The ETS is racing at the Mini Circuit “Ville de Luxembourg” this weekend. The fantastic racetrack got a new surface in 2023 and is looking perfectly with the track curbs painted in the national colours of Luxembourg. Luckily, the weather was dry, and the racers had the chance to use the full Thursday to set up their cars for Friday where we have a serious chance of rain in the morning.
Orlowski, Rheinard, and Völker chasing down Luxembourg specialist Urbain
The FlySky Modified class saw top favourite Lucas Urbain on a mission. The Awesomatix driver was topping all rounds of free practice and found himself ahead of Michal Orlowski, Marc Rheinard, Ronald Völker, and Michele Manzo at the end of the day. However, Urbain`s gap to the contenders was melting down during the five rounds of practice when Orlowski and Rheinard closed it to “only” three tenths of a second over three consecutive laps. We are very excited to what will happen on Friday when we will head into qualifying on this amazing track of the LMCC Luxembourg – game on!
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Lucas Urbain (FR) 50.532 Awesomatix|ORCA
2. Michal Orlowski (PL) 50.803 Schumacher|Hobbywing
3. Marc Rheinard (DE) 50.848 Awesomatix|Cayote
4. Ronald Völker (DE) 51.369 Mugen Seiki|LRP
5. Michele Manzo (CH) 51.773 Awesomatix|Hobbywing
Awesomatix on top with Kretschmer ahead of Mugen Seiki`s Sparbier
In Awesomatix ProStock, Louis Kretschmer was showing a great form on the opening day of practice. The German Awesomatix driver was a tenth quicker than second placed Sören Sparbier who was looking very good on track with his Mugen Seiki ride. Behind them, the two Awesomatix cars of our current vice-champion Lukas Ellerbrock and Pro Stock champion Ollie Bultynck took P3 and 4 and had been followed by Jacques Libar who made it into the top 5 with his Xray.
The Pro Stock drivers are vey close to each other and Friday will fire things up when seeding practice and qualifying is on the schedule!
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Louis Kretschmer (DE) 1:00.754 Awesomatix
2. Sören Sparbier (DE) 1:00.841 Mugen Seiki
3. Lukas Ellerbrock (DE) 1:00.922 Awesomatix
4. Olivier Bultynck (BE) 1:01.080 Awesomatix
5. Jacques Libar (LU) 1:01.279 Xray
Local hero Libar second for the day behind Schumacher`s Valent
Mark Valent from Hungary was fastest in free FWD practice on Thursday. The Schumacher driver was one and a half tenths quicker than the 3-lap time of Xray driver Jacques Libar who is a very highly rated driver here on his home track. The two Iris cars of Andreas Myrberg and Dominik Reile finished the day in third and fourth place, followed by the quickest Awesomatix car of Roman Borschel.
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Mark Valent (HU) 1:11.274 Schumacher
2. Jacques Libar (LU) 1:11.418 Xray
3. Andreas Myrberg (SE) 1:11.647 Iris
4. Dominik Reile (DE) 1:11.933 Iris
5. Roman Borschel (DE) 1:11.983 Awesomatix
1up Racing 40+ Masters
Xray`s Ehrbar ahead of Awesomatix duo Mateo and Zierold
David Ehrbar was the fastest driver in the 1up Racing 40+ Masters class at the “Mini Circuit Ville de Luxembourg”. Ehrbar outpaced second placed Toni Mateo (Luxembourg race winner 2022) by a huge margin of one second over three laps. A very big gap in the hard-fought masters class where the rest of the top five had been in 0.8 of a second behind Ehrbar. Can David Ehrbar keep up this blistering pace, or will the pack close it in qualifying.
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. David Ehrbar (DE) 1:05:074 Xray
2. Toni Mateo (ES) 1:06.064 Awesomatix
3. Michel Zierold (DE) 1:06.111 Awesomatix
4. Mirco Thalheimer (DE) 1:06.618 Xray
5. Eric Anderson (US) 1:06.913 Awesomatix
Jensen fastest after day 1 of ETS RD3
In the Orca 21.5 Stock class, Kristian Jensen from Denmark had the strongest 3-lap pace during the five rounds of free practice. The young and talented Xray driver was followed by the very experienced Awesomatix driver Michael Koos from Germany. Jan Gehrig (Xray), local hero Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal, and Tim Schneider completed the top 5 in free practice.
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. Kristian Jensen (DK) 1:07.359
2. Michael Koos (DE) 1:07.625
3. Jan Gehrig (DE) 1:07.815
4. Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal (LU) 1:07.942
5. Tim Schneider (DE) 1:07.959
Ehrbar, Stenger, and Stiebler setting the early pace in the Formula class
A very positive day for David Ehrbar (Xray) as he also topped free practice of the Matrix Formula class (beside being fastest in 40+ Masters). The Schumacher duo of Thomas Stenger and Andreas Stiebler will need to find something magic overnight as Ehrbar was already 1.4 seconds faster on three laps. Local hero and podium contender Luka Jovicic was fourth quickest and Michal Wojcik rounded out the top 5 on day one of ETS RD3 in Luxembourg.
The Top 5 after Thursday practice (over 3 consecutive laps)
1. David Ehrbar (DE) 59.721 Xray
2. Thomas Stenger (DE) 1:01.185 Schumacher
3. Andreas Stiebler (AT) 1:01.434 Schumacher
4. Luka Jovicic (LU) 1:01.586 Xray
5. Michal Wojcik (PL) 1:01.647 Xray
