The first A-Mains here at ETS RD3 in Andernach are in the books. We saw a great day of high class RC car racing. After the track dried out in the morning, we finished qualifying and headed directly into the finals. Two more rounds are scheduled for Sunday to find out who will be our winners at Arena33. Here is what happened on a sunny afternoon!
Matrix Modified
Modified A1 goes to Rheinard and Awesomatix
We saw an excellent opening A-Main in the Matrix Modified class. Marc Rheinard brought the field around the first lap after a perfect start from everybody. He quickly opened a small gap to second placed Yokomo driver Yannic Prümper and controlled it in the first 2 minutes of the race. Yannic was not backing off and came closer to the Awesomatix A800MMX of Rheinard in the middle of the race again.
Behind the leaders, Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki) was trying to create pressure on the Yokomo of Christopher Krapp in front of him. Ronald had a great start into the race from his fifth starting position as he overtook fourth placed Marco Kaufmann at full speed on the straightway – what a move from the reigning ETS champion Völker. But after that, he was not able to attack Krapp enough and had to settle for fourth place in the opening final.
In the last minute of the race, Yannic Prümper closed the gap to Rheinard once again and in the penultimate lap, he touched Reinhard’s car which spun around, and both continued in the same order afterwards. Marc Rheinard took the win in front of Yannic Prümper and made one important step to overall victory here in Andernach.
A2 will be on the line before lunch time on Sunday and we are already looking forward to another great show at Arena33.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/287285?key=203
Awesomatix ProStock
Mächler with impressive drive to victory in A1
Max Mächler drove to an impressive victory in the opening A-Main of the Awesomatix Pro Stock class. Right after the start, Max showed a great pace with his Awesomatix A800MMX and pulled away from the rest of the other drivers lap after lap. In the end, he won A1 with a gap of 3.5 seconds ahead of his teammate Simon Lauter, and Xray`s Jan Ratheisky. Ratheisky tried everything to pass Lauter who was doing a masterful job to hold him off until they crossed the finish line. Alex Kunkler and Lukas Ellerbrock completed the top 5 in a high-class Pro Stock A-Main.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/288611?key=203
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Südhoff wins thrilling first A-Main
The first Hobbywing Frontwheel A-Main was an amazing show. Freddy Südhoff (Awesomatix) was leading the race for the entire five minutes, with a hard challenging Sören Sparbier (Serpent) and Roman Borschel (Awesomatix) right on his tail. It looked like a freight train as the cars drove around the track at Arena33 and everybody was waiting for something to happen. In the last laps of the race, Sören was riding some attacks on Südhoff`s car but was not able to make it stick.
Roman Borschel passed Sören Sparbier once, to just give the position away to to Sören Sparbier in the next corner again. Stefan Schulz (Xray) was also in the mix and drove in fourth place – sometimes the best place to be when the top 3 are in an intense fight. It was nice to watch this final on track as the drivers showed a lot of respect, patience, and quality out there – well done!
After 5 minutes, Freddy Südhoff took the win from Sören Sparbier and Roman Borschel.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/287283?key=203
Orca 17.5 Stock
Sensational A-Main with best ending for Donath
The first A-main of the Orca 17.5 Stock class was very entertaining. TQ Alvaro Fernandez (Awesomatix) had a good start and Joshua Winkler (Awesomatix) was following him very close in the first minute of the race. But in lap number 5, Winkler touched the rear of Fernandez Awesomatix, and he spun around. Joshua waited for Alvaro, but his car was not driving anymore, and he was out of the race. Winkler also dropped down to the end of the field. Bad luck for both drivers and Winkler apologized to Fernandez right after the run.
After the leaders dropped back, it was young Jasmin Donath who was leading the race. She drove absolutely fantastic and had a nice fight with a hard pushing Dominik Reile, and Roman Borschel.
Reile was all over Donath, but the young lady was standing her ground and defended like a champion. The crowd was spending tons of applause as Jasmin crossed the line in first place after 5 minutes. A2 is on the line tomorrow morning, and everything is set for another great show as Fernandez and Winkler want to recover from their bad start into the finals for sure. Jasmin Donath can start very relaxed into A2 after winning the first leg in the Orca 17.5 Stock class.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/287280?key=203
ToniSport 40+ Masters
Stankowitz takes advantage and wins A1 from pole position
The first A-Main in the ToniSport 40+ Masters class was the show of Awesomatix driver Manuel Stankowitz. He had a clean run from pole position and took the heat from tone to tone ahead of a hard fighting Mirco Thalheimer (Xray), and Caspar Morgen (Xray). Mugen Seiki`s Patrick Beck was s able to get by Toni Mateo, who had some trouble in the first laps. Beck crossed the line in fourth position with Torsten Baggendorf (Awesomatix) in fifth place.
After his great run to victory in A1, Manuel Stankowitz will have a great Saturday evening and will line up in good shape for A2 on Sunday morning. Can anybody challenge him in A2 – we will find out on Sunday here at ETS RD3 in Andernach.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/287281?key=203
Scorpion Formula
Amazing first final goes to Jan Ratheisky
The first Formula A-Main was an amazing fight between pole setter Jan Ratheisky, and Andreas Stiebler. They raced very close to each other for the entire run, and it looked like Stiebler had some great pace and a little higher top speed in his Schumacher car. But Ratheisky showed his quality and routine in the Formula class with his Xray car and drove a perfect race to the finish line.
René Kölbel was a little behind the leaders and waited for something to happen, but in the end, he took a strong third place in the first final. Herbert Weber and Gergö Valent completed the top 5.
After this great opening leg of triple A-Mains, we are happy to see the cars for two more times on Sunday in the Scorpion Formula class.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/63773/287282?key=203
The second and third round of finals will be underway on Sunday, and we will keep you updated about the results. Follow our Streams in the “LIVE” section on our website and enjoy ETS RD3 from Arena33, no matter where you are!
