BOB World Cup: Racing: Friedrich on World Cup gold course-Lochner on concrete

Blank concrete in the ice channel of Lake Placid led to a racing break at the world championship. Nevertheless, Francesco Friedrich stands in front of his seventh World Cup double. After the Berchtesgadener Johannes Lochner, who was in second place, drove on a bare concrete with top speed and ramponed his noble runners, there was violent discussions about repeating his run. When Bob-Dominator Friedrich also had problems and only drove the second best time, the race was completely canceled a good hour later.

“The sun and the weather actually mean it well with us, only to bobsleigh. Therefore there was the problem with Hansi in the second run that he drove through concrete, then we had green and were whistled back,” said Friedrich and added to the used second run: “I tried to avoid the concrete. The decision to cancel the run is completely correct. Friedrich. Two other passes are still followed.

The Sachse leads with a 0.29 second lead ahead of Lochner, who may now have to screw on replacement calls. Third is the Briton Brad Hall in front of Adam Ammour from BRC Thuringia. “Hansi drove five over concrete in curve, the ice cream has been torn out, in addition he kicked a hole with his foot out,” said head coach René Spies, who lodged an objection after the jury Lochner wanted to start again.

Friedrich Pokert in training

Record world champion Friedrich, who stands before his 16th World Cup gold, did not let himself be put off in the US state of New York in the event of always changing rail conditions. Also conjured up best times as local hero Frank Del Luca and Hall in training in the premier class. Perfectionist Friedrich Pokerte a little and left the competition in belief in having the better material. Often you screw on other runners underneath and still start with a full speed. “We take the same setup as today. It remains to be seen whether the fourth run will take place,” said Friedrich.