The first round of qualifying is over in Luxembourg. After the racers lost 2 rounds of practice in the morning, the track got finally dry and racing could continue. The track was in perfect condition again for the start of Q1 and everybody was pushing hard for the best results on the tricky and difficult “Mini Circuit Ville de Luxembourg”.
Mighty Orlowski takes opening Modified qualifier ahead of Rheinard and Völker while Urbain stopped his car due to a technical failure
The opening round of FlySky Modified qualifying saw Michal Orlowski coming down the drivers stand with a smile. The Schumacher factory driver was fastest on track with his Hobbywing powered Mi9 and was ahead of top seed Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix) on the timing already after lap one.
Orlowski and Urbain both had a great pace and Orlowski was closing in on the Awesomatix of Urbain half a tenth every lap. Meanwhile, Marc Rheinard was in third position with his Cayote powered A800R and Ronald Völker was on a safe P4 pace rocking his Mugen Seiki MTC-2R with the LRP power.
After 4:15 minutes, Lucas and Michal came out of the corkscrew corner and accelerated onto the straight when Urbain`s Orca powered A800R stopped and rolled into the grass with an unsoldered power wire – bad luck for Urbain who was still on a P2 pace behind Orlowski. Marc Rheinard and Ronald Völker took over second and third place which they kept until the end of the run. Yannic Prümper (Yokomo) and Simon Lauter (Awesomatix) completed the top five.
Antoine Brunet (Yokomo), Dominic Greiner (Serpent), Remi Callens (Mugen Seiki), Lukas Ellerbrock (Awesomatix), and Tim Benson rounded out our overnight top 10 in the FlySky Modified class.
Ellerbrock, Bultynck, and Benson leading after Pro Stock Q1
Lukas Ellerbrock was up to speed in Q1 where he scored the perfect result by winning the heat with 1.5 seconds ahead of his Awesomatix teammate Ollie Bultynck. Tim Benson was third fastest rocking a Schumacher Mi9 followed by Jesper Rasmussen (Awesomatix) and local Luxembourg racer Dirk Rischard (Xray).
Jacques Libar (Xray), Gergö Valent (Xray), Niclas Storm (Mugen Seiki), Mark Valent (Schumacher), and Roel Jongenelis (Xray) completed the overall top 10.
TQ run for Libar on home soil – Miedema second and Valent third
The first round of Hobbywing Frontwheel qualifying saw Jacques Libar taking the win on his well-known home track. The Xray driver had a gap of one second when he crossed the finish line and was followed by Dutch driver Jitse Miedema and the Valent brothers Gergö and Mark.
Fifth place went to the newly crowned European champion Frederik Hovgaard and the Yokomo team. A perfect start for Jacques Libar into the event – can he claim the pole position in the Hobbywing Frontwheel class?
Ehrbar wins Q1 by 0.8 from Zierold and local hero Choque
Top seed David Ehrbar (Xray) showed that he will be the man to beat for the rest of the weekend. Ehrbar had a great run with his Xray car and his gap to second placed driver – current ETS champion Michel Zierold – was 0.8 seconds after five minutes. A perfect start into qualifying for Ehrbar, and also a very strong result for Zierold (Awesomatix).
Gille Choque from Luxembourg was using all his track knowledge to score P3 for the round in front of Mirco Thalheimer (Xray), and Dutch racer Ronald Arts (Awesomatix).
Jensen takes opening round from Siebert and Fuchs
In the Orca 21.5 Stock class it was top seed Kristian Jensen who took the opening round of qualifying. The Xray driver was 1.2 seconds ahead of the Mugen Seiki car of Timo Siebert who also had a great run on track after searching for the perfect car balance during yesterdays practice sessions.
Third place for the round went to Elena Fuchs. She drove a perfect race in the second fastest group with her Xray car while the top 5 was rounded out by Michael Koos (Awesomatix), and Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal (Xray).
In a world of his own – Ehrbar takes Q1 after dominant drive
Nobody was able to challenge David Ehrbar in the first round of Matrix Formula qualifying. The Xray driver took the heat by almost six (!) seconds from second placed Michal Wojcik, and teammate Luka Jovicic.
What a dominance from Ehrbar so far….. Schumacher driver and reigning ETS champion Andreas Stiebler finished fourth for the round with Patrik Sadrinna taking fifth place.
