In the second round of qualifying, drivers can always back up their good Q1 result – or recover from a bad start into qualifying. The second qualifier started at 7:30am and produced excellent ETS racing on the carpet track in the Trans World Hotel Auefeld in Hann. Münden. Find out what happened in our Q2 report!
Matrix Modified
Rheinard fights back in Q2 where Urbain finished 2nd and Prümper 3rd
Awesomatix factory driver Marc Rheinard took the second round of qualifying at ETS RD5 in Germany. Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki) made a costly mistake in lap number 7 when he traction rolled his Mugen car in the chicane before the main straight. He lost 3 seconds and dropped back to P4 in the end as it is just not possible to recover from such a time loss against all these fast guys.
Meanwhile, Marc Rheinard was in the lead and Lucas Urbain tried everything he could close the gap to Rheinard. They were matching laptimes lap after lap and in the end the order was Rheinard, Urbain, Prümper, Völker, and Krapp. With this TQ run going to Awesomatix and Rheinard, the fight for the overall pole position remains wide open.
After Ronald (Völker) rolled his car before the straight he drove right behind me on track and I tried to make no mistakes while I knew that I was in the lead. It was not easy as I was not 100% happy with the car but it was very important to take Q2 as I now have a serious shot for the pole position in the next two rounds. We will work on the car now to get a little extra out of the package and then we will see what happens!
Marc Rheinard (DE) Awesomatix, Orca
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297646?key=202
Awesomatix ProStock
Benson wins second Pro Stock qualifier and is in the mix for the overall TQ now
Tim Benson took the second round of qualifying on Saturday morning at the Trans World Hotel in Auefeld. Simon Lauter took second place, and Olivier Bultynck third for the round. Adam Izsay and Max Mächler scored a fourth and fifth place for the round out of the second fastest group. The fight for the overall TQ is now between Benson and Lauter and will come down to the last two rounds of qualifying in the Awesomatix Pro Stock class.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297645?key=202
Hobbywing Frontwheel
FWD Q2 goes to Borschel who impresses in two classes this weekend
Roman Borschel took the win in Q2 of the Hobbywing Frontwheel class with his Awesomatix A800FX Evo. He also won the second round of Orca 17.5 Stock qualifying earlier this morning and it looks like he is a real master of the track. Stefan Schulz (Xray), Steven Olsen (Awesomatix), and Daniel Pöhlmann had a close and intense battle behind race leader Borschel and finished exactly in that order with Sören Sparbier (Serpent) taking fifth for the round.
Roman Borschel is now leading the field of drivers into Q3 with the best of chances for the pole position and we will find out about our 10-car starting grid here in Hann. Münden after the next two rounds of qualifying!
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297644?key=202
Orca 17.5 Stock
Borschel with early morning TQ run
The Orca 17.5 Stock class was the first category to hit the track on Saturday morning. It looked like Roman Borschel had a good night of sleep as he was totally on point with his second TQ run of the event! Henrik Heitsch (fastest lap) and Daniel Pöhlmann made it into the top 3 again and are Borschel`s hardest contenders so far.
Tristan Bergheim had a good run as well and made it up to fourth position for the round with Maximilian Weißenbach posting the fifth fastest time running in the second fastest group.
Roman Borschel is only one run away from securing his first ever pole position at the ETS. Can he make it happen?
The track is super fun to drive on and I enjoy it a lot. The traction is very high which is not easy to handle. I have not worked on my car a lot as I came here with a good setup from practice in Velbert. For the next run I will just drive again and have some fun. It is looking really good so far and I hope that I can continue like this.
Roman Borschel (DE), Awesomatix
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297641?key=202
ToniSport 40+ Masters
Stankowitz again in Q2 while contenders not able to come close
We saw another dominant run from Q1 winner Manuel Stankowitz (Awesomatix) in the second round of ToniSport 40+ Masters qualifying. Stankowitz was a little on the curbing in the first corner coming out of the gate, but it didn`t cost him much and he never looked back. He crossed the finish line with a gap of 2 seconds ahead of Ulrich Dinger (Awesomatix) and Michel Zierold (Awesomatix). Andreas Myrberg (Iris) and carpet specialist Joachim Altenhof (Awesomatix) completed the top 5.
Manuel Stankowitz is very close to seal the overall TQ now, and it will be a very important one in his fight for the overall ETS championship.
SO FAR IT IS GOING PRETTY WELL FOR ME HERE. WITH TWO TQ RUNS ON MY FAVOUR I THINK (AND HOPE) THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO START FROM P1 INTO THE FINALS. STILL NOT SURE WHEN I SHOULD USE MY SECOND SET OF TIRES WHICH IS NOT AN EASY DECISION.
Manuel Stankowitz (DE), Awesomatix
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297642?key=202
Scorpion Formula
Stiebler takes Q2 from Valent and Kölbel
Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher) took the second round of qualifying in the Scorpion Formula class. He had a big advantage of 4,7 seconds from his hardest followers Gergö Valent (Xray) and René Kölbel (Xray). Herbert Weber and Chris Grenz rounded out the top 5 and Andreas Stiebler is the top favourite for the overall TQ and the race win right now here at ETS RD5 in Germany.
Horst Stiebler told us about the performance of his son Andreas:
Yesterday, we had a lot of work to do on the setup to prevent the car from traction rolling. We think the reason for that had been our older practice tires which had already soaked in too much of tire additive. With the race tires on the car, everything was find then and Andreas had two very good runs with his Schumacher Icon2. I hope he can continue like that 🙂
Horst Stiebler (AT), Father and Mechanic of Andreas Stiebler
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/66620/297643?key=202
