Watch our friday evening press conference with the top 3 Modified drivers
Directly after Q1, we talked to Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix), Marc Rheinard (Awesomatix), and Ronald Völker ( Mugen Seiki) about their first qualifying run of the event. More press conferences will follow on Saturday and Sunday 🙂
Matrix Modified
Ratheisky was the early leader before Völker and Rheinard tried to catch overnight TQ Urbain
Top seed Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix) took the first round of Matrix Modified qualifying here in Hann. Münden. Lucas had a clean run and his advantage over second placed Ronald Völker (Mugen Seiki) was half a second. Awesomatix driver Marc Rheinard took third place for the round, another six tenths behind Völker.
As the race started, it was Jan Ratheisky (Xray) who was in the lead for the first 2-3 laps before Urbain found his rhythm and took over the lead again. Urbain posted the fastest lap of the heat (12.186) and is looking very confident on track. The second round of qualifying is scheduled for Saturday morning, and it will be game on again.
Awesomatix ProStock
Pro Stock Q1 goes to Xray`s Izsay, Schulz took second place, Bultynck third!
The first Awesomatix Pro Stock qualifier saw multiple changes at the top during the 5 minute run. Tim Benson was the early leader, until Izsay took it over and maintained it till the end. Tim Benson and Lukas Ellerbrock both had some small bubbles in their races and dropped down into the middle of the field.
Adam Izsay`s Xray teammate Stefan Schulz took over the second place and brought it home to score some good points in Q1. Olivier Bultynck, Patrick Danielsen, and Jan Ratheisky rounded out the top 5 in the first of our four rounds of qualifying.
In my first two laps I was a little nervous as I made many changes to the car before the run and I was not sure what to expect. But then it started to turn out very well and I had a clean run. I am happy with this result and I will not make any changes for tomorrow morning`s second qualifier!
Adam Izsay (HU) Xray
Hobbywing Frontwheel
Stankowitz and the new Iris car surprised with superb TQ run
In the Hobbywing Frontwheel class, the top heat saw a close and intense fight between Adam Izsay, and Phil Langner. Adam Iszay had the better ending and took the win, but beside the track it was the Iris team around Manuel Stankowitz, Andreas Myrberg, and Sven Rudig celebrating. Manuel Stankowitz had a ballistic run in the second fastest group earning himself and the team a very first ETS TQ run for the new Iris ONE.05 FWD car. Henrik Heitsch (ARC) and Adam Southgate completed the top 5 behind Stankowitz, Izsay, and Langner.
Wow, that was amazing. I had a good run on track but I never thought that it was enough for a TQ run. The car was really good and this result is giving us even more motivation for the rest of the event. I am also happy for our car designer Andreas Myrberg and also for Sven Rudig because they trusted in me all the time. Let`s see what happens in Q2, but for now I take the TQ points in my bag 🙂
Manuel Stankowitz (DE) Iris
1up Racing 40+ Masters
ARC driver Baggendorf TQ`s opening round of Masters qualifying
In the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class it was Torsten Baggendorf celebrating on the driver stand after a ballistic and clean run taking TQ honours. The heat was intense and the lead changed several times between Torsten Baggendorf and Manuel Stankowitz (Iris). After five minutes, Michel Zierold (Awesomatix) was splitting the leaders and took second place with a tenth of a second from Stankowitz.
That was a great run! My ARC is so easy to drive it was simply fantastic. In the end it was a close fight with Stanko and Zierold, but I was able to take it. I will leave my car untouched for Q2 and hope for another good result.
Torsten Baggendorf (DE) ARC
Toni Mateo posted the fastest lap of the run (14.010) and finished in fourth place behind Baggendorf, Zierold, and Stankowitz. One more round of Masters qualifying will follow this evening and Torsten Baggendorf will get the chance to lay down another TQ run – can he get the job done?
Orca 21.5 Stock
Langner takes Friday afternoon Q1 from Bergheim and Petersen
In the first round of Orca 21.5 Stock qualifying, second place starter Phil Langner took the win ahead of top seed Tristan Bergheim. In the first laps of the race their pace looked very similar, but in the second half of the run it was Langner who lit the afterburner to open a gap of 2 seconds over Bergheim. Jan Petersen finished third for the round, followed by Tobias Baumbach (Xray) and Nadine Zühlke (Awesomatix).
I am happy with my run as my car was feeling very good. After Tristan let me by, I could maintain my speed and open a little gap to him until the end. For the next run we will keep the car as it is and I will try to do it again 😊
Phil Langner (DE) Awesomatix
ToniSport Formula
Formula Q1 goes to Xray`s Ratheisky
The first round of Formula qualifying was in the hands of Jan Ratheisky. The former ETS champion of this class took the win in front of fellow Xray racer David Ehrbar, and Michal Wojcik. Robert Kampehl and René Kölbel made it into the top 5 and scored some solid points too. Jan Ratheisky had a comfortable gap of 1.6 seconds and drove the fastest lap of the race which moves him into a top favourite roll for the next rounds of qualifying now.
The first half of qualifying round 2 will take place this evening, followed by the rest on Saturday morning. We will post our Q2 report on Saturday to give you another update!
