Orlowski celebrates his seventh consecutive ETS race win ahead of a very strong Coelho, and a superb driving Lauter
A2 – After Michal Orlowski already had one win in the bag (from A1), he launched his car off the line in A2 and brought the field around the first corners. Bruno Coelho also had a perfect start and was right behind Orlowski, followed by the Awesomatix of Simon Lauter. When Orlowski was driving on the back straight, he was a little too much in the curb on the right side and his car was on two wheels for a moment. Bruno Coelho immediately lifted the throttle to avoid a collision – the same did Simon Lauter. There was a huge crowd reaction as all drivers involved showed their world-class skills in this moment.
Orlowski was putting his head down afterwards and Bruno was chasing him again around the challenging MAV Aigen track. Bruno came close a few times but there was never a serious chance to ride an attack on Orlowskis Schumacher Mi9. They opened a gap of 3.7 seconds to third and fourth placed drivers Simon Lauter and Marc Rheinard until the end and had really been in a class of their own this weekend. Orlowski took the win ahead of Coelho which in the same moment earned him the overall victory at ETS RD2. This was definitely one of Orlowski`s hardest ETS race wins as Coelho and all the others had been super-fast all weekend.
A3 – The podium was up for grabs in A3 of the FlySky Modified class and it was a battle between Coelho, Lauter, Rheinard, and Dankel for the second and third overall. Long story short: Coelho took a dominant win and sealed the overall second place for the Xray team. Some seconds behind him, Simon Lauter first defended against Marc Rheinard until the five-time world champion spun out. The next driver coming close to Lauter was Eric Dankel. The two Awesomatix drivers had a great race until their cars touched and Dankel had to wait to let Simon go by again. Serpent`s Dominic Greiner took over second place which he managed until the end to finish fourth overall behind the podium finishers Michal Orlowski, Bruno Coelho, and Simon Lauter!
The champion on top – Bultynck wins Pro Stock class in Austria for Awesomatix
A2 – Awesomatix factory driver Ollie Bultynck showed his class when he drove to victory after the sound of the tone. His hardest competition, Xray driver Adam Izsay, followed within a gap of one second all the time. Izsay came a little closer in the last laps of the race, but Bultynck made no single mistake and took the win by 2 tenths from Izsay. Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier took another third place and was joined by Lukas Ellerbrock and Matus Benetin in the top 5.
A3 – With race winner Olivier Bultynck watching from the sideline, the third final was a battle for the podium positions between Adam Izsay, Sören Sparbier, Lukas Ellerbrock, and Matus Benetin. Right after the start, Sparbier was able to stay for some laps with Izsay until they both lost their positions to the clearly faster car of Ellerbrock. The Awesomatix driver took over the lead but needed to defend until the end against a super quick car of Matus Benetin. Ellerbrock took the win and snatched the last position on the podium away from Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier.
Hovgaard wins hard-fought FWD class for Yokomo
A2 – In the second FWD A-Main the spectators applauded a lot after the race where we saw a pearl necklace going around the track. Pole sitter Dominic Reile was able to keep all the guys behind and took the win in A2 after he suffered bad racing luck in A1 where he got pushed off the track. Behind Reile, Daniel Pöhlmann, Frederik Hovgaard, Jonas Völker, and Mark Valent were completing the top 5 in a field which was only separated by 2.6 seconds in the top 8. The deciding third A-Main was all between Dominik Reile, Daniel Pöhlmann, and Frederik Hovgaard.
A3 – The last A-Main of the Hobbywing Frontwheel class saw Gergö Valent taking the win ahead of Frederik Hovgaard, Mark Valent, Jonas Völker, and Max Weffers. This result brought the overall victory to the Yokomo team and Frederik Hovgaard who won his first ETS race this weekend – congratulations. Gergö Valent made it to the podium somehow together with Daniel Pöhlmann. TQ Dominik Reile was maximum unlucky this weekend and missed a better result due to some things which had been out of his control!
Great display for the sport as Kölbel wins super-close race in Austria
A2 – The second 40+ Masters A-Main was as close as the first one was. René Kölbel was pushing David Ehrbar around the track for the full time of the race but didn`t find a way to go by. Both did an outstanding job on track with great respect for each other and sportsmanship when Kölbel waited for Ehrbar after touching him slightly in the last lap. Elibert Sievers, Ronald Arts, and Torsten Baggendorf rounded out the top 5 in A2.
A3 – David Ehrbar already was the winner of the Masters class after A2. René Kölbel started from the first spot on the grid in the last final and took the win with his great performing Xray car on track. Awesomatix driver Michel Zierold finished second in A3 to secure a good and solid third place on the podium behind Ehrbar and Kölbel. Ronald Arts, Eric Anderson, and Werner Schmitzer took positons 3 to 5 in the last run of the weekend.
Kriz cruises to first ever ETS victory in Aigen
A2 – Jaroslav jun. Kriz (Xray) took full advantage of his pole position and took another win in A2 ahead of Nadine Zühlke (ARC) and Nico Eglseer (Mugen Seiki). Armin Rajki and Richard Kovacs were benefitting from a lot of crashes in the middle of the field and drove from starting positions 9 and 11 up to 4th and 5th in A2. Congratulations to Jaroslav jun. Kriz for winning his first ETS race – great job!
A3 – The last A-Main saw Jan Gehrig taking the win which brought him to third on the podium overall. Behind the Xray of Gehrig we had a pack of three Mugen Seiki cars taking the places with Nico Eglseer, Timo Siebert, and Simeon Seis. Nico Eglseer improved to second place in the final rankings while Kristian Jensen and Timo Siebert completed the top 5. We saw great battles all weekend long in this nice racing class and we like to congratulate Jaroslav jun. Kriz for his first ever ETS win, and also Nico Elgseer for his first ever ETS podium – well done guys!
Aigen victory for Stiebler in a MUST WATCH third and deciding A-Main
A2 – After David Ehrbar lost A1 to Stiebler already in lap one, the German got everything together in the second final which he could win ahead of Stiebler, Michal Wojcik, Michael Lipperheide, and Robert Kampehl. The decision for the overall victory of ETS RD2 in Austria was moved to the third and last leg of finals between Stiebler and Ehrbar.
A3 – There is not much to say about A-Main number three of the Matrix Formula class. The only thing we tell you is that it is a MUST WATCH final for every fan of RC racing. Michal Wojcik, Michael Lipperheide, and Robert Kampehl took the positions behind the drivers in the race you MST WATCH.
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