The first A-Main of the FlySky Modified class was a real thriller. The weather became a little windy and colder in the evening and we could see after the start, that the track temperature was not the best one for the Modified tires. Michal Orlowski had not the best traction in the first lap and Marc Rheinard tried to make a pass in the second last corner before coming onto the straight. The cars touched slightly, and both drivers lost their positions to Lucas Urbain and Akio Sobue. Urbain was the next driver to spin around and handed the lead over to Axon driver Akio Sobue who was now driving in front of Rheinard and Orlowski on track.
Akio was defending his lead like a lion against the hard pushing cars of Rheinard and Orlowski. After eight laps, Rheinard tried to put a pass on Sobue on the straightway as he had more top speed in his car. Rheinard pulled over on the straight and set off to overtake. Sobue’s car moved slightly to the left at the same moment and both cars flew off the track at top speed. It’s impossible to blame either of them as the cars were travelling at 120 km/h at this point – it was clearly a racing accident with a bad ending for both drivers.
Michal Orlowski took the win in this eventful first A-main ahead of Lucas Urbain and Antoine Brunet who drove a great race from eight on the grid to third, followed by Simon Lauter and Jilles Groskamp who both started at the end of the field as well.
An eventful day came to an end after this dramatic race and we are excited for A2 and A3 on Sunday – don`t miss the show!
Ellerbrock executes excellent first A-Main in Apeldoorn
Pro Stock top qualifier Lukas Ellerbrock showed all his class in A1 when he drove a brilliant race with his Awesomatix A800R from start to finish. Behind him. Tim Benson (Jambo One) was having a nice race with Olivier Bultynck (Awesomatix) with the better ending for the reigning champion after Benson spun his car around in lap number 8. Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier, Nico Catelani (Xray), and Phil Langner (Awesomatix) completed the top 6 in A1. Can Ellerbrock win the race on Sunday, or will anybody deny him the win at the season opener in Apeldoorn?
Delisé wins the first A-Main ahead of Borschel and Libar
After the start, Xray driver Nicolas Delisé was leading the field around the first lap in which only fifth place starter Phil Langner made a mistake when he rolled his Awesomatix car coming onto the main straight to complete lap 1. Langner dropped back to the end of the field. Meanwhile, we saw a great race on top of the field where Roman Borschel tried everything to create pressure onto the car of Delisé in front of him. But no matter how hard Borschel was pushing, Delisé showed strong nerves and brought home the win by seven tenths over Roman Borschel (Awesomatix), Jacques Libar (Xray), Manuel Stankowitz (Iris), and Max Weffers (Xray).
Brilliant drive from Anderson earns him the victory in A1
On the sound of the tone, Eric Anderson (Awesomatix) was taking maximum advantage of his pole position and drove a brilliant race on top of the field. He clearly had the best pace in his car, and nobody was able to challenge him for the win in A1. Elibert Sievers (Awesomatix) and David Ehrbar (Xray) were following Anderson with a gap of 2.3 seconds in the end to take second and third place away from the first final. Torsten Baggendorf (ARC) and René Kölbel (Xray) rounded out the top 5.
Siebert takes A1 from tone to tone after a perfect drive
Top qualifier Timo Siebert (Mugen Seiki) had a clean start and brought the field around the first corner. Nadine Zühlke (ARC) and Stefan Rommens followed him in striking distance. At the half minute mark of the race, Siebert had a lead of one second over Nadine Zühlke who then started to close the gap down to six tenths when they entered the last minute of the race. But Siebert did not slow down anymore and took the win in A1 of the Orca 21.5 Stock class in front of a great driving Nadine Zühlke, Stefan Rommens, Jan Vogler, and Michael Koos.
Saturday afternoon A1 goes to top qualifier Jovicic
Formula top qualifier Luka Jovicic launched his Xray car off the line in A1 and immediately pulled a gap over René Kölbel (Xray) and Andreas Stiebler (Schumacher). It looked like Kölbel could close it a bit at the two -minute mark but Jovicic was not cracking under pressure and crossed the line ahead of Kölbel, Stiebler, Ehrbar, and Sadrinna. A great way for Jovicic to end the day here in Apeldoorn. He needs one more win on Sunday if he wants to win big here in the Netherlands.
