The first round of qualifying at the ETS season finale is completed. And as we promised, it was very close in all categories. A good start is always important at such a big event as everybody was working for this moment in the last two days of practice. Another round of qualifying will be up on Friday evening, but now sit back and enjoy our Q1 report from Daun.
Matrix Modified
Super strong Orlowski takes opening qualifier for Schumacher
In the first round of Matrix Modified qualifying, we saw a close fight at the top between Michal Orlowski (Schumacher), top seed Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki), and the Awesomatix duo of Marc Rheinard and David Ronnefalk.
Orlowski started the heat with the fastest opening lap and was leading for the entire run. But Ronald Völker (driving in front of him on track) never gave up and closed the 0.7 gap all the way down to 0.2 again in until the last minute. Orlowski answered with some fast laps, and in the end his advantage on the line was at 0.215 of a second from Völker. A great result for Michal Orlowski who won many EOS qualifying heats in his career, but only posted one TQ run in modified touring car at the ETS, 2018 in Slovakia after some tire strategy moves on asphalt.
Behind Orlowski and Völker, it was David Ronnefalk who finished third for the round – “not bad for an offroad dude” as Scotty (Ernst) announce it. Marc Rheinard had to take P4 for the round which puts him under some pressure in the fight for the championship. Yokomo`s Christopher Krapp completed the top 5 in the first Matrix Modified qualifier.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298777?key=202
Awesomatix ProStock
Lauter wins thrilling Q1 ahead of Ellerkbock and Krähemann
The first qualifier in the Awesomatix Pro Stock class was not an easy one for the heat winner Simon Lauter (Awesomatix). He started second behind top seed Tim Benson (Awesomatix), and found himself on top after Benson made a small mistake in the first laps. Benson was right behind Lauter after his bubble and looked a little bit faster. But as he was way behind Lauter on the timing, Lauter was not in a situation to let him by. At one time, Benson was too close to Lauter in front of him and touched him slightly. He could continue and drove some impressive laps afterwards to takt the win in Q1.
Lukas Ellerbrock and Oliver Krähemann (both Awesomatix) had a strong pace as well and scored good points in second and third place. Benson finished fourth, and Adam Izsay (Xray) fifth. Lauters only championship contender, Max Mächler, had a run to forget and is sitting in P27 after Q1.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298776?key=202
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Schulz wins super close Q1 with 0.011 seconds ahead of Sparbier and Borschel
In the Hobbywing Frontwheel class, Stefan Schulz (Xray) took a hard-fought heat win in front of Sören Sparbier (Mugen Seiki), and Roman Borschel (Awesomatix). Schulz also posted the fastest lap of the heat and is one step closer to his main goal: The overall championship!
Behind the top 3, Mark Valent took P4 with his time coming from the second fastest group, and Jan Gehrig rounded out the top 5 in the first FWD qualifier.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298775?key=202
Orca 17.5 Stock
Reile TQ`s round one of 17.5 Stock qualifying at ETS RD6
Dominik Reile won the first round of qualifying ahead of top seed Kevin Schmid with a gap of one second. Behind them, it was Jasmin Donath with a good run to third position. A good start for both title contenders (Donath and Reile) into the four rounds of qualifying. Roman Borschel and Jan Gehrig completed the top 5 in Q1. The second round in the evening will bring us closer to the decision for the important overall TQ.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298772?key=202
ToniSport 40+ Masters
Zierold takes opening round of Masters qualifying from Myrberg and Baggendorf
Top seed Manuel Stankowitz (Awesomatix) finished only third in Q1 of the Masters class, while his title contender Toni Mateo (Awesomatix) was able to finish only eight for the round. Not a perfect start for both, with the better result for Stankowitz. On top, it was Michel Zierold (Awesomatix) taking the win with 0.5 seconds ahead of Andreas Myrberg (Iris). Torsten Baggendorf scored good points as well with P4.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298773?key=202
Scorpion Formula
Stiebler takes Q1 from Kölbel and Weber
The opening round of Scorpion Formula qualifying was – as everybody expected – a close battle between top seed René Kölbel (Xray) and Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher). They raced on a very similar pace for the entire five minutes, but Stiebler crossed the line 0,9 seconds ahead of Kölbel. Herbert Weber (Xray) had a nice battle with Alex Bremer (Schumacher) and finished third for the round ahead of Bremer.
Link to the Results on MyRCM: https://www.myrcm.ch/myrcm/report/de/67006/298774?key=202
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