks for your compliments. It seems that the pics have been erased. It was pics with Marvel Superheroes, so it's maybe the reason. Peter could tell it maybe. Tony, it's simple; When a race is finished, I choose a driver for differents reasons, and I ask him if he's ok for answering some questions. Generaly, drivers are happy of that.
Rudolf A.	29.03.2016 [10:17] Awesome report. Thanks a lot for your efforts. Cheers Rudolf Aigner
Tony D	29.03.2016 [06:31] Great report. How do you do the interviews?