Urbain recovers from bad Q1 to finish 1.4 behind Orlowski in Q2
The second round of FlySky Modified qualifying was in the hands of Michal Orlowski again. The Schumacher factory driver and reigning ETS champion was pulling off another clean run winning the heat by 1.4 seconds from Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix). Urbain had a tough start into qualifying with a DNF yesterday and scored important points now in Q2. Marc Rheinard, Ronald Völker, and Simon Lauter rounded out the top 5 on Saturday morning. Orlowski is only one win away from pole position – can Urbain challenge him in Q3 and Q4?
Kretschmer wins Q2 ahead of Awesomatix teammate Bultynck
After skipping Q1 on Friday, the risk paid off for Louis Kretschmer who was able to win Q2 on Saturday morning on a fresh set of tires. He was two tenths ahead of his teammate Ollie Bultynck and is now in the mix for the TQ with his teammates Bultynck and Ellerbrock. Behind the Awesomatix drivers it was Mugen Seiki`s Sören Sparbier who took third place away from Q2 by a small margin over local hero Dirk Rischard (Xray) and Kevin Schmid (Awesomatix). Q3 is up next and we are already excited about the result.
On the way to pole position as Jacques Libar takes early Saturday morning Q2
It was a very early round of qualifying on Saturday morning just after sunrise. Jacques Libar (Xray) and Jitse Miedema (Fenix) had a super-close battle for the win in the top heat which went to Libar by 0.3 seconds only. It was the second TQ run for Libar who is now only one step away from securing the top spot on the grid at his home race.
Behind the top duo we saw Gergö Valent taking third place with his Xray car. He was closely followed by the two Iris cars of Andreas Myrberg and Dominik Reile. The top five all have a shot for the win here this weekend but for now it is Jacques Libar who is holding the best cards in his hands!
Hard to beat – Ehrbar still running strong in Masters class
Beating David Ehrbar is a hard job since he has entered the 40+ Masters class – only Eric Anderson got it done at ETS RD1 in Apeldoorn. Ehrbar is enjoying the class a lot and his Xray car looks dialed on track here in Luxembourg. The second qualifier saw him taking another win in front of Michel Zierold`s Awesomatix car. Zierold was only four tenths behind Ehrbar, and it seems that he is the only one who can really challenge him. Dutch racer Ronald Arts (Awesomatix) was third quickest, followed by Mister EAM – Eric Anderson (Awesomatix), and Mirco Thalheimer (Xray). Ehrbar now had the chance to secure the best grid position in Q3 or Q4, and only Zierold had the opportunity to deny him this.
Another TQ run for Jensen who can seal pole position in Q3
Kristian Jensen continued to dominate on Friday afternoon when he posted another TQ run. Tim Schneider was the hardest contender on track and finished second in Q2, only eight tenths behind Jensen. Jaroslav Jun. Kriz, who was the race winner at the last round in Austria, finished third for the round and picked up a good pace for the rest of qualifying. Michael Koos and Carlos Gabriel do Pinhal completed the top 5. The third round of qualifying can already decide pole position for Jensen – will he get the job done?
Wojcik and Jovicic closing the gap to magic Ehrbar
After outpacing his competitors by six seconds in Q1, David Ehrbar saw the field coming closer in the second round of Matrix Formula qualifying. Michal Wojcik and Luka Jovicic came closer and Wojcik was only three seconds slower than mighty David Ehrbar. As three seconds is still a lot in the world of racing, it seems that there is nobody really able to challenge Ehrbar for the win this weekend in Luxembourg. But as miracles can happen, we can not hand the trophy to Ehrbar before the finals are done 😊. Robert Kampehl and Andreas Stiebler completed the top 5 behind Ehrbar, Wojcik, and Jovicic.
