This upcoming season is promised to be very suspenseful. During the first race of the FIM e-Power International Championship MUENCH racing driver Matthias Himmelmann placed second after Alessandro Brannetti from Italy (CRP Racing). MUENCH already proofed their outstanding talent and ambition during the qualification runs on Thursday and Friday by racing a new minimum time and capturing the pole position for the race on the legendary Circuit de Nevers in Magny Cours (France). Winner Alessandro Brannetti placed second in the qualification.

“During practice we were able to improve our minimum lap time from 2,11 down to 1,58 minutes”, said Ralf Ernst, Spokesmen of MUENCH Racing Team. “We are very happy with the qualification run and except for one minor technical error with the energy supply everything went well during today’s race as well.” Due to the technical error of the TTE-1.2’s battery Matthias Himmelmann was forced to drive very carefully for the rest of the race. “Thanks to Himmelmann’s experience we were able to avoid fusing and safe the second place”, continues Ernst not forgetting to mention the winning team from Italy. “For CRP-Racing it was the first e-Power success in their team history. I want to congratulate Alessandro for this big historic achievement.”

Now it is time for MUENCH to locate the cause of the technical error. The team assumes that a minor technical detail was the reason for the defect. It probably cannot be detected on first sight but the team is absolutely sure that the problem will be resolved until the next competition.

The second race of the FIM e-Power International Championship takes place on May 15th, 2011 on the Schleizer Dreieck in Germany. “For us it is extra important to join in the battle for victory. After all we do want to provide our German fans with a very special racing day”, promises Ralf Ernst.

Also thanks to our premium sponsor SCHOTT Solar, who were local with two staff and supported the team on course, as evidenced by the photos.