Controlled Practice
The qualifying heats are set here in Luxembourg after two rounds of controlled practice. Qualifying is up next, and it will be time to find out what everybody can do over 5 minutes on track. Today we will see two complete rounds of qualifying for everybody, before the third round will take place on Saturday morning. The Orca 17.5 Stock class will run only one qualifier today, and three rounds on Saturday. The reason for that are some drivers of this class arriving here on Friday evening and the ETS family likes to offer them the best chances in qualifying as well.
Matrix Modified
Awesomatix driver Urbain is top seed at Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg”
Lucas Urbain continued his mission in seeding practice at ETS RD4. He outpaced his competitors by a gap of 0.6 seconds over three laps – a very impressive performance from the Awesomatix A800MMX driver on his home track. Mugen Seiki`s Ronald Völker will start second into qualifying with Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix) directly behind him in third. Xray`s Jan Ratheisky posted the fourth fastest times out of the second fastest group and Yokomo`s Yannic Prümper completed the top 5 after seeding in the Matrix Modified class.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Lucas Urbain (FR) 51.774 (Awesomatix/Orca)
2. Ronald Völker (DE) 52.441 (Mugen Seiki/LRP)
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) 52.676 (Awesomatix/Orca)
4. Jan Ratheisky (DE) 52.975 (Xray/Hobbywing)
5. Yannic Prümper (DE) 53.036 (Yokomo/Dash)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294570?key=201
Awesomatix ProStock
Bultynck still on top of the Pro Stock class after seeding practice
Olivier Bultynck from Belgium is the top seed in the Awesomatix Pro Stock class in Luxembourg. The European champion will start from P1 into qualifying, followed by his teammates Simon Lauter, Louis Kretschmer, and Max Mächler (all Awesomatix A800MMX). ARC driver Lars Hoppe made it into the top 5 as well after turning some fast laps here in Luxembourg. Qualifying is up next and we are excited about the outcome of the first two rounds on Friday evening.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Olivier Bultynck (BE) 57.689 (Awesomatix/LRP)
2. Simon Lauter (DE) 57.775 (Awesomatix/LRP)
3. Louis Kretschmer (DE) 57.904 (Awesomatix/Sunpadow)
4. Max Mächler (DE) 58.211 (Awesomatix/Sunpadow)
5. Lars Hoppe (DE) 58.378 (ARC/LRP)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294571?key=201
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Serpent driver Sparbier on top after controlled practice in Luxembourg
In the Hobbywing Frontwheel class we saw Sören Sparbier on top. He had a great fight at the last ETS race in Andernach (GER) with race winner Freddy Südhoff, and he is on a real good pace here again. Sören was laying down the fastest three consecutive laps in the second round of seeding practice and he will lead the strong field of FWD drivers into qualifying.
Behind Sparbier we saw Roman Borschel, local racer Lacques Libar, reigning champion Stefan Schulz, and Torsten Baggendorf in the top 5. With the start of qualifying the tension will step up to a different level and it seems that the top 4 drivers are in a great form to fight for pole position.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Sören Sparbier (DE) 1:13.774 (Serpent)
2. Roman Borschel (DE) 1:13.813 (Awesomatix)
3. Jacques Libar (LU) 1:13.848 (Xray)
4. Stefan Schulz (DE) 1:13.958 (Xray)
5. Torsten Baggendorf 1:14.638 (DE) Awesomatix
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294568?key=201
Orca 17.5 Stock
Reile tops seeding practice from Winkler and Donath
The Orca 17.5 Stock class saw Dominik Reile topping the time sheets on Friday in Luxembourg. He looked slightly faster on the three-lap pace and had an advantage of 0.4 seconds above the rest of the field with his Awesomatix A800MMX. Right behind Reile, Joshua Winkler, Jasmin Donath, and Daniel Pöhlmann finished in the top four and had been only separated by 0.014 of a second. Roman Borschel rounded out the top 5 and now it is time for all drivers to play their cards as one round of qualifying is up next for the Orca 17.5 Stock class.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Dominik Reile (DE) 1:04.947 (Awesomatix)
2. Joshua Winkler (DE) 1:05.341 (Awesomatix)
3. Jasmin Donath (DE) 1:05.348 (T Awesomatix)
4. Daniel Pöhlmann (DE) 1:05.355 (Awesomatix)
5. Roman Borschel (DE) 1:05.500 (Awesomatix)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294565?key=201
ToniSport 40+ Master
Mateo to start first into qualifying with Thalheimer and Stankowitz in tow
In the ToniSport 40+ Masters class, it was Toni Mateo who had the best pace in the two rounds of seeding practice on Friday. He came out fastest and was a tenth of a second in front of his hardest rivals Thalheimer and Stankowitz who are also fighting with him for the overall championship this season. Michel Zierold and Thomas Wegmann completed the top 5 and we can expect two very close rounds of qualifying coming up today.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Toni Mateo (ES) 1: 05.237 (Awesomatix)
2. Mirco Thalheimer (DE) 1:05.324 (Xray)
3. Manuel Stankowitz (DE) 1:05.396 (Awesomatix)
4. Michel Zierold (DE) 1:05.560 (Awesomatix)
5. Thomas Wegmann (DE) 1:06.009 (Awesomatix)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294566?key=201
Scorpion Formula
Ratheisky found some pace and is top seed in Formula
After Luka Jovicic was fastest on Thursday, we saw Jan Ratheisky back on pace here in the controlled practice at ETS RD4 in Luxembourg. But it was a very close affair between Jan Ratheisky, Andreas Stiebler, and Luka Jovicic as their fastest three consecutive laps had been in 0.051 of a second. Gergö Valent and Michal Wojcik made it into the top 5 and the Formula drivers will lay down a great show in the Scorpion Formula class. Who will gran the TQ? We will find out very soon here in Luxembourg.
The Top 5 after controlled practice (3 consecutive laps)
1. Jan Ratheisky (DE) 1:06.783 (Xray)
2. Andreas Stiebler (AT) 1:06.794 (Schumacher)
3. Luka Jovicic (LU) 1:06.834 (LFX Libar Engineering)
4. Gergö Valent (HU) 1:07.402 (Xray)
5. Michal Wojcik (PL) 1:07.686 (Xray)
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/65827/294567?key=201
We are looking forward to the start of Qualifying here at ETS RD4 where we expect some great action and close fights for the A-Main spots in all classes. On our website you will not miss anything as you can find our ETS livestream as well as our PullstartTV livestream in our “LIVE” section. To get quickly to the results of all classes simply navigate to the “RESULTS” area on our landing page. Enjoy ETS RD4 in Luxembourg together with us – no matter where you are
