Jndia: P5 in England and appearance on SRF
FROM ENGLAND TO ARLESHEIM At the first round of the FIA European Dragster Championship in England, Jndia Erbacher was eliminated in the quarterfinals. On Saturday evening the broad Swiss audience will see her in the season show "SRF bi de Lüt - in Arlesheim ". The FIA Main Event in the dragster mecca Santa Pod was the season opener for the European Championship, in which Urs Erbacher's daughter [...]
The FIA Main Event in the dragster mecca of Santa Pod marked the season opener for the European Championship, in which Urs Erbacher's daughter Jndia is competing in the top class. The Fat Attack team around the six-time European champion traveled to England last week with a virtually new Top Fuel dragster.
The test with the approximately 10,000 hp vehicle under racing conditions went well from a technical point of view. This is due not least to the gentle driving style of the pilot, who amazed everyone last year with second place in the final of the NitrOlympiX in Hockenheim.
Close to the 4-second mark
Unfortunately, she didn't get that far this time. In the third qualifying run, the 22-year-old Swiss came quite close to her goal of making the 1000-foot sprint in a time under four seconds for the first time, with 4.1066 and 245.21 mph ((394.54 km/h) top speed.
In the quarterfinals, Jndia was defeated in an all-female duel by Finland's Anita Mäkelä, the 2016 European champion. To her credit, she has only completed ten races in a Top Fueler in her career. Mäkelä, on the other hand, has been at the top for a long time.
In addition, the surface in Santa Pod was newly laid. Apart from the three top riders Liam Jones, Antti Horto and last year's champion Duncan Micallef, no one had ever ridden the track at this level. So it is not surprising that these three riders occupied the first three places after the qualifying.
For Jndia Erbacher, therefore, the joy at what has been achieved outweighs the disappointment.
Jndia Erbacher: "To be able to run 4.10 in just the third qualifying run with a new Top Fuel dragster from the transporter without setup data is very good. The team did a bang-up job and deserves a big thumbs-up."
Family duel in Hockenheim
The Basel-Landschaft native's next sporting appearance will not be until August in Hockenheim. For financial and professional reasons, the team is concentrating on the most important event of the year. There, Urs Erbacher will also take to the wheel of his Top Fuel dragster again.
Jndia is not planning a full European Championship season until 2019, when she will have the budget. But she is already working on that.
Swiss television visits Arlesheim
Already on Saturday evening, June 2, Jndia Erbacher will be introduced to a wider Swiss audience. The season show "SRF bi de Lüt - Frühlingsfest" is visiting Arlesheim BL.
The well-known presenters Nik Hartmann and Annina Campell welcome prominent guests and exciting local personalities in this program (20.10 to 22.10). Among them is Jndia Erbacher, who is considered the fastest woman in Switzerland in terms of top speed.
No doubt she'll be quick-witted in her answers to interview questions, too....
