Francesco Friedrich second ahead of Adam Ammour

Winterberg (RWH) Bobsleigh pilot Brad Hall of Great Britain won the second 4-man bobsleigh race of the IBSF World Cup 2024/25 in Winterberg (GER). With Taylor Lawrence, Arran Gulliver and Greg Cackett as his push team, Hall relegated Olympic and World Champion Francesco Friedrich with Simon Wulff, Matthias Sommer and Felix Straub (GER, 0.19 seconds back) to second place. For Hall, the 2023 World Championships silver medallist, it was his first victory since January 2023 in Altenberg.

Third place in Winterberg went to Adam Ammour with Theo Hempel, Benedikt Hertel and Rupert Schenk (GER, 0.48 seconds back).

Patrick Baumgartner of the upcoming Olympic hosts Italy finished fourth in Winterberg with Eric Fantazzini, Robert Mircea and Lorenzo Bilotti, achieving his best result since November 2023. Back then, the Baumgartner crew took second place in Yanqing (CHN).

Michael Vogt (SUI) made his comeback in the 4-man bobsleigh with Dominik Schläpfer, Dominik Hufschmid and Andreas Haas, finishing fifth ahead of Olympic silver medallist Johannes Lochner (GER) with Erec Bruckert, Joshua Tasche and Florian Bauer.

After two of eight races, the overall standings in the IBSF World Cup 2024/25 are still led by opening winner Francesco Friedrich (GER, 435 points). Brad Hall (GBR, 409) moves up to second place, with Adam Ammour (GER, 392) in third.

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Brad Hall (GBR): „That was a bit of a complicated race today. We did not know if it will rain or snow, so it was a bit of a lottery. We had a great start and a great first run and I am glad to have Arran Gulliver back, who was in our team back two years ago for the World Championships and European Championships silver medal. With all the disruptions we had to really conserve our energy and make sure we are ready at the right point for the second run.“

Francesco Friedrich (GER): ‘That was not our best performance today. Brad Hall was simply superior today, there's no two ways about it. So we still have work to do in the four-man event.’

Adam Ammour (GER): ’It's been a difficult week. But we've still had two good races. We've improved a bit at the start and made it onto the podium. It was definitely exciting and fun.’

Photos: IBSF / Viesturs Lacis